Big Al

This was the first one I thought of, and Larry expressed it more eloquently than I could!

Seeing this reminded me of Jim's guess on my BFT (when the answer really WAS Bill Evans), which had me on the floor in hysterics: Still !!!

Really enjoying this. Thanks for starting the thread, Jim! His version of "Once I Loved" is reason enough to keep this in the collection!

Wow! Where did you pick this up for $19?

Last post was December 17. I bought a couple of CDs from him on December 4 which haven't arrived. Sent him a PM a couple of days ago, from which I haven't received a response. Tommy, if you're out there, let me know!

Count me in, of course!

I'm in that distinct (and tiny) minority who actually enjoys Mardi Gras. It certainly isn't a GREAT album by any standards, but it is a GOOD one, with Doug and Stu showing some promise. I really like "Sail Away," "Need Someone to Love," and "Take it Like a Man." And a HUGE AMEN to Bruce's post above! Every single word of it!

ELP Tarkus, continuing a friend's project of transferring her husband's LPs to CD. Jeezus this is terrible. No wonder these guys were so vilified! Just when I think side one is about to end, it starts back up again. I hope these guys were fun to see in concert cuz they're a dreadful bore on record!

Beg pardon, but which song is that? "Zanzibar" from 52nd Street

Someone who attended that session told a story that Freddie indulged heavily in both weed and alcohol at the studio, then asked to hear the tape, and blew that solo perfectly on a first try. I'd probably need heavy doses of weed and alcohol too if I was doing a Billy Joel session. Freddie's solo on that track is the highlight of Joel's career, IMOSHO.

If you like Destination...Out! You'll LOVE One Step Beyond. Agreed, as great as 'Destination....Out' is, 'One Step Beyond' is clearly better to me. If I could only have one Jackie McLean CD (what I sad thought!), this would be the one, as great as his other stuff is. This album is a landmark in jazz history. It, 'Destination Out!", Grachan Moncur's 'Evolution' (all from 1963), and 'Action' (from 1964) are the recordings that McLean did with Bobby Hutcherson, and all are spectacular. 'Action' has Charles Tolliver on the front line with McLean, and the others have Moncur, with Lee Morgan added on 'Evolution'. Amazing stuff. Amen and preach brother! :tup

Well, now I have something to use my Borders giftcard for! In the past, I would see it, think about it, but ultimately put it back. Even listened to it a few times on Rhapsody and thought it a nice album. Sangrey's never been wrong for me in the past, so Borders here I come!

That session with Wes Montgomery is all kindsa sweet!

The Genesis 1970-1975 box Phil Keaggy - Phantasmagorical: The Master and the Musician 2 With the Half-Price Books gift card, I got the following LPs: George Benson/Jack McDuff (Prestige 2-fer) The Art of Freddie Hubbard (Atlantic 2-LP comp) The Crusaders - 1 Wes Montgomery - California Dreamin' Commercials to Cringe To (some weird LP I found in the spoken word section; it's a parody of 60's commercials, almost like a Stan Freberg record. Pretty funny stuff!) Haven't decided what I'm going to use my Borders gift card for. Probably Pat Martino's El Hombre, thanks to Sangrey's thread about it!

Not so fast. There is talk about the Lions going after some new management and coaching. We already know that they own a fistful of high picks in the draft. Teams can turn around quickly in the NFL. Lions have been to ONE playoff game in the 40 years that Ford has owned the team. Unless he suddenly figures out how to run a football team and how to hire talented managers... or until he sells the team... nothing will change. Holy shit.... THIS is what Cowboys fans have to look forward to!

I'll never forget the first time I saw her as Catwoman. Julie Newmar was hot, no doubt, but in a very vampy campy way. You figured she had a heart beneath that leather and fantastic body. Eartha Kitt, on the other hand, looked so seductively EVIL that you KNEW all manner of bad things would happen if you joined her side... and yet, it would be soooooo worth it! That purr and that figure..... YOWZA indeed!!! That and her hilarious voice-over as Yzma for The Emperor's New Groove. Sounded like she was having a blast doing that. Based on what I've seen and read, she looks to have lived life to the fullest. RIP Catwoman.

WOO HOO!!! I GOTS ONE RIGHT!!! I don't have any details, though.... OK, details - this is, somewhat astonishingly, from an album by Vince and Bola Sete, http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:0zfexq8gldte though Bola Sete must be off having a quiet cough and a drag. It doesn't say who the bass player & drummer are, so I don't know. MG Wow! Gonna have to check that one out!

You got THAT right!!!

Having said that, I think I'm gonna apply for the Cows head-coaching job. Apparently qualifications don't matter and expectations are extremely low, so I should fit right in. Plus, my press conferences would be more like parties: I plan on FAXing my resume tomorrow!

IF, and I realize this is a VERY BIG IF, the Lions draft well they could be a very good team in a year or two. They have two first round picks(1 + another around 15 courtesy of the Cowboys), and two third round picks(Cowboys again), so the Lions have 5 picks out of the first roughly 80 picks. Plus, they might hire Jason Garrett, which I believe could be a good thing. I know Detroit didn't win this year, but AFAIC they were a far better team than the Cowboys. The Lions don't have the talent, obviously, but they've got the heart. The Cows, OTOH, are a talented, overrated, gutless bunch of weasels "led" by a simpering wisp of a "head coach" and the man who pulls his strings.

WOO HOO!!! I GOTS ONE RIGHT!!! I don't have any details, though....

Well, blow me down! MG Sheesh! Tons o' notes and I don't even consider this guy in my guesses.

Apologies that my answers aren’t the usual long-winded drivel of the past. Then again, maybe this is a good thing? The usual disclaimers apply. As I said in the signup thread, this disc will definitely keep (you) swinging! I don’t know the answers to any of these, so these comments are for entertainment purposes! 1. Fats Waller or a reasonable facsimile! 2. Rabbit doing “When You Wish Upon a Star?” 3. Nice update of “Django” 4. Vince Guaraldi? Bill Evans? Bass/drums sounds more like a Guaraldi unit. 5. No clue, but I like the energy! 6. Nice tribute to the Hot Club of France sound. 7. I hadn’t even noticed the track changed! Nice segueway! 8. Scott Hamilton and someone similarly like-minded? 9. New version of old Dixieland sound. Very nice. Peanuts Hucko maybe? 10. How ‘bout a little salt peanuts to go with your Dixieland? Cool! Drummer reminds me of either Krupa or Rich. 11. Started off like “Jumpin’ at the Woodside.” Swings like crazy! Art Tatum? Tons o’ notes! 12. “Money Jungle” sounding tribute to that album’s “Solitude” with clarinet thrown in for good measure. 13. Is anyone else hearing various Christmas songs quoted throughout this jumpy little tune? 14. Kinda Monk-sounding to start it off, has some Monk phrasing. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it could be a platypus. 15. Sounds like a nice knockoff of the classic 50’s hardbop quintet style. Nothing wrong with that, and everybody does a good job of swingin’ that mother! 16. Nice two-trombone harmony on “Love is Here to Stay.” Are they paying tribute to JJ and Kai? 17. Sounds like Hampton Hawes “Played Twice” (I always mess up the names of Monk tunes). Just has the nice East-Coast-sounding-West-Coast sound that I always identify with Hawes. 18. WOW! Had I seen this on paper—female singer, violin—I would’ve just passed on it and missed out on this terrific little gem! Can’t wait to find out who this is! 19. Keep swinging, indeed! Great collection, Durium! Now off to read everyone else’s guesses!

Let me put it this way: after the first 45 seconds, "Straight Life" grooves like a MF. 17 solid minutes of burning groove like nothing else. Buy it for that track alone!

Well, a quick Google search yielded a link to a review on this page: