kenny weir

"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.

Thanks for posting those two, Chris. Even if Jazz Times' arguments are self-serving, Crouch can be judged on his own words. Very revealing. What a creep.

Haven't heard Fuller's own BN stuff, and of the albums I do have Bluesette is the best. He also rock on Art Blakey's 1961 album with Impulse!

Well, I'm still here representing downunder, although lurking daily more than posting these days. I definitely consider this my "home" board, but lurk on a daily basis at AAJ and JC, too. I'm fully considering using another name when (if) the BNBB reopens. Maybe Aric. Or Lou Donaldson. Or Greg. Or Music Boy. Or Softsong. So many to choose from ....

I'm just reading - and enjoying - "The Birth of Be Bop" for the second time. The author actually makes a good case for a few others besides Bird and Dizzy, most intriguingly Kenny Clarke - at least in a rhythmic sense.

Well, that all was certainly an entertaining way to start the working week. It's a mad mad mad world .... packed with professed non-Christians (and even athiests) who actually ARE Christian; and packed also (especially in the US it sometimes seems to those of us who live elsewher) with professed Christians who are anything but.

IS: FROZEN CHOCOLATE!

And I'd say it's a VERY safe bet this new project is heaps better than another, similar recent release.

Haven't heard this one, but I remain a big fan of two of his pre-Silk Degrees albums - My Time ('72) and Moments ('71), both excellently sung and played blue-eyed soul stuff. My Time has more of an R&B Muscle Shoals feel, while Moments has more of a jazzy feel ( and players such as Pete Escovedo, Mel Martin, Coke Escovedo, Bill Atwood, Curley Cook, John McFee, George Rains and Ben Sidran). The last track on Moments is Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over) is an orchestrated instrumental that is just gorgeous.

Greatest San Francisco Band Ever???? Flamin' Groovies, Mike Wilhelm-era!

Greatest San Francisco Band Ever???? Flamin' Groovies, Mike Wilhelm-era!

Ed, you're right - that series-within-a-series is all good. I also like the McGhees and Foster albums. With the Melle and Watkins, I love 'em because they sound unlike anything else in my collection.

Looking at the list, I realised I own less of these than I thought. But I have some faves for sure: Julius Watkins Vol 1&2 Gil Melle Complete Sonny Criss - Imperial Sessions Jackie McLean - Jacknife Stan/3 Sounds Complete And a couple that haven't done it for me - Don Cherry - Complete Communion, Chick Corea - Complete Is.

Nah, I did boob but I actually meant Jackie's Bag.

I've been listening to a lot of Byrd in the past few weeks - Byrd In Hand, Jacknife, The Transition Sessions mainly - so I've decided to do my radio show next week on him. I was surprised to find I have more than 20 albums on which he is either leader or sideman, plus other tracks on compilations. I'm not going to have enuf time to listen thoroughly to all of 'em, so I wonder if any of you discerning folks would be prepared to name your fave albums or tunes. Cheers, Kenny