Larry Kart

You mean the sliphorn psychiatrist Crummy Jung? The West Coast valve guy, Bob Hand-me-that-envelope-son? The root-canal trombonist, Willie Dentist? Kid Oral? Urp-y Green? Frank Rehab?

Danny Stiles. Or were you making a joke?

I like Taborn a lot but think of him more as a keyboards player than as a pianist.

About politics on this thread, my stance at the moment is that as long as the posts lean towards sincere analysis, as I think Medjuck's does above, rather than advocacy or denigration of particular figures or parties, then I think we're OK for the time being. After all, this is a social/behavioral/moral/you name it matter that inevitably has some actual or potential political implications. As to where the line should be drawn, I for one think that claims that it all comes down to "the fix being in from a partisan point of view/for partisan reasons" probably are on the other side of the line, barring solid further evidence that that was the case. I say that in part because my own direct experience of the news business, and testimony from others here about their lives in the entertainment industry, tells me that such cut-and-dried conspiratorial thinking doesn't match the fairly shaggy realities (ugly, stupid, venal, etc. as they may be) of those industries or any business and the realities of politics as well. One tends to forget that in all these fields people are of course trying to get ahead, to protect themselves, to denigrate rivals, push policies, etc., but they also have fairly complicated and demanding jobs that tend to take up a good deal of their time and energy. Is Weinstein then an exception of any sort? Not at all in his impulses, which are broadly shared. Rather, it's a matter of the considerable power he had in his industry and that his industry by its nature placed him in a position where rewarding or not rewarding attractive women (who also appealed to his basest impulses) was a big part of the game/what he did. He could have been the same person psychologically and been a successful car dealer, and his opportunity to sexually exploit would have been far more restricted, if that field had been open to him at all. Instead, he was a predator/carnivore who presided over/chose to preside over a potential meat market.

Listening tonight to Lou Donaldson's "A Man With a Horn," I was struck by the elegant hovering subtlety of Jack McDuff's solos on "Misty" and "Please." Any recommendations for other McDuff's ballad solos in that vein?

I like everything by Carrothers I've heard. Terrific guy, too. First heard him on Dave Douglas' "Moving Portraits." I wanted to include Sal Mosca's "The Talk of the Town" and Don Friedman's "Timeless," but both Mosca and Friedman are gone now. And I forgot to mention Ben Neuman's "Introductions" (Origin)

Chad Taylor/Angelica Sanchez -- "Circle Down" (482 Music) Harold Danko -- "Hinesight" (Steeplechase) Bill Carrothers -- "Swing Sing Songs" (Birdology) Ben Patterson -- "Essential Elements" (MaxJazz) Ehud Asherie -- "Swing Set" (Positone) Guus Janssen -- "Out of Frame" (Geestgronden) Dave Kikoski -- "Almost Twilight" (Criss Cross) Sten Sandell -- "Solid Musik" (nuscope) Joel Weiskopf -- "Devoted to You" (Cross Cross) Bruce Barth -- "Live at the Village Vanguard" (MaxJazz)

Too bad JFK didn't write "Profiles on Courage" -- Ted Sorenson wrote it for him.

Good one, Berigan. Dmitry -- I agree. Enough.

Dmitry -- Are you sure that it was NBC that sat on Trump's 'pussy' recording for 5 years, i.e. that the network at some executive level knew that the recording existed and kept mum because Trump was on their team. What I recall from when the story broke is that the Washington Post "obtained" the tape, not where it came from or where it had been sitting. My guess, though I'm willing to be proved otherwise, is that the tape was in the hands of the guy who actually shot it or others at that level, and that it was passed around as a source of idle amusement or the like until Trump became a candidate and its "worth" to those who possessed it became obvious. Everything is potentially polarizing today, but not everything is motivate by partisanship -- good old financial gain still plays a role.

OK, Dmitry, you've got a point. But I can tell you as a former journalist that there also are many possible reasons other than the fix being in as to why a particular expose-like story does not run, including but not limited to "How much trouble do we [i.e. the publication] want?" And that can include trouble from almost any quarter. By the same token, but far more insidious, are the times a publication mounts an expose-like crusade on a more or less false basis and choses not to be deflected from its course even though outside or in-house experts on the subject at hand try to warn them that the crusade is b.s. I witnessed one of those at the Chicago Tribune -- the expose in question was the most extensive in terms of newsprint devoted to it that the paper had ever run -- and when the Trib's two chief science reporters, one of them later a Pulitzer Prize winner, tried their damnedest to warn their bosses off, they were told that if they didn't shut up they'd lose their jobs.

Here's the Lacy transcript of Monk's remarks/advice: http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/02/thelonious-monks-advice.html

I've started to read. Mosaic is a "boutique label"? I do like "

OK. Jim, but I'm not sure what you want me to do. Delete the whole thread or what?

I think we're skirting the edge of the political here in that we're talking about the effect that politics might or might have or have had on the Weinstein mess, not (to this point) significantly damning or praising a particular party or figure. But you can be sure the mods are keeping their eyes open for over-the-edge behavior.

Yes -- but Dan's point, which I don't agree with, is that Weinstein was a predator of one political affiliation who was or would have been given a pass by the MSM because of that affiliation.

I see your point Dan, but I think it's more that none of his victims dared/chose to (the latter in part because of the settlements they'd received and the likely terms of those settlements) come forward until now -- especially victims, like Ashley Judd, who are not "starlets" but quite well known. If Judd or someone like her had spoken up in a Hillary administration or before, the mainstream media would have taken a pass? I don't think so. Haven't been following the course of all this that closely, but I think it has been more a matter of momentum/tipping point than who is or isn't in the White House.

"OK, I'll say it. The only reason this is all coming out now is because Hillary is not in the White House. There." Guess I'm not that sharp, but I don't get your thinking here. Could you amplify?

Thanks, soulpope. Atkinson WAS good. IIRC, he's the bassist *** on that very nice Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams record with Herbie Hancock making what probably was his debut on record. It's the one with a lovely, gliding version of "Mr. Lucky." *** Nope, that was Laymon Jackson.

Anyone know the exclamatory (for want of a better term) music of this eccentric Icelandic composer (1899-1968), who has been compared to Charles Ives? Everything I've heard from him has been interesting to say the least. He sure doesn't sound like anyone else.

Anyone know Simmons' "Ramira the Dancer" (Spotlite) from 1978? It's got Atkinson, Harewood, and percussionist Ralph Dorsey. Spotlite dates were nicely produced and recorded IIRC.

The place where I thought I'd found the Levey DVD emailed to say that it's no longer available.

Don't have the Levey book anymore -- I bought and read it and then recycled it -- so I can't cite repetitions. It was worth the price, and Levey lived quite a life, but I wanted more. In particular, Stan not only was a terrific drummer but also a fairly unique one. I was just listening to and enjoying Lou Levy's "Jazz in Four Colors" (RCA) on a Frsh Sound LP, with Stan, Leroy Vinnegar, Larry Bunker on vibes, and Lou in great form (wish it were on CD and remastered), and Stan's playing was so darn distinctive, albeit quite subtle, that I wanted to hear him or some truly knowlegable other party comment in some detail on his approach. Perhaps that DVD that Dan mentioned would be the answer. Just ordered the Levy DVD from here: http://www.jazzwestdvd.com/new_releases_2008/stan_levey_original.html It wasn't available from Amazon; l hope this site comes through.

I'll look for it. Thanks.

Scott and Jim: There might turn out to be a few bits of info about Paddock (other than his desire to be served shrimp right when he wanted it) that are suggestive of something, but almost surely only "suggestive, if that. Or a brain autopsy might point to a tumor or such. But then I'm "a guy who has spent some time building up a feeling of superiority to and contempt towards other people," and I haven't killed anyone yet, except for ... well, enough about that.