Big Al

40 years on the radio, of which he's played music for five of those years!

Bump for more participants. I forgot that editing the original post does not count as a new post. So, SIGN UP, Y'ALL!!!

BORIS (disguised as doctor): Good news! Moose did not pull through! ROCKY: But you said Bullwinkle would be fine! BORIS: Moose is fine. Fine-ly dead! BULLWINKLE: H'lo everybody! ROCKY: Bullwinkle! BORIS: Moose! BULLWINKLE: Uh, there's a 'J' in there somewhere....

PM sent on You And Lee

The soundtrack CD to Woody Allen's Radio Days. I don't know the name of the song that plays as the credits begin in the movie, but it's not on the CD and I wish it was. This is one of the CDs that first got me hooked on jazz.

A mislabeled Buck Clayton Jam Session wma CDR. I thought I'd put in the Cohn/Green/Newman Select which, as it turns out, is actually on a wma CDR labeled "Buck Clayton Jam Sessions!"

Looks like we may be back on track. I just heard back from DrJ. Stay tuned for more details....

Would anyone like to volunteer to lead February's BFT? If no one has anything, I have a Blindfold Test Greatest Hits that I put together for my own listening enjoyment years ago. I figured since we have a lot of new participants, it'd be nice to give them a taste of Blindfold Tests past. This is also for any other narcissists in the bunch (myself at the head of that bunch) to see if anything you put on a BFT made the cut! EDITED 1/31/10 DrJ is back and has apparently pulled a marathon session similar to the Miles Davis Quintet's marathon November 1955 session, and the two discs promise to hold the same quality of music for our enjoyment! So, come one come all and sign up! As you'll see below, DrJ will be sending me the discs and I'll be uploading. So, hopefully, by the end of this week, BFT 72 will be going full speed and then I gotta start putting together the "Big Al 40th Birthday It's All About ME BFT!"

E-mail replied to and paid for. And I also hope your situation gets better.

Was in a CTI mood last night: Freddie Hubbard KEEP YOUR SOUL TOGETHER Paul Desmond PURE DESMOND

I backhanded a wasp off my desk today. I didn't hit it all that hard, but the force of my blow knocked it to the ground and apparently killed him. Still, I didn't want to take a chance that it might come to and get its revenge. So I stomped it into oblivion. This was the highlight of my day.

I am deeply insulted that I am not special enough to appear in Allen Lowe's signature line.

$110 for the Parlan? And it hasn't sold yet??? If I didn't already have it and love it.....

PM sent on the Turrentine box, just in case!

You're telling me! This is murder! You're in the groove, Jackson! ALLEN LOWE WILL NOT QUOTE ME IN HIS SIGNATURE LINE BECAUSE HE NEVER SAYS WHAT HE'S GONIG TO DO AND ALSO BECAUSE HE'S TOO SMART FOR US TO BECOME UNHINGED!

And Trane may not be God, but he is definitely a bad mutha SHUT YO MOUTH!!!

Metallica, Sept. 28, American Airlines Center. Special for me because it was my son's first concert and we both had a blast! Ben Folds with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Sept. 29, Dallas Museum of Art/Myerson Symphony Center. Just as enjoyable as the Metallica show but on a completely different level. I went with a friend, and had no idea what to expect. Incredible show!!! The Greg Waits Quintet, June 17, Sandaga's. The Quintet makes its debut at this little place in the industrial section of Dallas. My next door neighbor met me there and he and I made up 67% of the audience! The piano player looked like George Carlin. Sweet show! The Greg Waits Quartet, October 28, Scat Jazz Lounge. The first show at the FW venue made this jazz fan feel like he was at the Vanguard! This was also the 2nd show with Jim Sangrey on tenor in a pianoless quartet, and the first show with the new bassist, who did a MUCH better job than the bass player from the previous month's gig. Technically, I didn't *see* the following gig, even though I went there fully intending to be in the audience: The Greg Waits Quartet, September 16, Sandaga's. Jim Sangrey debuts on tenor for what was supposed to be a pianoless quartet, but was reduced to a trio when the regular bass player didn't show! Jim gives a great retelling of what happened here (scroll down to post #232). Greg and Jim, I still cannot thank you enough and am eternally grateful for letting me have my own "Sonny at the Vanguard" moment: playing upright bass in a pianoless jazz ensemble. That night was THE best night of the year for me, hands down.

That's not weird at all. It would bug the heck out of me, too. I almost bought the Ella set from yourmusic, but picked up a used copy from our esteemed board member Big Al. No matter how you obtain it, there's some great music in that set! What Skid said: not weird at all! I'd go apeshit if a box was missing a disc!

NO WAY!!! I GOT ONE RIGHT???!?!?! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!! YAY ME!!! YEEAHAHHHHHH!!!!! Will definitely give those last three a spin. Getting one right has put me in a GREAT mood!!!

Al, I've got both of these sets and they really suck. Mobley wasn't the middle weight champion of the tenor, more like the feather weight champ. Besides, anyone who doesn't write his own material ought to be ashamed of himself. Just ask yourself this: when's the last time I heard a good Hank Mobley original? And Turrentine? Wow, don't get me started. Talk about a guy without his own sound. Completely useless without Shirley Scott. Thank God he found his way into pop jazz so he didn't continue to pollute the hard bop gene pool. OK, now repeat after me. "These are good reasons I don't need these two sets." "These are good reasons I don't need these two sets." Doesn't that make you feel better? What humorless curmudgeon gave this hilarious post a negative hit? I'll fix that!!!

Great.... another two weeks of fighting the temptation to buy the Mobley & Turrentine sets.....

Track 1: This sounds like the kind of thing John Fahey aped so well back in the 60’s. On some of his records, he made the songs sound like they were recordings of old blues 78’s. I’m pretty sure this isn’t one of them, but I love it nonetheless! Track 2: Baby Dodds. (Oh, like I would know this! Hahahahaha!) Gotta love it! Maybe I need to re-think my whole attitude towards pre-1930 music. Tracks 3 thru 6 were all very enjoyable, although I couldn’t name a one for ya. Track 7 was painful. Couldn’t make it through the first two minutes, let alone all eleven!!! Track 8 was cool. I’m gonna guess Stanley Clarke on the bass, but that’s all I’m even remotely comfortable guessing! I’m sorry to say the rest of it did nothing for me. But those first few tracks sure were nice!

Still bummed over that whole WWII thing...

$25 for the Desmond/Hall box? Free shipping??? How come this hasn't been pounced on yet???

Terrific BFT and a great theme, too! Loved it! Track 3 was Django on violin???? You rat!!! At least now I know how I mixed up my track numbers on my guesses. Good stuff, Hans. Keep swinging indeed!