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Completely agree with you about that! Bird learning those changes as he goes along is a truly fascinating moment in recorded jazz! +1

Don Byas from 1963: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=NOMGbpmT90g

I don't really have a beef, but the title of the thread made me think of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofadaevDY9w Back when Jay and Dave were still buddies...

Thanks, Jim! Thanks also for ALL of your hard work keeping this place so happening!!!

Thanks!

Love the new forum software! Looks good and runs fast. But now when I click on a link in someone's post, instead of opening a new tab (convenient for when I want to wait until later to read the linked info), I'm taken away from organissimo.org. Is there a setting I can adjust? Is there an administrative setting that can be adjusted?

Happy Birthday, Jim! Hope your day has been extra groovy!

He shoots, he scores. In the case of Bill Evans, wouldn't it be "He scores, he shoots"?

I thought maybe Ethel was kickin' pedals. Agreed on your assessment of Edie.

I believe this was the trombone section in several jazz bands I've adjudicated over the years. Don't forget the bassoon and the viola player! I remember Ryan Shultz sounding great at a couple of jam sessions I did with him many moons ago. I'd love to hear some recent recordings!

Flugabone was designed for marching bands (I believe), and has a slightly larger bore than a typical valve trombone or bass trumpet. Valve trombone Bass Trumpet Flugabone Baritone Horn Euphonium Marching Baritone They're all the same length of tubing (so pitched the same), just wrapped differently, and with some variation in the bore size and shape (more cylindrical, for valve bone and bass trumpet; more conical for Flugabone and Euphonium). The instrument Maynard played is a SuperBone, which is BOTH a slide trombone, and has a set of valves, so it can be played as either instrument, or in combination. MF also played a crazy horn called the Firebird, combination of slide and valve trumpet.

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No mention in the article of the Kenton Christmas album. The arrangements (many by Ralph Carmichael) featured a Mellophonium section, and no saxophones.

Exactly what my mother in law assumed when news broke yesterday! My wife made that call yesterday, as well!

Wait, Lee Meriwether played bass with Bill Evans on a gig at the Jazz Record Mart?

RC is one of my bari sax heroes! Dig the sax section "dancing" and one of the guys in the section on tambourine while Cuber is blowing! "Rock" is right.

Yeah, I hear you! Unfortunately, our organist is moving to Malaysia for the next year, so we're going to be shifting personnel soon.

Thread Derailment: Jim, when you play there, do you use the house organ? If so, how great is it to not have to schlep your own rig? We hauled a B3 to our gig over the weekend, and the idea of playing somewhere with a house organ is dreamy!!

Thanks for the heads-up. My DVR is set!

We're big fans of the "stuffin' muffins" at our house, too! Haven't finalized our menu yet. We're going to some friends' house, so they're doing the turkey. You didn't mention any beverages! We'll probably get a couple of bottles of bougelais nouveau, do some Cosmos (you know, with the cranberry juice and all), and maybe some port or scotch later (another friend of ours does a Port, Pie, and Poker party that night). Bottom line: It's ALL good!!!

Ben Webster's "Cottontail" solo.

The way I had heard it, Sonny didn't realize how far down it was. He thought it was just a few feet, and he was feeling loose and wanted to "work the room" a little. It's been quite a while since I watched that video.

OUCH!!! What a pisser! Get well soon, Joe.

Bump City! Hey...uh...you holdin'? It was a great show. The band was happening. Fantastic lead singer. And Mic Gillette is back in the horn section after 25 years away from the band. They did some tunes from their new CD of soul covers. Pretty nice.