sonnymax

I'll watch the Yankees with my Dad and record the debate to watch later. Football doesn't interest me.

A tad smooth, peppy, and neat for my tastes. I like some grit in my cup o' jazz.

Or, I respectfully suggest that people who find no value in such discussions avoid them altogether. Try that.

Seems to fit - can't you guys get over this shit? Q I don't think there's anything for us to "get over". A lot of us don't like Wynton, what he's done, and what he stands for. Perhaps it's Wynton's fans who need to "get over" the fact that not everyone shares their adulation for the man.

Just to be clear, this recording was originally released on Ornette Coleman's label, Artist House (AH 6).

Good for you. Perseverance pays off!

Actually, that 2cd set is missing three tracks from Montage, specifically: Johnny Mehegan (p) NYC, September 20, 1955 Crazy Rhythm I'll Take Romance Donald Byrd (tp) Frank Foster (ts) Hank Jones (p) Paul Chambers (b) Kenny Clarke (d) NYC, September 29, 1955 If I Love Again

Wynton is live right now . . . but there's always hope that tomorrow . . .

"Prayer. The last refuge of a scoundrel." - Lisa Simpson

Just what the world needs, another singer with note-perfect technique and no emotion.

The several ZYX-issued CDs I bought a few years ago all sounded like crap. They weren't CDrs, just crap.

Michael Jackson tunes. Very creepy.

As Chuck's lawyer, I must protest! Now I may be just be a simple country Hyper-Chicken, but I know when we're finger licked. Ba-GAWK!

That's good to know. Spambot I can deal with. Just as long as it's not hypnotoad!!!

Actually, you've go me worried Chuck. Are you apologizing for something you've done, or something you're going to do? Whatever is might be, people care about you. Let us know if we can help.

Didn't think duos were all that rare pre-1972. Rubbish (re: the ECM claim). There were many duos prior to the 70s. I'm quite familiar with various guitar duos like George Barnes & Carl Kress, Chuck Wayne & Joe Puma, Eddie Lang & Carl Kress, Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, Dick McDonough & Carl Kress, George Barnes & Bucky Pizzarelli, etc. Check out this live performance by Jim Hall & Barney Kessel: Then there are the lovely duo recordings by Bill Evans & Jim Hall. And let us not forget this great one:

Anybody know what kind of outfit the London-based Fivefour Records is?

In hindsight, I should have been more clear in my post, saying that this was a list of titles that Xanadu issued on CD. Yes, there were a few reissued on Prevue, and some others in Japan.

There are strict laws governing the proper of medical waste. Your dentist was legally and ethically bound to do what he did. You should feel good about the fact that he acted in a professional manner.

I can't see how complaining about being blocked constitutes a "personal attack". As far as wanting things to be kept private, why on earth would you create a thread about this matter? I had no idea the exchange you speak of had taken place, but now I do, and so does everybody else. From what I've observed, you've been increasingly reactive and sometimes provocative over the past several weeks. You have every right to post whatever you want, but don't be surprised or claim to be offended when others respond. And if you think people's comments are "off topic", you may want to look at how you call attention to yourself, rather than the message you're trying to communicate.

AFAIK, none of the Xanadu titles you're looking for made it CD. Here's a list of CDs that were offered by that label: Barry Harris - The Bird Of Red And Gold Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon - True Blue Bud Powell - Bud In Paris Art Pepper & Shorty Rogers - Popo Wynton Kelly - Blues On Purpose Red Garland - Keystones! Georgie Auld - Homage Joe Farrell - Skateboard Park Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark - Together Dolo Coker - California Hard Charles McPherson - Beautiful! (Various) - International Jam Sessions JR Monterose - Straight Ahead Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles - Heavy Love Kenny Dorham - The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album Sam Most - Mostly Flute Kenny Drew - Home Is Where The Soul Is

I can only speak for myself, but I don't find him boring at all. I own quite a few of his albums, from solo and trio dates to his quintet recording with Dave Douglas and Rich Perry. I've also seen him perform live twice, and both times I came away feeling moved and entertained. You want to talk about "boring", try Ahmad Jamal. He's the one who does it for me.

That's a questionable way of determining the 'funniest' film IMHO - the quality of the laugh (volume, duration, sincerity) should be taken into account. Not to mention the fact that a laugh is not the only way of displaying amusement - I rarely laugh in a cinema and prefer to just smirk, and then maybe laugh later when I'm walking home (which raises another problem - how do they know that people are laughing at the film playing, and not at the memory of another, funnier film) You raise some good points. Also remember that you're quoting the reporter's summary of this "research". The quote we get from Lovefilm's editor is this, "we asked our members to vote for the 10 movies that make them laugh the most, and then conducted our own research into how many times those included in this list made us giggle." There's no real "research" being done here, and to say that an imprecise observation of "giggling" can offer anything resembling a conclusion is, in itself, laughable. Although one may argue that "funny" is synonymous with "humorous", "laughter", although capable of being observed and quantified, isn't necessarily connected to or bound by humor. Sorry for the professorial tone, but that's what happens when you actually do conduct research into humor and laughter. To quote Mark Twain, "Studying humor is like dissecting a frog; you may know a lot but you end up with a dead frog."

Angry young man, meet grumpy old man.