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No. And did you ever consider 'to each his own?' Never said I hated itunes. What I did say is 'I don't need it'. I stand by that. Go ahead and enjoy yours, though. Salud!..

Yes, click on files. Nothing confusing about that. My new laptop is driving me crackers, though (well more crackers than I already was). Among many other anomalies and crazy-making design glitches I wont bore you with, now it won't let me set Windows Media as my default player, instead I have to use a piece of s&&t called Groove Music that wouldn't play a file a friend emailed and won't let me listen to KCR without a whole goddamn rigmarole. Grrrrr. Re Apple support: I can only speak from my own experience, and I hated everything about dealing with them... ? Which 'old cats'? What lawn?

Ha. But those 'next to no ones' are some pretty cool folks...

Well, lads and lassies it's raised its ugly, meddling head again. I've been keeping night owl hours of late going out jamming and havng a wonderful time. But my internal alarm clock still seems to be set to ring between 7 and 8 AM. Wednesday morning I didn't get to bed till after 5 AM. You can imagine the havoc and confusion that wreaks within. For example I just arose at 5, having retired around 12:45. Tonight I plan to sit in with Gene Bertoncini, and I wish to be well-rested today. It's disconcerting...

,,,And if, heaven forbid, you need support you will likely get a snotnosed prima donna infant terrible on the other end of the line. That's the experience I had when I owned my lone Mac. Between that and my already alluded to disdain for the late Mr. Jobs and the horse he road in on are the reasons why (I never say never) it's highly unlikely I'd purchase any Apple product again...

No spreadsheets. I ain't that smart, patient or involved. The heavy lifting is pretty much done for you by the program(s). 'They say it's idiot-proof, but I think I found a way to beat it'. ---Trumpet player John Eckert

Sure. Why not? Patience is a virtue---and one I sorely need to learn. And I believe you can 'select all' to play an entire CD you've burned, plus 'create playlists' and libraries. It's quite versatile, actually...

The laptop...

And that's just what I got. That was a beautiful day...

I just got a 1 1/2 pound laptop and soon will have a CD-DVD Rom drive. I'll be able to burn any CD I own or order onto the hard drive and listen to it anywhere. No use for itunes here, and if it's one of that prick Steve Jobs's offerings, like Bush the Elder 'I say it tastes like broccoli, and I say the hell with it'...

I recommend going to catch him if in the Apple. If so, run, don't walk. I finally got to perform with him last night at Smoke. He sang and lit up the stand. He swings so much with just his voice that he swung an already-swinging band even more. Band, audience, me wearing huge smiles the whole time. He also just may be one of the top jazz pianists in the world right now. Regular gigs are Saturday night at Smoke and Sunday night at Smalls. Going for another dose this Saturday with gtr,..

I think Dizzy played I Waited For You. Dunno if he played If You... Sorry...

I stumbled into a JALC rehearsal (2004, before Time-Warner). They were rehearsing Peace, by Ornette, Wynton had written a chart with a great sax soli. Sitting in a corner, quietly listening while stroking his chin, was a certain Ornette Coleman. I approached him and said: 'Mr. Coleman, at first glance your music wouldn't seem suitable for big band'. He nodded, thought for a moment. 'That's the thing about music: It's so....' I was hanging on his words, could hardly wait for him to finish the sentence. Was expecting a word like 'pliable'. 'Democratic', said Ornette Coleman...

My old friend (trumpeter-arranger/composer) Tim Ouimette calls them 'Polish red notes'. They are little anomalies that offset a chord by not exactly 'belonging' to it. Like little, attractive wrinkles. An example: Benny Golson, Out of the Past, has one I love: an A natural against a straight Ab7 (no b9), coming from Eb Min7 (5th bar from the end of the form). Works great, and 'rubs' against the chord beautifully. Perhaps he was foreshadowing the next chord (D Min7)? That's what I'm talkin' about! That's writing. Any other examples you care to name?

http://www.believermag.com/issues/201309/?read=interview_albee

Hope some of you can attend to honor the memory of a great man. Don't know the exact roster, but expect some top NYC stalwarts...

Gentle bump: gig is tomorrow night. Update: Alessio Menconi and Kevin McNeal have been invited to sit in, and have confirmed they are coming. There may be other surprise guests whom I also invited. The main event is still Sean and myself, and I have a bunch of new material to try out---plus Sean also composes, and quite well. Hope to see some of my O friends there. Or please pass the info on, so the event may be well attended. Thank you in advance, Joel

Well, he also had the courage to be openly gay way before that was acceptable, And 88 years is a hell of a run for anybody, no? RIP,,,

Wow! That reminds me of Andrew White's Andrew's Music. He took off maybe hundreds of Coltrane solos. He advertised himself as 'Transcriber, janitor, mail boy. I wrote away for solos once. Some cost like $5, other short ones were like 7 cents. Weird. I bet he worked his ass off on those solos, though...

Indeed I do, thanks. One can't change a thread title, can one?

Could be. Haven't heard many drummers using that set-up...

FWIW, one guy in that street band complained about Denis: 'I never heard him on a full set', etc. (I think he just brought a snare and 2 cymbals). I thought he sounded pretty good, though...

Thank you, too! Old, though. I'm planning to record commercially shortly, and to have my music published. Thanks again, Joel

Sadly, hot as Hades in NY. Again...

A good idea. They are heroes. I'm so lucky. Aside from the aforementioned there was Chuck Wayne, Jimmy Raney, (unofficially but greatly) Eddie Diehl, Barry Galbraith, before that Carl Barry---and that's just guitar. For writing: Manny Albam, John Carisi (one lesson, then he went into a coma), and especially the great Bill Finegan (who I so adored, and who never charged me a dime for lessons). Every one a special person and a giant in some way---at least to me. What can I tell you? Though I may not be a major 'success' in the way it is often gauged, I am tremendously rich in the people I've known who helped mold me. Like I said, lucky as hell...