kenny weir

Wow, thanks for all the informed comments. That's a big help. The big moment is still a few week's away unfortunately.

It's a funny thing ... when I drop by my fave internet "bar" and find a thread like this going bananas, my heart definitely does a modest little leap of joy at the thought of outrage, controversey, juicy gossip, conspiracy theories, multiple laughs, scandal in the family etc etc. So from that point of view, I couldn't care less what the BN folkeses do!

I hope to take the plunge on my first Mosaic set when my tax return arrives. The Blue Note sets are all oh so tempting, but I think I'm gonna go to it a different way (I have quite a lot by all the BN artists currently available). So I think I'll go with something I have very little or none of. And I definitely dig the idea of having a whole lot more West Coast/Cool stuff around. So anyone care to comment on the relative merits of the following boxes? Chico Hamilton (I have none) Tristano (none)/Marsh (none)/Konitz (plenty) Gerald Wilson (zero) Cooper (some)/Holman (zero)/Rosolino (zero) Any help/comments appreciated.

A few years back, my boss gave me a yellowed old Penguin paperback (from 1959 I think) of some early Faulkner called New Orleans Sketches. I'll send it - gratis - to the first Faulkner fan board member who PMs me. And what about Robert Penn Warren? I've read All The King's Men several times, and many years ago read quite a few novels in a concentrated period, and remember them fondly. I think some I haven't read have been RVGed in the Voices Of The South Series. (Up to page 80 of The Hamlet)

I quite like Soul Manifesto, and keep trying Undiscovered Few every now and then - to me, it has a similar vibe to Stefon Harris's Black Action Figure (which I love) so I figure I may click with it one day. But by far my fave Jones stuff can be heard on the Maceo Parker album Mo' Roots. This 1990 Verve outing also features Parker's fellow Brownites Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis, as well as Jones, Larry Golding and Bill Stewart. It has my fave jazzy M Gaye cover (Let's Get It On) and classic soul jazzers such as Chicken, Southwick and Sister Sadie. This is a cooker! Jones is actually the key - he's hot yet subtle; I can't even remember if he takes a solo, but his rhythm playing really drives along. Its predecessor, Roots Revisted, has pretty much the same cast, and is also pretty cool, as is 1993's Southern Exposure - same folkses again, with the addition of the ReBirth Brass Band on a couple of tracks (including a ripper Mercy, Metcy, Mercy). I've found Maceo's stuff since then not so satisfying for me personally - much less jazz and much much more (to me, tiresome) funk. I also have Jones on a 1994 Telarc album called Right Turn on Blues by Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford. Haven't played it for yonks, but recall it as OK (and I'm surprised to find AMG giving it 4 1/2 stars!).

I've just finished a paperback version of this that I'm reviewing for my paper. I'm a little surprised at all the dismissive comments I've read (here and elsewhere). No, it's not exhaustive by any means. I was familiar with much of the material, but loved reading those stories again. I'm far from being a BN hardcore nut, but I own just about all of what Cook considers to be the key albums. What I did like was they way he put the mighty adventures of Lion, Wolff, Quebec and all the rest in cultural and historical perspective - the trials and fiscal challenges of coping with changes in format (78, 45, 10-inch, 12-inch) for instance. In the more affordable paperback form at least, I think most folks here would enjoy an afternoon of reading (and listening) this provides.

While visiting his niece, an elderly man had a heart attack. The woman drove wildly to get him to the emergency room. After what seemed like a very long wait, the E.R. doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face. Sadly, he said, "I'm afraid that your uncle's brain is dead, but his heart is still beating." "Oh, dear," cried the woman, her hands clasped against her cheeks with shock, "we've never had a Republican in the family before!"

Hell, it smelt so good (and so powerful) I'm surprised you couldn't partake right from where you are. Tasted almost as good, too, and I'm looking forward to having the leftovers in a sanger today. B)

This is my idea of fun, or one of them anyways. We've got a chook to cook for dinner tonight, and I just couldn't face roasting it the way we normally do - stuffed with lemons. So I fossicked around in a few cook books and found a funky basting sauce recipe in River Road Recipes, a south Louisiana cook book. I put about 1/4 cup of oil in a bowl (the recipe said 3/4), followed by the juice of 4 lemons (the recipe said 2), a tablespoon of worcester sauce, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of paprika (the recipe said Tabasco, but didn't have any) and two finely chopped, large garlic cloves. I marinated the chook in that for about half an hour, and then popped in the oven (about 190C) with another tray of spuds and sweet potato. Carrots and courgettes to be steamed just before dining. Blimey, it's sure making the house smell good. Even better than the butterscotch cake I just took out. All prepared while my wife is at a movie (Dial M For Murder), my son was asleep and Benny Goodman/Charlie Christian were entertaining the cook at a suitably high volume.

Who is Larry Young?

My wife Deb, a singer, is working on a jazzy cabaret show called "Torch Me", in which she's gonna do songs that are from movies. Two questions: 1. Anyone know of a site/sites that explores this? The main movie sites I use at work - IMDB and AMG - don't have a search facility for songs. 2. Anyone know the movie provenance of: a. Cheek To Cheek b. Blue Moon c. I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now Any assistance appreciated!

I almost finished Light In August before it was rudely interupted by another (more enticing) book, and gained the most satisfaction of any of the Faulkner I have read. I bought the Snopes trilogy and read The Hamlet, but never really gelled with it. I enjoyed the fact it was in a relatively straightforward narrative form, but the characters just seemed too cartoon-like for me to have any belief in them. But I've enjoyed this thread - it's inspiration to pick with the dude again before the year's out. How about some suggestions of similar stuff, or subsequent books influenced by Faulkner?

Well said Mnytime - by someone who no doubt likes the twists and turns of modern jazz! Strewth - I've tried and tied and tried to dig Faulkner. I like the themes of the books, and their settings, but (a bit like me and Ornette) I just don't get it. I've started and failed to progress on dozens of his books over the years. And that includes wading uncomprehendingly through the first part of The Sound And The Fury. I envy you guys. Maybe it'll all click some day. This is my version of Proust! This long-term aim is, temporarily I hope, hindered by the time contraints of having a toddler. I suspect such demanding reading, no matter how profound, brilliant or satisfying, deserves/requires some serious slabs of quality reading time. What music do you suggest for reading Faulkner? Trout Mask Replica?

Tom Dooley

"Head out on the highway, looking for my dentures ..."

Thanx for the great replies. Sadly, the aforementioned family situation (and the mega mortgage that goes with it) makes many of the technical suggestions unfeasible at the moment. Ed, while I don't (yet) own any Mosaics (can't afford a credit card either), I know what you mean. Lately, the Gil Evans/Miles and Coltrane Quartet boxes have been getting a thrashing. It's great to have such things to literally disappear into. And I'd like to think Bennie sometimes enjoys the music. We make a point of "nude dancing time" before his bath, and he sometimes chooses music over the TV. And at two years and three months, he's already a veteran gig goer, having been to all sorts of shows genre-wise. Gotta watch out for those little ear drums, tho'. B)

Not so long ago, there were far fewer time constraints on my listening time so it didn't really matter if it took 4-5 hours to find out what it was I really, really wanted and needed to listen to. But these days - with a two year old son, a wife (who tolerates and even supports my habit, but will draw the line at anything too noizy) and sundry other time-greedy issues to deal with - that seems like a frustrating waste. A couple of days ago, for instance, I had a clear run for a whole afternoon, yet couldn't settle on anything. I went through Coltrane's Meditations, the subdudes, Herbie Nichols, the Byrds, the Hots 5s, Charlie Christian, Miles @ the Blackhawk, and many more. By the time I got to Monk on BN Vol 2 - "Ahhhh, THAT"S it, THAT'S what I've been hanging out for" - Deb was pulling into the driveway and it was time to start thinking about dinner, running of baths, fire-lighting, bill-paying etc etc. Argghhh!!!! Help me get into the groove quicker. Life is too short for this BS!

I dusted off my turntable, and plugged it in, this morning 'coz Deb wanted to hear her Marilyn album, the one with the nudie cover. Anyways, just to make sure it was all working OK, I put on The Joy by Toni Brown and Teri Garthwaite, a 1975 classic that is ('sfar as I'm aware) yet to make it to CD. The first track, Come Running, got me to thinking about Van Morrison covers. Some that I really like are: Bright Side Of The Road - Delbert McLinton Wild Night - Amazing Rhythm Aces Brown Eyed Girl, Into The Mystic - Johnny Rivers Rodney Miller - Domino Madame George - Jelly Roll Morton

Bird & Diz Bird - Complete Dial Miles - Blackhawk Miles/Gil - Complete Hank Mobley - Soul station, No Room 4 Squares, Straight No Filter, Roll Call Jackie McLean - Jacknife, Jackie's Bag The Byrds - Untitled The Subdudes - Annunciation Coltrane - Complete VV Coltrane - Quartet complete

Aric alert: I was perusing verious reviews at the Mosaic site and noticed that Aric had chimed in, ending each effort with an invitation/plea for folks to contact him at his e-mail address. Exile must be lonely. Mind you, he can hardly be as penniless as he once claimed if he's buying as many sets as he implies.

My first experience of community-based cookbooks came from repeated visits to New Orleans/South Louisiana. On returning to Australia I had a powerful desire to cook red beans 'n' rice, jambalaya, gumbo and so on, so I purchased such tomes as River Road Recipes Vols 1 & 2 and Talk About Good. More recently, especially in the past year or so since I've become a family man and started exploring the wonderful world of baking, I've accumulated a small collection of similar books from around Australia and New Zealand (thanks, Mum). I'd love to know what cookbooks like these board members have and use - or have had a hand in themselves on behalf of their local school or whatever. These books seem to be always affordable, full of foolproof recipes and have Real Soul! I've been using the following very tasty recipe from a slim volume produced by the Canvastown Community at the top of NZ's South Island. CARAMEL CAKE 100g butter 1 small cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup sultanas 1 tablespoon golden syrup 1 teaspoon vailla essence 1 dessert spoon cocoa 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat butter and sugar, then beat in egg. Add milk gradually then add dry ingredients. Bake at 180C for 30-40 minutes. Eat. Do you have golden syrup in the US? I guess molasses would do. Do you have cocoa in the US? It's powdered chocolate.

Andrew Robson - On Scott Tinkler - Dance of Delulian Scott Tinkler/Scott Lambie/Phil Rex/Ian Chaplin - The Future Today Either Orchestra - Afro-Cubanism Miles Davis - Blackhawk James Muller - Thrum Theak-Tet Miles Davis/Gil Evans - Complete Columbia Quartet Out - Live At The Meat House Billie Holiday - Complete Columbia

The reason I have accrued so many Mobley recordings - only five under his leadership, but dozens and dozens as a sideman - is because of the context. They're all sessions of the type I really dig. However, I've realised there comes a point where you start wanting to hear specifically Mobley. It was for that reason I was looking forward to the new Miles/Blackhawk reissues, and in that regard I've not been disappointed. Never having heard any of this music before, I can only chuckle about all the crapola I've read over the years about Mobley in the Davis band. Seems like it's been a crime for him to be NOT Coltrane.

I find the last four discs hardly get played, but the other six make it easily my favourite box set. Incredible sound and music. You're gonna love it. B)

This is a fine book - the best I've read in terms of fiction writing having the "feel" of jazz.