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The early fifties was absolutely CHOCK FULL of the most agonisingly twee song lyrics. And most of them were written by Bob Merrill. If there is one reason to account for Rock & Roll, it is Bob Merrill's songs. MG

When did Montana move south? MG

BALHAM, gateway to The South! I agree. There are, in any case, very, very, exclusive areas in some places like Bournemouth where the minimum price you can pay for a property is £3 million. And you'll find these areas everywhere. (Well, not here.) MG

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As a further take on the substantive issue, there are other traditions that are neither "classical" nor "jazz/improvised". The Mandinke djelis pride themselves on being able to recreate their solos note for note. This is part of an oral tradition in which music (and history) is passed down from generation to generation so that one can listen to a recording of Balla Fasseke Kouyate's composition "Hymn to the bow", written in the second quarter of the 13th C, with some reasonable assurance that the performance, even on a different instrument, is faithfully representing the notes, if not the sounds, Balla Fasseke wrote. MG

In case you're serious do youself a favour and rent the DVD right now. You're talking to someone who watches maybe 5 movies per year, max. And it would less than that if I didn't have a girlfriend. -_- Oh, and I have to get a DVD player first (the first one broke down, and the last one was stolen). ~ Digital editing is indeed incredible. Well, Joe, in this case you HAVE to see it in some form: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marlyn Monroe in one of the funniest movie ever and lot of jazz in it. And you HAVE to forget this thread, when you watch it. MG

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Glad you made it all right. Oh, get Lon to listen to the BFT - I happen to know he has at least one of the tracks All the very best to you. MG

My memory may be playing trix but I have some recollection of Chuck Slagle's name coming up on early sixties R&B/Soul singles. MG

I started reading this a couple of weeks ago. I've had it for about fifteen years and this is my third time through it. I'm charmed by the quality of the writing and I find his approach, which is more of a cultural history than a political or religious one (though those aspects do come in), to be very enlightening. So, I'm halfway through it, and this one comes through my door from Amazon And now I'm reading two! Stephen Fothergill was a big thorn in my side when I was at work, accusing the Thatcher government of deliberately shunting people off the dole onto incapacity benefit, to make the unemployment figures look better. He was wrong, but we couldn't tell him why. If this book doesn't show that he's worked it out yet, I may tell him now MG

Yeah, I counted all my Sonny Stitt as alto. I mean, come on... MG

That's strong! Struth! Sometimes my wife and her friend share a tea bag! You wouldn't catch me doing that, but two tea bags reminds me of the story Shelley Berman put on one of his LPs about trying to impress his girl friend by lighting her cigarette and his together, then giving hers to her. But he forgot to give it to her and smoked two at the same time. MG I can't imagine sharing a tea bag--not enough caffeine for me. I should note that I often as not brew my tea in a coffee mug, which holds 10 or 12 ounces, so it's more double quantity than double strength. Ah, I can understand that! I have a strong preference for little and often, but to each his own. MG

Some friends visited us recently and brought some photos on disc of their holiday last September in Botswana. I pinched this one for my desktop. It was taken at a place called Savuti. MG

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Only just seen this thread. Always loved Bo. When our daughter was a baby, and sometimes a pain to get to sleep, I could get her to go to sleep on my lap, listening to Bo, and drumming my feet on the floor to that rhythm! We owe that man so much! RIP MG

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That's strong! Struth! Sometimes my wife and her friend share a tea bag! You wouldn't catch me doing that, but two tea bags reminds me of the story Shelley Berman put on one of his LPs about trying to impress his girl friend by lighting her cigarette and his together, then giving hers to her. But he forgot to give it to her and smoked two at the same time. MG

Jimmy McGriff - State of the art - Milestone orig A bit of a mistake this, I think, but not without some points of interest as McG vainly tried to keep up with the New Wave bands. MG

More than just fun, I think. Jordan was a pretty neat commentator on society; satire without unkindness. "Look, we're all human and this is what we're like; crazy ain't it?" To me, that is almost the ultimate value in music. (I should have more of it than I do.) His songs did in the forties what Lieber & Stoller did with the Coasters in the fifties and sixties. MG

I have a few of those. "Bird symbols" has a load of Dial sides and is a wonderful LP. I dare say the sounds junk, but it's OK for me. I also have the "Rockland Palace" two LP set, which I love dearly. I have the Joe Carroll, too, which is a great and entertaining set. It doesn't sound like a live recording to me. That one has been reissued on CD by Collectables. I also used to have an LP by Jerri Winters called "Winters again", which was pretty so-so. And I used to have one called "Happy Bird", which I couldn't get on with and flogged after only a couple of plays. Yes, at 50p a go, you could get quite a few. But I never bought the Barry Miles. MG Oh, 50p was the full price for a new one. You could get second hand ones REAL cheap!

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Slightly different categories for me Tenor sax Houston Person (58) Gene Ammons (55) Stanley Turrentine (54) Alto sax Sonny Stitt (75) (of course, quite a lot of tenor included ) Lou Donaldson (49) Hank Crawford (41) Piano Les McCann (47) Junior Mance (36) Horace Silver (19) Guitar Grant Green (35) Kenny Burrell (31) Jimmy Ponder (20) Trumpet/cornet Nat Adderley (30) Blue Mitchell (22) Donald Byrd (12) Organ Jack McDuff (61) Jimmy Smith (60) Jimmy McGriff (51) Vocal Youssou Ndour (35) Ray Charles (26) Bobby Bland (21) MG

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Had a trip into Cardiff today and picked up I already had the first 6 cuts on the original cobbled-together LP issues, but I must say this edition sounds fantastic! MG