Jim R

Well, that one I haven't heard in a very long time... but as I recall it's got more of a funk feel to it. I have it on a cassette somewhere, and haven't pulled it out in ages. I think there may be a couple of good tracks on that too, but overall I recall being underwhelmed by it. I'm such a K.B. fanatic, I'd go ahead and buy it if I ever saw it in a lower price range, but I don't think I would pay over $20. Well, I pulled out that cassette today, and just thought I'd report back. I have to say, I still feel pretty much as I did 20 years ago. There are some nice tracks- I like "Think about it" and "Please send me someone to love"; and "Sugar Hill" (which has been issued on compilations) is a great track. There are also some tracks that don't work very well for me. I'm not too keen on the whistling on the opener, and all the funk rhythms and tambourine shaking on "Better get your thing together", "Put a little love in your heart", and even "Things ain't what they used to be"... just not my cup o' tea. Sebesky wins out for me easily over Pate, and even on Night Song, I actually prefer the quartet tracks for the most part. Is it still unknown who the sidemen were on "Sugar Hill"?...

..... OH, I get it!! Al, your delivery is world class! I actually thought you were serious for a moment there! Okay, I really do get it. I just don't GET it. I don't know how some of you guys do it. Wait- yes I do. Of the $X,000 I've spent there over the past five years, I would say 95% of it has been spent on Brazilian stuff. I mean, they bring in the shit. I can usually scroll through their "new jazz arrivals" page in very short order... just a personal taste thing happening there. I do order some jazz from them, though. I avoid the overpriced stuff, and because I don't like to spread my credit card numbers all over the face of the earth (and because DG's service has always been terrific), they've been my main online source. I tend to agree about the reviews, BTW, but sometimes there's enough information there (beyond what would be considered subjective information) to help me into making a decision. The "over the top" reviews I now pretty much just laugh at. It's the contradictory/hypocritical ones that get annoying from time to time.

Man! I need to get cable and see this! Humiliating people into giving up their stuff. WOW! --- Now playing: Wadada Leo Smith - Al-Madinah Nah, I wouldn't use the term "humiliating". It's not one of these modern in-your-face reality shows. There's no live audience, it's all done very sensitively, and of course people know what they're getting into when they agree to do the show (two cluttered rooms are cleaned out, reorganized and redesigned, and a garage sale is held to turn some of their unnecessary stuff into cash). The crying is actually the type of emotion that comes out when you realize you're being healed. It's a fun show... the emotional content is relatively minor. LOVE your avatar, btw.

I'm guilty of owning more than I need (LP's and CD's), but I can't stand clutter. I think I do a better-than-average job of keeping my habitat in order, but it's a constant challenge. I would never pay for storage space for things that I don't need somewhere close by. I'm also not into building/buying more cabinets/shelves/drawers/sheds/etc to store more stuff. I've seen the end result of that, which all too often is just the same old overflow. Has anybody seen the TLC (The Learning Channel) show "Clean Sweep"? Peter Walsh, the Australian guy on there who is one of their "organizers" is pretty amazing. He talks some of the worst obsessive/compulsive collector types into submission by reasoning with them and explaining to them how and why they went wrong. He takes a lighthearted approach, often making people laugh at themselves as they're crying on camera because they know they have a problem.

The things people do with time on their hands...sheesh! Dust should do more damage than one's fingernails. Dust is actually quartz (with a hardness of 7 on Moh's scale?) while fingernails can scratch things with a hardness of four or less (roughly going by memory here--someone should check my facts.) Well, I don't know about the quartz factor, but when I said "tossing them around", that included onto the floor (where there's inevitably going to be some amount of dust particles). I'm just saying that it's difficult to damage a CD (even intentionally, let alone handling them as carefully as I'm sure most of us do), in my exprience. I don't recommend doing these things to CD's just because they're durable (nor making a time-wasting game out of it ), but I wonder how many of us have actually tried to damage a(n unwanted) CD intentionally in order to see for ourselves how much abuse they can actually withstand.

Oh, that sounds like something I would do. Are you over 40 yet? Was the Peagler/Modern Jazz Disciples twofer CD (containg both of the above-mentioned albums) mentioned on Chuck's OJC thread? Of course, being a twofer it's technically not in the OJC series, but it would fit the spirit of that thread. I've never heard either of those albums... Back on topic, I'm a big Lem W fan. With only a handful of sessions under his leadership, I think it's great that he worked with different players and varied the instrumentation. I love the ballad date, WITH FEELING, in fact that's the disc that really moved me to buy up his other titles, but it's great to hear him with people like Benny Golson, Tommy Flanagan, Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Johnny Hammond Smith, Eddie McFadden, etc, and in this case, Oliver Nelson. Three Nelson compositions, plus his magic touch as an arranger... pretty hard to go wrong. Art Taylor was such a solid drummer on so many sessions, and Wendell Marshall is one of the greats as well. I'm generally less familiar with Peagler (this is the only disc I have with him on it), but he impresses me here. I'm going to have to track down the aforementioned twofer. I think my favorite tracks on this CD are "Your last chance", "Lady Day", and "Friendly persuasion" (a good example of an under-recorded tune by an excellent composer). Gotta run... looking forward to coming back to this topic!

Not me. I was sure it was another of Sangrey's threads dealing with edible delights- in this case, a variety of peppers.

A fine player... and is that a cool name, or what? B-)

Hey, HEY! Start your own thread then! Night Song rules! B-) Seriously, I've got to dig out that cassette of ACS... maybe I'll change my mind... but I doubt it.

Along the lines of what I said above, I would question whether a little "dust" (at least the way I think of the term) is very dangerous in the first place. "Absorbs" dust?

Classic tune. Now you're gettin' me all nostalgic. B-)

Here we see the common prejudice against guitarists and trombonists.

No problems, Tony. As I say, in my experience, CD's are extremely durable, and I handle with care as a natural habit. In all the years I've collected CD's, I've only had a few that skipped, and I think every one of those turned out to be discs that had a small speck of foreign matter stuck on the surface. I don't know if I've ever encountered a really "scratched" CD. I've bought a few used discs that appeared to have minor scratches, but they played fine (guaranteed by the store). Has anybody ever noticed how hard it is to intentionally scratch a CD? Just as a test, I've taken "coaster" CDR's that aborted during burn attempts, and tried to rough them up a bit (not with sharp metal objects or anything, just tossing them around and using fingernails on them and such), and it's ridiculously hard to scratch them. The only concern I would have in stacking them in storage the way I do is something abrasive like sand gettng in there. Frankly, I can't even envision that happening.

I too like various aspects of standard jewel cases. I like being able to view the titles on the spines. The fact that they stand on edge can even come in handy. [FWIW]... I have been employing a storage technique using jewel cases that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. I began using it with CDR's only, but I eventually had to start doing it with regular CD's as well. In my experience, CD's are extremely durable, and I'm careful when it comes to handling them, so this technique has worked very well for me. The idea is based upon the fact that a standard jewel case (even with a tray intact) will hold at least four discs* (some of you may never have tried it, but it's true). Without a tray, five discs will fit inside. The front of a jewel case will hold several booklets, the number depending upon how thick they are. When I first began to experiment with this, I was just "doubling up". I would take any two discs that formed a pair or set (e.g., The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia; Burrell's "Blue Lights"; The Eminent J.J. Johnson; etc etc etc) and store them together. I would put both booklets in the front of the case (plenty of room), and put the tray cards back-to-back (inverting the spines on the "Vol. 2" card so that both could be lowered into the case together), and used a clear tray so that I could still read the Vol. 2 tray card. When you put two CD's on a tray, the upper one won't be secured, but it also won't slide very easily when flat. A little care in opening the case, and it's not a problem for me. From that, I went on to store some 3 and 4 CD sets in one case. The Stan Getz "Bossa Nova Years" 4-disc set on Verve, for example. I used the set's booklet as the "cover" for the regular jewel case, and just stored away the tray card-sized cover that came with the original double jewel case. All four discs fit together inside the case, even with a tray. This brings me to the "*" that I posted above. The one thing that can cause problems with this technique is the type of jewel case that has 6 tabs (for holding the booklet) instead of 4. For multiple-disc storage, you have to use the cases with 4 tabs, or the middle tabs on the 6-tab case will interfere with closing the case. As I said, if you've got let's say 5 CDR's (or even CD's if you're like me) that form a set (especially if there's very little paperwork to go along with them), you can easily store them all in one jewel case without using a tray. I also have my collection databased, and if I store a disc in a place where it might be difficult to remember where I put it, I make a note in the database (sometimes I'll store "non-companion" discs by the same artist together, for example). I keep extra cases and trays (black/clear) in an easily accesible storage area where I wouldn't want to store CD's. So far, this system has worked extremely well for me. I know it's not for everybody, but everybody has different storage needs/concerns/problems/preferences. Like I said... FWIW...

JOE CARTER !!!!

"Happiness Is Just Around The Bend"?

Hey guys, I can't find a photo of Stephen Stimpell. But seriously, I wonder what ever happened to this guy... http://www.tvparty.com/g2h/mrterrific2.ram

Ohgod, did you have to bring that up? To this day, I'm afraid to walk into a guitar shop...

ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR...

Sorry, I got carried away. I'm happily married (22 years now). I got quite frustrated yesterday searching for information on those two shows, and you really did make my day (maybe my week). Too bad I had both titles wrong, one star wrong, and drew a blank on the name of the other star. I just found a link to a short trailer (?) for Captain Nice: http://www.tvparty.com/g2h/captnicepromo.ram

Already Googling this... I see I wasn't the only one who thought Wally Cox had starred: http://www.tvparty.com/terrific.html I mean, there's at least ONE other person whose memory is as bad as mine.

William Daniels, who looked a lot like Wally Cox, starred as "Captain Nice." This series and a remarkably similar one on CBS called "Mr. Terrific" (1967) which starred Stephen Strimpel, both debuted the same evening, 9 January 1967. Both aired their last episode on 28 August 28 1968. Neither was a big enough hit to justify being renewed for a second season. I actually enjoyed "Captain Nice," and William Daniels is a very fine actor ... HALLELUJAH!!!! You have NO idea how much I appreciate that, Garth. Will you marry me? WHERE did you find that info?

Welcome, Jack. Thanks for being so far away and not taking all of my money.

I suppose it is, Jim. Unfortunately, "Alfred of the Amazon" doesn't ring a single bell for me. Ah well, maybe someday I'll uncover some info someplace that will match up with my recollection. Thanks for helpin'. BTW, that Vacation Playhouse page was a kick to scroll through. Just seeing the names of some of the actors brings back memories.

... ... Geez, is that Larry Kart guy SLOW, or what?