Hey Judith, I'm still around, a little more reading and a little less posting..... really enjoying all the post here on MOTM! Thanks Adam, Jason, Matt and Warren! Great stuff!
Judith, Some of the artist on Bethlehem Records...I got 18 Cds for 25 bucks!
Zoot Sims, Urbie Green, Booker Little, Mal Waldron, Chris Connor, Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson (double trombones, how cool!), Vinnie Burk, Oscar Pettiford, Frances Faye ( really weird, bad folk, but I like it!), Australian Jazz Quintet (nice vibes), Claud Williamson, Charles Persip, Bob Burough, Mel Torme, Johnny Hartman, Charlie Mingus (East Coasting, 1957), Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams - (Motor
City Scene, 1961).... check out this line up....Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Louis Hayes and Paul Chambers... HOLY CRAP! Just awesome!
Chris Connor - Lullaby of Birdland (1953)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauOcqSFjnE
The Australian Jazz Quintet - Alone Together (1956)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZflBRDDHKCc
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams -Trio (1961) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQ7PmoYVSQ