Ted O'Reilly

Naw, I wouldn't say 'bizarre'. Remember, it's not about perfection with Basie et alia, it's feeling. And that felt good, so why bother doing the whole thing again for a teeny tiny fluff? I wouldn't call it 'a major blooper'. Remember, in 1955 recording was done right to mono -- no separate tracks, overdubs or punch-ins used for something like this. Even later, with multi-track recording, I'm guessing Basie (and other leaders of his generation) wouldn't bother to scrap a good whole take for something small.

Why, oh why did I bother clicking on this claptrap? I guess, to find my new favourite name: "Sheherazade Ventura-Bentley"...

it's ok. just like everything else, language evolves. the article was no revelation. but this quote is, to me, suspect: 'Scholars recently analyzed more than five million digitized books, about 4 percent of all the books ever printed. Publishing their findings in "Science," the researchers discovered that, by their estimation, “52 percent of the English lexicon – the majority of the words used in English books – consists of lexical ‘dark matter’ undocumented in standard references.' am i reading that right? more than half of the words we read are "lexical dark matter," or neologisms? really? that seems a bit high to say the least. Was the reference not to ALL books, just to the 4% digitalized? Maybe they are the most-easily available for analysis, most recently-composed, and therefore are indeed "lexical dark matter" and neologisms. (I am a traditionalist, an old and Jesuit-taught pedant. I prefer proper capitalization, and think it's a *quotation*, not a *quote*. Also like canned mushroom soup, and think she's attractive. )

I don't know what to make of the numbering, and surely this is an old topic here. I know I ordered this box before another Organissimo member, yet his copy has a lower number. The sound quality is fine, to my ears. I've never heard a better version of the Mound City Blue Blowers session.

Diana Dors. Once married to the late Dickie Dawson.

I’ve just found an amusing thing: I put Disc 6 in my computer to listen while I’m doing some stuff, and the Windows Media menu calls track 12 “Feelin’ The Bean”! The alt shows up correctly, as track 26...

Heard on the radio this morning: ple-THORA. Should be PLETH-ora. Accent on the wrong sih-LAB-ull.

I recorded Jack in solo performances on a couple of occasions in the '80s, for radio broadcast. I'm trying to track down the digital masters, as his wife Sandy is interested in having a release, bll she has heard is cassette copies. I hope I can find them, there would be as much as 160 - 180 minutes to choose from. I think the piano was adequate, and in tune, but one never knows with club instruments. (At least there WERE clubs then, and they DID have pianos...)

Even Merriam-Webster is "wrong"! http://mw1.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?patina02.wav=patina I hope their site is blocked in Canada. It isn't. But they're wrong. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/american/patina or http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=patina does allow the incorrect pronunciation by claiming it's "American". (Or as Mitt Romney would say, "Amercian").

Not really, eh?

"Gathering in a Clearing" was apparently not a "keeper" in the Ellington book. It was recorded in July, 1946 for RCA; it showed up a few times on broadcast recordings later that summer, but disappeared after that. It's co-credited to Ellington and Cat Anderson, who is the featured soloist..... I always thought that it was Ray Nance who was the featured trumpet. But if Cat Anderson wrote it, it would make sense that he would solo. He was quite a chameleon as a stylist...

Just heard an antique dealer mispronounce a word that she should know: patina. It AIN'T "pa TEENAH"! It's "PAT inna". I know thousands of people say it incorrectly, and will defend their way of saying it, but they're wrong. Period.

I think he's in Geneva, Switzerland.

We in Canada will have to wait much longer. I think the extra shipping charge we pay is to cover the storage costs while they deign to move it along...

Good one. That bugs me too. Doesn't bug me. I put the t in there. Many dictionaries note that the original pronouciation included a t and that while the silent t is more standard, the other is also an acceptable variant, and indeed the t is making a strong comeback. Let me know when you hear liss-ten or gliss-ten. Then I'll ha(i)s-ten to buy off-ten.

I hate hearing *off-ten* when they mean offen...silent T. Would they say "Liss-ten to the new Mobley CD", or "Darling, your hair is gliss-tenning"?

There's always "mispronounciate" when they mean "mispronunciate".

It's still pricey to visit the UK. It seems that something that costs a Dollar in Canada costs a Pound in the UK. Makes it 60% more. Or at least it feels that way. I guess that's why the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (aka Charles and Camilla) are in Canada this week...having a vacation with valuable Pounds. Oh, wait... No, that's not it. They seem to be travelling on our tab.

The C$ hangs around par with the US$ these days, but I'd say it's likely that the US$ is down to the C$, rather than the other way around. Neither is doing well in Switzerland and the UK, where I've just been.

Just saw Bob Wilber at the Newport Jazz Party a few days back. He played that soundtrack, using straight soprano for Bechet, and curved soprano for the young Indy. He said he had to re-do the Indy part, as the producer said he played it too well, that the kid wouldn't be that good... I recall seeing that particular show, but didn't realize it had ever been issued on tape or DVD. EDIT: >>I wrote "Newport". I meant "Norwich". Sorry.<<

Here's the latest from Mosaic about the Hawkins set (and hooray!): We are finally heading to the finish line for the Coleman Hawkins set. We are in production and expect to ship the set late May/early June. We thank you for supporting the Coleman Hawkins set, a project filled with great new transfers and a handful of amazing discoveries. And we thank you for your patience. Regards, Mosaic Records

He wrote a lovely tune called Morning Star, which guitarists Ed Bickert and Lorne Lofsky just ate up on a record I produced back in 1985. Great changes... I never knew how to find Mr. Grant to send him a copy of the release. I've recently had it remastered and added some extra tracks. Someday will have enough money to release it again...it's never been on CD.

I hope you've been making up for lost time. The border-crossing into the US has become such a hassle I think twice (or thrice!) before even popping over to Buffalo these days. More pleasing to fly to Zurich or Stockholm or Madrid...

Don Thompson, who played bass AND recorded these, told me this afternoon that Jim's daughter is now his manager, and she's the one behind the project, so I suppose Snyder is not involved. Thompson remarked "I doubt that Jim ever sounded much better than this", and I agree. As I mentioned before, I heard these guys darn near every night they played at Bourbon St., and the music just seemed to flow effortlessly. Completely relaxed, yet completely focused. I think this material is from an engagement before the June 1975 Horizon release -- October 1974.

Do you mean the coin (aka "Loonie") or the worth-more-than-the-US-currency itself? I liked the Canadian dollar better when it cost 62 cents. Then I went to Montreal 2-3 times a year. Thank you for visiting. The 62-cent CDN dollar kept me out of New York, though. (Maybe you should be thankful for that! )