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That's why they call 'em "broads"!

I had some minor dealings with Terri H. when I was writing about music 15 yr ago. She was a pleasure to deal with and treated me likeI was important even though I obviously wasn't.

OK, just one more shot in this little shooting match and then I'll shut up. When the James Brown and Ray Charles bands each did an instrumental cover of aa Lee Morgan tune which one did they pick? The Rumproller?, Cornbread? No, they did The Sidewinder! * I wonder, did anyone make up a dance to go with it? The Rumproller might've inspired a pretty interesting dance too... * I realise that the JB's version may have been too early to consider the other LM boogaloos but RC's version was cut circa '70 so they could've done any of them. The point is that it's Sidewinder that's the truly memorable tune, at least for non musicians/jazzheads.

Maybe Jazz Kat will agree that it's all been done before, maybe not. but he needs to figure that out for himself.

Personally I love the Sidewinder. Two things may help explain its popularity: 1) only Watermelon Man precedes it as a Billy Higgins fueled BN groover and it's not quite the same groove; and 2) it hit people beyond the core jazz audience who have totally different criteria and had probably never heard of Lee Morgan. Think I'll go listen to it now...

I used to go to a bar frequented by a guy who'd played for the Buckaroos. He was from Saskatoon and had worked for a masonary firm owned by the family of a friend of mine where I'd also worked years later. He had played for the Red Wings breifly with Gordy Howe (also from Saskatchewan) and hated the Quebecers 'cause they'd tried to tip over a bus he was in during the playoffs. I guess that would do it...

Cuscuna has written v. nice things about the Sounds in liner notes, at least the first incarnation, I don't think he digs the later stuff after they came back to BN nearly as much. I think he runs kinda hot & cold on Les too but I'm not so sure of this...

v. nice, but I think Dusty Groove is wrong to say that Mel Brown et al are on all of that Delegates antho.

Dan, I was being maybe just a little tongue in cheek, neither Billy nor Odell seem likely candidates for boxes, but stranger things have happened...In either case I'd loveto read da bastards' desriptions of same. Dana

It's just me & my four yr old daughter at home today while mom is on a business trip. FB woke me up by having an accident in the bed, oops! But the sheets are in the dryer now, we've had our eggies and it's still all good.

I was reading the notes to the Jazz Crusaders box and listening to the three sounds when it hit me like a brick of Tillamook extra sharp, how about a box of Billy Larkin & the Delgates work for World Pacific? Groovy, baby!

Why not? In a word, "Sonny".

Just went to Amazon to listen to samples and they have them mislabelled! How easy/hard is it to get them right when they announce the names right on the track? Nonetheless, sounds good...

I didn't say I didn't like the music (I love it), I just don't get the logic of putting those particular albums together as opposed to a different selection or just all of 'em.

Does anyone know if our friend who runs this web site is ok? He hasn't updated his upcoming releases list since May 30...

As far as I'm concerned my only bad Mosaic decisions was not buying more. I love pretty much all the the ones dissed herein (Dinah especially). Their only bad decision is letting some of you ungrateful %$#@*! buy their precious masterpieces... (just kidding, well sorta). OK, I have to admit I don't quite follow the selection logic on the John Patton Mosaic Select...

kh1958: I just meant to say that he's one 'bad' (in a good way) drummer! I just have a weakness for bad puns and, yes, i guess i do have a thing 'bout peoples that change their names...

According to my online source it's 1/06-07/71 with Houston Person and Clarence Thomas (didn't know he was so talented!) on saxes, Ronnie Foster on organ and Egregious Muhammad on drums. A mix of familiar and new tunes, more than enough listed as unissued rather than rejected for > 1CD. Includes some Burt B. tunes GG didn't do elsewhere, I think... There's still a whole '70 studio session and leftovers from Carryin' On, but eventually we'll get it all and have to find something new to complain about...

RDK: That's a fine slab o' cheese you found there, but if memory serves big chunks of it are actually from the '60s, not to be too anal or anything... Dana

Pity Sonny doesn't record with the organ trio, just have him show up and let Broom pick the tunes. Should be the perfect antidote to Sonny's nice but too fussed over studio dates...

just finished signable copies of my 1040 and state retyrns, have to make copies, staple, etc. before they finally go in the the mail. may or may not clean up a couple of schedules I messed up a little. What time is it?

Personally i hate that "The Creator Has a Masterv Plan" is too long for a single LP side. I own a comp. CD that has an edited version (maybe it's just the first LP side?). I enjoy what's there but don't find myself wanting more. Then again, it also has an edit of "Upper & Lower Egypt" that I prefer. The relative conciseness of the performances on Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages is one of the reasons I prefer it to most of what Sonny and/or Pharaoh did back in the day. "Peace and Happiness throughout the land" is indeed a wonderful goal, but merely stating it don't get you nowhere...

Bruce, I, for one, like the Sony Clark Memorial Quartet album v. much. More literal than News For Lulu, which may or may not be a good thing depending onyour tastes. Zorn only gets real Zorny every once in a while, if that's what's scarred you off.... Dana

news (and more news) for lulu is/are wonderful. Here's some more: Sidewinder: James Brown, Bobbie Humphries (with Lee!), Ray Charles Song For My Father: James Brown Senor Blues: Ray Charles Moanin': Ray Charles The Turnaround: John Patton Chitlins Con Carne: John Patton, Jr. Wells & Buddy Guy Watermellon Man: Mongo Santamaria, HH & Headhunters Maiden Voyage: Grant Green Fancy Free: Grant Green Could be a good "Blue On Blue"comp for BN here, no?

This thread has certainly turned into a lovely study in the nature of obcession. but then I don't think that Prince is all that, talented sure, but still not all that, now or ever. And Kurt is no more tortured or complex than me or the next guy and a worse blooze singer than Keith Relf or John Mayall and with a much less interesting band than either of them. Gimmee Sly Stone AND the Stanley Bros.