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Playing a private party gig at a hotel ballroom, and we take a break. In the outer room, where the cocktails and hors d'oeurves had been served, there's Dom DeLouise picking over the leftovers (sounds like a cliche, but there you are). We chatted with him and he was friendly, and pretty subdued; definitely not "on". Other gigs: Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Fairchild (back in the day ), Timothy Leary, Paul Schaffer, Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, Florence Henderson. (Man, that list would make an excellent dinner party!)

Saw the Javon Jackson group that he's calling the "Superband", featuring Nat Reeves on bass, George Cables and Jimmy Cobb. A nice set with tons of swingin'. Great to hear GC and JC!!!

Good News, Greg!!!

Any of those dates Fantasy/Prestige dates from the '50s is good. For more recent stuff, I have Silk Road, and remember it as being nice, but not essential. There are a couple of Jazztet sides with Benny Golson, but they are more recent ones. Anybody know anything about those?

That, and because she was so cultured.

BM, I think what clem was pointing out is that some folks might take offense to using the word "gypped" (that being a reference to gypsies), and that using the term would be like using the offensive "jewing..." Other than that, I never know what the hell clem's talking about.

Thanks, everyone! It was a pretty good day: A little teaching, a little golf, then dinner with my lovely fiancé and checking out some local music. Cheers!

And because musicians are oh-so-busy, the term is usually shortened to just "shedding". As in, "So man, like, what kinda stuff have you been shedding lately?" or "Man, like, I gotta go shed that a little."

I know that John Park was a Texan, coming from Houston and eventually moving to the Dallas area for the last few years of his life (died in '79). He toured and recorded with the Stan Kenton band in the early '70s. Beautiful alto sound. Maybe some of the other Texans on the board (Sangrey?) can shed some light on what JP did around town.

John Philip Sousa Philip Seymour Hoffman Lou Diamond Phillips

Sebastian Cabot Mrs. Livingston Hop Sing

Who's going to write it? Billy Byers.

Nino Rota Max Steiner Jerry Goldsmith

That Charlie Parker break on the Dial is indeed amazing. I think that's one of the things that made me kinda dig my "gulty pleasure" Chaka Khan version: Herbie Hancock is playing on it (lots of synth bass, etc) and they use a recorded sample of Bird's break with Herbie doubling it on synth. Pretty slick, and it was damn impresssive to my then 17-year old ears.

Excellent company, indeed! What's the deal with Kevin Eubanks? Does he use a Leslie?

Aw, HAY-ul yeah!

I was in school with the trumpeter Magnus Broo. He sounded great back then (way into a Woody Shaw thing), so I'm sure he still does. Looking forward to checking it out.

Monk's Stream?

Some tenor guys: Ben Webster- Live at Ronnie Scot's 1964 Dexter Gordon- Our Man in Paris Don Byas- A Night In Tunisia Some "Latin" versions: Mario Bauza- 944 Columbus Poncho Sanchez- A Night at Kimball's East Cal Tjader- Latino! Big Band versions: Michel Legrand- Legrand Jazz Guilty Pleasure: Chaka Khan- What 'Cha Gonna Do For Me

Eminem Barbara Hershey Veronica Mars

(The Bear Comes Home ) Raffi Yanni Lenny

Is that this, Chuck? MG So, is that preachin' or singin' or some of both?

Happy B-day!!!

Touring with Maynard's band (R.I.P.), I used to do a blues feature almost every night. In a slightly altered state, I decided I needed a blues nickname so I asked MF to introduce me as Glenn "Butter Bucket" Kostur. The tune was then announced as "Butter's Bucket of Blues". That lasted about a week, when I finally sobered up for a minute .

Amber Frye Spud Webb Ron "Tater Salad" White