Big Al

Dammit, I just bought the Peterson and the Hawkins this weekend (for 11.99 each)! I thought I bought the Gillespie, but apparently I put it back (y'gotta understand, I was at Waterloo going apeshit and spent over $100). So, at least I can order the Gillespie at the reduced rate. But still...... (whine whine whine whine whine) You should have skipped the Hawkins, it sounds like an off day for him, and Pete Brown (who I like on a Classics compilation) is having a really bad day on this date. Really? I'm listening right now and these guys sound like they're on fire to me! Diff'rent strokes, I guess.

I wish I could agree, but those "with Strings" albums bore me just remembering them!

How can you go wrong with a track like "If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem," which has one of the NASTIEST grooves ever committed to vinyl!

That is SUCH a sweet box! It is THE reason I'm willing to give Concord the benefit of the doubt.

I have no reason to doubt your pick, but then I also know nothing about the game and I'm just in for some Mosaic bucks! So, my pick is the Roughriders, with a total score of 34. I predict a close game!

Dammit, I just bought the Peterson and the Hawkins this weekend (for 11.99 each)! I thought I bought the Gillespie, but apparently I put it back (y'gotta understand, I was at Waterloo going apeshit and spent over $100). So, at least I can order the Gillespie at the reduced rate. But still...... (whine whine whine whine whine)

Driving back from Austin yesterday, listening to disc three of the Milestone box (the Lighthouse stuff) and hear, for the very first time, the track "If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem," crank that mother and floor it..... DAMN!!!! Whatta funky tune!

I don't know the answers to any of your questions, but I agree that this is a very fun record. It has some outstanding Ben Webster on it, plus the shifts in moods make for a listening experience that never gets boring.

Don't know if needle-drops count, since I'm listening to a .wma version of Getz/Byrd JAZZ SAMBA, making sure there's no skips or anything before committing it to a CD. I used to have the VME of this title, and I don't remember the VME sounding so ALIVE like the vinyl does!

Thanks, got Herbie's Sextant & Duke's Blues In Orbit along with his Black, Brown and Beige suite w/ Mahalia Jackson too for 6 bucks a pop. You mean this coupon still works today?

Sorry Al - very nice writeup, but you mixed up the two: Milton Banana is the drummer (hope his sticks were straight), and Tommy Williams plays bass. Oops! So noted and corrected. Thanks Mike!

Happy B-day, Paul! Pats 19-0 all the way this year! Fuck the Dolphins!

I probably will.

Happy birthday, dude!!! :party: :party: :party:

Here's a Roy Haynes box set that looks VERY interesting, perhaps this is the one that Dreyfus was talking about: CD Universe link (could someone who knows how to do these things fix this with the Organissimo link?) Here's a link to a better description on the Amazon website.

File this in "Weirdest Place to Hear a Jazz Song:" in a Pizza Hut in Beijing* tonight, I heard "Vivo Sonhando." It was pretty noisy in there tonight, but Stan's sax solo is so distinctive, and besides, I've listened to this song so many times, I've almost got that solo memorized. It was nice to hear it, made it feel like home. *Don't laugh; the Pizza Hut here is nothing like the PH's back home. The PH's in the states are shit. Here, the pizzas at PH are not just good, they're DAMN good! First of all, they don't slather their crust in cooking oil: it's an actual crust! It's almost like a roll! And the toppings! The last time I had a pizza with toppings this copious was at Riggio's in Niles, IL.

He engineered a great album by Red Holloway and Plas Johnson called KEEP THAT GROOVE GOIN which came out in 2002 or 2003.

I got a pair of Shures from Best Buy for $100, and they work very nicely.

Well, it took me nine pages, but I finally ordered one. I hate you guys, y'all know that, right?

"Organissimist!" I love it! There's optimists, pessimists, realists, and now Organissimists! Sweet!

RIP Ashamed to say I've lived here all my life and never went to see him. Strange/sad that, just yesterday, DFW jazz station KNTU's "Live Wire" listed an upcoming Marchel Ivery gig.

I'm listening to it right now, and I just realized there's no piano player on here. Just a guitar. I love rhythm sections like this! Why didn't I pick this up sooner?

You got that right, on both counts! When he was staring in to the plate, though, he looked like a man possessed.

As a Ranger fan, I heartily concur!!!! Seriously, congratulations Dan! Watching the look on Papelbon's face after that last strikeout was very exciting! Does this mean that Terry Fancona is the manager of the century? I would think this would cement his status as a legendary manager, doing what no other Boston manager had done for 84 years, and then repeating the same feat a mere four years later! He gets my vote, that's for sure.

I shall try!