DukeCity

Yeah, this is totally stupid! I mean, sure, it might help introduce tons of people to Trane, Miles, Zoot and Tatum, and it might generate a mountain of dough to help control the worldwide HIV-AIDS problem... But, man! I would've picked MUCH hipper tunes!

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This has been a fun thread to read. Some flicks I need to check out. I heard Maynard Ferguson tell some stories about filming some "shorts" with Kenton's band. They would make the audio recording one day and film the next day, referring to the miming as "sidelining". He said the guys in the band did stuff on purpose to make the video not fit with the audio. Apparently one scene had a Maynard solo, and in the video he has a trombone mouthpiece on his horn! Anyone seen the early '70s movie "Zachariah"? Wierd psychedelic Western, with some scenes featuring Elvin Jones. Truly bad film, truly great to see Elvin. Or how about the episode of the TV show "Kung Fu" that begins a scene with Cannonball Adderley in a poncho and sombrero blowing solo on the wooden sidewalk of the old west town? -- Glenn

Yielding to extreme peer pressure, I now have my first avatar. Gradually, I'll get up to speed...

I got the Tim Ries/Stones Project and have had a couple of listens. Tim sounds great. Nice arrangements and an impressive line-up with Sco, Larry Goldings and big name vocalists like Norah Jones and Sheryl Crow. If it hadn't been TR as the leader, I probably wouldn't have picked it up, but I'm glad I did. Hey lookie, it's my first post! Thanks for the tip, Paulie!