Kalo

Went to Newbury Comics in Harvard Square and went a little nuts today, as they have a variety of OJCs and K2s and related label CDs at prices from $3.99 to $7.99 (sort of like the Concord blow-out redux): Gene Ammons and Dodo Marmarosa - Jug & Dodo (Prestige) Benny Carter 4 - Montreaux '77 (Pablo/OJC) "Sweets " Edison, "Lockjaw" Davis - Jawbreakers (Riverside/OJC) Booker Ervin - Heavy!!! (Prestige/OJC) The Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Tough Tenor Favorites (Jazzland/OJC) Clifford Jordan - Mosaic (Milestone) The Modern Jazz Quartert - Django (Prestige/K2) The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde (Prestige/K2) Julian Priester - Keep Swingin' (Riverside/OJC) Hal Singer with Charlie Shavers - Blue Stompin' (Prestige/OJC) Lem Winchester & Benny Golson - Winchester Special ( New Jazz/OJC) Now to listen...

Yeah, those guys too.

Ross Macdonald. Try The Galton Case, The Chill, or The Zebra-Striped Hearse

I predict that the next wrinkle in the story will be that Japanese musicians protest their lack of inclusion on a CD sponsored by a venue called "Yoshi's." But seriously, it's kind of amazing for a jazz anthology to have no African Americans represented on it. Note in the article posted by Unk above that the "Artistic Director" of Yoshi's shuffles the blame off on Concord Records...

EDC --The Archduke Trio doesn't excite you? In that work BTW I have fond memories of Cortot, Thibaud, Casals, coupled with Schubert's Trio No. 1. Yes, the Cortot, Thibaud, Casals "Archduke" is wonderful, Larry.

I like what I've heard from this series and own several of them. A Bout de Souffle is recommended to Martial Solal fans as well as to fans of good soundtracks. The Jimmy Smith is cool, too. Dusty Groove deals these at good prices in the U.S.

I heard that too! We've got to stop meeting like this.

That's what I thought when I saw her. Not bad for a kid. Not bad at all. Time will tell...

I feel that, my friend.

You're demented! And I didn't even play football in high school...

Az in what?

What Clem said. I've been eying Archeophone's offerings for a while. Time to take the plunge soon.

That's demented...

Inquiring minds still need a little more explication...

"Out of Print" doesn't have quite the same meaning that it used to, what with the used market being online now, and the European "50 year" rule. Lets just say that I'm not shaking in my boots about losing access to any great music. Not to mention file-sharing, downloading legal and illegal, etc... My real fear is that even in that golden future, far far away, when everything will be available just for the asking, the average person will still be asking for whatever the equivalent of American Idol "music" is currently being shoved down their throats... Oh wait, that's no different than it is today.

Hmm... Pretty close, but I'm not entirely convinced. Hairline and bone structure seem different. Anyone else have a candidate?

Seems like it would be harder to find modern day guitar trios that don't play a lot of pop and jazz standards...

I remember when this show was on in prime time (1972 or so). It was mildly entertaining for the time, but with all the animated series that have come since I'm not so sure it has aged well. It might be interesting as a reflection of social/political topics (and stereotypes) of that period, but I really don't remember it being that good. I am interested in some of the other 70s TV shows, not so much this one. I thought I'd seen at least an episode or two of almost every obscure H-B cartoon series in existence, but I'd never even heard of this one before. I remember when this show was on, remember kind of liking it (I was only 10 or 11), and even remember being disappointed that it only lasted one season. But perhaps it says something that I can't remember the plot of a single episode. I don't remember that at all. And I watched enough TV in the '70s to last me the rest of my life. What network was it on?

If by "bland" you mean "well nigh perfect" then I would agree. The artwork produced by Herge's studio is practically the Platonic Ideal of comics, in my opinion -- or at least of Western European comics.

I feel you, 'moose. Unfortunately, there'll always be a market for "manufactured 'musicians'" marketed to people who don't really like music for itself, if you know what I mean. American Idol is a prime example of this sort of mentality...

You may be right, Chuck, though I think he was just McCartney's enabler...

Do you mean the album on Vanguard with "The Epstein Variations?" A very skillfully done album that was far less gimmicky than what I expected. I'm pretty sure that's the one, though I don't recall that title. But I haven't seen the record in 25 years -- it was my parents' album. John Lewis's Bach is something else. No gimmickry there at all.

Fats Waller and Winston Churchill (not together, unfortunately) on Harvard's WHRB. Dion singing Hank Williams on Fresh Air.

One of my friends is a longtime church musician who's filled a variety of roles over the years from singing, to playing piano, to directing the choir at various Lutheran churches. As he put it to me once, "Bach just never had an off day." I think he'd wholeheartedly agree with the slightly different way you put it. A college music professor I had once described Bach as "the first twelve-tone composer."

Anyone remember that Baroque Beatles Book LP? Instrumental arrangements of Lennon/McCartney tunes in a sort of Brandenburg Concerto style.