The Jazz Voyager

The Jazz Voyager is back out in the Midwest at 19 N Gore Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 rummaging through the 6000-square foot store called Euclid Records. The store has been in business for 31 years and has over half a million titles covering the gambit of music. I have a feeling that digging in this Webster Grove site should produce some jazz classics as this city was a bedrock of jazz musicians.

They sell new vinyl which has become more and more prevalent in the industry and has a worldwide mail-order business. So send them your wish list and they just may be able to accommodate you.

Their doors open every day at 10:00 am and close Monday thru Thursday at 8:00 pm, Friday and Saturday at 9:00 and on Sunday at 5:00 pm.

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Three Wishes

George Tucker was asked by Nica of his three wishes and he replied:

1. “I wish everybody health and happiness, and particularly my mother.”
2. “I wish for the jazz business to progress and be more fruitful.”
3. “I wish to be able to express more love through music.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Requisites

The Driving Louis Bellson (also released as The Hawk Talks) is an album by drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in New York City on February 2, 1955, and released that same year on the Norgran label. Norman Granz produced the 33:23 minute session.

Tracks

1. Basie – 6:18
2. Charlie O – 4:47
3. All Right (Benny Goodman) – 5:14
4. The Hawk Talks – 3:52
5. Festivale – 4:08
6. Greetings – 5:10
7. Mambo a la Louis Bellson (Ralph Martin, Mike Alexander) – 3:59

• Louis Bellson – drums
• Charlie Shavers – trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6)
• Nate Brown – flute (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
• Sid Brown – bass clarinet (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 6)
• Lou Stein – piano
• Wendell Marshall – bass
• Sabu Martinez – congas, bongos (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
• Alexander Delannay, Cyril Jackson, Joe Comadore – congas (tracks 4, 5 & 7)
• Mike Alexander, Rod Clavery, Alfonso Marshall – congas, steel drums (tracks 4, 5 & 7)

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The Jazz Voyager

So it’s back across the country as the Jazz Voyager continues his hunt for rare wax by heading to 2014 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29205 wherein resides Papa Jazz Record Shoppe. Regarded as one of the largest stores in the Southeast, owner Tim Smith has cemented its reputation over its 40 years of existence. A particular fondness for free and avant-garde jazz only highlights its extensive jazz stacks but for us audiophiles, we take pleasure in the hunt.

They open/close their doors from 10 am to 7 pm, Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 pm on Sunday. Additional information is always available at 803-256-0095.

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Three Wishes

Tommy Turrentine told Pannonica his three wishes would be:

1. “Love.”
2. “Prosperity.”
3. “Peace.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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