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Michael, did I link to the right version of the Woody Shaw stuff?? I know there are multiple copies (at least two that I know of) of the discography/sessionograhy -- that are floating around on the net, and I know I've linked to the wrong one fore. Any other good Woody Shaw resources to recomend?? (On-line, or otherwise? - meaning books and such??) Thanks!! -- Tom

Jazz Trumpeter, Composer Woody Shaw Dead At 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By JEFFREY K. PARKER UPI - Thursday, May 11, 1989 (New York). Woody Shaw, the imaginitive "post-bop" jazz trumpeter and composer whose left arm was severed in February in a mysterious subway accident, died of kidney failure Wednesday after a long illness. He was 44. Shaw, whose eyesight had been declining for a decade, tumbled down a stairway Feb. 27 onto the tracks at Brooklyn's Dekalb Avenue subway station where a train struck him, severing his arm. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where his condition deteriorated and he was stricken by pneumonia. Although his pneumonia abated, he continued to suffer kidney pain and died of kidney failure, said his father, Woody Shaw Sr.

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy shit!!!!!!!!

Interesting, so there's a "quiet, soft-spoken" person behind the arrogant, name-calling contrarian who spews his hatred on these boards? Well, you could have fooled me (and quite a few others, I suspect)! But you haven't--what we have seen on this and other boards besmirched by your obsessive rhetoric is not a very nice person, but rather one who goes out of his way to start arguments that invariably lead to his hurling puerile insults at anyone who disagrees with his narrow views. I realize that it is easy to misjudge people when all you see is their pixels, and that flareups are common, but most of us overcome that--most of us can get along even when our ideologies differ. You obviously can't so, no, you cannot convince me that there is a nice person hiding behind all that hatred. Here we go again...

I just searched back though this thread, and the others yesterday - and not once did I ever say you were a "big" part of the problem. I did, however, say that I thought you were part of the problem, and in every case - I went on to say that others here were also part of the problem. (And I did this so as not to single you out.) I've also never suggested that anything be done about you in particular. (Or else find the post. Quote it back to me.) Maybe the closest thing I ever said to was this... And in that quote (as in all my other posts on this topic yesterday) I discuss the behaviors of multiple people on this board. Whether or not I think you (Greg) are the worst offender in this matter is immaterial to this discussion. And my opinion on that matter has NOT been provided in any of my posts to date (nor will it). What’s more important (in my opinion) is that several people have behaved beyond the call of what I think is appropriate on this board. But it's not my board, so all I am doing is what I think is appropriate – and that is voicing my opinion about behaviors I find objectionable. And I’m doing so in a way that doesn’t hurl insults, nor single out any one person in this. And, as I’ve said many times, I’m not suggesting anyone be banned from the board. (Or at least not without a formal process like I've discussed, where specific numbers of infractions are tallied, with b3-er being the sole judge in these matters.)

By the way, in case anyone doesn't yet know the details about "Passing Ships", here they be: Andrew Hill - Passing Ships (Blue Note Connoisseur) due Oct 7th, 2003 — previously unreleased 1969 session with nine-piece group — with Joe Farrell-af, ss, ts, ob; Howard Johnson-bcl, tu; Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece-t; Bob Northern-frh; Julian Priester-tb; Andrew Hill-p; Ron Carter-b; Lenny White-d I'm practically counting the days...

My wife and I saw The Godfather on the big screen a couple years ago (when it was released with a new print/restoration/whatever). For each of us, it was the first time that either of us had ever seen it. Frankly, neither one of us 'got' why this movie is apparently considered by so many to be such a masterpiece. Good move, maybe. Great movie?? Not in my book. Not in my wife's either. I don't get it. Not saying everyone else is "wrong" and I'm "right", but I we just kinda stared at each other in disbelief after the movie was over, and said: "So THAT'S what everybody thinks is such a great movie?????? - HUH????????". We were dumbfounded the entire ride home in the car. Completely don't get it. If it helps any, I was born in '69, and my wife in '68 -- so if it's some kind of "generational" thing, somebody 'plain it to me. PS: I really liked "Trainspotting", for what it's worth.

I hear that, and second the nomination. All in favor????? Where's some live stuff!!! Bring it on!!!!!

How the hell have we gone this long without a Woody Shaw thread??? So then, finally, here it is… OK, a HUGE side-bonus of the upcoming Andrew Hill "Passing Ships" Conn is that it will have one of my all-time favorite trumpeters on it - Woody Shaw. (I can't wait for October to get here!!!) AND, probably my all-time favorite setting for Woody's playing is when he's in PROGRESSIVE contexts -- like with Andrew Hill, Tyrone Washington, Stanley Cowell, Jackie McLean, or Larry Young. What are your favorite lesser-known Woody Shaw recordings, either as a leader, or as a sideman??? To me, Woody strikes me as being very much like Joe Henderson, in that he nearly always played pretty darn well (with maybe with an occasional lapse, here and there) -- and yet he never could quite break through with the kind of success and recognition that he probably deserved - at least based on the quality of the music alone. (And I understand some personal problems and challenges of his hampered his success.) I've read lots about Woody in various threads over the years, but it never hurts to hear more about this incredible player. Did anyone here ever meet him?? I’m sure some of us got to hear him perform 'live', probably on multiple occasions -- though I’m afraid I didn’t even catch the jazz-bug until a couple years after Woody passed away. To help with the discussion, here's a link to a GREAT 'on-line' resource all about Woody's music and life. There's a comprehensive discography/sessionography of his recordings and sideman appearances, and several truly excellent interviews with the man himself (look for the link called "Additional Resources" for the interviews. Check 'em out - they really are something. I've read a couple, and plan to read the rest soon, as we get this thread up and going.) Link: http://www.shout.net/~jmh/shaw/index.htm << this link is long dead 2018 EDIT: Discography seems to live here now (which is what's linked to from the official Woody Shaw website now, as of Sept 2018): http://50.62.230.18/discography/

Fuck if I know???

Golden Arm, I love those two drum-theme "Kello Kitty" images. Simply priceless!! (Jaw-droppingly funny!! ) Late last night I was doing a Google search for god-knows-what, for an image to support something else I was trying to post. I think it was a cat image I was looking for, though now I can't even remember why I was looking for such a thing. Anyway, I saw a handful of "Hello Kitty" images in my search results, and I simply typed in "Hello Kitty" into the handy-dandy Google image-searcher, and BAM - there were hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of crazy matches. Page, after page, after page - and every page had at least one or two that were really kinda disturbing. So, merely as a public service, I thought it best to collect up the best of what I could find, and post them all here for my fellow asylum members to enjoy. I think it was the one with the "Hello Kitty" toilet paper that gave me the urge to start the thread. I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

Hello Klitty??

Almost impossible to imagine that so many people could die because of something as simple as the heat. Have there not been heatwaves similar to this before?? I understand that there have been record-breaking temperatures, but still - you'd think that there might have been something similar to this that might have occured within the last 10 years, that would have prepaired people and governments to realize that shelters with air conditioning need to be opened, and free electric fans need to be given out, as we do in this country when such a crisis occurs. Very difficult to understand how the deathtoll could be so incredibly high.

On further reflection, how in the world can RS afford to send out 24 issues of their rag to you, every year, for the rest of your life?? I would think that most people taking advantage of this offer would be on the young side, like at least in their 30's or even late 20's. Let's see - that's probably at least 50 years times 24 issues per year equals 1,200 issues. $100 divided by 1,200 equals only $0.08 or $0.09 per issue!!!! Their circulation must be so huge that they don't care about loosing money on what few lifetime subscriptions they sell. That's the only think I can think of. Either that, or they make enough money on their advertising - such that they really don't care what they make on subscriptions. Although, isn't the newsstand price something like $4 or $5 an issue?? 10 years ago it was at least $3 or $4, I remember that much.

OK, one last one - cuz this is maybe appropriate after the gun... Looks like somebody shot poor "Hello Kitty", don't it???

Maybe, but look at all this!!! Tell me there wasn't a thread lurking in the images of all this stuff!!!!

OK, this last one takes the fucking cake. I think it's real... Check out the tiny logo in the middle of the handle -- The site describes it thusly: "Hello Kitty Hi Capacity .45" More text from the site: "Clarence is well known in Hong Kong and Japan for the beautiful and high performance guns he made. Other than a air-soft / model gunsmith, Clarence is also a well known BBIPSC shooter in Hong Kong. He had joined major IPSC competitions in Hong Kong, Japan and Philipines using either air-soft gun or real gun. Let's look at his work!!" Link: http://www.dentrinity.com/ClarenceLai/cl.htm Scroll down to the tiny picture of the "Hello Kitty .45", that looks like this. I'll be fuck, but I think it's the real deal. That's it for now. Good night... More tomorrow, maybe... Edit (March, 2005): Couldn't bear for this one to go the way of the dead link (as so many others have done in this thread), so here 'tis again...

Huh???