AllenLowe

I'll take the Buddy Weed stuff.

well, my wife has pretty good taste and likes the old stuff - but nothing to match my former girlfriend who actually told me (with NO coaching, I swear) that in her judgment, Bud Powell was a much more profound pianist than Oscar Peterson. I almost fell on the floor, because in my experience most civilians just heard them as two pianists who played a lot of notes.

IIRC, the early Still is much more interesting as he was, once more IIRC, studying with Varese. Then he got into more folk forms and truthfully his talent deserted him - blues posturing, very shallow use of the vernacular. The afformentioned (in another thread) Coleridge Taylor Perkinson is head and shoulders above Still in his ability to channel traditional forms and transform them into something personal and expressive. No comparison, from where I sit. I have not, I think, however, heard the Fourth.

I loved it. And very nice to meet you, Bertrand (though next time, please, no more drunken vocal versions of Satin Doll).

someone needs to ask Ron S. this question.

I care that he has integrity and I respect his right to do what he wants to do. But it still is very mediocre music.

"Mr. Brubeck comes across as a nice guy...who is true to himself " this is basically how I always defend him - but thinking about it now, what's the big deal? This describes virtually every musician I know (with the exception of a few from New Jersey) -

he was a founder, with the late Mike Seeger, of the New Lost City Ramblers, one of the truly fine bands of the revivial.

I'll be there

depends how you look at it

he's a great guy; we did our 9/25 concert for his organization -

sounds good - but please don't make me watch the Brubeck.

All Night Long has Mingus in it -

look, I'm still amused that Henny Youngman's brother was names Lester (not kidding) -

reading these lists always makes me very nervous. Who did I miss (and maybe that's why he won't return my call)?

Vichy Water

well, you shoulda known that Leslie Nielsen is a controversial figure - many people consider him to be the Coco Chanel of the 21st century.

isn't "West Coast Seattle Boy" redundant (I mean, could he be an East Coast Seattle Boy?)? and Beetles Bootlegs? You mean this one isn't real: "Meat the Beetles with John Lenin, Paul McCarthy, Kenneth Starr and Gerry Hemingway"

I would call the press and tv stations - go on with your uncle - you can really put them on the spot. Chances are that other people will then come forward. I would have your uncle give a sworn statement - maybe notarized, whatever is required - and then say, ok, if he's lying prosecute him for perjury.

ok, so this is a clip Ron S found on youtube of Grouch and Margeret Dumont on the old Hollywood Palace - but WAIT - there's a commercial break at 7:00 and who do we see? Why Stan the Man, accompanying Edie Adams - weird......

by the way, just to show that I'm not completely crazy (we'll take votes later on possible percentages) it turns out that, according to saxophone historian Paul Cohen in an article in Saxophone Journal, someone in the 1920s was workng on a "reverse-hand" saxophone. Could Arnold be playing a proto-type?

actually, it's a left-handed sax; very rare today, they were made for lefties in the 1920s by an old Jewish craftsman named Mendel Verblunged who lived on Delancey Street

yes, I missed the 1926 reference and just did the math - I think the hip swing is a West Coast cool jazz mating ritual.

it's hard to believe he was born in 1912, as this makes him about 15 years older than a lot of his musical contemporaries. I wonder if that date is correct.

I hate to mention this - but guess who's on that Buddy Arnold LP (which I have)? Dave Schildkraut (have I mentioned him before?)