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that very sangry dog.

Tonight we played my chart on TMTGA, Frank's masterpiece, and it was a big disappointment. First, the trumpets didn't put on their mutes, and then argued with me that I didn't specify which mute to use. Duh, you've got to be told to use a Harmon mute in modern jazz? Then, the alto player played my transcription 'accurately' as far as my transcription of Frank's brilliant solo and playing of the melody went, but he chose to give it this cornball 'white' interpretation of it that made we want to puke. At least he got through it, the alto player in the other band had a decent interpretation of it, but didn't even make it halfway through it. It all just goes to show what a genius Frank is, and that he can't be replaced. When he's gone, he's gone...

Never can get enough of that one!

Yeah, that's how we read it.

I think he was saying that only jazz musicians appreciate his music.

When we went to see him at a club in Rye, NY. , we went up to tell him how great he sounded, and how much we loved Long Night. He just looked at us and said, "You two guys are musicians, right?" That woke me up to reality. He wound up getting a job as a Science teacher from a District Supervisor that he played club dates with. FS really played the schist out of Hava Nagila according to the Supervisor/pianist!

It's kind of ironic that he does his most incredible playing on other people's tunes, and not as incredible playing on his own tunes. That's why I wasn't that excited by "The Music of FS" album; they're not that great tunes, and the playing isn't as inspired as FS' playing on his own albums. I've written tunes and BB charts based on HLWK and TMTGA from Long Night, and even TMOTSC from that album.

I met Peter at a Phil Woods Clinic being held at LIU in Brooklyn. Peter was there with his camera taking photos of the event. He was a very friendly guy, and great guitarist. I remember him raving about the album Jim Hall made with Art Farmer, where they played Swedish folk songs. I checked it out, and was surprised to find it was a very dark album, consisting of these songs that were all in minor keys, and very diatonic. RIP.

followed her from Romeo and Juliet through Jesus of Nazareth, through Black Christmas, Cat and the Canary, It, all the way to Psycho IV, Turkey Shoot and other B movies.RIP, Juliet.

Some iconic Black cowgirl and a bunch of Black cow people interrupting the Houston Baltimore game.

Bill's a cool guy; you can email him with any questions you have about musicians, and he'll get right back to you.

Yes, as Jim said, when someone like Martial is gone, he's gone. There will never be another pianist like that ever again. RIP, to one of the of the greats.

RIP. I always used to see her on "Soul" that great WNET program from a long time ago.

No baby, no jazz, just Jazz Times. Now be a good baby!

Ya can't have everything!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/vic-flick-guitarist-behind-the-iconic-james-bond-theme-has-died-read-our-historic-interview-with-him/ar-AA1umQNw?ocid=BingNewsVerp I was attacked by a John Barry fanatic for mentioning on another forum that I had read Flick's fascinating autobiography wherein Flick had some bad things to say about John Barry. The guy accused me of attacking someone who was dead (Barry) while at the same time he was attacking Flick as being insignificant, and would have been nothing without Barry, while he was attacking Flick during the announcement of his death!

$8? That's half a day's pay!!!! I can get it for free from the Columbia U liberry.

Thanks for posting that Mike Zwerin excerpt. I've got to get that book!

I dunno. Where did they move her?

Thanks, mucho! Sounds like CT wanted a swinging chart in the style of Sammy Nestico. That's RW on the trumpet solo, and he sounds like an excellent player. Sadly, he lost most of his teeth in a car accident, and had to switch to piano. The liner notes are strange. They make no reference to the album itself; just a history of the Thornhill Band that discusses the influence of Gil Evans on it. In addition, Texas Blues must have been arr. by Lennie Sinisgalli (listed here as Sinisgal) who was also a great alto sax player and arr. I used to play with. They held a Memorial for him at St. Peter's in NYC (he died tragically young in his 40s while on the road, of a hemorrhage), and he was so beloved by NY musicians, that Torrie Zito gathered a big band, and they played LS' arrangements to a crowd that was the size of an NBA game! This is compared to more well known jazz musicians like Jimmy Raney's, whose Memorial was attended by a much smaller group of people.

I just found another Sam Most Sextet album that features two compositions by RW for the same personnel, and one of his tunes sounds like something George Russell or Jimmy Giuffre would have written in the 50s. It's from a re-issue "Doubles in Jazz featuring two ten inch records, one by Don Elliot, and the other by Sam Most. Here's the cut I'm talking about: https://archive.org/details/lp_doubles-in-jazz_don-elliott-quartet-sam-most-sextet/disc1/02.06.+Open+House.mp3 He also wrote a composition for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra called "Claudehopper" while he played trumpet with them, which I'm still looking for. This guy was another Gil Evans

Next thing you know, someone will announce that some guy with orange hair just got re-elected...

RIP. I always loved Friday On My Mind, and still listen to it whenever it comes up on you tube. Can we listen Ms. TTK's radio show online?

If we make it, we can all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be cry-ing, Yes I know to-mor-row I'll be cry-ing.

"I Talk to the Wind" was my motto at the one party I went to in HS. 21st Century Schizoid man constantly ran through mt mind whenever i spoke to the neurosurgeon who removed my tumor this summer with a DaVinci Robot. I was lucky it was benign. "Epitaph" should be the theme song for the next four years...RIP, Mr Sinfield