Chuck Nessa

It sucks from every direction.

DH has been out of my loop for a long time. He went "soft" a while back.

EVERYBODY - send me your employer's email address.

You should get the "complete Prestige recordings" by Mr Monk. K2 reissues of all his Prestige recordings including the full Bags Groove session. Keep the cd you have for the session with Rollins.

The original title was to be "Change". I say let that stand.

From the timings I'd say they edited the intro.

Brown roach clip, brown roach clip. That seems to ring some sort of bell.

I'm waiting for the story of Bunny and Hemp.

I see this new set is in "stereo". Bout time.

Funny how this thread seems to reflect the poster's prejudices/favorites and ignores the actual quality of the playing. To me most of the messages ignore the actual "mastery of the instrument".

I won't live that long and if you do you won't know what it's all about. Maybe hundreds of thousands of folks need to die first.

Just wanna say some amazing responses were missed with the entry of Mike Lipskin.

Can I help filling in the details?

A fan of Mr Loaf raises his hand.

Hope to catch you at Schulers. Beer after?

Nailed is not exactly the word I would select.

No alternate cover to my knowledge and no Billy with Elmo. No opinion on the contents of your bloodstream.

Ms Benton looks much better in that pic than I remember.

Silly argument. Ellington, Porter, Gershwin, Copland, Beethoven, Bach, Manilow , etc were doing different things and comparing this stuff is futile. Duke ain't the songwriter Porter or Gershwin were (though he wanted to be). He is not a composer of Copland or Beethoven stature (though he wanted to be). What he was is a superb jazzman with compositional and "arranging" talent and he changed my life. This stuff really bothers me. We try to build ourselves up by "being better" than others rather than doing unique things.

Doctor Richard Kimball Little Richard Little Feat

You bettah off.

Responses to a couple of questions/assertions in the thread. Very unlikely any Baby Face set would include BN and Argo material. This sort of label mixing is almost impossible in today's business climate. Any Three Sounds project beyond one Select is also unlikely. The reason here is potential sales numbers are too low. Not enough Gene Shaw for a Select unless they start issuing doubles. Yours truly, Mr Wet Blanket

Wadada Leo Smith.

Red Mitchell date on Contemporary with James Clay and Lorraine Geller recorded March 26, 1957. This might have been my introduction to Billy.