Big Al

Look out!!! They are airborn! :lol:

Well, now I've seen, heard and READ everything! And after THAT little listening experience, I feel like I've also seen, heard, and read everything as well!

Well, it's not like they want us to buy anything anyway....

Would you believe that I, Mr. hardbop-no-noise-boring-conservative-no-patience-for-anything-outside-of-my-comfort-zone, am listening to Ascension? And that I'm finding it oddly relaxing?

It's not Earl Hines, but I will be interested in hearing if you have this exact track on that set, or if Earl Hines recorded this track, and the band I put on the set ripped Hines off! Holy shit! Stereojack NAILED this one! Yes, this is the track from the Reader's Digest box I was referring to. If you ever find that "flabbergasted" emoticon, let me know! Way to go, Jack! How'd you know this one? For that matter, Berigan, how the heck do YOU know about it? Zurke was the pianist in Bob Crosby's band in the late 30's. This is a band I've known and enjoyed for decades. I recognized Zurke's style. I do have the recordings he made with his own band as well, but I don't know them well enough to recognize the track. Pity he didn't live long enough to enjoy much of a career: dead at 34 in 1944. Based on his piano playing on this track, he has a very nice, distinctive sound.

That method gets my vote. Believe me, the benefits outweigh the costs. Does she have the driver discs that came with the computers?

It's not Earl Hines, but I will be interested in hearing if you have this exact track on that set, or if Earl Hines recorded this track, and the band I put on the set ripped Hines off! Holy shit! Stereojack NAILED this one! Yes, this is the track from the Reader's Digest box I was referring to. If you ever find that "flabbergasted" emoticon, let me know! Way to go, Jack! How'd you know this one? For that matter, Berigan, how the heck do YOU know about it?

I love big bands and music from this era, but I can't identify any except one that I know for sure and another I've heard but am kicking myself for not being able to identify: Track 1 sounds like Lionel Hampton with Charlie Christian from the BG days Track 8 is, I believe, Earl Hines & His Orchestra doing "Tea for Two." I've got this on one of those Readers Digest 6-LP sets called The Swing Years, with the big orange cover and the picture of Glenn Miller on the cover. Once I was able to transfer LPs to CDs, this was one of the first to be converted, and I fell in love with this song all over again! Anyway, I'll know who the pianist is when I get home tonight! Track 11 is Glenn Miller's "The Spirit is Willing." Wow, two Glenn Miller tracks within a span of 3 BFT's! What is this world coming to, I tell ya? I first heard this on the 3-CD set called The Popular Recordings, and the bulk of the songs on disc three (of which this song is a part) take me back to the days when my wife and I were just starting dating! A very enjoyable disc all around, Berigan. Can't wait to find out which track has Bunny on it!

Hey hey! The Rangers won a series from the Angels. I can't remember the last time THAT happened. Padilla wins and the bats come alive! A harbinger of things to come? I can only hope!

Mavs outscore the Suns 27-9 in the fourth. Yikes! Thrilled as I am, and happy that they've scraped together 2 of 3 victories in a row against better-than-.500 teams, and as much admiration I have for Dirk for playing on 100% sheer guts & determination, well..... I'm not letting myself get set up for another heartbreak again. Just glad things are going well for them at this point. And I hope it lasts.

RIP I guess they can take that gun from him now.

No grief here from this child of the 80's. I loved those Missing Persons videos as much for Terry's drums as the body of the lead singer.

As for me, I'll take SS any day of the week over the other two. (But then, I prefer A Swingin' Affair over Go, too) I'm just the opposite as far as that goes---never could dig Affair as much as Go, which is a little puzzling, but there it is. SS and Go: It's apples & oranges time for me; love them both in different ways even though they are both 'tenor albums.' I guess it's a credit/testament to the players that, even though the lineup is the same, they managed to make two completely different albums.

My favorite's gotta be Tadd's big-band version on The Magic Touch. Talk about a perfect rendition of a perfect song!

FWIW, Hub Cap is my least favorite of Hubbard's BNs, second only to Breaking Point. Another FWIW, I find myself enjoying Hubbard's CTI's more than his own BN's. But then, I prefer him more as a sideman on Blue Note than as a leader.

As for me, I'll take SS any day of the week over the other two. (But then, I prefer A Swingin' Affair over Go, too)

Which three songs? Y'know, try as I might, this is the one Mobley album I've never been able to get into.

Drat! Late again!

Don't know if last night was any indication, but I hope that was the real Mavs who showed up last night: the Mavs who attack the paint on a regular basis and don't fall back on jump shots & 3-pointers; the Mavs who play aggressively for all 48 minutes; the Mavs who had fire in their eyes the last couple of years. It took 'em long enough, but for one night they had Nellie figured out and beat his team with THEIR game, as opposed to trying to beat Nellie at his game. Man, they made Baron Davis look like a punk last night, especially after he drew some cheap fouls early in the game. The Mavs still bounced back! It was beautiful!

Rangers lost last night. Ah well, it was nice while it lasted.

As the only Brilliant Corners I know is the Riverside vinyl which I've had for decades, can I ask what the extra track is? 6. Pannonica (incomplete—opening chorus only)

Couldn't tell you, but I know the K2 sounds fantastic. As long as we're talking about it, is anyone else kinda put out by the extra track on the Keepnews issue? I hate to use the term "bottom of the barrel," but why hasn't this been available previously? Whatta crock!

Yes, I'm in shock... I can't believe you've put away all of your 80's hair metal vinyl long enough to listen to some _good_ music!! 'tweren't easy, letmetellyou! Yeah, I know which Vonski's yer talkin' about, been lookin' at 'em for years (just like ALL MUSIC). Snurdy kinda slipped under my radar, but after reading that thread, well...... guess I gotta send some money Chuck's way at some point!

Oh I do! And not to sound like a brown-noser or anything, but knowing someone who was THERE producing this beautiful music brings it that much closer. Just a nice feeling is all.