Son-of-a-Weizen

We don't need any more blacks, jews or wasps on board....we need bigger cats!

Oh yes...so sorry. Well in that case it would be Quebec's 'Might As Well Be Roller Rink Spring'.

The feedback that the buyer left seemed too low key. Had I snagged, sight unseen, a mint DG of Roll Call, I'd have been gushing like a fool. My guess is that it wasn't quite mint.

Chick Corea 'Circulus'

I'd be happy to have you ditch the USPS in favor of my own little private delivery service. My uniformed couriers are swift & easy to spot....they'll handle those JRVGs with utmost care. .03L tips appreciated.

Yes, I did just that after discovering -- several times over -- that Airborne folks seem to have an aversion to gently placing a box on the front steps.

The Mobley vinyl set..think it was in '98. I was going to be stuck at 50,000 feet when the bidding ended on eBay and I asked my wife to take charge and get it. She did.......a frightful bidding war...........it was ugly..........there were corpses all over the place......PBS is scheduled to air a 3-part mini-series about it.

Turns out this reviewer was at the same show. Guess I'd never make it as a reviewer 'cause lines like "carefully modulated emotional arc" just don't roll off that 'ol tongue of mine. The Washington Post Monday Jan. 24, 2005 Curtis Fuller Sextet Drummer Jimmy Cobb, a Washington native whose extraordinary résumé includes a landmark alliance with trumpeter Miles Davis in the late '50s, received a horn-powered 76th birthday salute from his band mates when he stepped onstage at Blues Alley on Friday night. But soon Cobb was back at work, balancing hard bop propulsion and finesse for the latest edition of the Curtis Fuller Sextet. The lighthearted bandleader and trombonist, who turned 70 last month, reminisced throughout the opening set and frequently alluded to some of his former employers (Art Blakey and Count Basie) and associates (Freddie Hubbard and Milt Jackson). Basie's legacy was celebrated with an effortlessly swinging version of "Good Bait," crisply driven by Cobb's ride cymbal and neatly punctuated by pianist John Hicks. Hubbard's "Up Jumped Spring," proved as buoyant as its title suggests -- a jazz waltz vibrantly colored by Fuller's trombone, Javon Jackson's tenor sax and Donvante McCoy's trumpet. The arrangements were often dotted with solos that contrasted Fuller's slippery phrasing with Jackson's imposing tone and McCoy's darting melodicism. Two of the highlights, however, were designed as showcases for members of the ensemble. Playing in a quartet setting, Jackson turned "Body and Soul" into a carefully modulated emotional arc, the tension slowly building and tapering off. Then Hicks, during a solo interlude, saluted Billy Strayhorn with a lovely and impressionistic medley of "Chelsea Bridge" and "Star-Crossed Lovers." McCoy and bassist Corcoran Holt, the youngsters in the band, were generously featured as well, and their input frequently jacked up the energy level and brought a big smile to Fuller's still youthful face. -- Mike Joyce

Sounds familiar as well. He had a whole lotta 'Quinxs' & 'Qcunzs' goin' on.

You're not talking about 'Quinx ( the Ripper's Tale)' by L. Durrell are you? pub. mid-80's or so?

Reading this post of yours makes me wonder about the "He?" in your second post in this thread. It's illogical.

Did Carson say 'Hey Muttonhead! Spread Out!' ?

nice art too....

Yeah, that Hope 'New Faces-New Sounds' JRVG sounds pretty sweet. I think they should put out a 'New Faces-New Sounds' theme two-fer Conn w/the Elmo Hope Trio, Jutta Hipp Quintet and Wynton Kelly. I believe they'd all fit on there nicely. The only other 'New Faces..' Conn one was the Drew & McGhee, right?

Kevin, What about that Land 'Take Aim'? The playing is nice...but we've all been listening to an incredibly thin sounding vinyl burn that might not exactly get eyeryone's juices flowing. Clearly the sound quality would be enhanced by an order of magnitude once they flipped into re-master mode. They sure worked the magic on 'The Flip'...and that was thin sounding as it gets imo. Time for Cuscuna to free Amos Trice!!

Re: the two Zoot Fontana Lps. Last year I saw an old beater copy of the 'Live at Ronnie Scotts' LP at the DC Public Library but didn't jot down the track titles. 'Cookin' has been reissued...did they tack on tracks from 'Live at Ronnie Scotts' to that reissue....or are they in fact one in the same LP? Anyone?

Oh that 'ol 'tuck' rule still got ya hot under the collar?

And a 'bird' from FL if memory serves?

..and a 3rd.

What time do you usually step outside to walk the dog? Half-time?

Sissy teams with domes usually get pasted (what, St. Louis & Atl each got in once?). Vikings got a dome and haven't been in since. Tear that thing down!!

The Ellis PJ.

Pats. We've got Dillon this time 'round.

<<How about the Kenny Cox 2fer?>> Bravo! <<Frank Foster's Manhattan Fever>>> Yucko!

Actually, I'm a stupid idiot......stumbled mightily around July 4th.