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"Work" is a treasure. Mighta been work to play, but listening to it is pure pleasure. One of the most sublime recorded moments in all of Monkdom.

No arguments with any of the above, but I've always stayed away from this one because of the "new-agey" title. Am I wrong?

Leave it to the 'moose to put it all in perspective. edited for incoherence.

Twice? Then it must be true.

I'm tempted to check this out, despite recent personal excesses. Thanks?

Worth checking out. Thanks for the heads up.

I visited some old friends in Vermont over the weekend. They prepared Veal Saltimbocca ("jumps in the mouth"), using veal from a nearby producer who supplies the finest restaurants of Boston and Manhattan. For my part, I rendered a beet risotto with fresh beets prized from their garden. We washed it down with a magnum of Grand Cru Burgundy that my friend happened to have in his Cellar. Dessert was some simple strawberries and sugar, accompanied by half-bottles of Chateau Rieussec Sauternes and Chateau Climens Barsac. Not, needless to say, a typical dinner for me.

He also played hot young jazz guitarist Steve Dallas in "Sweet Smell of Success" where he got on the wrong side of Burt Lancaster's J.J. Hunsecker. ← I always thought that Milner was the weak link in The Sweet Smell of Success, which is one of my favorite movies. Not least because of the fact that he replaces Jim Hall in the Chico Hamilton band (visually, at least), denying Hall his rightful niche in cinema history!

The first set is great and this will be better. I'm all over it.

No, I haven't. I heard that Christopher Walken is wasted in it, which, if true, is bad news. ← Well, "wasted" is kind of harsh. Let's say that they don't exploit all of the man's abilities. Movie's a good summer comedy, though. Wilson and Vaughan in their best manner. And a nice late surprise cameo by another major comedian. Plus, the women in this are real, funny characters, unlike the generic place-holders in, say, Meet the Parents.

Yes, that is so true. Seems that it would be easier to put out an excellent 90 minute movie, than to "crank" out a half hour/hour show every week(Well, 22 weeks) with more budget constraints, but that ain't the case. ← Modern movies are all about the "package," which equals stars, concept, and advertising. Execution doesn't count, because all they want is a big opening weekend. (Plus, they're aimed at a teenage audience because adults mostly stay at home -- watching TV.) On TV they have less money and time, so that the writing becomes more important. Any wonder TV takes the holds the esthetic high ground these days?

This question is so broad that it's like a Rorscach blot. Jazz is no longer a popular music, even though it is broadly listened to. That implies that it has become almost exclusively an intellectual music. Whether over- or under- is a matter of player, critic, or individual listener. But nowadays even the latest rap record or Brittney Spears tune is automatically over-intellectualized by some critic or listener. Meanwhile, a five-year-old is hearing Sonny Rollins or Bubber Miley at this very moment... and dancing!

Gee, I was only 31 back then, and I feel old, too. It's a one-way trip for all of us...

Gee, I didn't even notice she was gone...

DAMN! If I was in Amherst, I'd try to see ALL of them. I hope at least some of them hit Boston, too.

I've only used them for DVDs and I have no complaints there. Great prices, good service.

I'd trade every last episode of both of them for one episode of The Office. But that's just me.

Funny, my bicycle doesn't even have a hole for gasoline. Guess I'll have to buy jazz CDs instead.

Using the jazz precedent of Monk tunes such as "Worry Later," "Let's Call This," "Ask Me Now," and "Think Of One," Chuck's new title should be "I'll Sleep On It."

Hey, BruceH, Have you seen (soon to be available on DVD) Wedding Crashers yet?

Catherine Keener tips the scales for me. Carell was brilliant in Anchorman, which also features Will Ferrell's soon-to-be legendary jazz flute take-off. A funny movie. Virgin is getting good reviews, not least from the astute BruceH. I'm putting it on my list. Still waiting for Apatow and the rest of these guys to do a movie as good as Freaks and Geeks (or Larry Sanders, and The Ben Stiller Show). But we all know that television as a medium has been on the whole smarter than the movies for quite a while now.. To stay with the intent of this thread, I must add that all of the above-mentioned entertainment vehicles are currently available on DVD, or will soon be.

A record I used to listen to a lot featured Frank Foster. Hope Meets Foster -- Elmo Hope Quartet and Quintet (Prestige/OJC). All Hope and Foster tunes, too, except "Georgia on my Mind." As I recall, Gary Giddins picked it as Foster's best outside of Basie.

I think that's a pretty good assessment -- which already puts him leagues above Clifton Anderson. I'd have to say I'm a Dunlop man, too. Bouncier and more elastic than Blakey, for sure... Check this out (halfway down into the article) Lacy ← Thanks for answering my question, jg. Nice quotes from Lacy. In that light, we might look at the Monk/Rouse tandem as a sort of settled, middle-aged marriage: perhaps not the most exciting, but still plenty satisfying for both partners, for a variety of reasons. It's hard to knock fidelity.

I can see the Village Voice headline now: "Coltrane comes Out of the Closet."