White Lightning

Lets' see if I get The quoting thing...

This is one of my favorites" Humpty Was Pushed

sheket bevakasha! No, YOU shut-up!

So, you didn't tell then you understand you devil you.....

Is it the day after Thanksgiving in Spain? These time zone issues confuse me. hmmm... Thanksgiving in Spain... now THAT's a thought...

It's good to be back. Thanks Jim(s)

I don't have kids yet, but here in Israel, parents talk to each other in English or in another foreign language when they don't want their little ones to understand. How do YOU do that? Especially you ignorant Americans who speak only English... B-)

Sonny Stitt. He has many good to excellent albums, but he never made THE album. Another one that comes to mind but in a totally different way is Ronnie Cuber. That dude is awesome live and somehow his albums are much less...

IRONING!!

David Murray's "Flowers around Cleveland", which is a great album, btw, has some very tasty playing by Bobby Few

The CD has a street date of May 10th. Promos are probably around. Anybody heard it yet? I really enjoyed Bang's Vietnam: The aftermath, and the lineup here with John Hicks, James Spaulding, Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris et al seems real good to me. Thanks! WL

Tal Farlow, disc #2

I could never understood what the CellPhone camera is good for. Now I know the answer!!

DSL. Tried it while leaving in DC and got hooked... My provider in Israel is called "Netvision"

One of the greatest singer of all times was born 91 years ago today in Egypt. Any other fans out there? Anyone else is enchanted by her "inta Umri"?

If you refer to the one recorded on Sep. 24-26, 1970, the lineup is: Woody Shaw (tp, fl-hrn); Joe Henderson (ts); George Cables (el-p); Ron McClure (b, el-b); Lenny White (d) and Tony Waters (cga). But that makes it a sextet rather then a quintet, so you may refer to another date.

There's a tune on one of the Zoot Sims-Jimmy Rowles albums called "Brahms... I think"

BTW, it's already May 3rd in Israel...

Today is Gullin's 77th birthday. One of my favorite musicians. A true giant of a Jazz player and composer whose tunes sounded classical the minute they were out. here's what Brian Priestley says about Gullin in JAZZ, the Essential Companion" (Paladin, London 1987): What are your favorite recordings by the great Swede?

Groove Holmes was born 74 years ago today. What an amazing player he was! His PJ, Prestige and Muse albums are so good that I can't understand why they get mentioned here. So let's hear it for Groove a BAD B3 player. Happy birthday!!

Found this:

Ghost, The Goodman's Russian tour DID make it to CD, although with several (2 or 3) tracks missing. It was issued on the Italian pirate label "Giants of Jazz". If interested, let me know and I'll burn you a copy

Happy Birthday!!

Ghost, I just finished listening to "Jazz Goes to the Cold War" program and I REALLY enjoyed it! Thank you very much! btw, wasn't the Benny Goodman 62 tour to the USSR part of those State Department tours?