White Lightning

I never knew you Americans call it Cilantro till I stayed in DC. I always knew it was called Coriander in English. A Chef-friend told me that he calls the seed Coriander and the herb Cilantro. Oh well... Another Anecdote: Nowadays we call Cilantro "Kooz-bah-rah", the same as in Arabic, but in Biblical Hebrew it was called "Gud": for example: And now, after appeasing the Bible-Beltists, let me just say that I use Cilantro a lot in my cooking. Luckily for me, Einat likes it. On second thought, luckily for Einat...

Many many happy returns, AB!!

Excellent choice! I like this CD a lot, but didn't play it lately. This is a perfect excuse to do just so!

Andrew Hill Tubby Hayes Adrian Rollini Benny Carter Sidney Bechet (Sheik of Araby) Ira Sullivan

RIP mr. Shaw I don't know why the reports is making me sad, The man was 94! Maybe it's the feeling that we're losing one of the final links to that great golden era in Jazz. Maybe it's because of Shaw's decision to disband his successfull band because of his musical ideology and his rebellion against the musical industry. Who else could have done the same? I don't dig Shaw's big band sides very much, besides his bop '49 band with Al Cohn, Zoot, Frank Socolow, Jim Raney etc. A great band. I do, however LOVE his small combos sides. His 54 final recordings with T.Farlow, H.Jones, T.Potter are among my favorite recordings. They rivalled only by his 45 Gramercy 5 sides with Little Jazz, Dodo and Barney Kessel. Superb. I will miss mr. Shaw.

Happy birthday!

How terribly sad. May he rest in peace.

Several other albums I like that were recorded on December 28: 1956: Kenny Burrell & The Prestige All Stars - All Night Long. Recorded in A jam session with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Jerome Richardson, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor. 1991: Ronnie Cuber - Cubism. 1961: Les McCan - In New York. A session with Stan Turrentine and Blue Mitchell, recorded live at the Village Vanguard. 1997: Steve Turre - Lotus Flower.

Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis - Conrad Herwig Nonet Eternal - Branford Marsalis

Koh Phi phi is/was such a beautiful island with beautiful people. What a horror! My thoughts are with the people in the Tsunami range.

Excellent idea for a forum, Jim And yet another place to say how much I enjoy GoM's programs on "Night Lights". The Xmas program was excellent!

Happy birthday Don! We all wish you were here with us! BTW, Xmas 1941 is Ronnie Cuber's b-day as well. So another happy b-day, this time to Ronnie!!

Where's your holiday spirit, pryan?

It was 60 years ago today. Woody Shaw was born and never stopped to bring happiness to the lives of so many of us. Happy birthday Woody! A pic with someone who wished he has a tenth of Woody's genius. Look how he looks at what Woody's doing...

Viewing my pics of Jerusalem and B.Goren's pics of Tel Aviv, one can begin to understand the huge difference between the two cities

One from last winter's snow in Jaffa st., city center:

And another one from my neighborhood:

Some pics from my childhood neighborhood:

Another market pic. Although I described it as an open market, most of it is covered for the last 10 years or so

Just returned from my Friday shopping in one of the greatestsopen markets in the world - "Makhneh Yehudah Market":

What Brad said! Merry Xmas everyone!!

An interesting fact: Einat's name is mentioned and she's quoted in every Hebrew newspaper, but not in the English ones. I've included the talkback as well. It represents the mixed reaction on the subject. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pag...d=1103685619546

Way to go, Einat!! http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/517951.html

Congrats, Chuck!! This CD has been on my want list for a while now. I must take the dive sometimes soon. well deserved!