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Couldn't get in to org.org all day today. Started to get the shakes, but I feel better now, thanks...

Excellent explanation! Thanks, Tom.

Point well taken. I was just assuming that there had been at least some interaction, if only a gig or two, to elicit such a response, but you are correct, that is not necessarily so. And it turns out, your assumption was correct! From the Terry Bozzio page on the Vic Firth website: "Terry's background began in 1971, when he graduated from the College of Marin with a degree in music. From there, he played with the local Marin and Napa Symphonies. This exposure landed him gigs with many top jazz musicians at the time, including Pete Escovedo, Art Lande, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester and Woody Shaw."

And I'd still like to hear what Woody Shaw could have really done with a bugle, instead using all those flashy valves...

Well, we now know that he worked w/Woody Shaw in California, and apparently quite well, at some point before 1975. I don't think I've read this Woody profile since 1975, long before I would have known who Terry Bozzio was. So imagine my near-total shock when I was reading this yesterday & saw Terry Bozzio listed as a drummer with whom Woody Shaw had enjoyed playing. Yep. Still..I wonder what he'd sound like. Maybe I misread the article (just a quick look), but I didn't see where Shaw said he played with Bozzio. I think he said he just heard him and "I wish I had him". No doubt, it would have been an interesting pairing... Re: the side discussion about the size of Bozzio's drum set-up. While I understand the impulse to want to hear what he could really play sitting behind a normal drum kit, hey it is what it is. Having lots of drums/cymbals does provide some different sounds/colors (not that there aren't plenty to be found in smaller set-ups), the same way that a synth can do so many more things than a piano or organ. And a big part of what made him fit so well in the Zappa stuff was the over-the-topness of both his playing and his rig. All part of the show.

A couple of days late, but: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLEN!!!

Indeed, it is! Jim, let me know if you still need a leadsheet...

Did some Googling, but this was the only book I found that has it. Looks like it is a piano arrangement rather than a lead sheet, but it might be of some use. Description: 16 jazz classics from the '50s and '60s, including: Airegin (Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis) • The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith) • Giant Steps (John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan) • I Remember Clifford (Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie) • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderley, Joe Zawinul) • Song for My Father (Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver) • This Here (Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderly) • and more.

What Mobley book? 'Workout - The Music Of Hank Mobley' by Derek Ansell (Northway Books). Just out in the shops here in the UK, still working my way through it ! I just pre-ordered at Amazon. Shows a release date of May 15, 2008.

Complete Verve Master Takes 3-disc set in a metal box.

Thanks for posting those. Dig the Wurlitzer electric piano on Green Onions! Are those clips from a TV series? I remember seeing some other videos several years ago of the Lionel Hampton band and Duke's band, and it looks like they're all filmed on the same set.

Yeah, THAT'S it, I'm just interested in the "horn section writing". Why, I'm not even a FAN of that bum Scofield! Did I mention I'm dating Morgan Fairchild? Yeah, THAT'S the ticket! Oh, don't get me wrong. I like me some Sco. I'm even a fan of the Lo (and the Fo is nice, but the Ho...)

Oh! I completely misunderstood. Thought this might be an ex-wives thread.

Sounds like your local B&N has a little better selection than mine. I did replace a couple of Art Blakey titles with RVG's, picked up the new Maceo Parker double disc (the one with the WDR big band ) and a John Scofield side "This Meets That" (interested in checking out the horn section writing).

Well, he said "Never Again" and then here he is playing some alto with Jimmy Smith and Grady Tate. For those who might want to bypass the Jon Faddis solo, Moody starts blowing at 3:04.

Indeed! And after he gives you the kisses, you're the second best smelling man in jazz. (the "essence" does linger...)

Happy Birthday, Moody! The first time I met Moody was when I was in college in the early '80s. He was a guest artist at the school and I was his driver for a couple of days. At one point we were talking about the (at the time) new phenomenon of MTV and music videos. Moody was dubious about all the "dancing girls" and the production values in the videos used to cover the less-than-stellar music. Moody: "It's like they got you standing over a turd, and they're trying to take your attention away from it!"

That is a fantastic image! The fact that you've dealt with enough three-day-old falafel stand smells to have that as a reference point is a little troubling, though.

This idea was mentioned (again by JSngry in the recent discussion of Hank Mobley, re: availability or lack of the '50s Blue Note sessions). Interesting idea. I started buying jazz records in the early '80s, and there was TONS of unavailable stuff that I couldn't get my hands on/ ears around. Pretty different situation today...

"Hankenstein"???? But yes, the Mobley box is one of my favorite Mosaics without a doubt. OK, I'm no longer on the fence. I just ordered the Mosaic box.

I've really been enjoying checking out your scans. Thanks for doing/posting them! And feel free to do some more, if you get the urge...

Paul? Beer? Not a chance. We had Chicken/Corn Chowder, Cornbread and a Tomato Cucumber salad. For dessert: IT'S GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!!! (peanut butter patties)

Thanks, Dan. Damn, I was going to use the $33 price tag of a "Slice of the Top" CD as my excuse for buying the Mobley Mosaic box. Then I realized the box is just the '50s sessions and SOTT is from the '60s. This is gonna cost me...