A Blue Note Birthday?

The Lovely Mrs. JC has asked me to write a post for her. It seems that someone quite close to Jazz Collector  has a major birthday coming up in the next few weeks and, when this person, who happens to be typing this post, was asked what he would like as a gift for this momentous occasion he replied, naturally, that he would love an original Blue Note to fill in a gap in his collection. Oh, something like Shades of Redd, or Cliff Craft, or Blowing in From Chicago, or Cliff Jordan, or any of the Thad Jones Blue Notes, or Davis Cup, or John Jenkins and Kenny Burrell, or either of the Louis Smith Blue Notes, or Lou Donaldson Quartet, Quintet, Sextet. Any of those would make quite a handsome birthday gift, don’t you think? Now, despite all of these years of being married to a Jazz Collector, the Lovely Mrs. JC really doesn’t know how to go about finding of these rare items, other than walking into the Jazz Record Center and asking Fred, which she may do when the time comes. However, she also thought that someone out there in the Jazz Collector community might want to help her in this search, perhaps someone who is planning to list one of these records on eBay and would prefer selling it to her at a fair market price, knowing that it would end up in the hands of a most appreciate Jazz Collector. Or perhaps someone with a duplicate copy. In addition to asking me to write this post, she also has set up her own email, mrsjc(at)jazzcollector.com, so that if anyone would wish to take her up on this quest, they can communicate with her directly and not spoil any potential surprise. So, having written this post, I have done my part. After Feb. 4  I will let you know what, if anything, transpires.