Big Al

Wow..... gosh...... I mean...... golly... I better clean up my act around such a nice-looking lady.

What Clunky said.

However it's done, count me in!

Happy birthday from another Texan who knows nothing about Indiana expect that it has at least ONE very hip dude living there!

Great choice!

The picture's a year old, but the face is basically the same (complete with shit-eating grin!).

Hey John, I have an idea for an album that I think is everyone's collection; that is, if you're taking any suggestions.

Chiming in my support for this decision as well. A year from now, when you're chasing the little organissimo (or organissimette) around the house, the problems of this place will reveal themselves as the minutiae that they are. B)

I'm happy to report that side one of KIND OF BLUE was recorded 11 years to the day before I was born! (There's gotta be at least one joker out there thinking, "So what?") I'm also happy to report that my wife was born on the same day that Grant Green's AIREGIN album was recorded!

On first lesson, this did nothing for me, as I spent a lot of time thinking "WTF????" On second, third, and subsequent listenings, this has wedged its way to the top of my favorite Larry Young albums. There's just so much here to dig, not the least of which is that it reminds me of Filles de Kilimanjaro in some spots (especially on "Trip Merchant," which probably could've been the title of this album!). Yeah, that first track is unreal, to say the least. But from there it settles down, only slightly. Lots of great subtleties and nuances to be discovered on repeated listenings. Great re-release indeed!

Y'know, if you wanted to make Dan happy, you could put JTC on the cover of Herbie's INVENTIONS AND DIMENSIONS and have him get run over by HERE COME THE THREE SOUNDS. Or maybe couw could have Monk run him down on his avatar. If you run out of ideas, we could switch genres. How about putting James T Cat on a Dixie Chicks cover instead?

Royal Flush??!?!? I woulda thought THE CAT WALK would've been the more obvious choice!

He'd like everyone to think that. He's nothing but a wanker, a poser, a Stanley- Crouch-wannabe. A simple glancing of any of his posts reveals his extreme pro-Wynton anti-creativity bias.

What made this article even more special was the fact that it ran on the front page, with a huge spread usually reserved for major news storis. My first thought, sad to say, was that Ornette had passed away and this was the local paper's way of paying tribute. Thankfully, that wasn't the case at all. In fact, it was quite nice for the fact that the article existed just for the sake of profiling a jazz legend. Nice way to start a Sunday!

I just did a USPS tracking on two of the packages I sent, and it says that one of them is still sitting at the post office where I left it; meanwhile, it appears that the other one has delivered. So, to the one gentleman who resides in Ohio, PLEASE contact me. I need to know if you've received your package or not. E-mail me at acrearick@hotmail.com. Thanks. I hope the USPS didn't screw me up on this!

What is Weinstock's opinion of Orrin Keepnews, both in terms of OK's role at Riverside in the 50's and 60's, and in terms of his role with Fantasy since the 1970s (especially his reissue programs and the OJC series on CD). These may very well be questions I know the answer to, if my gut is any indication; but it would still be nice to have him verbalize it.

B)

Funny....and sad. I've always felt that the leading cause of atheism in this country is religious zealotry. These are people who, after all, may know the Bible word-for-word, but not know the Bible whatsoever.

Nothing at all. For some reason while posting last night, I thought I saw Karl Marx avatar, and I thought it would be fun to pull a James T. Cat on the guy, and jokingly mentioned that. When I posted, the Al Green avatar was back, and I figured my comment on the original Marx avatar would not have made sense. Come to think of it, though, should you ever go back to that avatar, perhaps AB could cause Groucho's face to appear in some way. BTW, I think I may be sorry I ever introduced that WND site to you. You seem to be having too much fun with it!

Bennie Green!

FWIW, I scanned through this article, and share many of the same sentiments as Moose. It's like this guy's M.O. was "I bet I can out-snob those blasted atheists." But also bear in mind that, at this same website, you can find an ad (disguised as an article) for a new WorldNetDaily Books titled "Triangle of Death," wherein it is uncovered that a known terrorist was smuggled out of the US....right after JFK was killed. Uh huh... I'm sure this wouldn't be considered "irrational." You can also buy books by Michael Savage from this site. Assuming you'd want to..... Edit: Took out the part about Alex's avatar. I forgot it keeps switching back & forth like that.

After looking at it for so long, I finally broke down and got the Quinichette VICE-PRES as well a few weeks ago, and I'm glad I did because I keep coming back to it on a regular basis. Nothing earth-shattering, just chock full of lively swinging and hearty playing all around. Plus, it's got wall-to-wall Freddie Green, and that's ALWAYS a good thing!

You got THAT right!!!!

Sent a PM re: Blue Spirits

He's "the Kid in Black!" My son is having a "sleepover" right now with his best friend. I may be here awhile...... B) I should also mention that I have a daughter, who's actually my step-daughter. I love her with all my heart, as if she were my blood daughter. Not a moment has gone by that I didn't wish she was. I've known her since she was three, and married her mother when she was six. I didn't mention this in my first post because I really feel like I missed something in her first three years. There have been times I've told her I wished I'd known her mom back when our daughter was born; how I wish I could've held her when she was a baby; helped with the diaper-changing and all that. I've known her most of her life, and we share a close relationship that some blood father-daughters don't even share. Needless to say, I consider myself doubly lucky for having married her mother, and gotten the opportunity to help raise this beautiful young lady. But I will always feel like I've missed a huge chunk of her life. So, in all honesty, I can't really talk about "life before kids," because when my wife and I said "I do," it was instant fatherhood for me, and I've been loving every minute of it.......even the difficult moments (as any parent of a teenager will tell you). And that's the other reason I didn't bring this up in my first post: she is a teenager after all, convinced that someone somewhere is watching her every move so that it can be reported at school the very next day. I can just see it now: FRIEND: "Your dad said some very nice things about you." MY DAUGHTER: [[[[[[sIGH]]]]]]]