Big Al

Mahalia Jackson?

The lady who said "Many have said that I can't sing, but nobody said I couldn't?" (Or whatever that quote was that you used to have)

If the Cows "play" Carolina the way they "played" in the Big Easy today, the post-season will be over before it even starts! 10-6 my ass! They played a lot of crappy teams this year!

Lynne Thigpen?

And even then, times may vary. I've had two orders ship this month, one on the 11th (a Friday) and one on the 14th (a Monday). The shipment from the 11th arrived the following Thursday (the 18th), yet I'm still waiting on the one from the 14th (the holidays, no doubt, have something to do with this).

Great choices, both for the album and the next album picker! I guess this means the next album is gonna be a Jobim album. I hope!

That was an act?

Now the film, THAT was a joke of epic proprtions!

This from someone who can't rap whapsodically about Bill Evans. I mean, whattabout "Elsa?" What about Moon Beams? I mean, HONESTLY!!! SET HUT!!! HUT HUT HUT!!! HAT HUP TWO THREE FORE!!!

Having said what I said about Riddle though, that track still does nothing for me. I re-listened to it again last night, with open ears. I guess I just don't dig Rosie's singing style; too much vocal vibrato where singing straight would've done just fine (and might've even been more subtle). That's not to discount the genuine feeling behind her singing. THAT comes through loud and clear. Maybe I just have to be in the right mood to FEEL it as well as hear it.

You got THAT right! If the only thing Riddle ever did was to score Sinatra's "What's New" (from OTL), it would still be reason enough to sing his praises.

Also: COAST TO COAST Red Holloway (click here to see how a bunch of us drooled over this one!) TOUGH TENORS Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Dan. Have a safe trip and enjoy the snow! aL

If I get any Christmas money or gift certificates, this one's at the top of my "TO GIT" list. I listened to clips today, and what I heard sounds pretty powerful!

Once again, I would like to apologize for not having any soul whatsoever. Imagine, confusing a Sly Stone tune with a Steve Miller tune. Oh the shame of it.

Must be nice. They told me they would send the replacement, but that I had to return the mistake. Phooey!

Thanks for telling us about this. I'm just glad you guys are okay, and my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones today.

I can't believe I nailed Ron Carter on that one! Who'da thunk?

Yeah, it'll be interesting, to say the least. There are a lot of surprised 'Boys fans right now. Not many of us envisioned them being in the postseason so quickly. Now if someone could just take that lame duck Larry Allen offa our hands!

Tuna time! Gotta love it! One game away from a complete turnaround! Eagles blow it in OT! Sure is fun bein' a Cowboys fan again!

As this AOW draws to a close, I want to extend my heartiest thanks to all of you who participated. This thread succeeded in helping me both to listen for things I hadn’t heard previously, and to listen past what was driving me nuts (and still does) to the things that help bring out the beauty of this music. And I have all of you to thank for that! Next stop: some AEC! HA! Cheers, and a Merry Christmas to you all. Alright, Sidewinder: take it away!!!

Glad I’m not the only local yokel around here! YEEEEEEHAW & move on over there, Punkinhead!!! Seriously, though, I agree with everything in Chris's post, but I especially agree with what he was saying about TRYING. I guess I’m still in the same boat; I’ve tried to listen to this track, but have yet to make it all the way through. Maybe once the answers are posted and the context is put in its proper place, it’ll make more sense to me. On an unrelated note, I listened to these discs in the car on Saturday, and if nothing else, these make for a reasonable facsimile of some great undiscovered jazz radio station somewhere. I imagine that future (and past) BFT discs will be much the same! At least, I hope so!

Hear hear!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this!

ON SECOND THOUGHT (and 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc): 1-1 Is that Ron Carter on bass? Sure sounds like it at times. 2-2 That HAS to be Ray Anderson on trombone. PLEASE tell me I got at least ONE right!

Unless otherwise stated, I haven’t a clue as to who is what on this! Nor have I taken any of the sixteen pages of postings into this. Other posts will likely follow, commenting on other folks impressions, but here’s my initial guesses: 1-1 Some Monk tune; if I had to guess, I’d say it was from the Town Hall Concert, but I’ve never heard that album. And since no one else has mentioned it previously, I’m guessing my guess is an incorrect guess! 1-2 Nice; I like the beat! Early Tjader maybe? 1-3 The opening kinda scared me, but the rest swung like mad! 1-4 The sound quality suggests a USC Marching Band halftime special. The song reminds me of a Steve Miller tune, “The Stake.” 1-5 I confess right now that I have no soul. Really. The only James Brown I’ve ever heard is “I Got You (I Feel Good.” How sad is that? This track only confirms what I’ve been missing. I’m so bad. 1-6 Rosemary Clooney? I don’t know, but this was the LONGEST four minutes & 22 seconds I’ve had in a long time! 1-7 No clue, no interest. Requires more attention than I’m willing to pay at this moment. 1-8 I like this. It sounds like it could’ve been an outtake from the sessions for Larry Young’s Into Somethin’. It also sounds like Coltrane’s “Blues to You” in some spots. And verrrry greeeeeazy, too! 1-9 Uhhhhhhh…. Okaaaaaay. NEXT! 1-10 Pretty cool. Not a trace of self-indulgence, just a nice beat to solo over. 1-11 Is this Ted Lewis? All that’s missing is the “Is everybody happy? So this is what wartime propaganda sounds like! I’m pretty sure I’ve heard this melody before, like “We’re in to Win!” 1-12 Blah! I really can’t stand the “every man for himself try to outsolo everyone else on the record” mentality, and it’s in full, er, “swing” on this record! YIKES!!! 1-13 Late-50’s Benny Goodman? I don’t know what it is, but I sure dig it! Can’t wait to find out what this is and what album it’s from (and hopefully it’s not OOP!) 1-14 Well, I know it’s “Almost Like Being in Love,” and if it’s not Stan Getz, then it sure sounds like the player WANTS to be! Maybe Scott Hamilton feeling a little more inspired than usual? 1-15 The Benny Goodman Quartet…..without Benny! 2-1 Wow! Trippy, man! No clue as to who, but there’s shades of Herbie in there. If I’d never heard any of the Mwandishi records, I’d assume this was that. But it ain’t, so I don’t know (as usual). 2-2 Oh now this is NICE!!! I love rubato-type pieces like this. Again, no clue, but it’s another one I can’t wait to find out who, what, and where! 2-3 Nice beat, and you can dance to it. Ooops, sorry; wrong show. Sorry. 2-4 ANOTHER nice one! This takes me back to the few happy moments I had in the 80’s. Didn’t like it at first, but it really grew on me. I listened to it a few times before moving on to track five. 2-5 What is this? Monk meets the ODJB on amphetamines? 2-6 Seems like I’ve heard this before, but darn if I can remember it! I’m sure I’ll kick myself once this one’s revealed. Is it that Art Pepper record, “Plus 9” or something like that? 2-7 After not really paying attention, I thought tracks 6 & 7 blended into each other, so now I’m really confused. On second thought, maybe it’s Gerry Mulligan getting way out (for him), or Sam Rivers getting way in (for him), with a big band on fire! Who knows? 2-8 I don’t know which big band this is, BUT GIVE ME MORE OF IT!!!! MMM MMM MMMMMMMMM!!!! 2-9 This was okay. That drum solo in the middle about put me to sleep. 2-10 WTF?!?!?!? NEXT!!! 2-11 Wild, man; wiiiiiiild!