Ken Dryden

I don't recall any duplications, as I think OverTime was a follow up book that focused on photos not in Bass Line. There is also a third hardback book, Playing The Changes, that was published after Milt's death, that does duplicate some of the photographs from the first two volumes.

I am in the process of reading this book for a review. I've enjoyed it immensely! I got a review copy when it came out and Milt Hinton signed mine during a Jazz Party. $10.70 is a huge bargain, as I think it is long out of print and listed for around $30 to $40 when it was published.

Thanks for the tip. I haven't had any issues with CDRs getting scuffed up, but I usually print a booklet, so I can put each CDR inside the bifold booklet that I print.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.

I couldn’t find them on Amazon, maybe I was using the wrong description.

I have previously purchased clear plastic CD sleeves to store CDs that have a foldover flap to keep the CD in place. I can't seem to find any on line. Any suggestions of where to look are appreciated. I'm not a fan of the paper sleeves with the circular plastic window.

I have learned to use priority mail or FedEx with Dusty Groove. Chicago is one of the notorious phantom zones where packages disappear for weeks or months.

The bigamous lives of Charles Lindbergh and Charles Kyralt come to mind as well. Let’s not get started on politicians…

One of the first times that I interviewed Ken Peplowski in the early 1990s I asked him which vocalists he enjoyed playing with and Carol Sloane was the first one he named. R.I.P.

BFrank: I'm wondering the same thing. I took advantage of my writer's discount with Fantasy before Concord Jazz bought it and gutted their catalog, routinely spending several hundred dollars per order and getting a lot of what I wanted, though I missed a few things, too.

Denny Zeitlin shared his interpretation of Jimmy Rowles' timeless ballad "The Peacocks," with a peacock video by Bret Primack. View it here:

Ben Hur and The Sound of Music had intermissions.

No shipping notification yet… 😟

I don’t think the tour was all that boring, particularly the Amsterdam concert that was broadcast and appears on various bootlegs. I got a laugh out of the tv theme quoted at the end of “Ms. Pinky.” But some of the material recorded in that era was pretty bad, especially “Dumb All Over” and the forgettable “Jazz Discharge Party Hats.”

The only thing that is a royal pain is when limited edition 2 LP sets have tracks missing from the CD versions. Anything to get us to spend more money.

There was a small European label that put out limited editions of 500 LPs. The owner told me in a phone interview that he was having quality control issues because so many vinyl manufacturing components had been scrapped, the skilled operators had died or retired and the remaining plants were overworked and not properly maintained. Frankly, I've purchased few of the "new" vinyl pressings and I have been unimpressed and think they are overpriced. I'd rather invest in CDs, as the sound will be better and they will probably last longer without defects. Not to mention, CDs take up a lot less space.

Ted Gioia does some excellent analysis of the "record revival" and how the industry managed to screw things up instead of building a customer base. https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/did-the-music-business-just-kill?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

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He is on a new CD by trumpeter John Bailey. Horizon disbanded a few years ago as Bobby Watson was leading his new group. Victor Lewis is a fine drummer and composer.

I always get a laugh out of "Florida Man" stories: https://nypost.com/article/crazy-florida-man-headlines-that-made-the-meme/

Maybe Ashley Guillard's alias is "Dinah Moe Hum," since she obviously "throws a mean tarot..." I imagine that this idiot doesn't have much in the way of funds to pay for the coming damages from this lawsuit.

Unless a release is a particular favorite, I'm not much for upgrading any CDs for better sound. I'm too busy trying to fill holes in my collection...

No 78s, as I've never had anything to play them. I've kept most of the LPs, except for those crappy live audience bootlegs that were put out years ago that were reissued on the equally crappy label Squatty Roo as CDRs.

The book arrived in the midst of the Christmas season, so I haven't started reading it yet.