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   Martin Gregorie to The old geezer   
   Re: 1000 albums you oughta know   
   22 Mar 16 23:09:06   
   
   From: martin@address-in-sig.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:11:40 -0700, The old geezer wrote:   
      
   > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 4:47:13 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   > ?   
   >>   
   >> Yep, true enough, but the guy did say 'essential albums' and a thousand   
   >> album collection that includes jazz but can you claim a collection has   
   >> the essential albums without any Charlie 'Bird' Parker, Dizzy Gillespie   
   >> or Peter King, IOW none of the great bebop albums and none of   
   >> 'Gillespiana', 'Dizzy on the French Rivera', or 'The New Continent'   
   >> rates a thumbs down here!   
   >   
   >   
   > Chet Baker?   
   >   
   The only musicians in common between his list and mine are Dolphy, Mingus   
   and Ellington. I like Ellington a lot, but the other two I can take or   
   leave.   
      
      
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