Chuck Nessa

Thanks for the news. A superior musician has departed. Thanks for all the music Lucky.

Thanks for posting that. I think I have a couple copies of Abundant Sounds somewhere.

FWIW, IIRC, Mosaic's first release was 3 sets - Monk, Ammons/Lewis and Mulligan.

I like 'em. Oh, you said popular.

For saleHERE.

Just "Sharpie" drawings from the court reporter.

So,,,,,,,,,that was her "number". -_-

Go Kalo, Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silvertone.

Close to a jazz group.

Certainly not illiterate.

Booker wasn't old enough to claim this.

PLEASE, some "free music" fan check out Blue Monday. I can't believe no person responded to this. Not even Sting fans. Someone must have it for rent.

After the NYT piece, this has been a nutso day for me. Unfortunately I didn't make a dime.

My reaction to Sandke is much like my reaction to Easley Blackwood: Very bright guys doing very intelligent things that never engage me. Sorry folks but I end up thinking they wasted their energy and my time.

Chicago, no question. No knock on Boston though. From my POV, Chicago is a place where stuff is created. Boston is a place where everything is digested.

Plain and simple answer for me, but you gotta follow the story. We (Ann and I) were farm kids. We went to Iowa City (college town) and then Chicago. After a couple of years my job took us to Bloomington, Madison and Boston. Then we moved back to Chicago. A job opportunity in small town Michigan was offered when our kids were 9 and 13. We smiled on the gig and the chance to get the kids out of the big city. Job turned to shit in about 2 years but we had a house and didn't want to uproot the kids again. Now, 20 years after the move, We'd love to be back in Chicago but can't afford the city anymore. DAMN! We would need another $20-30,000 a year to support the lifestyle. We do miss the food, art, music, etc but get by with the internet, Ann's cooking and Lazaro's recording sessions at the radio station.

I suggest ANYONE with interests in jazz beyond 1957 hard bop check out Stormy Monday. The following is from the All Movie Guide. Stormy Monday is a four-person character study in which style is all that matters. This tautly constructed, deftly executed crime thriller is set in economically depressed Newcastle England. Sting plays Finney, a relatively honest Newcastle jazz-club owner who crosses the path of crass American gangster Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones). Flaunting his wealth at every opportunity, Cosmo wants to involve Finney in a land development deal — if only he'll give up his club. Both men are enamored of Kate (Melanie Griffith), who becomes a pawn in their ongoing one-upsmanship. Kate and her lover (Sean Bean) try to prevent Finney from corrupting his own sense of values by wallowing in the gutter with Cosmo. Stormy Monday, the first feature-length directorial effort of former jazz musician Mike Figgis, who also wrote the script and composed the score, tells its story using subtle shadings of character and a vivid evocation of its Newcastle setting rather than through violent action. Figgis's moody direction of his excellent screenplay is quietly effective and brimming with visual nuance and irony — particularly in its perceptive take on love, money, jazz, and economic necessity. — Hal Erickson

I hope Clem comes back. He makes me think. I know some members don't like thinking, but let the rest of us exercise our brains.

All the best to you and your dad. I wish I'd been able to take my mom home for her end. Be grateful for that.

Must be the reason they called the label Water.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah yes, Dick Hyman - a name at odds with itself.