Chuck Nessa

Fosters.

Richard and Gene in the same day! DAMN! Topsy Turvy world today. Really hard to keep this out of the "political" territory. Sorry, we all live in a world where "what we do" and "what we appreciate" might influence life or death for some folks. Let me say I hate all this crap. Maybe you "hadda" be there. Anybody tried to kill you 'cause of "what you thought"? Been there, done that.

Got any CASH you'd like to share? Anyone pointed out the PM function yet?

At one point Capitol had a stake in the company and supplied a bunch of masters. This opens a whole bunch of worm cans and takes me back to my Wisconsin days. One state over you have MN and they had Heilicher Bros (forgive spelling) and they were major powers in the music biz before the '90's, I think Detroit's Handlemen (sp warning again) was another. The only remnants of marketing giants like these and a few others are pale shadows but they shaped the music world we all live in. I wish someone would finance a study of the record biz from the end of WWII and the arrival of the digital curse. I'd be a witness asap. I'd learn more than I contribute but want to know a bunch of stuff.

Are we sure about that? That's just what I was thinking. Welcome to the board (and to seattle) Troy. Just a little joke. Certainly no harm meant (unlike a couple of my other posts). As they say, any friend of Peter's...................................................................

Ray Charles looks like George Shearing and Joe Saye.

You can sample some of his stuff HERE.

Always room for one more. Welcome. Any friend of Peter's is a friend of Peter's.

I had a number of Dorham recordings since the '50s but never really got into him until Lester Bowie pressed me to really listen.

What a coincidence!

In this one you can see my shoveling.

Here's what it looks like in Whitehall this morning.

Time for me to go shovel snow.

Have a wonderful day.

I could always use a helper.

Bunches.

I'm an old guy and memory fails.

Don't think he sings on it but he made a Limelight lp called Baker's Holiday. It seems to be currently available from Universal/Limelight/Verve/Impulse/Emarcy/Mercury/Smash/Fontana/Philips/Wing/Metro/VSP/MetroJazz/Grand Award/Bluesway/Down Home/Clef/Norgran/Polydor/Command/Leo the Lion/Chess/Checker/Argo/Cadet/ Aristocrat/Cadet Concept/Decca/London/MCA/Felsted/Musidisc/America/Brunswick/Vocalion/Dot/Paramount/ABC Paramount/MGM/etc.

Gil frequently had "low" instruments playing at the top of their range and "high" instruments down at the bottom. That was one of the "secrets" of his orchestral sound. Everybody has their tricks.

Anybody?? Both Lullaby and Different are terrific Dexter. Can't think of others without piano.

Finally arrived yesterday. Great stuff. I think this is a recording that will grow on you with each listen.

I had no idea Shannon and Wadada performed together. What a great idea.

Relating this to the weather thread - shoveling snow is great exercise. I need that in winter since Ann and I take fewer "power walks" with ice on the bike trail and our favorite trails in the woods. About 3 years ago I was at 247 lbs and got down to 190 (I am 6 ft tall). In the last couple of months I've gained about 5 pounds so I welcome the snow.

Gotta stop that damn thing from spinning. I think I can stop it.