mikeweil

I'd say, not everybody has to comment on every tune - noone here can say as much about every tune. Just comment on those that prick up your ears. And, as with the Albums of the week, it is possible to comment even months after the "official" running time of the test has ended.

RDK, are you ready to go as you stated? Then now would be the perfect time to start your signup thread, just as the discussion of # 10 gets going. EKE BBB or Nate Dorward are ready to step in if anyone runs into problems, they have informed me.

Received the disc this morning, will drop the one for deus62 in th mailbox before noon - my wife wants breakfast with scrambled eggs and salmon on a sunny town square .... I'm spinning it right now, and so far it's feast: I instantly recognized 4 of the first five tracks! Please start the discussion thread!!!

But it should let you sit back self-assured that you would, if you could!

To prevent the box with the receipt inside from aging I recommend shrinkwrapping in black plastic. I tested one of these in the deep freeze and then in the pond, and it stood the test.

dtto.!!!

This is currently available as a digipack reissue from Zweitausendeins as part of their Universal Jazz sales, for EURO 6,99. So I will get this, at last ...

If all men were brothers, would you let anybody marry your sister?

Yeah, it shouldn't be a problem to tell Gary Bartz from Lucky Thompson!

@ 25.000 posts: Can't get the funk outta here!

Michael Cuscuna has complained at various occasions about the comparatively low level at which Atlantic recorded at that time, thus the hiss and the "weakness" you mention.

Now how dumb do they think we are?!

BTW - do you have all of these? That list misses a 1987 recording of Italian pianist Marco Fumo - is there any place to send this info to?

You've got me all bixed up, EKE BBB !!!

Thanks a lot, very interesting!

Jim, can you delete this thread so the boys can have fun everyday without being afraid of repeating themselves? (And stay away from the serious discussions, as a side effect?)

I have to correct myself and apologize for my fast response - we're both right regarding # 4, the Bix solo. Bix himself recorded only this one piece, In A Mist. Jess Stacy recorded a medley of In The Dark & Flashes for British Parlophone in 1935, and Candlelights for Commodore in 1939. Ralph Sutton recorded all four pieces as a suite for Commodore in 1950. I also have complete recordings by Kenny Werner (Finnadar, 1978, reissued on Atlantic CD), and Italian classical pianist Marco Fumo (Dynamic, 1987), the latter in a very interesting recital he calls Last Time Rag, that ranges from Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton over Bix and Fats Waller to Debussy and Stravinskij and 1980's composers. Any other recordings any board member knows about? (Thanks, as always!)

Please read my latest post on the Master List thread for info. Thanks! mike weil

Once read a story about Gerry Mulligan cashing in the concert fee for the whole band in advance, and when the band walked on stage, there was one missing - Mulligan himself, who had boarded a plane back to New York with the band money. Now that is evil ... really turned me off.

Actually, I heard he liked it because he could hear himself better. Why do you think I didn't know this? Of course, I thought you knew it. I figured that's why you asked it. It's the stupid question thread, but I thought maybe someone out there didn't know the story. Plus, I'm trying to up my post count.... Do you frequently feel this need to justify yourself?

Actually, I heard he liked it because he could hear himself better. Why do you think I didn't know this?

Because there's no way they wanna the hell have anything to do with that guy!

Why didn't he have his cheeks repaired? Why didn't someone get the idea to pinch his cheeks with a needle?

Now that we know how couw finds all this stuff - why does he look for it?

Who is this Jim Sangrey?