White Lightning

Ronnie Cuber

JoM, I believe it was Lalo Schifrin who scored the opening theme of "Starsky and Hutch". JJ scored several of the opisodes. BTW JJ also scored sevral of the episodes of "The Six Million man", whose opening theme was scored by Oliver Nelson, I believe.

2 truly Jazz giants: Ben Webster - 94th birthday Sarah Vaughan - her 79th birthday Ben is one of the first that turned me into Jazz. Has there ever was a better Jazz Balladeer? And his rasp voice while playing with brute force those fast tempo tunes... I LOVE the guy! Sarah is incredible. Especially her 50th and early 60th stuff. Needless to say, the session with Clifford Brown - priceless. Those two encapsulate what a romantic Jazz is. So happy birthday

OOPS! I meant JOE Henderson, of course...

I can't get enough of Joe Henderson (a small wonder, I know). After exploring all his late (90s or so) era recordings, what great performances by him are there out there? I can recommend 2 that I spin a lot: Walter Norris - Sunburst Louis Scherr trio - Warm Valley Any more out there worth searching for?

What Chuck said. I don't trust evangelists, even if their heart is in the right place.

Wardell Gray Proper Box Steve Turre - Self Titled & Rhythm within The Heath Brothers - As we were saying Von Freeman - Have no fear, 75th Birthday celebration Mingus Big Band - Blues & Politics James Clay - I let asong go out of my heart Archie Shepp & Roswell Rudd - Live in NY James Carter - Layin' in the cut Louis Scherr trio featuring Joe Henderson - Warm Valley Bill Watrous - Bone-Ified JJ Johnson - standards

Mark, The Oud is definitely not an istrument played in Greek music. There you can find the bouzouki and the turkish Baglama. Both doesn't sound anything like the Oud. Oud is one of my favorite instruments. You usually can find the Oud in an Arab music context. However, if you're interested is something more "communicative" and captivating I would recommend either Anouar Brahem or Rabih Abou-Khalil. A few recommendation of Brahem's CDs: for something more traditional try "Barzakh" or "Askrakan Cafe" (with a haunting Turkish Clarinet); for something more adventerous/world fusion try "Le Pas du Chat Noir" or "Thimar" (w/John Surman & Dave Holland) Of Abou-Khalil's CD I would recommend ", "Nafas" and "Tarab" for a more traditional recordings and "Between Dusk and Dawn" and "Cactus of Knowledge" for a more Jazzy recordings. In addition you can try Ahmed Abdul-Malik's sessions that try to combine Arab music and Jazz "Jazz Sahara" and "East Meets West" with some amount of success. If you're interested (and have a fast internet) - I can send you a track or two to appreciate the sound and the music. Barak mswbarak@hotmail.com

Right now: Stan Getz - Yours and mine (Concord) Earlier Today: JJ Johnson - Standards Mark Turner - Dharma Days Dusko Goykovich - Ten to Two Blues Chris Mitchell - The Witches of Redbeard Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!) Nick Brignola - Triste Steve Turre - self titled

nice work! I can't wait to see some more!

Ed, thanks for the warm welcome. My handle is simply a traslation: Weiss is White in German and Barak is Lightning in Hebrew. White Lightning sounds like an American Indian name to my ears. Or rather a rock group. B

Greetings from Barak. Just stumbled in here today after being off line for some time. This looks like a great Board! Thanks B3-er!! Looking forward to participate in these forums