Ken Dryden

One More Time For The People is easily Duke’s worst song. No wonder Cootie Williams stormed off when it was called.

I hope they fix the glaring typo on the cover before printing the cover (Jovan Jackson????).

I already own both or I would have replied earlier.

I watched Night Gallery when it aired and somehow managed to miss that episode, which I recall was nominated for an Emmy.

Maybe you can create a list of 50 to 100 CDs at a time to share with interested parties in this group. Discogs can give you a realistic range of how to price many items, though some may never have sold there. The issue I have found is that many CDs by great artists don't necessarily bring all that much, even if they are long out of print. Too many copies available or maybe a lack of interest in deceased artists. There are those of us who still have room to expand our collections and are looking for certain CDs we missed for whatever reason. I've never sold stuff to Amoeba, but I imagine they are like Dusty Groove, no reimbursement for postage in addition to the low offers. Keep that in mind before going that route.

I asked James Williams about the unissued session he recorded with George Duvivier (which was evidently one of the bassist's last sessions, if not last). The pianist told me that his own playing wasn't up to par on the date so the music wouldn't be released. I made an inquiry to William Paterson University (which received Williams' music legacy following his death) to see if they had the tapes, but there was no response.

Bob Wilber played the Atlanta Jazz Party several times and did a record date in a studio with Kenny Davern which I also attended. Unfortunately, Davern got upset about something and went into a lengthy profane outburst that slowed things for a bit. The party host and producer, Phil Carroll, never said a thing about it, but when he booked Bob Wilber for future parties, he never again brought in Kenny Davern. This was the CD for the studio session:

I have a bit of my jazz collection boxed, only awaiting the arrival of the prefab CD shelves (9,000 capacity) on Monday or Tuesday, depending on when the movers come. I've had no access to them for a few weeks (unless I felt like cutting the tape) but that beats the last time around, when I was still working. I started boxing around January, moved in July, then had to wait fo have my eventual music library room finished (the builder failed to included drywall and a drop ceiling) plus the addition of custom wall shelves. It was around the following February when I had access to all of my music once more.

At one point Scott Yanow kept some records in his garage, not a great place to store them. He has since moved, though I don't know if the house is bigger, I'll have to ask him. If you have so many recordings that they are simply stacked in boxes where you can't access them to play, you're a hoarder, not a collector, in my view.

Wasn't Willie McGhee considered to be one of the ugliest baseball players? Of course, Yogi Berra was quoted as saying, "I don't hit with my face..."

I have a baseball book from 1972 which mentioned those "loving cup" ears. I still have that 1966 Topps card of Don Mossi.

The audio for the Oscar Peterson commercial was laughably bad...

I remember attending the 2003 IAJE and sitting next to Ken Franckling during a great set by the Denny Zeitlin Trio. After finishing the first song, he started a beautiful ballad, playing softly, though the clown sitting on the other side of Ken chose that moment to snap a picture. The rather loud click of his SLR camera caused the two of us to look at each other with a frown and obviously thinking the same thing: "Amateur...." Of course, there were more than a few veteran photographers during IAJE who thought nothing of slowly walking up the center aisle and then in front of those of us seated in the front row to get a shot, taking their sweet time, no matter how many of us had their view blocked. I will have to admit that I've got my share of unissued jazz broadcasts, many of which I recorded during my many years in public radio. There is a wealth of material that merits being issued to the public, if only in download form.

Lorraine Feather told me that her father's record collection wasn't all that big. He and his wife suffered the effects of an earthquake and it could be that he donated or otherwise disposed of many records and CDs accumulated over the years. I think most of us collect or keep stuff because we treasure it. If we don't, why allow it to take up shelf space?

Doug Ramsey told me that he has thinned out his collection due to his many moves during his broadcast journalism career. It's funny but he worked in New Orleans twice, but before and after my four years at Tulane. He still occasionally posts a huge stack of promotional CDs sent his way and how it is impossible to hear them all. I've got more aggressive about thinning out new arrivals, especially the projects featuring unknowns (especially vocalists) doing all original material with musicians I've never heard of at all. I have to draw the line somewhere and unless artists are savy enough to include a familiar tune or musician, I'm afraid that a lot of writers and broadcasters have the same reaction. Surprisingly I haven't slowed down on buying CDs and LPs much (until around the time of the move, which is still in progress), but I have slowed down acquiring books. After moving 55 or 60 boxes of books, maybe that had an effect.

Frankly, I am not sure of how many CDs and LPs I own, it's been years since I attempted to count them. 20,000-22,000 might be a good ballpark estimate for my combined CDs and LPs, but it's a guess. I just moved and I am awaiting delivery of my prefab CD shelves to put out the rest of the jazz, the unheard discs, rock, classical, bluegrass, blues and comedy stuff. Scott's total is over 60,000 CDs and LPs, but he did get started writing about jazz in 1975.

I didn't realize that there was a collection competition, though I was amused when I shared the recent radio station CD sale list with my friend Scott Yanow (whose collection is likely triple the size of mine) and there were actually five CDs on it that he didn't already own.

I've long enjoyed Nat King Cole and this set will be a nice addition to my collection. Maybe I'll be able to part with some of the earlier LPs and CDs that end up in this anthology.

The thing I love about baseball is you can't run out a clock, you have to score and get the other team out at least 27 times. Unless a game is a total blowout, you can find yourself second guessing the manager: When to pinch-hit for the pitcher, pinch run for the slow catcher, when to hit and run, sacrifice or attempt a squeeze play. With changes in strategy by the team in the field, it's like a chess game at times.

Since I already voted in the critic's poll, I skip the reader's poll. One round of voting is enough for me.

Like JSngry, I have never understood the hype about Dave Douglas. I didn't care for his Mary Lou Willlams tribute and had a number of his CDs at one time. I even saw him at Tonic and his music just didn't interest me. But everyone is entitled to their own taste.

Hooray!

I have had more than one person ask me to ship out of the US. I have bought, traded and sold with Felser on numerous occasions, always using tracked media mail. Unfortunately the most recent package with 50 CDs is bouncing around like a pinball and has been all over Tennessee and Pennsyvlania without getting to him and I shipped it 8 or 9 days ago. Please do not ask me to ship out of the US. The proceeds from this sale are going to the radio station, not to me, I am just handling it for them. I do not want to assume the risk of lost packages.

I have two orders pulled that haven't shipped. If you have not been invoiced and you asked about 2 to 3 CDs, please message me.

Yesterday I sampled all 7 CDs of the Columbia Piano Moods boxed set for my upcoming Timeless Jazz broadcast airing this Sunday, 3-5 pm EDT on wutc.org. It was fun revisitng the music and I especially enjoyed the Ralph Sutton, Joe Sullivan and very familiar Art Tatum tracks, the latter also which appeared on the LP and CD Piano Starts Here.