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Glen Moore used to play 'round Puddletown pretty regularly, haven't noticed him doing that as much recently. But then, I Don't Get Around Much Anymore.

Considering that Lewis was one of the earliest "champions" of Ornette Coleman, I suppose that Dolphy could be forgiven for expecting different ears out of him than he got. What's even funnier is Dolphy provides pretty much the only sustaining moments of that whole project and I'm generally a John Lewis "fan." Phuckin' Phil Woods on the other hand... from jazz hot to (mostly) jazz schlock in how many bars? much as i might enjoy most of those musicians elsewhere, Eric was the ONLY one there with the true temperament for Brecht/Weill, which demands far more than slick note spinning and odd bits of 'quirky' orchestration to convey. For once, I just about totally agree with you re this Weill project and Dolphy's part therein.

I have a recent one from my friend Carlton Jackson: Drummer at Large (which he is, in every sense). So some guys still use them.

Shelter from the Storm If Not for You You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Señor Tangled Up in Blue Forever Young Watching the River Flow Quinn the Eskimo Knockin' on Heaven's Door On a Night Like This Lay, Lady, Lay Gotta Serve Somebody One More Cup of Coffee Buckets of Rain The Man in Me B_B I know you were in a hurry and all, but at least three of these were written in the '60s (Lay Lady Lay, Quinn the Eskimo, and You Ain't Going Nowhere) and (IMHO, YMMV, etc.) at least two of them ar dogshit (Forever Young, Senor). And we all know Moms likes to indulge in hyperbole at least as sloppy and scattershot as anything Bob does. And I think at least part of Bob's influence on others was because he gave a focus to where they already wanted to go...and sometimes that was a good thing and sometimes not. How'd you like the Elvis doing Bob I posted awhile back?

Sorry 'bout the dbl post, this is what I was trying to add.

for your consideration another one, make up your own minds, but to me in a perfect world, we'd have more like this to consider and less bagage surrounding them.

I've already seen Fred & Wilma and Barnie & bettie trading partners (no, I didn't seek that out) so I don't know what there's left to see...

Other sources way that's Gator Tail on sax.

Does anyone know if she's still alive? Someone asked me today...

just because!

Such great music, and a pretty darn good deal too.

the Flamingos uptempo & live(?)

What, no Flamingos? You think Grant Green knew the Ravens' version of Count Every Star? Mixed metafers of Don't Have to Ride?

not live, but what a difference a decade made to the telling of the same (>or<) tail, I first heard the Yardbirds' version.

So good 'n greasy...my impression is that there's not much grease left by Cosmos, no? When You're Smiling, I'm Smiling but Hell Below... makes me fell like I,m already there! Make it With You is better than it has any right to be, but still... There's quite a bit of unissued LD from the 70s IIRC but it's unlikely we'll ever hear it, unless they do a LD box set? or add it to a reissue of something...

In contrast to Peter, this is exactly why I only own Gene with the 3 Sounds - good, FUNctional social music from a world that doesn't exist anymore and that I was never a part of (kinda like the Cherokee Cowboys or Brazos River Boys). Post come back I find it too relentless and without any contextual reason for being...

Ethan is, as usual, 'bout half insightful and half posturing twerp - yes, Monk's music is some serious shit and doing it justice takes some doing, beyond that...? Which still makes his blog way more interesting than most blogs or his music. On the sax v. trumpet Q, I'd say it's more the players than the horns, but woodwinds and brass are certainly different creatures, and great musicians (composers and players) can both use that and transcend it. And, for myself, there are certainly days I'd settle for half insightful or even piss-ant proficient, and Monk's music is strong enough to withstand even my inept assaults upon it. Which makes it almost as much of a joy to play as it is to listen to.

And he played at the same time? No, not literally at the same time, but on the same song.

Well... not on the music's own terms. Inotherwords, he was very good at being Miles playing Monk...

true dat, good point

Lester Young, only once on record (I think) but he did sing on gigs, or so I've read.

First of all, what are these Ravens things (I love The Ravens), and is this to be taken as literally true, or is it one of those relative/appears to be so/AFAIK things? "black vocal groups" of the '50s, in the '50s, maybe...the earliest live recordings that pop into my head are early '60s BUT I'm not an expert here. Would love to hear a good live recording of the '5' Royales or the Clovers or the Flamingos, to name just a few.

I kinda like Back to Avalon, it's no Sonny's Dream but it's every bit as good as KD's Blue Spring, to make a couple of not-quite-totally pointless comparisons...

It's been a long time since I comnpared them, but my memory is that I prefered the remakes on all but one where I strongly prefered the original. FWIW, YMMV, etc. Interesting that Bob bothered to do that, he's generally one take or less....