Ken Dryden

Peter Straub has written liner notes for several CDs.

I have a few of their CDs and a Sun Ra I got in trade in a few years ago that I have never opened. Their scattershot approach to reissues is intriguing.

Frank Zappa stuffed his song "Rhymin' Man" full of quotes. He was surprised that I recognized "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" in it and claimed no one in his band knew it and he had to teach them the song. Then he didn't know that piece was a parody of the old hymn "Revive Us Again." He always loved sticking quotes into songs, including Gustav Holsts's "The Planets,"Igor Stravinsky's "Petrouchka" and the hilaious solo in "Let's Move to Cleveland" that opened with the introduction to "The Rite of Spring," with the band playing "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" behind him. I heard that in the 1984 Atlanta concert.

I go a laugh out of that when that CD set was released. Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck would exchange quotes at times during concerts, though Desmond was the master for including obscurities.

I don't really keep track of amusing song quotes, though as I was driving and listening to the Larry Coryell & Kenny Drew, Jr. version of "Moanin'," i got a laugh out of Drew inserting "Theme From Perry Mason" into his solo. Please share some of your recent (or long time) favorites.

I got to hear Eddie Higgins in person at the one Atlanta Jazz Party that he played. I didn't get a chance to interview him but we had a nice chat between sets. I've enjoyed his recordings and I am still trying to track down his second Christmas CD for Venus at a reasonable price.

That album was reissued as a 2 LP Record Store Day set then a 2 CD set with 8 alternate takes and t false starts.

There were plenty of "promising" prospects in baseball who flamed out in record time. Here are some: Look up their stats at baseball reference...

I enjoyed it, it arrived in yesterday's mail. I was serviced with most of the Dreyfus Jazz CDs, but this one may have only been issued in France, so I bought a copy. Philip Catherine was a wonderful interview a few years ago and sent me a nice package of CDs I didn't have.

I am not sure when I last visited an art museum but it was probably MOMA in NYC. I was surprised when my wife suggested it but we went and enjoyed a lot of it. We’ve been to the Metropolitan museum a few times and saw the Vatican Museum in 2001.

I wrote for Cadence near the beginning of my sideline as a jazz journalist. I appreciated Bob Rusch giving me the opportunity but I was exasperated at some of his quirks, like holding reviews for six months or more, while restricting regular contributors voting best of the year releases to the titles reviewed in Cadence during that year, while the editor could choose any release for his list. The miserly compensation ($2-$4 in trade credit, even for a large boxed set, was also a reason that I finally gave up contributing to them. I didn’t know about his troublesome past until reading it in this discussion board awhile back.

Welcome back. Larry!

Plase hold these CDs for me: Davis , Charles Blue Gardenia $4 Cochrane , Michael Lines of Reason $4

I knew that I had some tinnitus, but what sent me over the edge was wearing headphones during a membership drive. The nearly stone deaf board up punched a prercorded spot by a staff member previously in commercial radio. She recorded it at tooo high a volume and he had her potted too high. I tore my headphones off with that volume, but the damage was done, my ears have been ringing contnuously at much louder level since that incident. No amount of wax claening will undo the damage.

I've been wearing hearing aids for a few years. though more consistently since switching from the ones requiring battery changes every two weeks, whether you used them much or not. My use bluetooth to connect to my iphone, which is a great convenience. If you'r on Medicare, your plan may cover part of the cost, though most insurance for working folks usually don't cover hearing aids for adults, just kids.

I used to have the Bluebird Fats Waller twofers and I thought that they made it to volume 4 plus a twofer of piano solos, but I don’t own them any more.

I just reviewed this CD for The New York City Jazz Record, it was published in the January issue. Great music, several works were recorded for the first time.

LOL!

Wanda Landowska was the first harpsichord player that I heard, my dad had one or more of her LPs. I got this one from his collection:

I have my track selected, let me know when to submit it.