Tom Swift

In the late 1950's and early 1960's our parents gave us lots of books. We also liked book series that we could regularly add to our collection. I collected Tom Swift Jr. books which were science fiction adventure tales. Betsy read the Nancy Drew detective series and Tom read the Hardy Boys detective series. Cathy had the Bobbsey Twins books and I'm not sure what Rita and Dan read. There was a series of farm and forest animal characters around the house.

I got started on Tom Swift because I had some hand-me-down books from Uncle Charlie. These were from the older Tom Swift series that were published throughout the 20's and 30's. I read those and then started on the new series that started in 1954 and went through the 60's. I probably had a little over a dozen of those books. I was reading the Tom Swift books from about fourth grade right up through early high school and they started me on my lifelong love of science fiction.

I was also reading the Tom's Hardy Boys and occasionally read some of the Nancy Drew books. Never read any Bobbsey Twins.

Reflections In Blue - Jazz Night

Reflections In Blue - Jazz Night

8 hours 28 minutes

1	Driftin'	Herbie Hancock	1988
2	It's Time	Horace Silver	1999
3	Mambo Bounce	Sonny Rollins	2008
4	Reflections in Blue	Sun Ra	2015
5	Bags & Trane	John Coltrane & Milt Jackson	1961
6	Funky Blues	Benny Carter	1994
7	Afro-Blue	Cal Tjader	1959
8	Judo Mambo	Jimmy Smith	1965
9	Port of Rico	Illinois Jacquet	1952
10	Speak Low	Sonny Clark	2001
11	Airegin	Wes Montgomery	1960
12	Alone Together	Lee Konitz	2015
13	Autumn Leaves	Miles Davis	1958
14	Sambalero featuring Maria Helena Toledo	Stan Getz	1957
15	I'll Remember April	Bill Charlap Trio	2016
16	Fried Bananas	Dexter Gordon	2003
17	Bossa Nova	Roy Eldridge	1960
18	Funkallero	Bill Evans	2001
19	Jeru	Miles Davis	1957
20	Dig Dis	Hank Mobley	1960
21	Lazy Bird	John Coltrane	1957
22	Embraceable You	Zoot Sims & Oscar Peterson	2013
23	The Honeydripper	Brother Jack McDuff & Grant Green	1961
24	Blues For Mr. Broadway	Oliver Nelson & Ben Webster	2000
25	West Coast Blues	Wes Montgomery	1960
26	Goin' Home	Yusef Lateef	1960
27	Cornbread	Lee Morgan	1965
28	Rhodamagetics	Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane	1958
29	Yama	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1957
30	It's You or No One	Donald Byrd	2012
31	Caracas	Lou Donaldson	1963
32	Honeysuckle Rose	Thelonious Monk	1956
33	Bongo Bop	Miles Davis	1960
34	Bossa Rocka	George Benson	1966
35	Sunflower	Milt Jackson	2002
36	Good Groove	Richard Groove Holmes	2012
37	Idle Moments	Grant Green	1964
38	September Song	Tal Farlow	2014
39	As Long as I Live	Benny Goodman	2012
40	My Little Brown Book	John Coltrane	1962
41	God Bless The Child	Sonny Rollins	2005
42	Yardbird Suite	Sonny Stitt	1963
43	Have You Met Miss Jones?	Art Tatum	1953
44	Blue and Sentimental	Count Basie	2012
45	Lullaby of the Leaves	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	2012
46	Three To Get Ready	Dave Brubeck Quartet	1959
47	Twisted Blues	Wes Montgomery	1961
48	Peace Piece	Bill Evans	2013
49	My Funny Valentine	Miles Davis	1956
50	There Will Never Be Another You	Lester Young & Oscar Peterson	1997
51	Stairway to the Stars	John Coltrane & Milt Jackson	1961
52	Body and Soul	Lee Konitz	2015
53	Satin Doll	McCoy Tyner	1963
54	Misty	Erroll Garner	2016
55	Joy Spring	Clifford Brown	1998
56	The Natives Are Restless Tonight	Horace Silver	1964
57	Pussy Cat Dues	Charles Mingus	1998
58	The Kid	Lou Donaldson	2008
59	Move	Miles Davis	1957
60	Dat Dere	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1989
61	Goin' Down South	Bobby Hutcherson	2007
62	I'm Not So Sure	Milt Jackson
63	Gypsy Blue	Freddie Hubbard	1960
64	Brilliant Corners	Thelonious Monk	1956
65	Aisha	John Coltrane	2014
66	Decision	Sonny Rollins	1978
67	Walkin' Shoes	Gerry Mulligan	1991
68	Feelin' Good	Stanley Turrentine	1984
69	Free Wheelin'	Joe Henderson	1966
70	Smokin'	Hank Mobley	1961
71	Giblet Gravy	George Benson	1997
72	All The Things You Are	Johnny Griffin	1957
73	Kenny's Sound	Jimmy Smith & Kenny Burrell	1973
74	I Know	Miles Davis	1956
75	Shoutin' On A Riff	Sonny Clark	2001
76	Twelve Bars More To Go	Wayne Shorter	1964
77	Tippin'	Art Blakey	1958
78	Fancy Free	Grant Green	1972
79	The Shadow Of Your Smile (Live At Small's Paradise)	King Curtis	1966
80	A Day In The Life	Wes Montgomery	1967