[Arthur Miller died.]

Hank Jones was there - why would he make this up? I suppose you were also on the elevator - give us your version -

[Nat Cole Mosaic Box]

I loved popeye - I YAM WHAT I YAM - I also remember a slightly obscene joke about Popeye and Olive Oil -

[The troll who infests JC]

as I recall the audience cheered -

[What is or was the best photo of a jazz musician?]

wow - love that Gottlieb - is it published anywhere?

[Nastiness & This Board]

maybe there ought to be a new feature that allows you to edit other people's posts - might make things more interesting -

[Arthur Miller died.]

well, I do think he was over-rated and a mediocre writer - After the Fall is one of the worst things ever written by a writer with a reputation. He also did some horrendous things to Monroe - as a matter of fact this has a jazz connection, as Hank Jones told me this some years ago - Jones played the piano for Monroe at the Madison Square Garden birthday party for JFK at which Monroe sang the famous version of happy birthday - afterwards Jones was in the elevator with Monroe and Miller; she was drunk and Miller hit her hard -

[The troll who infests JC]

if I can find the tape of the Tony Brown show I will post a transctipt - will look this weekend - it was quite offensive, there was a small hoopla and I believe some sort of apology -

[Percy France - I SHOULD CARE (1980)]

thanks to everyone who ordered the CD - I've been a little delayed because of a fair sized snow storm - will try to mail out a bunch of stuff tomorrow - if I missed your email please email me directly at alowe@maine.rr.com -

[The troll who infests JC]

byt the way, speaking of Wynton, does anybody remember the famous anti-semitic comment on Tony Brown's Journal from about ten years ago? Somewhere I have a cassette tape of it -

[The troll who infests JC]

that's easy for you to say -

[Percy France - I SHOULD CARE (1980)]

I honestly don't remember who was backing Marsh (it's been almost 25 years); the banded for LP thing was posted by someone else, I think - and as an added comment on Percy's other recordings, which are very good, none, I think, captures him as well as my little "live" recording -

[A stupid CD question about scuffs, scratches, etc.]

Anybody listening? Optrix is a spray, great stuff, available in the US from North COuntry Audio: 315-287-2852, ask for Marc. Tell him Al sent ya -

[Percy France - I SHOULD CARE (1980)]

thanks - will have to check my other machine in the morning -

["Bio-worthy" jazz musicians]

well, I tried to change the subject - did you hear the one about the rabbi, the priest, and the Al Quaida suspect?

["Bio-worthy" jazz musicians]

Hawkins was the man - always changing, always growing - another interesting quote from Barry Harris was that after working with Hawk he felt that he might have romanticized Bud Powell and Charlie Parker too much - because here was a musician who had gone on and listened and kept changing with the music and had produced brilliant work over 5 decades -

[The troll who infests JC]

"Having a senior moment, eh?"

let's cut the age-ist crap -

[a tiny rant/question on selling Mosaics for profit]

I should never have allowed open-enrollment -

[Nat Cole Mosaic Box]

I used to work for a moil and I collected the left over skins - I made them into a satchel - rub it and it turns into a suitcase -

[a tiny rant/question on selling Mosaics for profit]

so basically they are selling it only because the money is irresistable - not because they need the money, or because it's worth the money, or even because they want to sell it -

class dismissed (that's if anybody is still in attendance) - .

[The troll who infests JC]

Well, here's some grafitti I saw years ago in the bathroom at Bradley's: "Republicans, how can you shit here when your asshole is in Washington?" -

[Coda Magazine]

I do wonder sometimes if things like Coda have a death wish - good little magazine, but in my brief experience they never returned numerous emails or phone calls - I know there were only a few people doing a lot of work, but I've had this experience before with organizations that are so dependent upon the support of a dedicated few and yet who can't seem to get the basics together -

[Nat Cole Mosaic Box]

wait - I just found something under my bed - nah, it's just dust -

[Nat Cole Mosaic Box]

will you take my personal IOU? If I don't pay you in thirty days you can keep the IOU -

[The troll who infests JC]

per-racism by white musicians and jazz audience - racism has many levels - it's not always of the white-sheet/klan kind - however a discussion of THAT sort is more complicated than my meager mind an handle right now. But, yes, I have seen/heard racist displays/comments by such people, though it's likely that they themselves did not regard them as such - -

[Nat Cole Mosaic Box]

sour grapes? I have some of those too - $50 a pound -