Larry Kart

Stupidly, I signed up for Twitter a while ago, don't recall why. Now, bombarded by Twitter notifications and with no desire to ever use Twitter myself or to receive a Tweet, I want to close my account but can't figure out how. I did find a deactivate your Twitter account page, but it wanted my password in order to deactive my account, and stupidly I don't recall my password. When I clicked on the "reset your password" URL in the hopes that I then could go back and deactivate my account, I was sent to a standard Twitter activity screen that had no option to reset my password that I could see. Any ideas?

Speaking of Charlie Callas, who was I believe a would-be jazz drummer, once while he was doing his act on some TV show (maybe Merv Griffin?) I saw him refer in passing to Gene Quill. IIRC it was one those "inside" remarks that comics sometimes make to amuse the band, In any case, Callas clearly knew who Quill was.

Yes, Callas (Charlie) was a funny guy. Also a surprise -- Grant's top grossing film. No cheating now. OK -- it was "Operation Petticoat," with Tony Curtis. A darn good comedy, too. Grant wanted to work with Curtis on it because he'd enjoyed Curtis' Grant-tinged shtick in "Some Like It Hot." They got along well during the film and remained friends over the years.

Among the many interesting things I found out while reading Marc Eliot's somewhat gossipy (how could it be otherwise?) but seemingly sound 2004 biography "Cary Grant," perhaps the most surprising was that in his later years Grant (who liked to go to Las Vegas and catch all the shows) was a great admirer of, and became quite friendly with, standup comic Charlie Callas, often spending several days at Callas' home when he was in town. Eliot writes: "Grant especially enjoyed the Jewish dialect Callas was so adept at and asked if he could teach him how to do it. As Callas remembers, 'Grant trying to sound Jewish was one of the funniest things I ever heard.'"

The Bills have one of the best defensive units in the NFL. The Bears have one of the worst. That outcome was almost inevitable. I hold no brief for the Bears (sound of teeth gnashing), but games whose outcome is "almost inevitable" don't go into overtime.

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Tatum-Ben-Webster-Quartet/dp/B006YTLP7S/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410104325&sr=1-1&keywords=tatum+webster http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sentimental-Ike-Quebec/dp/B0013D8KG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-1&keywords=ike+quebec+blue+and+sentimental http://www.amazon.com/Might-Well-Spring-Rudy-Gelder/dp/B000GPI1A0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-1&keywords=ike+quebec+it+might+as+well+be+spring http://www.amazon.com/Play-Blues-Back-Ellington/dp/B0000047CU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-1&keywords=ellington+Back+to+back http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=stan+getz+the+soft+swing&rh=n%3A5174%2Ck%3Astan+getz+the+soft+swing&ajr=0 http://www.amazon.com/Tony-Fruscella/dp/B00DD0AHBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410104684&sr=1-1&keywords=tony+fruscella http://www.amazon.com/Duets-1-Ellis-Larkins/dp/B00004SSO5/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410104719&sr=1-1&keywords=ruby+braff+ellis+larkins http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Braff/e/B000APWA8U/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1410104745&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Encounter-East-John-Lewis/dp/B0000564Y3/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410102460&sr=1-1&keywords=john+lewis+grand+encounter The perfect such track probably is Grant Green's "Idle Moments," but I don't recall whether the whole album is that mellow. I would imagine that several of Red Garland's trio albums would fill the bill, but I don't have them all at hand to check.

Also, I believe that Payne concentrated on alto before bari but probably hadn't picked up the alto for a good long while by 1972.

I don't entirely agree about Fuller -- he seemed to me to be quite tonally colorful/expressive when I heard him with Joe Henderson's sadly under-recorded "In Pursuit of Blackness" band in 1971 -- but given your tastes in trombonists, do you know the explosive Buster Cooper? I particularly recommend his playing on A.K. Salim's 1957 Savoy album "Pretty for the People," which has a rather astonishing lineup: Kenny Dorham, Cooper, Johnny Griffin, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach, and Chino Pozo. Everyone is in fine form, too. http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-People-K-Salim/dp/B0037KTC4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1410057457&sr=1-1&keywords=salim+pretty+for+the+people

A lot of water has passed under the bridge between these two J.J. Johnson 1946 tracks with Payne on alto — he sounds Bird-like coming out of Street Beat (and don’t miss Bud Powell!) -- and the Strata East date, but it sounds like the same man to me.

Right up there with this one: http://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-Gillespie-And-Band-Live/dp/B000001OTH

Zoot Sims' “Quartets" http://www.amazon.com/Quartets-Zoot-Sims/dp/B000000YDM/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409886315&sr=1-2&keywords=zoot+sims+quartets Webster Young’s “For Lady” with Paul Quinichette http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Webster-Young/dp/B000000Z50/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409886599&sr=1-1&keywords=webster+young+for+lady

I'm not a fan of later Phil Woods, but early on he was quite something, and "Phil Woods -- Early Quintets" is some of his best: http://www.amazon.com/Early-Quintets-Phil-Woods/dp/B000000ZA3/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409885738&sr=1-1&keywords=phil+woods+early Likewise his "Pot Pie" with Jon Eardley: http://www.amazon.com/Pot-Pie-Phil-Woods/dp/B000000ZAJ/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409886104&sr=1-4&keywords=jon+eardley

Maybe a better term here, in some cases, would be "not that well known." For instance, Hawkins' excellent "On Broadway," which combines three Prestige LPs: http://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Coleman-Hawkins/dp/B000000ZFO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409885535&sr=1-1&keywords=coleman+Hawkins+%22On+Broadway

The way Shavers plays on "Blue Stompin'" and "Hawk Eyes"! I heard Singer once at the West End Cafe in NYC in maybe the early '80s. He was in great form.

If we're going to extend our reach to Prestige's subsidiary Swingville, there's Coleman Hawkins' fantastic "Hawk Eyes" with Charlie Shavers, the Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton, the Tiny Grimes with Hawkins (the one with "Until the Real Thing Comes Along"), "For Basie" with Paul Quinichette, Shad Collins, Nat Pierce, Walter Page (his final recording), and Jo Jones, and a good deal more.

"Change of Pace" was a Riverside date.

Also, Kenny Dorham's' "Quiet Kenny" Don Ellis' "New Ideas," with striking work on vibes from Al Francis Hal McKusick's "Triple Exposure," with Billy Byers, Eddie Costa, Paul Chambers, and Charlie Persip http://www.amazon.com/Triple-Exposure-Hal-Mckusick/dp/B000000Z8L/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409802454&sr=1-3-fkmr1&keywords=hal+mckusick+prestige#cm_cr_dpwidget Probably Hal's best record for his own playing and I think his last as a leader (earlier RCA and Decca albums of his feature superb writing by George Russell and others). The for one time only Costa-Chambers-Persip rhythm section has a special flavor and intensity; Chambers is in exceptional form and is recorded with great presence.

Red Garland's "Rediscovered Masters 2": http://www.amazon.com/Rediscovered-Masters-2-Red-Garland/dp/B000000YYY/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409801436&sr=1-2&keywords=red+garland+rediscovered+masters There's a trance-like version of "Mr. Wonderful" there that must be heard to be believed. "Jackie McLean and Co." with Bill Hardman Oliver Nelson's "Afro-American Sketches" The Milt Jackson Quartet with Horace Silver Also, Milestones, did you mean to say that you thought "Worktime" was overrated? To me, that's an epochal album.

Von Freeman's erstwhile pianist Ben Patterson. His most recent CD: http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Elements-Ben-Paterson/dp/B00F9PTKVG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409712717&sr=1-1&keywords=ben+patterson His first: http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Space-Ben-Paterson-Trio/dp/B000V3IX6E/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1409712857&sr=1-3

Links in first two posts have been removed for the above reason (Forum rules). That Amazon sells something doesn't mean that it's not a boot.

From Paul's original list, I have these: Muhal Richard Abrams featuring Malachi Favors: Sightsong (Black Saint) Air: Air Time (Nessa) Oscar Aleman: Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 (Acoustic Disc) Gene Ammons: Live! In Chicago (OJC) Fred Anderson: The Missing Link (Nessa) Fred Anderson/Steve McCall: Vintage Duets Chicago 1-11-80 (Okka Disk) Robert Barry and Fred Anderson: Duets 2001 (Thrill Jockey) Carla Bley: Dinner Music (ECM) Paul Bley/John Gilmore/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Turning Point (IAI) Bobby Bradford & John Stevens Volume One (Nessa) – vinyl only Ruby Braff/Ellis Larkins: Duets Vol. 1&2 (Vanguard) Ted BrownTrio: Free Spirit (Criss Cross) The Essential Buck Clayton (Vanguard) Louis Cottrell Trio: Bourbon Street (OJC) Ray Crawford: Smooth Groove (Candid) Meredith D’Ambrosio: It’s Your Dance (Sunnyside) Walt Dickerson: Peace (Steeplechase) Roy Eldridge: The Nifty Cat (New World) Boulou and Elios Ferre: Gypsy Dreams (Steeplechase) The Bud Freeman All-Star Swing Sessions featuring Shorty Baker (OJC) Jimmy Gourley: The West Bank of New York (Uptown) Al Haig: Trio and Sextets (OJC) Lin Halliday: Airegin (Delmark) Bill Harris and Friends (OJC) Elmo Hope Trio: Meditations (OJC) Claude Hopkins: The Transcription Performances 1935 (Hep) Joseph Jarman: Song For (Delmark) Leroy Jenkins: The Legend of Ai Glatson (Black Saint) Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen: Sheila (Steeplechase) Jimmy Knepper: Cunningbird (Steeplechase) George Lewis: Homage to Charles Parker (Black Saint) Warne Marsh: Jazz from the East Village (Wave) Warne Marsh: All Music (Nessa) Charles Mingus: Jazz Portraits (Blue Note) Roscoe Mitchell: Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancing Shoes (Nessa) Paul Plummer/Ron Enyard: Trio & Quartet (Quixotic) Mel Powell: The Best Things in Life & It’s Been So Long (Vanguard) Sammy Price: Sweet Substitute (Sackville) Jimmy Raney/Doug Raney Quartet: Stolen Moments (Steeplechase) Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton: Swingin’ with Pee Wee (OJC) Dave Schildkraut: Last Date (Endgame) Leo Smith: The Spirit Catcher (Nessa) – vinyl only Joe Wilder: Alone with Just My Dreams (Evening Star)

Just spoke to a postal inspector who seems to understand the situation perfectly. Having found what I'm sure is the "offending" review I wrote way back in 1981(!), I was able to give him the name of a member of the crew of the play who has the same initials (KC) that were on the threatening letter, plus (because the name is not a common one) the address and phone number of the only person in the Chicago area who has that name. He said he will investigate, and it sounded like he had the means and will to do so. Yes, the person of that name whose address and phone number I found may not be the KC who was part of that play, but if not, that would be quite a coincidence. And, without going into too much detail, I have almost no doubt that this review is the one the letter writer was referring to.

Yes, but it was from a post office that's a clearing house for a great deal of mail in the Chicago area.

Thanks, Scott, and everyone else. I'm cool so far, I think, but my wife tells me I was a little edgy at times today. Took the postal inspector route this morning, but they haven't called back so far.