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On many of the tracks, Jeff Clayton overdubs several reed parts to create a larger band sound. In the liner notes, Ray Brown writes that this was one of the last recordings made by Freddie Green, but there is no recording date (or a date of any kind) to be found on this CD.

Disc 4 of 4.

From the "Not something I ever thought I needed or wanted, but at that price, why not?" category -- As of this writing, a seller on Amazon still has one more copy of this CD available for under $8, shipping incl.

Elaine Joyce Randolph Scott Walker Texas Ranger

Jimmy Stewart Whitman Mayo Brothers

Tori Amos Milburn Stone Phillips Jessica Harper Lee Grant Imahara

A fine trio date from late in his career. I like when DE leads the crowd in singing "I'm Beginning to See The Light" and then he forgets the words himself!

I don't know how many takes they did that day, but when the tape stopped rolling on this one, surely everybody in the room (including the seemingly immortal Roy Haynes) must have known they had just recorded a stone cold classic.

Thanks for posting about this. I look forward to any "new" music from the short-lived Getz group with Gary Burton (and Roy Haynes here, too!). I will definitely have to add this to the "want list".

Disc 1 of 2.

Mr. Brown graciously autographed the booklet for this CD when I saw him at Yoshi's one night. In addition to his musical talents, he also deserved high marks for penmanship!

Trumpeter Spuds Mackenzie was part of Chicago's famed "Austin High Gang", but he unfortunately died at the age of 22 in a freak boating accident -- even though people warned him not to go boating with that freak. Percussionist Luis Tiant went from being a member of Tito Puente's band to fronting his own popular Latin jazz group before he unfortunately died at the age of 28 in a freak training accident -- even though people warned him not to train that freak.

Most critics consider pianist Wilt Chamberlain's "classic" trio to be the 1965-67 group with bassist Jimmy Connors and drummer Cleavon Little.

Marjorie Taylor Greene (the famous "Hotsy Totsy Gal From Harlem" -- title of her famous 1938 hit -- who some called the "female Art Tatum", which was not as appreciated as one might think since it was a comment on her physical resemblance to the piano legend and not her own musical abilities on her beloved sarrussophone) Lou Grant (this Hammond B-3 master spent most of his career in his hometown of Dallas, but his music has gained a cult following thanks to his funky 1966 hit, "Chitlins and Chop Suey") Thurston Howell III (this trombonist's career was cut tragically short by a freak car accident -- even though people had warned him not to get in that car with that freak -- but not before he recorded his magnum opus, Howl By Howell, his musical presentation of the Allen Ginsberg classic)

Event # 11 is the Sand Mogul Rcce. Why? Because the Crazy Cat's Eyes are desperate to prove emphatically they suck at absolutely everything!

Kirby Puckett (this Toledo based trombonist is perhaps best known for having played -- but never recorded -- with the Kenton band in 1953/4) Jerry Mahoney (a popular clarinetist whose boyish good looks helped land him the spot as the leader of the house band of the popular mob-controlled Hollywood nightspot, El Cuspidor, in the late 1930s)

Okay -- we all know everybody's thinking it, so I'm just going to go ahead and put it out there: Marsalis (kidding, kidding, we kid because we love)

Casey Kasem (I picture him on vibes) Yogi Berra (a little known bass player, but he frequently gigged with Buzzy Drootin back in the day and it was tough to top the rhythm team of Buzzy and Yogi)

Brave Combo Live at Cat's Cradle 03/13/2005

Chris Rock Hudson Hawk

The Steeplechase is Event # 10. I'm not a big fan of this event. It's not very visually interesting to watch and since there is no direct head-to-head competition involved, it does not offer much drama. Still, good news for the winners today and the contest to see which teams will be the Marble League champions is tightening up.

Pete Rose Marie Antoinette

A fairly positive review of his return-to-live-performing concert: Van Morrison, Hampton Court Palace, review: a sublime show without a hint of covidiocy

Snoop Dogg the Bounty Hunter S. Thompson Twins Etta James T. Kirk Franklin D. Roosevelt Sykes Oedipus Rex Harrison Ford

I saw John Lee Hooker perform only once, about two or three years before his passing. It was an outdoor concert here in San Jose. For most of the show, he left much of the heavy lifting to his band of the time, the Coast to Coast Blues Band. It was kind of an underwhelming show until . . . Near the end of the show, on one number (it might have been "Boom Boom"), as the song progressed, Mr. Hooker's vocal built and gained strength and momentum until there was a brief 30-45 second segment which was absolutely and literally spell-binding. In that brief time it seemed he had total command of both his abilities and that audience. It was a memorable musical experience.