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Watched Kurosawa's Sanjuro last night. Another Criterion, but one I bought used a while back. Hadn't seen it in years. In my memory, the film had dwindled to a vague notion of having liked it and a vivid recollection of the shots of the camellias floating down the stream. I enjoyed watching it again. Basically a comedy, but with a few very dark moments.

Didn't Sinatra once record the verse of "Stardust" all by itself?

I succumbed. Can't blame it on this board, either, as I'm getting e-mails direct from them. But, damn, Criterions at 40% off! A man has only so much resistance.

I'm "wicked" sad about this, as we say in Boston. He was one of the greats.

Sometimes I think that Kenny Clarke is my all-time favorite drummer.

I got this last year, and I'm sure it was a thread on this board that alerted me to it. It's an excellent, haunting record. One of the best soundtracks to purely listen to that I own. I'd highly recommend it, though I agree that it's anomalous as far as the UMS series "sound" goes. It's not "free" but basically a moody hard bop/soul jazz kind of thing. Cool to see the original cover above.Thanks, Son-of-a-Weizen!

DukeCity has it just about right. The verse is very like recitative. In fact, it serves as a transition between the dialogue interludes of a musical comedy and the full-blown songs, aka the "refrain" or "chorus" that are the meat of the song. Watch any Astaire/Rogers musical and you'll see how this works.

You said it! I've been thinking the same thing lately as 'Out to lunch' and 'Judgment' have been in heavy rotation on my player...been really digging Davis He gets a lot of credit from me. I've been a big fan for over 20 years, which is most of the time I've been a jazz listener. Whenever I see his name on an album, I know I'm in for a big treat.

Listening right now. Great show! Beats most of what we get in Boston. I'm excited about the prospect of syndication. I'd love to have your show available locally. I write for The Boston Globe on occasion and would love to help with the launch of your show on the local airwaves. Please keep us advised of any developments...

Thanks for marketing...

Boxer/briefs, AKA "Jack Johnsons."

Well...there's something really creepy about that whole movie, if you ask me... It's supposed to be creepy. That shot of her underwater, dead in the submerged car, is one of the single most beautiful shots in all of American film, up there with the final close-up of Chaplin's face in City Lights. Night of the Hunter is a true American classic (Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, those kids! And directed by Charles Laughton, channeling D.W. Griffith). Plus, Winters was in Lolita, as well. These two films alone make up for all the crappy flicks and buffoonish talk show appearances. R.I.P. Shelley Winters.

I'm contemplating the trip.

Why does that give me hope? To paraphrase Mr. Rogers: "Won't you be my enabler?"

What's that he's carrying? Barney filets?

You guys make this sound great. Too bad I'm on a self-imposed music-buying moratorium.

Not a jazz player, but Bernard Edwards, the bass player of Chic (and the James Jamerson of the disco era), died onstage during a Chic reunion concert in Japan.

I agree that the cover is a snooze. It kind of reminds me of the high weeds that used to make Snoopy claustrophobic in the early days of "Peanuts."

I agree. Especially since most of the types of music that people say they would listen to instead would not have existed or would be unrecognizable if jazz hadn't happened.

Young and tender, unrelated, and French. Gee, if there had been cannibalism, don't you think he'd have been the first to be eaten?

I've steered away from these on the whole, in part because of the legitimacy issue, in part because in the case of many of them I already own a significant chunk of recordings from the artists. I did buy the 4-disc Woody Herman box when it showed up at a local used CD place. I had none of the music on it and it was only $16, so hard to resist. Seems like a well-selected anthology: for instance, it contains all the numbers singled out for praise in various books I own that cover Herman. The sound is acceptable to these ears, if not great. As I was unlikely to buy the Herman Mosaics (too exhaustive for me, though no doubt replete with gems), I can't say that I feel too bad about this purchase, especially as I've done my share to bulk up the Mosaic coffers over the past 20+ years.

Personnel from that jazzreview site: Looks to be an excellent band. I heard Tardy with Hill in Boston about six years ago and he was burning. And I was very impressed by John Hebert subbing for the regular bassist in Sex Mob when they played here over a year ago. I'm looking forward to hearing this disc.

Hawaiian music?

This was my first Jimmy Smith album and still one of my favorites. In fact, it was one of the first Organ albums I ever got into. I think, at least initially, that it was the sheer personality of the different horn players that really put it over for me, and I've always dug the ballads here as much as the jams. Nice variety.

What's it all about?