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Every time I see the title of this thread I think, "Why would anyone WANT to sound like Clapton?" Just getting it off my chest.

It must have been one of the Hyman collaborations. I have America the Beautiful on Concord LP. I pull it out every year around the 4th of July. It really is a beautiful record. Hyman can make that massive pipe organ swing like nobody since Fats Waller, not to mention his inventive "orchestrations." And then there's Braff with his unique, lyrical take on Armstrong. I agree that there is something almost dreamily perfect about this stuff. High-level Americana. (As a silent movie fan, I am interested in the old theater organs, usually Wurlitzers, that were commonly used to accompany films back then. Occasionally I fantasize about what it must have been like to hear Fats Waller accompany films, as he apparently did, with a young Bill Basie spelling him during breaks!) I'll have to get that Chiaroscuro disc. And maybe check out the Arbors reissue of the Concord, too.

Ummm... what can I say? Nice hat? Is that Harold Vick in drag?

Scary stuff. I'm glad that everything turned out all right.

Gazpacho. It's HOT here.

Supreme #50A Written by Alan Moore. The Supreme Story of the Year Part 10: "A Love Supreme." Sparks fly between Ethan Crane and his coworker Diana Dane, but Ethan's checkered romantic history as Supreme makes him hesitate. And 3 flashback stories Part 1: “The Suburbanite Supreme!" Part 2: “A Marriage made in Heaven!” and Part 3: “Domestic Glory!” Chris Sprouse (c/p) on the main story and Rick Veitch (a) on the 12 pages of flashback sequences. This issue was released with 2 different covers. July 1997 24 pages

I assume you're talking about her bit in the movie Jazz on a Summer's Day. It's a stunning performance, which instantly converted me into an O'Day idolator.

Went a bit nuts today. I hit Stereo Jack's and Newbury Comics in Harvard Sq. Now I'll have to lay off for a while. Paul Gonsalves -- Tell it the Way it is! (Impulse!) Ives Plays Ives (CRI) Peggy Lee -- The Man I Love/If You Go (Capitol/EMI) Albert Mangelsdorff -- And His Friends (MPS) Monk in Paris/Live at the Olympia (Thelonious Records) Lee Wiley -- Night in Manhattan/Sings Vincent Youmans/Sings Irving Berlin (Collector's Choice Music/Sony Music Special Projects) Attila Zoller, Hans Koller & Martial Solal (MPS)

They were pretty amazing, all right. "Stoned Out of My Mind," is one of my all-time favorite R&B records.

I agree. Books (and records) DO furnish a room. I recently got the boxed set of The Bob Newhart Show. One thing that struck me on seeing it again after all these years: Bob and Emily have lots of books and records in their apartment. I'm trying to think of another show where this is true. No wonder this show resonated with me when I was a kid.

Interesting. I'm curious to know, Adam, if that is the standard German understanding of Mangelsdorff and others, or if that is the idiosyncratic interpretation of Wolfram Knauer, the writer of this piece? If Tristano and Konitz are that influential on German jazz, then I'd be curious to hear a lot more of it (not that I'm not already curious about German and European jazz in general). ← I'd agree with the assessment. The Tristano school and "cool jazz" in general were the model for much early small group jazz in post war Europe. People like Mangelsdorff, Jutta Hipp, Roland Kovac, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller would fit in the picture. This was certainly not restricted to Germany, but more of a central European thing, I'd say. ← Thanks for the answer, couw. Also most probably influenced by Olivier Messiaen's works based on bird songs, notably 'Catalogue d'Oiseaux' among other compositions. Messiaen taught at the famous Summer school in Darmstdat a number of years. ← I like the Messiaen I've heard, especially "Catalogue d'Oiseaux." Trombirds sounds interesting. I can tell that there'll be more European Jazz in my future. Thanks again, guys!

Ouch!! Sounds like you NEED that O'Day.

Too bad Keith Moon's not still around to put an end to the charade known as "The Who."

On the other hand, 'trane made LOTS better records...

I agree: "weird-ass" = good "jive-ass" = bad

I'm happy for Densmore. Still, I'm puzzled by the continued high repute in which this band is held. I guess that there's more of a following for "existential bubblegum" music than I would ever have imagined. As far as I'm concerned, they're the bastard offspring of Jacques Brel and the 1910 Fruitgum Company. Never underestimate the power of a dead frontman. (Why else would INXS, for example, now have a TV show?)

I just went out and bought these all over again to catch up with you guys. Gold edition, PLATINUM edition, voyager space mission edition, I even put in a bid on the original tapes, which I'm hoping will be looked upon favorably. After all, isn't that what it's all about? I also bought the rights to the Ashley Khan books written and/or about-to-be-written on these essential albums. Just covering all the bases.

Like I said in another thread, Jim, you have a way with words...

Manglsdorff hooked ME on (multi)phonics!

While I am not THE Tatifan, I am a big (Jacques) Tati fan. So happy birthday! And a big HB to Chris O, too!

Who's next? Dupree Bolton?

I emphatically agree with that assessment. Interesting. I'm curious to know, Adam, if that is the standard German understanding of Mangelsdorff and others, or if that is the idiosyncratic interpretation of Wolfram Knauer, the writer of this piece? If Tristano and Konitz are that influential on German jazz, then I'd be curious to hear a lot more of it (not that I'm not already curious about German and European jazz in general). RIP Albert Mangelsdorff. LONG LIVE ALBERT MANGELSDORFF!!

Sad news. One of the European greats. One of the great 'bone players PERIOD.