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The finest in Micronesian doo-wop, Appalachian mambo, Turkish mariachi, pygmy yodeling of 
Baltimore, Portuguese juju, Cajun gamelan, tuba choirs from Mozambique, Inuit marching bands, 
Filipino free jazz, Egyptian kabuki theater, and throat singers of the Lower East Side.

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Favoriting September 15, 2023: Bown astounds


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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
Sarah Webster Fabio 

Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues   Favoriting

Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues 

Folkways 

1976 

0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
ECD 

In Tempo   Favoriting

Major Force: The Original Art-Form 

Mo' Wax 

1990 

0:05:04 (Pop-up)
 
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The Rabbits  I'm Looking in the Universe   Favoriting b/w Run Around of a Girl  Pan-Vox  1966  0:08:22 (Pop-up)
Aris San  Boumpam   Favoriting b/w Paloma  Koliphone  1967  0:11:14 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Stampolis  How I Love Her   Favoriting b/w Far From You  Zodiac  1968  0:18:03 (Pop-up)
Alexis Papadimmtriou  To Do This   Favoriting b/w The Love I Need  Zodiac  1968  0:20:49 (Pop-up)
Thanasis Gaifilias & the Anakara  Galani–Galaziani   Favoriting Hitchhiking  Zodiac  1971  0:23:33 (Pop-up)
Levitros  Of-Of   Favoriting Kara Kaslar  Koliphone  1973  0:26:31 (Pop-up)
Manolis Angelopoulos  I Apantisi   Favoriting A Fire  Pan-Vox  1975  0:30:26 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Les Gottamou 

Gribouille   Favoriting

Gamma-Goochee 

Riviera 

1966 

0:33:08 (Pop-up)
Licius Ohuakanwa & His Five Stars International  Erijue Afo Adighi Ibe Nma   Favoriting Sango Transport  BSS  1976  0:36:21 (Pop-up)
Madam Hassanah Waziri  Imirobomelu   Favoriting Madam Hassanah Waziri  Shanu Olu  1985  0:45:13 (Pop-up)
Canadoes Super Stars of Ghana  Dwene Wo Ho   Favoriting Medowo  Rogers All Stars  1980  0:54:01 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Fela Aníkúlápó-Kuti & Afrika 70 

Yellow Fever   Favoriting

Yellow Fever 

Afrodisia 

1976 

1:00:08 (Pop-up)
 
With respect, to Patti Bown
Patti Bown  G'Won Train   Favoriting Patti Bown Plays Big Piano  Columbia  1959  1:08:05 (Pop-up)
Quincy Jones  Ghana   Favoriting The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones  Mercury  1959  1:11:45 (Pop-up)
Oliver Nelson  Freedom Dance   Favoriting Afro/American Sketches  Prestige  1962  1:16:20 (Pop-up)
Dinah Washington  So in Love   Favoriting The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Volume 7  Mercury  1961  1:20:54 (Pop-up)
Illinois Jacquet  Big Music   Favoriting Spectrum  Argo  1965  1:25:16 (Pop-up)
Gene Ammons  Travelin'   Favoriting Boss Soul!  Prestige  1966  1:30:44 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Burnie Peacock Quartet 

Jewell   Favoriting

b/w Jewell (vocal) 

Burnie's Label 

1962 

1:34:18 (Pop-up)
Gene Ammons  You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To   Favoriting The Soulful Mood of Gene Ammons  Moodsville  1962  1:40:34 (Pop-up)
New York Jazz Sextet  Giant Steps   Favoriting Group Therapy  Scepter  1965  1:44:44 (Pop-up)
Cal Massey  What's Wrong?   Favoriting Blues to Coltrane  Candid  1961  1:48:18 (Pop-up)
James Moody  Buster's Last Stand   Favoriting Running the Gamut  Scepter  1964  1:51:59 (Pop-up)
Jazz Interactions Orchestra  One for Duke   Favoriting Jazhattan Suite  Verve  1968  1:58:56 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd  Blown Bone   Favoriting Blown Bone  Philips  1976  2:04:16 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Dorothy Ashby 

Lonely Moments   Favoriting

Dorothy Ashby 

Argo 

1962 

2:07:48 (Pop-up)
Joe Turner  Since I Was Your Man   Favoriting Singing the Blues  BluesWay  1967  2:14:41 (Pop-up)
Oscar Brown, Jr.  Forbidden Fruit   Favoriting Between Heaven and Hell  Columbia  1962  2:20:02 (Pop-up)
The Voices of East Harlem  Gotta Be a Change   Favoriting Right On Be Free  Elektra  1970  2:23:09 (Pop-up)
Exuma  Kenyatta Alisha   Favoriting Life  Kama Sutra  1973  2:25:42 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk  Duncan and Brady   Favoriting Songs for Ageing Children  Cadet  1973  2:27:51 (Pop-up)
Leon Redbone  Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)   Favoriting On the Track  Warner Bros.  1975  2:31:30 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Cal Tjader 

Windy   Favoriting

Hip Vibrations 

Verve 

1967 

2:35:12 (Pop-up)
Larry & Tommy  You Gotta Bend a Little   Favoriting b/w Yo-Yo  Modern  1967  2:37:40 (Pop-up)
Joey Kingfish & Eddie Anderson  I Won't Hurt You Anymore   Favoriting   Thelma (unreleased)  1965  2:39:59 (Pop-up)
Larry Williams & Johnny Watson  A Quitter Never Wins   Favoriting b/w Mercy, Mercy, Mercy  Okeh  1967  2:42:37 (Pop-up)
Ben & Spence  Long Ago   Favoriting b/w No One Left to Come Home To   Bell (unissued)  1966  2:45:08 (Pop-up)
Phil & Del  These Feelings   Favoriting b/w It Hurts Me  Rampart  1967  2:47:57 (Pop-up)
Pic & Bill  Just a Tear   Favoriting b/w Sad World Without You  Smash  1967  2:50:44 (Pop-up)
Eddie & Ernie  I Believe She Will   Favoriting b/w We Try Harder  Chess  1966  2:53:31 (Pop-up)
Melvin Davis & Steve Mancha  I Won't Love You and Leave You   Favoriting   Groovesville (prev. unissued)  1967  2:56:14 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
John Lee Hooker 

Stand By   Favoriting

I Feel Good 

Jewel 

1970 

2:59:18 (Pop-up)




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Listener comments!

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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning Doug and all other listeners!
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Doug Schulkind:

Today, we get on down and give Patti Bown some.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:00am
holland oats:

drumma! peoples!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, Andrew in Toronto!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Webhamster Henry:

Good Morning, Drummersomes!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
listener james from westwood:

Morning, Doug and all! Autumnal breezes blowing through the suburbs of NJ and my open office window! Finally, fall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:01
For the next 75 minutes I`m a dog walker.
  9:02am
Listener Gregory:

My towel is at the ready. I love showering with Doug.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Little Danny:

hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Doug Schulkind:

holland "wild" oats! Breezy blowy listener james!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:02
You missed a spot between your shoulder blades, Listener Gregory! Here's a loofah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
StringOFperils:

Hi, Doug!! Here to add the dumber some! *confusedly checks for spelling mistakes....gets lost in the kitchen...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Webhamster Henry:

I'm voting for more washboard/jug band music please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Doug Schulkind:

Little Danny! StringOFperils! Hi! Howdy!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Irene Trudel:

Autumn chill, coffee and breakfast in hand, ready for some Drumming, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:01
That's a healthy walk, Andrew. Enjoy the trip!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
pot8o:

morning everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Doug Schulkind:

Webhamster Henry! Irene Trudel! pot8o! Sweet to see ya!
  9:05am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Doug and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Webhamster Henry:

Also l’shana tova tikateyvu
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:05
Which means "happy new year and may you be inscribed on the playlist of life"
Avatar 🥁 9:05am
βrian:

Gimme some gruel!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @9:05
Morning Gina!
Avatar 🥁 9:07am
βrian:

I'm a homie, workwise. Can't complain.
  9:07am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Andrew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ βrian @9:07
Hello, homie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Doug Schulkind:

Helloooo, Gina B!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
WR:

Hello Doug, drummer streamers. Ms. Bown is new to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Doug Schulkind:

WR, I would like to formally introduce you to Patricia "Patti" Bown. Ms. Bown, this is WR. (I think you two are really gonna hit it off.)
Avatar 9:10am
TDK60:

Good morning, Doug, drummers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Doug Schulkind:

Boum pam boum pam, TDK60!
Avatar 🥁 9:12am
PAULS:

Ain't no bummer! greetings druminati
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Doug Schulkind:

OPA, PAULS!
Avatar 🥁 9:15am
PAULS:

Opa, Doug!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Artie:

I am delighted to report that I was able to enjoy dancing to a live performance by the mighty ESG just a few days ago. Yip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
WR:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:10
Eugene Chadbourne wrote an irrelevant but admiring bio for her on Allmusic.
www.allmusic.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
adamdoesit:

Hello Doug and drummers! Boumpam? I don't even know 'em.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Chris Hiatt:

Morning, all. Listening and writing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Doug Schulkind:

Glad you're doing it, adamdoesit! Welcome back, Chris Hiatt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy Friday! September just started and it's half gone already?!?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
fred:

Hello Doug and all.
Fun Umm Kulthum cover (Boumpam)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Doug Schulkind:

Better check the year, while you're at it, Ken From Hyde Park!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ fred @9:18
Howdy, fred! Hey, is that melody lifted from an Umm number?! Here is more about the version I played: thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:20am
sinner:

Goot mawnin
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Zip7:

Good morning Doug and Drumizens! At my urging, a friend listened to Jerome Cooper's "Bert the Cat." "This is the song of our people!" her two cats responded.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Doug Schulkind:

sinnah! Zip7! ZipDawg! ZipFriend'sCats!
  9:22am
KWilde:

Good Morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Doug Schulkind:

Pleased to see ya, KWilde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Doug Schulkind:

I was hearing a faint resemblance to Rush's "Spirit of the Radio" in the guitarwork for a moment.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Zip7:

A nice piece in the NY Times, in which Steinski gets a shoutout: www.nytimes.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
alanr:

I have this strange urge to dance in a circle with my arms up in the air!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Doug Schulkind:

Dance, alanr dance! Opa!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
zzz:

fantastic set good morning and happy friday ppl!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
fred:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:20
The melody is from Inta Omri (that's why he says that close to the end)
Avatar 9:35am
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "I Apantisi" by "Manolis Angelopoulos"
As for the Angelopoulos, 'twas all Greek to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Doug Schulkind:

This was the house band at the Bolingo Hotel in Onitsha, Nigeria for a good long run.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ fred @9:35
Sweet, fred! Thanks for that inside scoop!

Welcome aboard, zzz!
  9:38am
bigplanetnoise:

Morning, Doug and alls!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:35
Listener Gregory, how many Angelopouloses can dance on the head of a pin?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Doug Schulkind:

bigplanetnoise! You gassy giant you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Gina Bacon:

↳ bigplanetnoise @9:38
Morning, bpn!
  9:40am
bigplanetnoise:

Morning, gfb!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Zip7 @9:29
Zip7, thanks for sharing the NYT piece. I will devour it after the show.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "Erijue Afo Adighi Ibe Nma" by "Licius Ohuakanwa &...
Enjoying this very much. Rowdy! A quick search on the interwebs don't cough up much info.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:45am
pot8o:

alright, i have to head to my classes now, thanks Doug! have a great week everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:44
Chris Hiatt, this is where I found that recording: globalgroovers.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ pot8o @9:45
Cheers to you, pot8o! Good luck on that spot quiz!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:46
Thanks for this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Doug Schulkind:

L'shana tovah tikatevu to all who celebrate, y'all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:48
Chris, that blog is invaluable for African trax. The records are often quite scratchy and clicky. I often have to clean them up considerably for airplay.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Doug Schulkind:

I'd like you all to meet, up close and personal, Hassanah Waziri: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:52am
Listener Gregory:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:39
Hmmm, what is the band?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
StringOFperils:

Proof that our host def know s*** from Shanu Olu
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ StringOFperils @9:53
Nice one, StringOFperils!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:49
Yeah, I tooled around for a minute, what a resource. And what generosity!
  9:56am
chresti:

Morning Doug and drummers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Chris Hiatt @9:55
Yes! The proprietor of that blog, Moos, has been sharing incredible African, Latin, Brazilian gems for a decade.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Doug Schulkind:

besti from the westi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Doug Schulkind:

Wonderfully warm and bubbly bass on this Canadoes track.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
doctorjazz:

Good morning all!
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PAULS:

↳ Doug Schulkind @9:57
truth!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Doug Schulkind:

The good doctah!
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PAULS:

My late father, a born and bred New Yorker and the first HUD assistant sec for affordable housing, was deeply involved in getting Westbeth launched! He was always very proud of that accomplishment, as I am of HIM for IT!
Avatar 🥁 10:07am
βrian:

Salmon salad for breakfast, with cherry tomatoes and walnut sourdough, yo.
Avatar 10:08am
Listener Gregory:

I am looking forward to this. Don't let me down, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Doug Schulkind:

Check out this fabulous Downbeat magazine piece on Patti Bown from 1967: archive.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Doug Schulkind:

Patti performed with the Seattle Symphony at the age of 17.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Doug Schulkind:

A brief piece talking about Patti and her connection to the Westbeth Center in the West Village: westbeth.org...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
dutchtheo:

Howdy Doug and freedom dancers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
WR:

↳ PAULS @10:06
nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Doug Schulkind:

Hallo, dutchtheo!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
adamdoesit:

Before it became home to epochal artists, Westbeth belonged to Bell Labs. An old neighbor's dad worked there on the development of the transistor. Invention is in that building's bones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
WR:

↳ WR @9:16
i meant to write irreverent, a difference, but nevermind.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "So in Love" by "Dinah Washington"
Dinah!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ PAULS @10:06
PAULS, that gives me goosebumps. What an incredible legacy. (Or, surely, one aspect of your father's legacy.) Incredible!

WFMU held a great evening of benefit performances at Westbeth back in the early '90s. During our soundchecks, Paul Simon came down from an upper floor complaining about the noise. He was in rehearsals for his shitty failure of a Broadway show The Capeman.
Avatar 10:23am
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "So in Love" by "Dinah Washington"
Did Quincy do the arranging for this session?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Jeff Golick:

That "Freedom Dance" moved me from my torpor, enough to leave a comment, anyway. That was great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @10:23
No, Listener Gregory, Patti Bown did. She was Dinah Washington's musical director for about four years.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:24
Wow. Tasty arrangement!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:23
Jeff Golick, wasn't Torpor a character in Fiddler on the Roof?
Avatar 10:25am
DL in LA:

Doug, the Drummer Stream has become an embarrassment of riches. My ears are in heaven. Thanks for everything you’ve done to create it!
Avatar 🥁 10:26am
PAULS:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:24
That was Tupac, Doug. Jeez
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PAULS:

I think it's time for a hip hop version of FOTR. Who's with me?
  10:26am
Kat in the chat:

Torpor was the actor who played Tevye ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
StringOFperils:

I liked Torpor in Idler on the Couch
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ DL in LA @10:25
DL in LA, your words elevate me. Thanks!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Jeff Golick:

↳ PAULS @10:26
Fiddler on the RZA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Doug Schulkind:

Illinois Jacquet's brother Russell on trumpet here with him.
Avatar 🥁 10:28am
PAULS:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:28
Biddi-boom!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Doug Schulkind:

Go, Patti, go! All the Bown!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
zzz:

much groovier than i expected from the broadway pit mention earlier. diggggg it
Avatar 🥁 10:29am
PAULS:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:29
she's COOKIN'!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "Big Music" by "Illinois Jacquet"
Such a huge tenor sound!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ zzz @10:29
zzz, the cats in Broadway pits are the elite, upper echelon players.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Chris Hiatt @10:29
More huge tenor sound coming up, Chris Hiatt.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
doctorjazz:

Cool Set!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Jeff Golick:

Illinois Jacquet was alive in the 21st century. This is new and surprising information to me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
StringOFperils:

I just checked to see if Patti had crossed paths with Ray Charles in Seattle, reckoning that they'd both be in that city at roughly the same, and YES, she studied jazz with him, 'informally', for a while.
www.seattletimes.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:34am
doctorjazz:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:32
I saw him with his Big Band at The Blue Note (but that could have been in the 20th Century, not sure...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
zzz:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:30
friend of mine just got a gig playing guitar for a broadway show, definitely an elite upper echelon cat
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
StringOFperils:

↳ StringOFperils @10:34
*same time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:32
An unrelated but equally surprising fact, Jeff Golick, that I learned from the audiobook I'm currently listening to:

Dexter's grandfather, Captain Edward Lee Baker, Jr. was one of five African American Medal of Honor recipients in the Spanish–American War.
  10:43am
Listener Gregory:

To be fair to Tommy Flanagan, my understanding is that Giant Steps was sprung on him at the recording session. Nowadays the kids study it in music school and spend weeks trying to master it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Doug Schulkind:

If you can't hear the Duke Ellington influence in Patti's playing, for God sakes, keep listening!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Jeff Golick:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:41
!!!

Gene Ammons: anagram for Me Mean Song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @10:43
Listener Gregory, that is truth. I believe most on the session felt that, under the circumstances, Flanagan's effort was a triumph.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Doug Schulkind:

And now, a Latin-tinged version of "Giant Steps." Who fuckn cool is this?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Doug Schulkind:

Marie Volpe is the vocalizer you hear here. James Moody on flute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Doug Schulkind:

And such a shitty, out-of-tune piano. Whatevs. Patti rocks it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
zzz:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:43
i learned on the chat the other day that DJ JeffG is a sleep champion and now seeing he is also an anagram master
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Giant Steps" by "New York Jazz Sextet"
Tempo is one that one (not me) could get a handle on the quick changing chords.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Jeff Golick:

↳ zzz @10:47
Not really: wordsmith.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @10:48
Hey doc!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ PAULS @10:29
Hey PAULS!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ dutchtheo @10:18
Hiya dutchtheo!
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Doug Schulkind:

This Cal Massey record (his only as a leader) is among the most treasured in my library.
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Doug Schulkind:

Cal Massey, father of Zane Massey.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "What's Wrong?" by "Cal Massey"
Very Purty!!!
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Jeff Golick:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:50
Lovely record. Never really recognized Patti Bown on piano here (or anywhere).
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rw:

Good morning!
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Doug Schulkind:

This James Moody session on Scepter is essentially the same band, but with Thad Jones on trumpet instead of Art Farmer. The rest of the lineup:

Patti Bown ~ piano
Reggie Workman ~ bass
Albert "Tudie" Heath ~ drums
Marie Volpe ~ vocals
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:52
Jeff Golick, now start to see here name in lotsa places.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:54
No jazz musician has had their name spelled more different ways that "Tudie" Heath.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ rw @10:53
Rise and shine, rw!
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @10:54
Al Heath has at least two nicknames. He also goes by Albert "Kuumba" Heath.
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rw:

Thanks Doug. Working on it.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Buster's Last Stand" by "James Moody"
The trumpet/sax duet is terriffic!
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WR:

↳ Song: "Giant Steps" by "New York Jazz Sextet"
Interesting, as per your comment, Flanagan played piano on Coltrane's '60 release of Giant Steps. Flanagan played piano on all the NY Jazz Sextet / Art Farmer session except for Giant Steps.
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βrian:

Who wouldn't want to be an art farmer?
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doctorjazz:

Looks like one can still get that Cal Massey record (not inexpesive, but not the worst these days...)
www.phonicarecords.com...
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Listener Gregory:

↳ WR @10:57
Much later, Flanagan played Giant Steps on one of his own albums, with no signs of stress.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ WR @10:57
I forgot that tidbit. Thanks, WR!
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Listener Gregory:

↳ βrian @10:58
I prefer ant farming. Less complaining.
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zzz:

↳ Jeff Golick @10:48
bookmarking
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βrian:

↳ Listener Gregory @10:58
Nobody will read your ant blog.
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Doug Schulkind:

This Jazz Interactions Orchestra was an Oliver Nelson project.
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @10:58
Never mind, it's listed, but if you try to purchase, it's out of stock (don't ask how I know...)
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WR:

↳ Doug Schulkind @10:54
yes, other musicians you've spotlighted like this I've remembered seeing them listed on sessions. Some reason Patti Bown did not register. Thank you for educating me.
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Doug Schulkind:

Patti Bown is easy to over look. And when people do see her name, they misspell it as "Brown" in their minds.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ βrian @10:59
Granted, the print is very small.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:01
I was just going to ask how many times she was incorrectly listed. It is tough to have a name that looks more like a typo than an actual name.
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PAULS:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:01
Yet mighty.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:02
That's so true, Listener Georgey.
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StringOFperils:

I got out out of art farming. Too much effluent run-off that Joe-average can't possibly filter. A crop that few know how to use responsibly, and an unbearable strain on this farmer in particular. I understand why Marcel Duchamp decided to play chess instead.
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Doug Schulkind:

Effluent Run-off was the name of my first band in high school.
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Listener Gregory:

Speaking of M Duchamp, does anyone know anything about a group called Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp? It's playing a couple of gigs in Vermont. I think they're from France (said in Conehead voice).
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StringOFperils:

ERO.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Blown Bone" by "Roswell Rudd"
Ms. Bown is playing electric keys here? Nice!
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:07
If you got a Puissant, you'd better Tout it.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:06
They had to disband when they found they were not allowed into any lakes?
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:07
Joe McGasko of Surface Noice is going to have them on the show this coming Monday!
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StringOFperils:

Tout-Tout Puissant. Is that like Baby Don's Space Force?
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βrian:

That guy who bought Twitter: the tout puissant pissant.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Chris Hiatt @11:08
Huh! If only he could do that BEFORE the concerts this weekend, so I could decide whether to see them.
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zzz:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:07
this is a very cool band! was disappointed to miss them (last night!) in brooklyn. i think this is their first US tour.
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βrian:

orchestretoutpuissantmarcelduchamp.bandcamp.com...
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Doug Schulkind:

Patti Bown venturing into almost barrelhouse territory here. She could play with mastery anything in any style.
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StringOFperils:

I wonder how far back from the mic Joe had to be.
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fred:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:07
They're from Switzerland, pretty good live in my experience. Sadly, I don't think they'll be bringing their pianocktail this time
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Sem:

Hello, Doug, Friday morning Drummers, May the gods bless Joe.
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Doug Schulkind:

The lead guitarist on this Joe Turner gig is another unheralded artist deserving wider recognition: Thornel Schwartz. Great great player.
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Doug Schulkind:

Aloha, Sem!
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Listener Gregory:

Thanks for the Puissant info, all.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ StringOFperils @11:18
StringOFperils, are you referring to Mr. Turner's considerable girth?
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βrian:

I saw Joe at Joe's Star Lounge back in the day. (Ann Arbor) He was a big boy.
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Doug Schulkind:

Nina Simone's version of this is SMOKING.
  11:23am
Dean:

NO SMOKING
  11:24am
Dean:

Not that I would ever make Nina Simone the butt of a joke.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ StringOFperils @11:18
Big Joe had to hold the mic in his hand - he was enormous and sang sitting down. I saw him with Big Mama Thorton, who was no longer big at all.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Dean @11:24
Nina would send you packing. Don't be an ash, Dean.
  11:26am
Dean:

No filter, Doug?
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Doug Schulkind:

Exuma is singing to his infant daughter Kenyatta Alisha here.
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Franco Twinkie:

Howdy Doug. I just got up.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:25
Must've been shocking to see Big Mama Thornton in such a reduced capacity.
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Doug Schulkind:

Patti Bown was playing a celeste on that Exuma track.
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StringOFperils:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:21
Hadn't considered that but, as a resonating chamber, that girth enabled a voice that out-volumed the large bands it fronted. I sort of imagined a microphone as crash-test dummy met with irresistible force.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ StringOFperils @11:28
Big Joe was the quintessential "shouter." He eat microphones for breakfast.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:27
She didn't have any teeth as far as I could tell, but that didn't stop her from putting the gas pedal all the way to the ground.
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Doug Schulkind:

Patti Bown doing a masterclass in tinkle-tinkling behind DVR here.
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Doug Schulkind:

Leon Redbone covering an old Jimmie Rodgers tune.
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Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)" by "Leon...
Well, this is a wild card.
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thedunkel:

L'Shana Tova Mr. Drummer and all!
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Doug Schulkind:

Back atcha, thedunkel!
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doctorjazz:

Saw Joe Turner when he had to be assisted out on crutches, still could belt it out!
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Doug Schulkind:

Patti Bown is playing on this Cal Tjader number, too. I just couldn't fit it in.
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StringOFperils:

↳ doctorjazz @11:34
Ever see Jimmy Rushing?
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ doctorjazz @11:34
Yes, he was on crutches when I saw him as well. 1980 I want to say.
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Listener Gregory:

It sounds strange to say "singing to his infant daughter on Kama Sutra."
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Listener Gregory:

Unique and wonderful tribute, Doug. Thanks a lot! I have to bow out now. Enjoy your non-commute.
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Irene Trudel:

It was fun lurking today and hearing those Patti Bown tracks. Must dash to work now. Have a great weekend everybody!
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Listener Gregory @11:38
Listener Gregory, maybe "You Gotta Bend a Little" would be more appropriate for Kama Sutra?
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Irene Trudel @11:38
Have a safe dash and a happy weekend, Irene!
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Franco Twinkie:

Rim shot!
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doctorjazz:

↳ StringOFperils @11:35
Nope, unfortunately...but (from the last set), did get to see Leon Redbone and Dave Van Ronk (Van Ronk in a tiny Village Club, a friend dragged me, didn't know him well, aside from his having a Dylan connection)
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Doug Schulkind:

Joey Kingfish = Joseph Bruce Stribling
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Mxter Baba:

greetings, Doug and WFMU kins all around!
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Franco Twinkie:

Good morning Baba,
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Doug Schulkind:

Mxter Baba! Welcome welcome welcome!
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Phillippe:

↳ Song: "I Won't Hurt You Anymore" by "Joey Kingfish & Edd...
love this
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:41
Pranko! MWAH!
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Doug Schulkind:

Hey hey, Phillippe!
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StringOFperils:

↳ doctorjazz @11:40
Ah, too bad; if anyone might have, I thought it could've been you. :) *I saw both of the other two as well (thankfully)...the once mighty Winnipeg Folk Festival back n the 70s.
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Mr C:

Oh yeah!
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Doug Schulkind:

These songs interest me because they sound like typical male/female (if you accept that binary normative framing) material. But you've got two men singing together. Such a different sound.
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Doug Schulkind:

Mr C! Mr C! Mr C!
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Doug Schulkind:

And yes, this Johnny Watson is Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
  11:45am
Mr C:

Sam and Dave , simms Twins for starters
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Mr C @11:45
The pride of Elba, Louisiana.
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a fabulous show!
Thanks Doug!
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Doug Schulkind:

The Ben of Ben & Spence was Ben Moore. He later became the second "Bobby" in the reinvention of the James & Bobby Purify act.
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:46
Thanks so much, Andrew in Toronto! I've loved having you here!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:41
Hiya Baba!
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doctorjazz:

Gig Alert: (sorry John Schaeffer)
Dave Sewelson in a cool trio:
NY and nearby areas:

IN GARDENS - ART AS HOPE
9/16 & 9/17 - Admission is Free
At First Street Green - 33 East 1st St

September 16th
2pm - Alfredo Colon Trio
Alfredo Colon - saxophone / Kevin Eichenberger - bass / Eliza Salem - drums
3pm - Mottel / Holmes
Matt Mottel - keyboard, electronics / Tcheser Holmes - drums
4pm - Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell - trombone / Dave Sewelson - sax / Michael TA Thompson - drums
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StringOFperils:

↳ Doug Schulkind @11:47
I'd just deleted my James and Bobby Purify comment to Mr. C...too much from me...
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doctorjazz:

And, thanks for the great tribute and show, Mr Stream-meister!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Long Ago" by "Ben & Spence"
A good song to sing to yourself at four in the morning when you can't sleep....
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Doug Schulkind:

I've got four cuts left (including this one) and I REFUSE to leave one out. Gonna be cutting it close at the end. Hope I don't run overtime into

HINKY DINKY TIME with Uncle Michael, which is next!!!!

For a good time, go here: wfmu.org...
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ doctorjazz @11:49
You are entirely welcome, doctorjazz!
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Uncle Michael:

Hey...where the hell have I been? Come on by at the top of the hour.

wfmu.org...
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @11:48
(unfortunately, won't be able to get to it, but hopefully someone can)
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Chris Hiatt:

Thanks for the great show, Doug. It was nice to get familiar with the work of Patti Bown. It's like finally meeting someone who knows a bunch of your friends. All the other music too!
  11:54am
Dean:

Great show. I'm gonna step outside for a cigarette with Nina.
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Michael 98145:

wakey-wakey

Hello, All
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βrian:

Défense de fumer !
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StringOFperils:

The last four tracks presented might make this show a silly millimetre longer.
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Doug Schulkind:

Have some orange juice, Michael 98145! For your ears!
  11:56am
Dean:

StringOfperils: You've come a long way, baby.
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zzz:

thanks DJ DS! have a good weekend all, shana tova to all celebrating!
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StringOFperils:

Phew! somebody got that.
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Doug Schulkind:

Cheers, zzz! Dean! StringOFperils! βrian! And everyone! Thanks for a good time!
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Mxter Baba:

thanks! always a pleasure to share this time with you all
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Doug Schulkind:

What a devastating gobsmacker this track is.
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Michael 98145:

I can see this is another must-listen archive!
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dutchtheo:

Thanks, barista Doug! A double shot of soul!
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Doug Schulkind:

↳ Michael 98145 @11:58
Glad you catching this closing track, Michaekl 98145. The rest is groovy gravy.
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StringOFperils:

Thank you truly madly deeply, Doug! The sun WILL keep on shining.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Michael 98145 @11:58
I need extra lives to listen to all the archives I want to hear! But I try!
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doctorjazz:

(Did wind up buying a copy of the Massey album on Discogs...)
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Dean:

Did you receive the Herbie Mann tracks from Stork, doctorjazz? Killer material!
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rw:

Thanks Doug! I Won't Love and Leave any of You
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doctorjazz:

↳ Dean @12:00
Yup, very nice indeed!
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chresti:

Thanks Doug!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:59
totally agree
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Doug Schulkind:

That was three tons of phun! Thank you all!
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