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After almost four years of researching and answering reader questions about hard to find CDs and LPs, along with discography inquiries, I've decided to end Ask Ken. Perhaps I was the victim of my own success; initially, I was replying to as many as 15 to 20 questions within one monthly column. But the questions grew ...

Judith Holden of Encinitas, CA wrote:

What happened to Pinky Winters, a jazz singer during the late 1950s and early 1960s?

Judith:

From the gaps in her discography, I guess Pinky Winters likely left music to pursue another career or raise a family. After the 1950s, she evidently did not record again until making the LP ...

C. Bolling wrote:

My husband is trying to find an artist named Kenny Wagner. He used to be on the Sunnyside label. He was doing a song called East Meets West. He is having a heck of a time finding him or anything about him. Can you help? Thank you very much in advance for your ...

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Ulf Sjogren wrote:

You can answer a question from one of our Scandinavian neighbors. Arto Repola: Where Fortune Smiles, can be found at: Sequel records, Castle music Ltd A29 Barwell Business Park, Leatherhead road Chessington Surrey KT9 2Ny. e-mail:info@castlemusic.com www.castlemusic.com.

Ulf:

Thanks ...

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Marty wrote:

Could you plese tell me if it is possible to buy a copy of 'The Complete Sam Rivers on Blue Note (Mosaic Records) set on cd or where I can get it. Thank you.

Marty:

Because of the high demand ...

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Thomas Stone wrote:

I hope you can help me. I am looking for, in any form, music by Richard Groove Holmes entitled ‘Onsaya Joy,’ which is the title cut on an album which was released between 1971-1973. It was released on the ...

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Several different readers, who didn’t always include their names, provided the following updates to earlier columns:

An unknown reader sent in this update:

In an answer to Jill Kotchon in your September column on the all about jazz website, you said that ...

Carlos Schvartzman of Paraguay wrote:

I am a pro jazz musician (guitarist, pianist, composer, arranger, educator, orchestrator and conductor) from Paraguay. I have a worn out LP called “Maiden Switzerland", with an European Big-Band and featuring Mike Barone on trombone and doing most of the composing and arranging.

I have not been able to locate a ...

Dr. Jeff Monroe from Italy wrote:

Ciao Ken. have written you some time ago. I am big fan of your column, us Jazz maniacs need a place to turn.

I am looking for Bud Powell's “Inner Fires" CD. I know it was released in the US by Discovery, but am looking for the Japanese versions (on ...

Jerry Dubinsky from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada wrote:

I have the CD 'The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow' and would also like to obtain 'Fuerst Set' done at the same session. Where can I find it?

Jerry:

Although the personnel is identical on the two sessions you mentioned, as well as 'Second Set,' they are from ...

To All Ask Ken Readers:

My June, July and August 2003 Ask Ken columns were lost when the All About Jazz web site was recently attacked by hackers, and I didn’t have backup copies for any of them. If you have possibly archived any of these columns on your computer please email them to me at ...

Jill Kotchon wrote:

My father is looking for an album that has Skylark performed by Stan Getz with Bob Brookmeyer. He doesn't know the name of the album, just that Skylark was one of the tracks. I checked on Amazon.com, and all I found was the Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer album, but it didn't have Skylark. I ...

Mike Christopher from St. Augustine, FL wrote:

I have a question regarding Jazz musician Doug Carn, who performed in Philly with McCoy Tyner. During the week long celebration did Doug Carn receive a congressional achievement award for his contributions to jazz? Some say he did, others say he did not. We just want to set the ...

Ted Brown from Los Angeles, CA wrote:

When and where was the jazz singer Barbara Morrison born?

Ted:

Female artists are frequently reluctant to list their year of birth, however, Barbara Morrison's official web site (barbaramorrison.com) states that she was born and raised in and around Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Yesi of New York, NY wrote: ...