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Uinta Monkshine - A good domestic attempt at the Belgian style. 6.8 % ABV gave me a nice buzz on an empty stomach before dinner.

You should contact his estate about issuing your private recording. Your promise has expired. If Jimmy Smith's estate is ok with issuing the recording. that may be one thing. But promises don't have an expiration date imo. I suppose you are right. He should destroy the recording before he dies or leave instructions to do so in his will so it can never heard by anyone else. It's only right.

You should contact his estate about issuing your private recording. Your promise has expired.

Bosteel Triple Karmeliet: This is potent and complex, a fine example of the style.

RIP Mister Moose (Cosmo).

Summer is the time for fruit beers... Son Of A Peach - RJ Rockers Brewing Company Shiner Ruby Redbird

I liked him best as a supporting player. He was a great keyboardist whose talents will be missed. RIP, George.

From the same album, I'd pick Moment's Notice over B.T. for melodic beauty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iki_B6r5G5g

Not familiar with the Roscoe Mitchell tune, but here's a nice vocal take of Wave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUEm6gVrQJs

It's that old Spanish tinge... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRU1o-sCnqY This is another Latin favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frcA6Hk7Mfo

Jobim is certainly a contender... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WctZJcPwnOQ

Yes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ZPceluIsY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU1hm7KlfT8 Beautiful melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically!

I can explain most of what you need to play guitar in an hour. All you need to do is practice for another 10,000 hours or so to get good at it.

Still hot as hell here in the Delaware valley. No respite until Sunday. High of 98 F today, real feel 113 F.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyw6PbNJuoQ Jimmy goes down on the organ with his tongue at about 6:40 in this video. Unpredictable, indeed!

I'll bet he didn't even offer to share!.

I hope you don't think I was attacking Jim, 7/4. I would just like to know what he thinks of organ tonguing as a performance technique. Has he ever used it himself? If he let another player check out his organ, would he mind if they used their tongue on it? Thanks, I'm glad there is at least one person here who appreciates my sense of humor.

It was interesting when Jimmy tongued his own organ, as he sometimes did. It was like having an extra finger to hold down a note. I don't think Jim A. would really want Jimmy tonguing his organ, but I could be wrong.

The Good Earth is a classic worth re-reading. Pearl S. Buck was a famous Sinophile who lived in my part of Pennsylvania for a good part of her later life, at an 1825 built farmhouse in Perkasie that is now an official National Historic Landmark. This is what I'm currently reading: Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine [Paperback] Bruce J. Bourque (Author) Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine. Arriving first to this area were Paleo-Indian peoples, followed by maritime hunters, more immigrants, then a revival of maritime cultures. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Native peoples in northern New England became tangled in the far-reaching affairs of European explorers and colonists.Twelve Thousand Years reveals how Penobscots, Abenakis, Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, Micmacs, and other Native communities both strategically accommodated and overtly resisted European and American encroachments. Since that time, Native communities in Maine have endured, adapted when necessary, and experienced a political and cultural revitalization in recent decades.

Clapton: The Autobiography [Hardcover] Eric Clapton (Author)

Third Shift Amber lager is brewed by Coors, yet sneakily disguised as a craft brew. Really not bad for a Vienna lager, easy to drink with little hop bite, which is what is expected for the style.

Ugandan African Moon A bold and spirited coffee from the fertile slopes of Uganda, African Moon is a dark roast that is complemented by a mild acidity. Rich and full of flavor, this coffee is only available in limited quantities, but it's a wonderful everyday brew.

Ha-ha, that was a pretty mediocre set. I guess there is a reason he never made a follow-up.

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