Big Al

Likely so, but I gotta give him props for making the effort without bringing the session down. I agree that others (Cherry, Hubbard, etc) would've been more logical choices, but then maybe that's the charm behind this decision: how completely ILLOGICAL it was! The only thing stranger would've been to have Art Blakey on drums!

I just searched this thread, did I miss this? I agree that the lyrics are completely trippy, probably the most psychedelic thing the Monkees ever did: My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away There's so much to say A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice And it cannot rejoice Wanting to be, to hear and to see Crying to the sky But the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Clicks, clacks Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while The ego sings of castles and kings and things That go with a life of style Wanting to feel, to know what is real Living is a lie But the porpoise is waiting good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Then there's this one, which was always my favorite hippie-type Monkees song: Darkened rolling figures move thru' prisms of no color. Hand in hand, they walk the night, But never know each other. Passioned pastel neon lights light up the jeweled trav'ler Who, lost in scenes of smoke filled dreams, Find questions, but no answers. Startled eyes that sometimes see phantasmagoric splendor Pirouette down palsied paths With pennies for the vendor. Salvation's yours for just the time it takes to pay the dancer. And once again such anxious men Find questions, but no answers. The night has gone and taken it's infractions, While saddened eyes hope there will be a next one. Sahara signs look down upon a world that glitters glibly. And mountain sides put arms around The unsuspecting city. Second hands that minds have slowed are moving even faster Toward bringing down someone who's found

You're wanted by the police and my wife thinks your dead.

Teagarden was waiting for me when I got home and BOYOBOY am I glad I changed my order! I'm not a big fan of Dixieland, but OH MY does this swing!!! Thanks again, guys!

Speaking of overlooked, how about Donald Byrd's work on this album? He was waaaaay outta character on this album, and yet he held his own magnificently, IMO.

That's alright. Based on what I've heard by the One O'Clock Lab Band on KNTU, I don't consider them to be jazz musicians, either. OH yeah, and another BIG vote for That's Where It's At! Cool cover, smokin' tunes, another one you can't go wrong with!

Link?

From the Blue Note website: I believe it came out on LP sometime in the 70's. Wasn't it on the 2-LP set that had the unreleased quartet recording of Sam with Andrew Hill?

I agree with that last part, but I believe Stanley was a strongly varied player! He fit right in with organ trios, piano trios, quintets & sextet small combos, big bands... heck, even his CTI stuff is a force to be reckoned with!

I wish I could raid the JCS archives where I posted a comment about something like this eventually happening.

I have to agree with mikelz77 here. I don't know if these are necessarily my favorites, but you certainly can't go wrong starting with these two!

Seems kinda strange they're releasing these when they can be found on the Mosaic boxes by each artist. I guess they're trying to get as many RVGs out before Blue Note ceases to be a jazz operation (or if EMI ceases its existence). Still, I'll probably get the Mobleys since all I have is a CDR of the Mosaic box and should own legit copies of the albums. I wonder if the rest of the Mobley Mosaic is going to be RVG'd like the Lee Morgan 50's stuff? I sure hope this sounds better than the Conn! Drattit, I'm gonna kick myself if all four of his BN albums (which I have on the Mosaic box and paid a pretty penny for) are RVG'd like the Lee Morgan 50's albums.

Halle-frickin-lujah!!!!!

Good choice. Yeah it is! That was my introduction to Ben. A terrific collection!

Dan said it to me in a PM earlier and I couldn't help but share it here cuz it's right on the mark: Ain't that the truth. We kick the Yankees asses for two straight days, then our offense goes in the shitter. I'm tellin' ya: these guys are letting the Murphy injury mess with their heads!

Thanks, guys! I can't wait to hear this one! The clips on the site are terrific, and I'm eagerly awaiting the rest of it! Gotta love that Cindy! Did she say no charge for shipping? How did you swing that? It was no additional charge for shipping. i.e. the shipping charge for my original order was $12, and switching out the Turrentine for the Teagarden didn't result in a change in shipping charge since the change in value didn't drop the total below $150. Free shipping would've been cool, though!

PM sent with a list of items from each list.

Sweet!!! Thanks, guys! I can't wait to hear this one! The clips on the site are terrific, and I'm eagerly awaiting the rest of it!

Actually, my Turrentine set is on back-order until the end of August. I e-mail Mosaic to see if they could switch my order to the Teagarden set and credit my credit card. Will keep y'all posted.

Yeah, but Murphy's still out 2-4 weeks. Murph's production has been far better than Bradley's. Still, a healthy Bradley is better than an unhealthy one, so I'll take what I can get.

Crud. You guys keep talking about this Teagarden set, which I completely ignored during the sale, and now I've gone and listened to the clips, and NOW I wish I'd ordered this set while the sale was still going on!!! I HATE when I do that!!!!

DAMN!!! Lose to the Yankees on national TV. Figures. DOUBLE-DAMN!!! Lose David Murphy to a likely season-ending injury after he crashed into Pudge Rodriguez at the plate. Our offense went cold when Murphy went down. This does not bode well at all. Even Marlon Byrd acknowledged that "this will kill us."

I'm sure he'd be all over that. So to speak....

You & Nessa are ganging up on me. Well, I don't want you to die.