Big Al

Holy sh.... You can get the entire Led Zeppelin box for $18. Good thing I swore off CD-buying for Lent.

I have it and I LOVE it, but in addition to being a Desmond fan, I am also a Simon and Garfunkle fan... I think you're in the minority on this one, dude. I like both Desmond & S&G, too, but I can't stomach the combination of the two. It just doesn't seem...... right. -_-

Should the same apply to the Bill Evans set? Not worth the time? I don't know. I'm certainly curious because I enjoy Evans work with Ogerman. OTOH, I've yet to read a good review of this album anywhere. In fact, IIRC, even Evans disliked it. Seems like this album was supposed to have been released in the VBR series a few years ago and then was dropped without a word.

You and me both. Talk about a moment in time that was fun while it lasted but can never be duplicated, despite the efforts of some well-intentioned folks.

I was all set to believe that Stephenville was just another in a long line of backwoods-rednecks seeing UFOs in the middle of nowhere until the government stepped in and said it wasn't a UFO but rather some Air Force fighter pilots running training exercises. Now I'm absolutely positive it really was a UFO. But, for the love of God, why are they (the E.T.'s) looking for intelligent life in Stephenville, much less Texas???

Midnight Blue is the same kind of trio with the addition of Stanley Turrentine on tenor sax. That can whet your appetite until the 18th! Stay strong; stay away from the Desmond album. We're here for you. Get From the Hot Afternoon instead, if you don't already have it.

Hey, if you've got the time, we've got the beer!

Must have a lot of cracks that need sealing, I guess.

We talk? I thought we just gathered to drink beer, rap about meaningless shit, drink more beer, have the usual Longhorn/Aggie insults, drink more beer, quote SNL Celebrity Jeopardy, drink more beer, make fun of people who have to leave the chat to empty their bladder or get another beer, listen to whatever the hell we feel like, drink more beer...... But I don't remember doing any talking.

Tony Bennett with the Ralph Sharon Trio, Fall 1994, Casa Manana, a theater-in-the-round. Holds about 1,500 people, we were eight rows back from the stage. Bennett worked the entire circle. Still get goose-bumps thinking about it. Wayne Shorter at the Denton Arts & Jazz Fest, April 2002 (I think. maybe JSngry remembers better than I do). Just to be able to see someone I consider a legend play up to the heights I hold him.

Drat! Still no Texas dates!

I think even Buckley himself would've laughed at this! RIP

Coooome, and have paaaatience, had a busy weeeeeek Okay, I'll post the answers Okay, I'll post the answers Okay, I'll post the answers. Haaaaa-ppy now? :g (I can take a joke!)

Issued early in the CD age, when they thought you could only put 70-72 minutes on a CD? Just guessing here, I have no idea. I bet if you e-mail Doug Payne thru his website, he could probably tell you. He's answered a number of my CTI-related questions.

Fifty years! Dayamn!!!

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaaaaack! (sing along, won't you?)

I think you'll really enjoy the rest of the album. The arrangements are all superb, IMO. Let us know if you get it and if so, whether or not you like it!

Completely agree! His tenor solo on "Out of Nowhere" is Getz bossa-nova before Getz did it himself! Which album is that on? MG Fantasy 3-289 Cal Tjader - Tjader Goes Latin, reissued on Fantasy FCD-24730-2 Black Orchid Sorry 'bout that; I thought I put that on there!

Hey, that works for me! Especially since I have an LP-player now!

Completely agree! His tenor solo on "Out of Nowhere" is Getz bossa-nova before Getz did it himself!

I'm at work right now, so I'll post details and commentary when I get home and have the info in front of me. Track 12: 'taint Good - Fats Waller From LP The Complete Fats Waller, Volume 4 Gonna be a lotta detail on this one! Track 13: My edit of "More Peas" - The J.B.'s Sliced from the full version found on Doin' it to Death Track 14: Dawn - Kenny Barron From LP Sunset to Dawn Track 15: Rain, Rain, Go Away - Vince Guaraldi From LP Oh, Good Grief That is Eddie Duran on the guitar there. Sorry for the delay. An already long week was made longer by the death of one of my son's friend's dad over the weekend. Will post more details and commentary later.

There was a CD from circa 1990 that had two bonus tracks. I have a fairly recent Japanese reissue (UCCU-5165) which also has those two bonus tracks. And the CD Universe listing also has two bonus tracks (could be in error from the previous CD reissue, I suppose). The original Argo album had 8 tracks, while these CDs had 10. However, Lord lists a total of 17 tracks of which 4 are unissued, so a complete edition would be the definitive way to do it. Not that Verve in 2008 will. I might be wrong about this, but think that maybe there's one that's only been released on a Chess/Cadet/Whatever 2-fer LP from the very early 70s called Cool Cookin' that was ostensibly a "best of" affair. That one had 2 previously unissued cuts, but I think that maybe one has since been reissued elsewhere. I have a 2-LP set in the Chess Jazz Masters Series called Recapitulation that sounds like the album you're describing. Side two of this set comprises six tracks from the Vanguard date, two of which were unreleased at the time: "Afternoon in Paris" and "Tricotism." On the album, it says these tracks are from an album called Man at Work. Did Chess/Argo/Cadet/whatever re-release the Live at the Village Vanguard album in the 60's?

?????? Ah, so you need this translated into American? I can't - don't know american well enough. It's a kids thing. "Your ma's got a fat arse!" "Same to you, with knobs on." MG That makes sense!

Track 8: Vilia - Johnny Smith From Moonlight in Vermont (recorded April 1952) Zoot Sims - tenor sax Johnny Smith - guitar Sanford Gold - piano Eddie Safranski - bass Don Lamond - drums You know how it goes: you buy a CD for one song, but find another song that you like even better than that song. Such is the case here. I love this song! From the intro to the sax solo to everything else. I also like it that I fooled just about everyone with the sax player. IIRC, nobody guessed Zoot! So many times I've been tempted to get this Mosaic..... And speaking of Mosaics I've actually purchased: Track 9: Native Heart - Tony Williams Originally from the LP of the same name, currently available on the Tony Williams Mosaic Select (recorded September 11-13, 1989) Wallace Roney - trumpet Bill Pierce - tenor & soprano sax Mulgrew Miller - piano Ira Coleman - bass Tony Williams - drums Hard to believe he's been gone for almost eleven years. He still seemed like the wide-eyed thunderous kid who stormed the scene in the early 60's. I'm so glad Mosaic made these sessions available again (and an equal amount of props to Ghost of Miles and his great Night Lights, which featured this set sometime back). Williams plays with his expected thunder, but then there are the tracks like this where he shows just what a versatile player he was. My favorite part of the songs is the short two-chord vamp Mulgrew Miller plays before the tenor solo (sometime during the 7:00 mark). When I first heard this, I couldn't believe that almost ten minutes had flown by. I love songs that have that kind of effect on me! Track 10: Road Song - Pat Martino From Footprints (recorded March 24, 1972) Pat Martino - lead guitar Bobby Rose - rhythm guitar Richard Davis - bass Billy Higgins - drums Wasn't really trying to fool anyone with this, and yet I was still surprised that no one identified it. I rather like the sound of this track, even the sound of Richard Davis's bass. Bobby Rose plays a fine rhythm guitar, and Billy Higgins keeps a nice rhythm that makes this feel like an actual "road song!" Unfortunately, not too many people dug this tune, so I guess I'm in the minority on this one. Ah well! Track 11: Stompy Jones - Johnny Hodges From Side by Side (recorded February 20, 1959) Johnny Hodges - alto sax Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet Les Spann - guitar Duke Ellington - piano Al Hall - bass Jo Jones - drums What more needs to be said? Everyone solos nicely until Duke and Papa Jo turn up the heat during Duke's piano solo. A few people commented on how cool it sounded when Duke was reaching for both ends of the piano! And then Rabbit & Sweets come back in, fully recharged, to bring the thing to a rip-roaring conclusion. For those who may not know, this was a leftover track from a session that produced one of the best small-group albums by Ellington, Back to Back. The whole session fits nicely on one CD, and it's interesting to hear the session in the order in which it was recorded. As the session progresses, things start to get looser and more exciting. This track was the next-to-last track to be recorded, and this point, everyone was firing on all burners! This track should've been on my last BFT, but was yanked at the last moment. Wasn't gonna make that mistake twice! I'm going to bed. I'll try and complete this tomorrow. This was a pretty rough weekend.