White Lightning

Happy birthday!! and many happy returns!!!

AMG just began to add sound bytes: John Coltrane @ AMG It looks like a sure sign for changing the free site policy, as discussed here a few months ago, don't you think?

Soul Station. Roll Call is a close call...

I'd add Roland Kirk to this prestigious list.

Impulse quartets & the VV set.

Best of luck on the new job, Paul. ...and drive safely!

Good Luck, and take it easy!

Happy B-day Tom!

I've received Jim Dye's BFT a couple of days ago, and I've been enjoying it immensely ever since. Thanks Jim! It took most of my will power NOT to pick on the other's comments. (Now I don't have enough will power left to resist those alluring Mosaic sets...) OK, here goes: 1. A great start for the compilation. LOVE this one. It's a Dolphy cover, which is always fun to listen. Clarinet/Bass Clarinet solos are v.good. Bone playing is excellent. I'm pretty sure it's Ray Anderson. As for the Clarinet guy - I'd guess M.Ehrlich. NEED THIS ALBUM! 2. What a smooth transition from the 1st track! A nice one, but no idea who it is. Joe Farrell maybe? 3. Sounds like Larry Young to me. I never heard it before. Any Young hidden treasures around? 4. Didn't do much for me. Don't like those 70s kybrs/synths. Those guys heard a lot of Return to Forever! 5. GREAT TRACK! LOVE IT! A Balkan tune with a crazy bit. That Bass Sax is great! NEED THAT ALBUM! 6. Sounds like a 90s think. One of those young lions that sound like a reincarnation of the Blue Note tradition. Don't know who it is. This one left me cold. 7. Another great track. A lot of fun of this blues. The unfamiliar instrument coupled with the tenor playing made me think of Yusef Lateef. Live at Pep's? 8. A traditional alto (a hard bop tradition, that is. The guy heard a lot of Bu) of the late 80s-90s. No idea who it is. Bobby Watson, maybe? 9. A pretty tune. Almost too pretty. The vibes-piano combo is very unregular. I won't take a guess on this one. 10. Like this one, but don't know who the guys are. 11. Nature Boy. A nice interpretation. No clue. 12. That's McCoy Tyner's Big Band. Love this tune. A great ending to a great compilation. Thanks Jim!!

Hummus.

Why couldn't they invite you last year when I lived in DC? Any, FFA, enjoy your mini vacation, and have fun playing at Brucker hall.

I haven't decided yet whether to add or to this thread. (I was ROTFL, but who knows, maybe us Israelis have a weird sense of humor...) Anyways, here goes... [This was a real post to an internal Atari Games mailing list, from 1983.]

Happy Birthday(s) guys!! And many happy returns!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST JAZZ FORUM EVER!! Thanks to the great people around here that make this place such a special place. A place I miss when I'm away for more than a few hours! Thank you Jim for making this place such an invitable place, and and happy b-day to you too!!

Found it in my inbox a few days ago:

Happy Birthday, Johnny!

CONGRATULATIONS DAN!

George Coleman private recordings. I LOVE big George! I'm also deep into various Armenian music. Beautiful stuff.

Happy birthday, Mike and many happy returns!!

Trane and Larry Young come to mind

Tom, sent you an e-mail (actually, sent you 2 e-mails).

Sent an email, Jim. Both discs for me, please. Thanks! Barak

Happy birthday!