Chuck Nessa

Yeah... sure.. and I bet there's no Santa, either.... HEY! The man ate chicken in my house. More than you have done.

I hope you all understand, really understand he's not a ghost. I have met him and he is a regular human! Wonderful guy, just no ghost. Is that clear? Hope it was a great day!

Let us check his "papers" before we get carried away with celebrations. B-)

John joined the Andy Kirk band in 1943 and stayed a couple of years. Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee and Jimmy Forrest were in the band at the time. John is a delight.

If this goes to court they will have to prove "confusion". A jumper cable company would be in trouble but a yogurt stand would be ok.

My weapon is loaded and I'll be on the alert for these folks. Thanks for the tip.

The Lowe book sounds wonderful - probably 18 readers waiting for a book like this (me included) and the rest go to libraries. I do not mean this as a slam in any way - just a reflection of the times. Damn, I hope it happens. No one has responded to my "lack of interest" in Charles as a player. I stated I had no interest in his playing but thought he was a good organizer. If you can point me to some good/great playing, let me know.

Montana with Jack Walrath, and friends from home. It's on Labor.

Chris, that was YOU I saw in the Village wearing the pendants!

What about Spam with cloves and TaterTots?

Say what?

Bet you can't stop dancin'. I'm very happy for you.

But not all that good. I think Burning Spirits sucks big time.

From what I have seen (or heard) Mister Charles is much brighter than his playing. I mean he never "got to me" as an instrumentalist, but his "projects" do. I did not play for a good reason.

So now we have a David Gates/Joe Henderson thread.

Nat's a very smart guy, decent observer of the scene and a very fine writer. I disagree with him at times but read everything I see.

Here is an opening for me to pimp the Uptown Christmas cd. Tracks by Claudio Roditi/Don Sickler, Frank Wess/Johnny Coles, Kenny Barron, Charlie Rouse, Richard Wyands, Maria Muldaur, Walter Davis Jr, Carl Fontana/Al Cohn, Barry Harris, Jack Sheldon/Barry Harris, Sahib Shihab and Tommy Flanagan. Contact me if you are interested. B-)

OUTSTANDING!!!

Rachel, Patricia, Maren, etc are not in your species. Look elsewhere.

So the shipment from Columbia got thru customs without any problems! B-)

I've spent the last few hours entering my (Prestige/Fantasy/Riverside/etc) lps into my cd database so I can make something that looks like an intelligent purchase (or 4).

I think he was speaking "Canadian". That's what they talk like in Canadia.

Same here! All the best to you.

Great!

My post was meant to be constructive, not a flame.