Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech And Other Papers

Many straight-ahead bop musicians would never consider recording traditional folk songs from the British Isles, but that's exactly what Johnny Griffin does on The Kerry Dancers and Other Swinging Folk – and this Orrin Keepnews-produced album just happens to be one of his best releases of the 1960s. ~ AllMusic

Tartini: The Devil's Trill & other violin sonatas /The Locatelli Trio is a fine enough recording with Locatelli Trio. This trio being Elisabeth Wallfish on violin, Richard Turnicliffe on cello and last but not least Paul Nicholson on the harpsichord. Hyperion Records have gone quite cheap and the book-let is really thin and the essay is quite short but still quite well-written and informative. Tartini tries as he might but he never comes clomes to the likes of Vivaldi in terms of ability. Still and all I like this recording quite a bit and give it 4 well deserved stars.

From about 1900 to 1960 American museums collected at the fastest rate and with the widest interests that the world has ever seen. This sweepstake ingurgitation has now pumped the sources dry and has sent prices skyrocketing for what remains, just at a time when American museum funds are falling behind the rate of general inflation. But the result is not entirely disastrous, for it forces us to take stock of what we raked together bit by bit as chances offered, and to catalogue the holdings that have grown almost without our being aware of the growth. …