Son-of-a-Weizen

No, not writing him off....it's just that her Dad has already picked up a couple of Benny Goodman discs for her because that's all he really knows. I need to play(ie...pretend ) the hip 'uncle-in-the-know' and bring in some new material.

Thanks very much folks....I'll definitely have a look at 'em. (If it's not in the bin at the local shop, there's enough time to order one online).

My best friend's 12-year-old daughter started in on the clarinet about 2 years ago. I'm going to be swinging by his place in NY in a couple of weeks and thought I'd bring her a cd. Last time they came to visit I made a burn of a DeFranco Mosaic disc and she seemed to like it (maybe just being polite? ). Anything else out there other than Benny Goodman that is accessible (and that I can find at a Tower or Borders)? Thanks.

I doubt it. First of all, it takes a little bit of time & effort to make these things. If someone is making 'em for you, they probably aren't just making one at a time for you. Since bats routinely break, you'd want to be in a position to replace a busted one in short order......I suspect that he orders up a couple of 'em at a time and has a few spares sitting in his house. The other thing is that if you were using a corked bat just to 'show off' to fans, then you'd make damn sure that it was marked with an "X" or something so that you could tell it apart from the others. It wasn't marked for a reason.

It's a magnificant set.....sounds great...go for it!!

Why not drain a few pints, throw a few steaks on out in the back and blare some McLean "Capuchin Swing"?

<<<What do you all think?>>> The Martha Stewart nonsense is a bit more exciting.

Why no 1618 ? You got somethin' against good 'ol fashioned defenestration????

Well, all the sites below the 300,000 mark are probably sex sites and you won't be able to compete with them for ratings unless you insist that Gould, Catesta & Berigan keep things moving (jiggling?) a little bit around here by periodically changing their various 'Bouncing Betty-esque' eye candy avatars.

Night Dreamer

Wow...people playing politics....and here I always thought that it was all just about the music.

I chose "Zero" because I saw a picture of David Lee Roth on the tube last night and that's the first thing that popped into my head.

Hey thanks Wulf...that's perfect!!!!! For those who haven't seen the re-issues.....this is what the 3rd generation obi looks like:

Speaking of Japanese cds....if one of our resident Japanese language pros wanted to tell someone that they wanted a title in "cardboard sleeve" or "plastic jewel box" how would they do that? Is there a site out there in cyberland that has the correct characters that one can cut & paste onto a "memo"?

Uh...you're right......I need more coffee. (I was just thinkin' that with all of these great tunes...it shoulda been a UA organized session with Morgan playing the sideman).

Thanks for setting me straight on that Wheel....didn't know that. Wonder why this didn't end up as a UA session?

Yeah, we know ---Tod's still bitching about what he paid you for it!!!

If it has 115k on it, I'd ditch it. If he actually has the only one that ever went 300K+ ...he outta send it over to the Smithsonian for future generations to admire.

Since every number on the cd was written by Golson, how is it that this wound up being a Morgan session? Golson had already led a BN session ('Philadelphians') by this time hadn't he? Even though I'm quite fond of "Mesabi Chant" and "Tip-Toeing" it's one of those cds that just doesn't get pulled from the stax all that often...and I never see much chatter about it either --- is it viewed as sub-standard or so? Hard to believe.

Right, the continued availability of the Jimmy Smith JRVGs is another reason (imo) that they should hold off on releasing additional ones. Instead of dropping another eight Smith JRVGs on us (out of 100 total) over the next year I wish that they were putting out stuff like "Here to Stay", "Poppin'" and "Curtain Call".

I sure do. Saw 'em at some club in Jersey back in '79 (or was it '80?)......wild show. Never woulda tagged you as a Wendy O. fan Moose. B)

Well where's the Trompeta Toccatta sitting Wulf?.....where's the Trompeta Toccata ? Please do tell.

Shorter "Soothsayer" ?

Were they perhaps part of that "The Blue Note Years" mini-lp series with the black/blue strips (Mobley, McLean, 3 Sounds, etc..)??

Yes, you're not kidding...they're even cutting costs by reducing the OBI !! I just received "Blue Train" in the mail and as Grey mentioned, the strip is indeed red/blue -- but it is also only 3/4 inches wide on the front and then the standard 1 1/8 in. on the back. Actually, they should have reversed it and narrowed the OBI on the backside so that you can leave the shrink on and still read the liner notes. Oh well....that's enough JRVG geek facts for the day.