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January, 2009

“See this one… it goes to 11”

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“Rocks”   Bruno Lorenoni   (ses guitars et ses accordian) Vega Records from France.   I don’t know much about guitars, but these look pretty cool!

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Bahamian rhapsody

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“Bahama Lullaby”   (1957)   Island Artists Records   Compositions by Charlie Lofthouse with vocals by Vincent Martin and the goombay drumming of Charlie “Peanuts” Taylor.

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Helen Merrill

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Helen Merrill   Emarcy Records   (1954) With Clifford Brown and Oscar Pettiford.   Produced and Arranged by (21 year-old) Quincy Jones.   Merrill’s first and greatest.

Don’t Explain / You’d Be Nice To Come Home To / What’s New / Falling In Love With Love

Yesterday’s / Born To Be Blue / ‘S Wonderful

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Kneelin’ for Delon

Tangos by Michel Delon on Magenta Records

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Call of the wild

Penaranda y Chencha   Merengue Records

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Treat yourself

Chuck Berry “Chuck..Berry Is On Top”   Chess Records (1959)   A collection of rock and roll’s defining and most influential singles including “Almost Grown”, “Carol”, “Maybellene”, “Sweet Little Rock & Roller”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Little Queenie”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, and “Around and Around”.   It’s good to go back and listen to these songs fresh every once in a while and feel the power of Chuck Berry’s performance, timeless music and rock and roll poetry.

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Bird is the word

Charlie “BIRD” Parker on Savoy Vol. 1   (1950)   This alternate cover for The Charlie Parker Quintet Vol. 3 by Burt Goldblatt.

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Wowsville!

“Twist! y Rock and Roll” de La Nueva Ola   Discos Mag Records

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Walkin’ the dog

Billo’s Caracas Boys “El Yo Yo”

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Rouse is in the house!

“Bossa Nova Bacchanal” Blue Note (1962)   With Charlie Rouse (Tenor Sax); Kenny Burrell & Chauncey “Lord” Westbrook (Guitar); Lawrence Gales (Bass); Willie Bobo (Drums); Potato Valdez (Conga); Garvin Masseaux (Chekere).

Side 1: Back To The Tropics; Aconteceu; Velhos Tempos; Samba De Orfeu.

Side 2: Un Dia; Meci Bon Dieu; In Martinique.

I like Charlie Rouse from his playing with Monk to his record with Paul Quinichette “The Chase is On” to this one (especially the haitian number

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).   Leonard Feather says in the liner notes,”As befits the overall concept of bossa nova, Charlie plays with a remarkable blend of smoothness and assertion…and his sense of time is always acute and appropriate”.

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