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Thanks, both of you. Yeah, he was admitted just for observation for his overnight stay last night. No other choice really, I guess? I mean, he was admitted before I even knew he'd gone to the ER (or was 4 hours into the process of being admitted). I definitely need to try and get in touch with his doctors, and my father is totally OK with that I'm sure. But I'm having trouble even figuring out anyone to talk to. His daily phone-call-contact-person was just in his room when I called my dad 10 minutes ago, so if I can talk to her, then that's at least another set of eyes and ears in the room that I can enlist to help get a message to whomever is his attending nurse (I guess that's the term?), to get me and my wife in the loop. I think (90%) my father has our cell phone numbers in his wallet, but to be perfectly honest, I'm not 100% sure he does. If he doesn't, I'm not completely sure he remembers my phone number without looking at it on paper to dial -- so I'm not 100% sure the doctors have my contact info (other than he's surely listed me as next-of-kin). I also have no idea the names of the doctors treating him at the hospital, or how to contact them directly. Somewhere at home I might have his GP's contact info, but I'm not totally sure of that come to think, though anyway, there's no way to get ahold of them until Monday. Sucks being so far away, without enough of a game plan for this sort of thing, I'm (frankly) I guess a little ashamed to have to admit. About to call him back now. When I talked to him 10 min ago, some medical person came in to talk to him about something, and he said he had to go, and I said I'd call back in 10-15 minutes.

Where to begin. I'll be 50 in a few days, and my Dad turns 92 in May (he lives in St. Louis). He's always been mostly the picture of health, and he STILL lives in the very same house he grew up in (since he was 6 months old). He did go off to college, and worked in Kansas City briefly after college, and was in the army at the very end of WWII (never went overseas, he was just in basic training and stationed on the West Coast for 6 months). Then he moved back home after that brief 'internship' (practically what it was) after college. And bought the house from his own mother, in a deal that might as well have been worked out on the back of a napkin. Anyway, he's 91, and still drives, and has mostly been doing great all these years. Brief bout with prostate cancer 20+ years ago (which my Mom managed), and he had to have his appendix out 5 years ago. But otherwise, he's barely been in the hospital 10 days in his entire life probably. Then he started having some dizzy-spells now and then about 4 years ago, which is probably Ménière's disease, which has been mostly pretty manageable. But then in just the last 6-8 weeks, he's had three (3) other kinds of episodes, that he described to me as mini dizzy-spells (lasting 30 seconds, but he'd never loose consciousness). The most recent one was Wednesday night. He took a tumble at his Masonic lodge meeting, and picked himself back up again 10-20 seconds later. But he said it was like all his muscles suddenly stopped working. Yesterday I found out the same happened last Sunday at home too, in the kitchen, which he hadn't told me (or he told me in such a minimized way, that I didn't realize exactly what it was). Then another time about 5 weeks ago, he said he felt funny driving for a moment, but then he was fine a few moments later. He said he just coasted for a moment is all. I'm not sure what that was, but now (suddenly, in retrospect), I'm wondering if that was maybe the same thing too - ? [I'm wondering if these are mini-strokes maybe? - just the first thought that occurred to me last night.] Anyway, the local friend of his who checks in on him -- they trade phone calls every single morning -- yesterday morning she found out about the episode Wednesday night (2 nights before). And he shared with her that it was kinda like the prior Sunday (that event he never mentioned to me at all), and she said he really needed to go to the hospital and get this checked out ASAP. So he went to the ER yesterday morning, and was admitted overnight. They're doing all kinds of tests, MRI, CT-scan, EKG, and some other tests (he wasn't sure what those really were, but one involving drinking something with caffeine). ANYWAY, my wife and I live 1,000 miles away in Washington DC. And my Dad lives all alone, and has been perfectly self-sufficient all these years. But kind of semi-suddenly we're coming to the realization that we need to figure out how to better manage his healthcare from a distance. We do have a medical power of attorney set up (which was set up 30 years ago, back when my Mom was still around (she passed in 2003), and it was updated 15 years ago too. And he has a "living will" too. We've done all that stuff, eons ago in fact. But what we have practically ZERO experience with, is how in the heck to be more actively involved in his healthcare, and whatever systems could be put in place to get us more in the loop on things. He has his main general practitioner (GP), and a couple specialists he's been seeing now and then (as needed): primarily for the dizziness thing that started 4 years ago (but which had mostly gone away 2 years ago, and has only come back just recently, in the last 3-4 months I think?). And a skin-cancer specialist, who has managed various small cases of skin cancer my Dad's had for the last several years (all very manageable, all things considering). Anyway, we've (my wife and I) have not been directly involved in any of that, primarily because of the distance (1,000 miles). And there's never been a conduit set up for us to get his medical information from his doctors directly. I guess we've been derelict in not doing that before now, but with the HIPAA Privacy regulations, we've just never (yet) figured out how to breach that divide (between his doctors, and us). Also, I'm an only child, and there nobody else in the family really (other than some cousins of mine, who live thousands of miles away too). Now, suddenly, I think we're going to have to try and figure out how to find someone LOCAL -- more than just his Masonic buddies (we and he have no close relatives anywhere within 400 miles of where he lives). ...someone local who can help manage his healthcare (someone we'll have to hire, obviously), and then I presume they'll be more of that conduit between my Dad's doctors and us. Anyway, my Dad's extraordinarily good health all these years has really put us at a disadvantage in that we have ZERO practical experience trying to navigate all this, especially from 1,000+ miles away. When I lived in Kansas City (1994-2011), he was just a 4-5 hour drive away -- but even then, he's practically never had a (significant) sick day in his life. I might add, he's always been really private about his health, with the world (and with us too). I *literally* didn't find out that he'd been in the hospital and had his appendix removed 5 years ago, until about 2 weeks after it happened (when he finally told me, "oh, by the way...!" - by phone, after I'd moved to DC). [Side-story -- his Sister, my aunt -- who we were all very close with. *20 years after the fact*, we learned she had breast cancer back in the 1980's I guess(?), which they must have caught early, and treated 100%. We only saw them 1-2 times a year back then. And both my parents and I -- NONE of us ever knew she had breast cancer until 20 years later(!). And this was my father's closest blood relative. So being "private" about health/medical stuff is something that runs in the family, I guess you could say.] This is getting really long. I'm sure I'll have more to say as this thread unfolds. I guess "health care advocate" is what I'll be Googling this entire weekend, or if anyone else has any good search-keys (or other on-line resources) to suggest, I'm all ears. BTW, none of the tests have come back yet (from when he was admitted last night). Not idea if the results are good, bad, or conclusive (or more likely, inconclusive) yet -- all those test results just aren't in yet. Maybe later today, or tomorrow. All I'm getting now is what I'm hearing from my Dad on the phone when I call his hospital room, and I'm hoping to figure out if there's some way I can get his doctor to call me. I'm sure he listed me as next-of-kin, but is that enough to breach the HIPAA divide? I'm not really sure, to be honest. My dad's a very independent-minded person, and very reserved. And he's also probably too timid about asking good follow-up questions about his situation too. And he's definitely getting older. All stuff I'm grappling with at the moment. Thanks for listening.

And what also grinds my gears are the *coaches* who make 5x-8x as much as the presidents of the very same universities they work for. Hell's bells, college coaches (in certain elite sports, for certain elite teams) are often **THE** single highest paid person in the entire public-sector within a given state. My wife keeps reminding me that 90% of that salary doesn't come out of the public coffers, but rather from alumni donations to specific sports-program-funds; money that's all designated for sports-related funding (including coach salaries). But still, we pay these coaches almost half-an-order of magnitude more than every/any other public official in the entire state? Seems crazy to me, but it's all a big-money business, I realize.

Jeez, what a pain. Admittedly, I've only bought a couple dozen LP's through the mail in over 20 years. But I have bought 1,000+ CD's that way, easily. And in all my years, I think I've only ever had one order that was that badly mangled (from Dusty Groove, which I'm sure they had nothing to do with -- the box was really quite smashed up, with 4 of 7 total jewel boxes really half-pulverized). Sure, every 10th CD off eBay comes in a Jewel Box that's cracked, but how many of them were like that before they shipped? In any case, I read about badly damaged shipments with far, FAR greater frequency than I've ever experienced -- and it can't just be that I'm livin' right. Just bad luck, and I've had nearly all good luck?? I'd say that I can really feel your pain, and I have, but only every once in a blue moon (for the last 20-25 years).

If this gets a wider release, or eventually somehow comes to DC, I'll be very interested in seeing it too. Would appreciate if anyone sees any sort of on-line resource about where it might be seen / any sort of release schedule with locations, etc... Thanks!!

Is there such a thing as a Hollywood do-badder? or maybe...

I just stumbled on this ancient thread from almost 13 years ago (searching for something else), and don't know that I ever saw it way back then. Does anyone happen to have a link to the other thread Larry mentions above? I'd like to see the "full circumstances" eluded to here as well. Need to spend a little more time with what Wayne said too -- thank goodness it's reproduced here -- as my quick glance at it simply told me I needed more time to really focus on the whole thing. (And from my couple brief conversations with Wayne, that comes as no surprise to me either.)

I don't think I ever knew there was a volume 3 on ESP -- ???? Is there collectively more music on the 3 ESP CD's, than the 2 Magnetics?? I'll have to look into the details (I know, the details are all in the links I just posted, and the images I'm posting). I mean, I'll have to actually take the time to look at what's what, and compare stuff side by side (to make sense of it all). https://www.discogs.com/Don-Cherry-Live-At-Caf%C3%A9-Montmartre-1966-Volume-Three/release/2150230

OK, looking again, those two "Magnetic" euro-boots seem to be the same as these two legit(?) [really???] releases, of all things, on ESP(??!!!)... These also seem to have *extensive* liner-notes, all of which are visible (for both volumes) if you click on the images on the "discogs" listings below. I'm pretty sure in good enough resolution that you can read every word too. Damn, do I need to upgrade from my 2 ancient "Magnetic" boot copies of these dates? And seriously, are these two seemingly ESP reissues, are these actual LEGIT releases of this material? I'm assuming the sound-quality is the same as the 2 "Magnetic" CDs. Any flaws in the sound there (on the Magnetics) seem inherent to the recording, and not because of being poorly sourced from multi-generation tapes, etc. In any case, if these ESP CD's are legit issues of this stuff, perhaps I should track them down, on principle. (Not that I have anything against euro-boots; I've got plenty -- but I do always try and upgrade when stuff comes out legit at a later date -- as I've done will all my Miles euro-boots, and the like.) https://www.discogs.com/Don-Cherry-Live-At-Caf%C3%A9-Montmartre-1966/release/1049985 https://www.discogs.com/Don-Cherry-Live-At-Caf%C3%A9-Montmartre-1966-Volume-Two/release/1637610

Need to find you both of these CD's (which I've had since ~1994, just after I moved to Kansas City). BUT, I think there have been one (or more?) subsequent reissues of (all?) this material too -- I'm pretty sure I've seen this/these on CD with different covers on the Dusty Groove site a few years ago. https://www.discogs.com/Don-Cherry-Live-At-The-Montmartre-Vol-1/release/3596582 https://www.discogs.com/Don-Cherry-Live-At-The-Montmartre-Vol-2/release/5070073

He wasn't indicted. He's clearly an actor. The only question is whether to include him in the list of those criminally involved. (And I think he probably should be charged, since apparently he was fully in on the entire scheme, along with his wife.)

Quite an interesting article, and I hope it doesn't get deleted -- it's very relevant to the main topic of discussion.

Only 2 or 3 actors (depending on whether you include Macy (and I think he probably should be included) allegedly involved (to use the vernacular of the press at this stage, since no one has been convicted yet), out of a total of 33 parents (specifically parents) have been indited, and a grand total of 50 incitements -- and suddenly this whole (justifiable) scandal is primarily because of "Hollywood do-gooders"?? (Or am I missing something -- are the rest of these people somehow connected to "Hollywood" -- ??) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal#Indited_people Participants in scandal[edit] 50 people have been charged as part of the ongoing investigations. Of these, 33 are parents of college applicants and nine were collegiate coaches.[30] Notable indicted individuals include: Indited people[edit] William Rick Singer, purported college counselor, and author of self-help book for college admission. Singer is alleged to have organized and sold fraudelent college addmission services.[1][2] Parents accused of paying for admission[edit] Jane Buckingham, marketing executive and self-help book author Gordon Caplan, co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher Lori Loughlin, actor best known for role in Full House Mossimo Giannulli, husband to Lori Loughlin and fashion designer[31] Manuel Henriquez, former CEO of Hercules Captial, an investment firm[32][33] Douglas M. Hodge, former CEO of PIMCO[34][35] Felicity Huffman, actor best known for role in Desperate Housewives[36] Bill McGlashan, founder of TPG Growth, a division of TPG Capital[37] Marci Palatella, distillery owner and businesswoman, wife of former NFL player Lou Palatella[26] David Sidoo, Canadian businessman and former professional football player[38] Coaches accused of involvement[edit] Jorge Salcedo, Major League Soccer player and UCLA coach[39] Gordon Ernst, former Georgetown University tennis coach[40] John Vandemoer, former Stanford University sailing coach[21] Jovan Vavic, former University of Southern California water polo coach[21] Other participants[edit] Mark Riddell, a Harvard University alum and former director at IMG Academy. Riddell was employed by Singer to fraudulently take admission tests, impersonating the clients' children, and paid Educational Testing Service and ACT contractors to deliberately misadminister the tests.[14] Olivia Jade Giannulli - Loughlin's daughter and Instagram influencer got into USC after her parents paid Singer. Olvia commented through Twitter that she didn't "care about anything" she was learning in college.[41][42]

Yeah, but somebody did pay more than a million dollars for similar things. All I want is for there to be a rigorous prosecution, and I'm sure there'll be a able-bodied defense. And then let the chips fall where they may. If the evidence is there, then there should be consequences that are absolutely commensurate with the crime. I don't want to pretend like I know what's "fair" -- but if that's significant restitution (more like $1.5 million), and potentially including some jail time, so be it. [And hopefully more in line with actual sentencing guidelines than a certain particular someone, who just got a 2nd set of sentencing just today -- who I won't mention.] And BTW, the spouses shouldn't get off scot free either, if they were aware of the whole thing and complicit.

NOT that I'm defending him, or his wife (or anyone in any of this, at all). But I think I read that Huffman and Macy were in for $15K total (not $1.5 Million). But I do remember seeing some sort of "million dollar" figure(s?) being mentioned, in conjunction with other parts of the scheme. I just read on-line that it may have been more like 800 families that benefited from these schemes, and not just the 60-70 people who were charged (if I'm remembering right). I'm just skimming a few articles, here and there, and head-lines I've seen on Reddit (which seem to come from reputable sources, though I haven't read the articles closely yet). Somebody said there was surely going to be a full-length documentary about all this, someday. Or at least a full episode of Frontline on PBS -- I think it'd be well deserving of all that, once the dust settles, maybe after the trials happen. There's probably a much bigger story to be told here -- not that any of this is really all that shocking. "Stop the presses: The Rich got special perks, special access, and a shit-ton of stuff they never deserved." Not like that's been 'news' for decades, and decades, and forever really. USC is a private school (which I didn't realize until last night, when I asked my wife as this story was being reported on, in PBS. She tends to know more about universities and colleges all around the country, because of her profession -- and also her deep interest in college basketball too (and football) -- than I ever have, or probably ever will). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California The University of Southern California (USC[a] or SC) is an American private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880, it is the oldest private research university in California.[9]

I'm kind of surprised that they haven't also throne the book at the spouses of the two Hollywood actresses that they arrested. I suppose it's possible they weren't also involved, but that would be hard to imagine. Huffman's husband is fairly well-known actor William H. Macy. From what I read yesterday in the news, it was something like 60-70 people who were involved. Don't know that they were all "Hollywood" types, but clearly if the scheme was all through one outfit, then they were all semi-connected, one way or another. I guess I'm not at all surprised, and I agree they should be prosecuted. From the reports yesterday, some of the kids were clearly not interested in the education, and seemed to have presumptions about barely needing to do certain kinds of classwork otherwise required of every student. How "big" it is, hard to say. It is a lot of people, and does involve a number of schools. Not clear to me that anyone at the schools themselves (other than individual coaches, iirc), have been implicated. Lots more reporting to be done. Should be more to tell at some point. Bit more about Macy's involvement, but lack of being charged, here: https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/william-h-macy-felicity-huffman-college-cheating-scandal.html And another article specifically about Macy's involvement... https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/felicity-huffman-william-h-macy-college-admissions-scandal-varsity-blues

Fantasy for Girl and Orchestra (Verve, recorded 1947, released 1956)[16] 1947??!! OK, that's a full decade earlier than I was expecting. https://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-popular-2000-series/#mgv-2005 MGV 2005 Phil Moore - Fantasy For Girl And Orchestra Ray Linn, Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young, trumpet; Ben Benson, Hank Coker, Murray McEachern, trombone; Harry Schumann, French horn; Harry Klee, flute; Marshall Royal, alto sax, clarinet; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Calvin Jackson, piano; Al Hendrickson, guitar; Red Callender or Art Shapiro, bass; Lee Young, drums; unidentified strings, Phil Moore, director. Los Angeles, CA, 1947 D105 Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra, Part 1 D106 Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra, Part 2 D107 Fugue For Bar Room Piano D108 Misty Moon Blues D109 | D293 Day Dream D110 | D292 125th Street Prophet D111 | D291 Cornucopia Fantasy For Girl And Orchestra Mood For You

Bloody hell. I just hit 'play' on this video, thinking I'd get some cheesy faux exotic 'tiki' mujsic, with god only knows what sort of "girl" component (I think that's actually the only reason I hit 'play' was to figure out what the 'girl' aspect was). Then as the music unfolded, I exclaimed in a fairly loud voice "what the hell??!!!" -- loud enough that my wife wondered what in the world I was reacting to. What a crazy record. Now I want to know more about this whole thing. Who was Phil Moore? What was the concept behind this thing? What do those liners on the back of the album say (in the earlier images, up-thread). Oddest thing I've heard, well, maybe all year.

Apart from the more obvious 'new' material of great merit (the extra Out To Lunch and Unity material especially, which I think are worth their weight in gold), I wanted to highlight this extra alternate of "Mode For Joe" that I think has only ever been issued on the 2015 SHM-CD issue of this title. https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Henderson-Mode-For-Joe/release/11227057 Maybe not quite as 'revelatory' as the Dolphy and Young bonus tracks, I think this alt of the title track for Mode For Joe is just as lovely as lovely can be. It's not a very bombastic track, and feels of being more 'through-composed' even -- but the alt is really *dramatically* different in the details (every nook and cranny of every solo instrument line is quite different from the released version), even if the overall effect is similar. Those who know this album backwards and forwards (as I do, not the least of which being because it was one of the very first four (4) jazz albums I ever owned, and listened to extensively), should really enjoy this particular extra track. Highly recommended, if it ever comes out again.

Very nice that the article includes links to listen to all of these specific pieces. Vivian Fine: Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1944) Walter Piston: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1957) Harold Shapero: Symphony for Classical Orchestra (1947) Norman Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes for String Orchestra (1956) Irving Fine: Symphony (1962) Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto (1962) Virgil Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928) I have to confess to only being substantially familiar with Piston, (Irving) Fine, Barber, and Thompson -- all of whom I have multiple CD's by. The other three I only have the vaguest awareness of (and I look forward to hearing the 3 examples they linked to).

Some decent prices for this same title (on CD) on Discogs too, FWIW -- 5 copies, and all of them in the range of $11-$13 (including shipping, depending on where you are too, I suppose). https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&limit=25&master_id=1179637&ev=mb&format=CD In any case, I think those $28 and up listings are a bit spurious.

Seems to be from the one with Terumasa Hino on Philips. Much as I love the tune "Black Narcissus" -- I'd almost be even more interested in this 18-minute version of "Dancing Mist", which I only became aware of about a year or two ago (nothing more than just stumbling on this entry in Discogs; I've never heard it). Not enough to pay $113 for it though (or even the $76 a copy sold for back in Oct 2017). But I'd certainly go $40 on one! https://www.discogs.com/Masabumi-Kikuchi-All-About-Dancing-Mist/release/7535147 Side 1: Dancing Mist with Joe Henderson Bass – Yoshio Suzuki Drums – Hiroshi Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakamura Electric Piano – Masabumi Kikuchi Sopranino Saxophone – Kohsuke Mine (I suspect this may just be Soprano) Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson Trumpet – Terumasa Hino BTW, the personnel matches the Henderson/Hino date on Philips exactly. https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Henderson-And-Kikuchi-Hino-In-Concert/release/8233816

I did a really deep search on-line last night for a good hour, every which way I could think of. Even using the Japanese characters that represented "Joe Henderson" "In Japan" and "Black Narcissus" (which are perfectly good search keys in Google). Can't for the life of me find any recent re-release of "In Japan" -- let along anything that indicates a 5-track version (vs. the regular 4-track version). I think "Henderson's Habiliment" did come up more than a few times, but always (seemingly) the old LP (and not some recent CD-reissue of it -- far as I can tell). Really a puzzle. Much as I do really like "In Japan" (far as it goes), have to confess to loving the date with nearly the same line-up (plus Terumasa Hino) from almost that exact same date (+/- one day, iirc) -- and about 4-5 other Joe Hendreson "Milestone" dates -- even more. THING IS, "Black Narcissus" is just about my *absolute favorite* Joe Henderson tune (among many) -- and I'd be hard-pressed not to at least consider picking up an expanded edition of "In Japan" even just for that one track. [For a good 10 years not, I usually cite "Black Narcissus" and "Beatrice" as my two favorite jazz tunes ever.] This is really a puzzle.

Again, here's one of the best tracks on the whole album, "Santa Barbara" - and I'd love folks to give this a listen and discuss.