Jim R

Mike Garrett Steve Spurrier Gary Beban

Honi Coles Joni James Loni Anderson

Flemish artists Dutch Masters (smile) Brother (smile)

Ed McMahon George Fenneman Andy Richter

Who's on it (besides Kenny)? Jay Hoggard (vib), Marcus McLaurine (b), Yoron Israel (d). Recorded live in 1989. Just my opinion, but this is one of my least favorite Burrell recordings of all time. I just find it kind of blah, even though I'm normally pretty easy to please when it comes to these types of recordings. His other Contemporary CD, "Sunup To Sundown" (with Cedar Walton, Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash and Ray Mantilla) is better, but still not among his best, imo.

I'm not sure if Duchess, our German Shepherd, does anything cool (her bark is very businesslike, though... haven't had any intruders in our back yard for some time ), but here's a heartwarming tale (I forget if I already posted this, so... ) About a year ago, my wife and daughter entered an old (roughly 8 years) photo of Duchess in the mail-in photo contest for this popular calendar: Some months later, during the Summer of 2005, the dog got very sick one day (we think it was leptospirosis... we do have rats, and she does kill them), and her condition deteriorated very rapidly. She had to be taken to the emergency clinic, and within a short time she was near death with an extremely high fever and failing bodily functions. That first night in the clinic, we were told that her chances were very slim. The next afternoon, the mail arrives and included in it was the aforementioned calendar, with an attached letter of congratulations. The kids were pretty excited, but the excitement was of course tempered by the situation we found ourselves in. Long story short- she pulled through, with no serious damage done! In case you happen to see the calendar, she was pictured on February 7th.

Okay... Alfie-licidade

A felicidade Agua de beber Aguas de março (Waters of march) Amor em paz (Once I loved) Bonita Brigas nunca mais Caminhos cruzados (Crossroads) Chega de saudade (No more blues) Chovendo na roseira (Double rainbow) (Children’s Games) Corcovado (Quiet nights...) Correnteza Desafinado (Off Key) Dindi Discussao Ela e carioca (She’s A Carioca) Esperança perdida (I was just one more for you) Este seu olhar Estrada branca (This happy madness) Estrada do sol (Road To The Sun) Falando de amor Fotografia Garota de ipanema Insensatez (How insensitive) Inutil paisagem (Useless landscape; If you never come to me) Janelas abertas Luiza Meditaçao (Meditation) Modinha O grande amor O morro nao tem vez (Favela) (Somewhere In The Hills) Olha maria (Amparo) Olha pro ceu (Look to the sky) Outra vez Passarim Pato preto Por causa de voce (Don’t ever go away) Por toda minha vida Retrato em branco e preto (Zingaro; Portrait in black & white) Sabia (I’ll go back) Samba de uma nota so (One note samba) Samba do aviao (Song of the jet) Se todos fossem iguais a voce (Someone to light up my life) Sem voce So danço samba So em teus braços So tinha de ser com voce Surfboard Triste Vivo sonhando (Dreamer) Voce vai ver Wave (Vou Te Cantar) How's that?

Rita Coolidge Tonya Harding Nancy Wilson

Like FFA said, I could change my mind soon (maybe not by tomorrow, but soon), and there are MANY that I could choose. Anyway, let's just say these have been high on the list for awhile: A Time For Love Sometime Ago

Joe Cool Refrigerator Perry Icepick

Stiller & Meara Nichols & May Burns & Allen

Lewis, Shari Cher Hogg, Smokey

Veronica Archie Jughead

Somebody actually cared enough to repair the seams with scotch tape... maybe this is funkier than we realize.

George Mira Y.A. Tittle John Brodie

Mr. French Sebastian, John Cabot Lodge, Henry

Three of those actually were mentioned above, but they bear repeating. Eric, here's a shot of KB with the Gibson L5 he was using circa '63 / '64, customized with a "Charlie Christian" pickup... what a sound. Apparently that guitar was lost or stolen. On "Night Song", and some other recordings from the late '60's, he was using a bigger guitar (an 18" D'Angelico), also with a single-coil pickup (a DeArmond 1100). Luscious sound.

I hear you on the Walter Davis Jr. / Walter Bishop Jr. And speaking of piano players and names with W's, I always thought there were too many piano players whose last names started with "Wal" (Waller, Walton, Waldron, Wallington...), not to mention all the other W's- Wilson (Teddy, Jack), Williamson, Wyands, Weston, Wellstood, Wiggins, Werner, Wofford, Williams (Mary Lou, James, Johnny, Jessica)... but I'm over it now. Also, I used to mix up June Christy and Chris Connor.

Georgie Girl Boy George George of the Jungle

Peter Graves impossible unlikely heroes

I thought I just said that... (albeit in a different order) Brother Theodore Theo Huxtable Teo Macero

Theodore Cleaver Simon Templer Alvin Dark

Dirty Dingus McGhee George Washington Eddie Cleanhead Vinson

Orville Redenbacher Pops Foster Butterfield, Billy