alocispepraluger102

in those voa tapes with trane and monk, john showed a respect for monk that i cant possibly describe.

was that david sanford and the pittsburgh collective?

remind me in about a month after the real estate taxes and car insurance are paid and if i ever get a social security check.

l d young- red holt bley-motian-haden

amen! ... those not able to hear or tolerate beautiful moments of silence or near silence, musically and otherwise, have a deafness, as well.

hall and desmond

BILLIE HOLIDAY AND LESTER YOUNG A Musical Romance (Columbia/Legacy) US release date: 30 July 2002 by Scott Waldman Like any good newsworthy event of the 20th century, one of the most touching pieces of jazz history happened in front of the television cameras. On 5 December 1957, CBS aired a jazz special, The Sound of Jazz, which brought together many of the living jazz superstars. Billie Holiday was to sing the song "Fine and Mellow" in a casual group setting. Holiday was close to death, though still one of the most attractive women in the world in her ponytail and plaid slacks. She had been courting a serious love affair with heroin for many years. Accompanying Holiday was a myriad of horn-playing legends. Of particular interest was the tenor sax section, which was comprised of Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Lester Young. Lester Young and Billie Holiday were the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris of the jazz world. The music the two of them made together was so achingly beautiful and so perfectly in synch it seemed impossible that they were not lovers. As with Gram and Emmylou, the exact nature of their relationship remains somewhat enigmatic. Young was the one who gave the nickname "Lady Day" to Holiday and she in turn called him "Prez". Since the late 1930s, the two had made incredible music together and spent a great deal of time around the other. But they had had some sort of rift, perhaps over Holiday's drug use, and had not spoken for years before the television special. Prez, who had wrecked his body with alcohol, was in such ill health he couldn't stand for the duration of the six-minute song. Holiday launched into the song and each sax man took a turn. Gerry Mulligan was first and played a solo in double-time. Webster was next, blowing a beautiful, breathy chorus. And then it was time for Prez. When it was Young's turn he wearily stood up, and locked eyes with Holiday as she sang a song with lines like "Love is like a faucet / It turns off and on". As Lady Day sang, Prez hit every note exactly in time with her and they took off like two eagles riding an air current as they rose higher and higher, way out of that studio and those television sets, circling around each other, Prez blowing the notes that sustained her as if he was the body to her soul, and then they came together in mid-air, as mating eagles will, and plummeted hundreds of feet earthward together, before breaking off and flying their separate ways. People in the control booth had tears in their eyes. It was the swan song of a bittersweet affection. After the show, the two had some brief backstage conversation and then they bid goodbye. They each had less than two years to live. Prez would die alone in a New York hotel, his body finally calling it quits. Not long after that, Holiday would be arrested on her deathbed for heroin possession. CBS has released a new collection of Holiday-Young collaborations called A Musical Romance. Critiquing Billie Holiday is like finding fault with Shakespeare. The worst that could be said is that there are lesser works, maybe even forgettable ones, but songs like "Body and Soul", "Strange Fruit", and "Fine and Mellow" are every bit as powerful as Hamlet or Macbeth. Young's sax playing is the horn equivalent to Holiday's voice; melancholy, melodic, and understated. Prez could dance solos around Holiday as well as he could support her when she delivered her own musical soliloquy. They seemed to anticipate the others movements just before they happened. Their musical lines flitted and flapped around one another, and occasionally they flew side by side. This set is a perfect place to introduce yourself to the music of either musician. Most of the songs on this disc are from the late 1930s. The second song "This Year's Kisses", is from the first recording session Young and Holiday ever had together. Young's playing is at times quick and full of notes, like much of the bebop of his time. At other times the silent space in a song becomes as essential as the notes themselves, which is an early development of the Hard Bop that was soon to dominate the scene. And then comes the final song. It's the very same version of "Fine and Mellow" recorded during the CBS show. It's one of those songs that will never allow itself to be relegated to mere background music. It's one of those songs that makes the hair stand out on the back of your neck. It's recorded about 17 years later than any of the other songs on the disc. Billie's voice betrays her weariness and Lester has just enough strength to make his one brief moment in the piece sound as timeless as the daily comings and goings of the ocean. Holiday's depiction of life, with Young's musical encouragement, in "Laughing at Life" is that life is, like the song itself, a series of glorious, transcendent moments of joy. "Live for tomorrow / Be happy today / Laugh all your sorrows away / Start now and cheer up / The skies will clear up / Lose all your blues laughing at life." It's heartbreaking to know that the two would have trouble remembering that advice as a few more decades of life took its toll. Perhaps if they had been able to fully believe in that song, they both would not have died before their time. Whatever the exact nature of Young and Holiday's romance may have been, it's a pleasure to hear it. — 26 September 2002

evans, lefaro, motian werent 3. they were one.

dave, desmond cables, pepper

god yes!

anything goes. alice coltrane and charlie haden

lee and warne billy and duke

Chet's one of a long line of former Indy sportscaster types....that's quite a shiner! ...enjoyed him very much over the years. he was great on wcfl during the bears 85 heyday. ...definitely not a house man, except for the gambling shows he hosts.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_047001006.html

Damn, Where? My beloved records shop in Rome shut down definitely a week ago, they couldn't afford the renting costs and the on-line and big chains competition. Sad news, a nice place run by nice and competent people. Hope they will survive in some other form, because I loved buying records vis-a-vis, I had a lot of good suggestions from these guys. here their website http://www.disfu.com/index.php In praise of DISFUNZIONI MUSICALI Mozart Requiem, Karajan, DG, tulip label. any place that caters to organissimo members tastes will soon be out of business. we are atypical(weird) cats. if aloc likes an album the label is doomed.

charlie parker for lovers

i own a gorgeous, beautifully recorded solo album on Chiaroscuro Records in the early 70's. From The Heart, Mary Lou Williams -- Solo Pianist, 1971 Chiaroscuro Records, Jazz Piano Masters Series, CR 103 listening to her solo, one at once knows they are in the company of a great master.

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/p...NEWS01/70213025 shoveled 5 times today. wind blows it back everytime. no prob. using being housebound as excuse to do a 6 hour stan getz marathon. stan's sounding better than ever! topped off with a nicole mitchell vocal cd i didnt know she made. nary a flute on the entire cd. and tomorrow! 10 hours of lester young.

if larry is like his music he is a helluva classy guy.

Is this "manipulation"? I'm watching the Super Bowl. The Bears give up yet another third & long conversion. I yell an expletive or two. Coltrane and Gracie come at me from both sides and start licking my face, because they know I am upset and they don't want me to be that way. Is this the act of a couple of con men who think they'll get a treat out of it? They do it every time it happens. Sometimes I've thought about cursing for no reason, just to get that response from them. In fact, that gives me another example of how the scientists have it wrong. When playing, Coltrane will often bring a toy and drop it on my lap. We'll play tug of war, or keep away, and he loves it. Then out of nowhere, he will suddenly lean in and start licking my face. When he gets into it, he goes completely nuts, climbing into my lap, hooking his front paws around my neck, and literally swabbing every square inch of my face and neck. OK, so that is a calculated way of behaving to make me think I am loved and give him his food and his medical care and his attention? Then why does he do the same exact thing to Gracie? Gracie likes to get up on the couch, even if there is really no room for her with me, my wife and Coltrane up there already. But she will squeeze in, and with her at such close quarters, Coltrane often goes into the same behavior: licking and licking and licking of her face, ears, eyes, chest. Why? Because he loves Gracie and wants to take care of her. He's doing the exact same thing to her as he does to me. But Gracie doesn't feed him. Gracie doesn't make sure he's kept healthy. He can't get any benefit from doing this to Gracie, so why should we ascribe one motive when its dog on human behavior and another when its dog to dog? Its obvious to me that at root it is the exact same behavior: One creature in our pack expressing devotion to another. that they can be manipulative certainly doesnt dispute what you and many of us have experienced.

Male Sweat Can Boost Arousal in Women By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 10:07 p.m. ET BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- A chemical in male sweat can boost mood, brain activity and sexual arousal in heterosexual women, according to a new study released just in time for Valentine's Day. The study offers the first direct evidence that humans secrete a scent that can affect the physiology of the opposite sex, said researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Their findings were published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience. ''This is the first time anyone has demonstrated that a change in women's hormonal levels is induced by sniffing an identified compound of male sweat,'' said study leader Claire Wyart, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley. ''There is much more going on than we think when we are smelling body odor.'' The study conducted last year involved 48 undergraduate women who took 20 sniffs from a bottle containing androstadienone, a compound found in male perspiration and other bodily secretions. The researchers measured the women's levels of the stress hormone cortisol and compared them to the women's responses to a control odor. Cortisol levels in the women rose within about 15 minutes of inhaling the androstadienone scent and remained elevated for more than an hour, UC Berkeley researchers found. They also discovered that blood pressure, heart rate and breathing increased, mood improved and sexual arousal was boosted. While the compound can make women feel more positive and sexually aroused, it's still unclear how it affects their behavior, Wyart said. ''Humans are more complex,'' she said. ''You cannot expect them to have stereotypical responses like rodents.''

thanks. they can be manipulative critters. that's for sure.

greetings. my guess is pete wants out of usc before they are placed on serious probation for the reggie bush transgressions.

are you implying that pro football and human beings operate logically?

marty needs a nascar team to fall back on. i vote for pete carroll or bill parcells or lovie.