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Cliff Claven Wes Craven Wes Montgomery

Lawrence Brown Scoville Browne John Scofield ← John Wayne Elton John Elvin Jones* *post no. 2,000!

Beats me! Joseph Barbera William Hanna Daryl Hannah ← Darrell Strawberry Marion Berry Marian McPartland!

Don't know much about Ind's writing, or about Tristano, but I happened to be reading an interview with Chuck Nessa on AAJ regarding the early Mingus sides that Chuck co-produced. The topic of commercial appeal was broached: AAJ: What do you think is the single clearest insight this group of recordings has given you regarding the music of Mingus? It's described in one part of the booklet as "the genesis of his later masterpieces." CN: It's sort of all over the place...I'll put it this way: you have to understand the sort of sociology of L.A. at the time, what the independent recording scene was like and was saleable. So the early recordings are sort of modeled after other Central Avenue jump band good time music, because you could get a record date doing that sort of thing. But Mingus would always do something to push it a little further, to get himself out there a little more. Such as some unusual original compositions, or whatever: he'd slip in one out of the three, whatever, just trying to get his own music out there. Doesn't really make anyone's case in the discussion on this thread. Just thought it was interesting. Carry on...

Can you imagine if his name had been Beauregard Graham Bell? We'd be listening to a tritone dial tone. ← Well, the real crisis was averted when officials from the Mormon church advised Bell to keep quiet about his 'extra' wives, Beulah and Daphne. Imagine that half-diminished chord (or as Monk would say, minor chord with 6 in the bass)! How did I come upon this astounding information? Don Ameche wouldn't lie...

It's not just a coincidence; those two pitches were chosen to honor Alexander Graham Bell and his lovely wife, Francine.

Chuck, who are some tenor players of the current crop (I guess for this thread, being born in the '50s or later) that you like? Just curious...

Norah Jones will be there!?!?!

Emailed you about the Roots & Blues, and the Dexter CDs.

I have a couple of Jackson 5 songs on my iPod. I enjoy the occaisional Country Top 40 tune. Oh...and I killed a drifter once, just for his trucker gimme cap. next...?

I heard this record around '78 or '79 when I was in high school. Checked it out from the local public library. I had heard of Ornette, but had never listened to any. I remember my buddy and me being totally bewildered at hearing this groove that lasted an entire side of a record; then continued (with variation) throughout the other side! I haven't heard that music in the last 26+ years, but that melody is indeed still dancing in my head. Sadly, I never got past that melody to check out Ornette's improvisation. I need to see if I can track down a copy of this! BTW- the other memorable record I checked out from the library on that visit was Trane, Giant Steps. Bewildering in a whole other way!

Definitely a new one to me. Check out the arranger credit for "You Are the Sunshine..."; Tom Harrell!

My guess would be the Monk/Trane would stand a better chance, just because of the major label hype machine. My personal feeling is that the Bird/Diz is more 'important', but I've been enjoying the Monk/Trane a lot. But then on the other hand...

Ella Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas is one of my favorites! For an individual tune, I always like the Vince Guaraldi Trio doing O Tannenbaum, from the Charlie Brown record.

Blurry graphics; like Frank's vision through fifth of Jack...

Thanks for putting this up, Tony. I'm listening to the first segment right now. Interesting to hear how involved FAS is in the proceedings, giving dynamic notes to the saxes, adjusting the tempo, talking to Conrad (Gazzo, lead tpt?). Very cool...

Happy Birthday!!! Do something EXTRA fun today!!!

Hope your day was a great one!!!

I think I want a jacket like that! I got that CD several years ago, and only played it about 1 1/2 times. I was intrigued to hear Michael when he was a teenager, and I remember the overall sound of the recording was pretty harsh. Other than that, I'm afraid memory won't allow me to comment much further (although I guess that's a little bit of a comment right there...)

Can't be. If it's on the internet, it must be legit!

If only Herbie Hancock would do a CD with these guys...

I gotta concur with Sngry's post above. I too bought this at a Starbucks last weekend, in the middle of a road trip. And I noticed how many of the tunes have a collaborative production team. I keep thinking that, since it doesn't really feel like a Herbie album per se, it seems like Herbie's role is kinda like if Quincy Jones had done something like this 15 or 20 years ago. Jazz Kat wrote "I don't think you approach something with the attitude, to not make a jazz record as Herbie did." But I think that not calling it a 'jazz' record mostly means that these tunes aren't intended to be vehicles for improvisation. They're produced with a pop sensiblity and a little Herbie hipness thrown in. So, my verdict is that the record is well-produced, with some musical moments. And if you are one who would not buy CDs by any of the singers featured on this record, it seems ludicrous to think you would suddenly dig the singers' work just because Herbie's name appears on the cover.

Neither one is really a re-issue.

Sounds like you're doing lots of good stuff, Paul. I'm right there with you, trying to make some healthier lifestyle changes. When I'm at the gym (too rarely!) I have a 'workout' mix on my iPod that has some funk, R&B stuff (Chaka, Stevie, James Brown, etc.) and some happy, swingin' straight ahead stuff. If the music is too heavy it gets distracting. The cooking thing can be a challenge, so my one reccomendation would be to avoid the Paula Dean show on the food channel at all costs. She could be making just a pot of coffee and the recipe would start out with, "First take two sticks of butter and cup and a half of sour cream..."

The medical procedure of which someone may have been thinking was probably an episiotomy, which basically is an incision sometimes made during childbirth to make things "easier". ← I'm doing this from memory, but yet another definition is: "to go back or turn around"... something equating to a return to a prior form. The liner notes to the latter-day Charlie Rouse album "Epistrophy" (of all things) have a bunch of definitions interspersed. I left my copy in LA (I'm in the Bay Area right now), so I can't list anything concrete. Granted my handle (and a couple of e-mail addresses), I have to explain the term practically everywhere I go... ← Sounds like it is related to a term I remember from music history class, "strophic", which refers to the form of a song, like a folk song or hymn, that has several verses (different lyrics over the same tune/harmony).