Larry Kart

Johannson was born in 1931. The clips on his website are lovely; I would guess they're based on Swedish folk material: http://www.janjohansson.org/

Gerry Teekens got my copy for mucho bucks. Never seen that one in LP form. Must be rare as hen's teeth. Still have my copy. As I recall, pianist Jan Johannson is in fine form on the album. You can hear Johannson with Getz on this YouTube clip from 1960 with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen: Johannson died in a car crash in 1968, much too young.

At the cost of about ninety minutes of my life, I've shorn this thread of all the name-calling I could see (about six pages worth out of a former total of forty-four), plus some extraneous stuff, and re-opened it. If in doing so I've whacked a few things I shouldn't have, so be it -- the gist of the arguments (plus a lot of husk) remains.

Larry, I think what I posted here tells you that I have the utmost respect for you. But you're laying 100% of the burden on Jim's shoulders. Would you, personally, be prepared for that task? Give the guy a break! And kudos to you for bringing so much good music into my life. I'm not "laying 100% of the burden on Jim's shoulders" -- if you took it that way, that's not what I meant. I was just alluding to the fact that it's his board. And I'm certainly willing to think more carefully about what I post here and operate more aggressively as a moderator than I have been.

The main thing is that this board continue to survive and operate in something close to its best current -- or, if you prefer, vintage -- form. And that depends on Jim's judgment and on his willingness (while working as a professional musician) to deal with the problems that at times arise here. I trust the former and am very grateful for the latter.

As the person who started that thread, I have no problem with it being deleted, given the way things developed.

Just turned 67. One of my earliest memories, probably late 1944 or early 1945, is visiting the troop transport on which my dad was a signal officer, this at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard north of San Francisco.

Happy Birthday!!

Wow, indeed. Do you get the feeling that Carson wanted a piece of her?

"Let 'Em Eat Cake" (though "Wintergreen for President" is from "Of Thee I Sing")

When I was in my pre-school years in Chicago, circa 1945-7, my mom and I used to listen to the Breakfast Club on the radio almost every weekday morning. Fran Allison (later the marvelous human mainstay of "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie") used to crack me up as the Breakfast Club's Aunt Fanny. Also, the pianist in the band on the show, later the music director, was a friend of my folks. Then it was the time for the soap operas -- Ma Perkins, Just Plain Bill, Our Gal Sunday ("Can a girl from a small mining town in Colorado find happiness as the wife of a wealthy and titled English lord?"), and Lorenzo Jones, the one whose theme song was "Funiculi, Funicula." Boy, did I hate that song.

The man himself:

I removed the link.

Only if ferrets taste like chicken.

Aug. 11, 1954 – JIMMY RANEY ENSEM- BLE INTRODUCING PHIL WOODS. New Jazz 1103. (Reissued as Prestige 203, and, com- bined with the March 3, 1959 session with Dick Hyman, as Prestige 7673/OJC-1865, under the title Early Quintets.) Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Players: Jimmy Raney (g), John Wilson (tp), Phil Woods (asx), Bill Crow (b), Joe Morello (dr). Songs: Stella by Starlight, Jo-Anne, Back and Blow, Five. You can listen here: http://www.rhapsody.com/phil-woods/early-q.../pee-wees-dream Good stuff.

Likewise, at 8:50 p.m.

P.S. From a post I made on another forum a year or so ago: ...claims were made by members of Max Roach's group of the early 1960s that "Take Five" had been stolen by Desmond from a piece in 5/4 that the Roach group played. I know that piece, Tommy Turrentine and Julian Priester's "Long As You're Living," and it's a gem; but aside from the 5/4 meter and the fact that both pieces have an insistent bass pattern, it bears not much resemblance to "Take Five," certainly not in terms of melody. For a discussion of this issue, see p. 208 of Doug Ramsey's biography of Desmond, "Take Five."

So I take it to be somewhat of a gem? Musically, yes. Probably has value for collectors, but I'm not into that. It's a 5/4 piece on that album (don't recall the title) that led to the claim that Desmond's "Take Five" was lifted from that piece. IIRC this claim was weighed in Doug Ramsey's Desmond bio and found wanting.

..she might be a little old for you at this time! I can dream, can't I?

My idea of a good time: http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/316/...hur-picture.htm

Some but not all of the tracks gathered in the Nessa Art Ensemble 1967/68 box. See details below: Ref: Nessa NCD 2500 A/B/C/D/E (CD) Title: The Art Ensemble 1967/68 (1993) Recorded: 5/18/1967, 5/19/1967, 6/26/1967, 8/11/1967, 8/25/1967, 9/2/1967, 11/2/1967, 11/25/1967, 3/4/1968, 3/11/1968 at Pete Bishop's Basement, Sound Studios, Lester Bowie's Basement, Roscoe Mitchell's Apartment, and Chess Studios, all Chicago, IL Released: 10/1993 Roscoe Mitchell, Alto Sax, Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Bass Sax, Flute, Recorder, Gourd, Bulb Horn, Harmonica, Percussion (on 1-15, 17, 19-23) Joseph Jarman, Alto Sax, Sopranino Sax, Clarinet, Bassoon, Flute (on 10-14) Lester Bowie Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Steer Horn, Kelp Horn, Bass Drum, Whistle, Siren (on 1-5,7-14,18-23) Malachi Favors Maghostut, Bass, Electric Bass, Zither, Kazoo (on 1-14,16, 19-23) Charles Clark, Bass (on 13) Philip Wilson, Drums (on 1-6) Thurman Barker, Drums (on 13-14) Robert Crowder, Drums (on 19-23) Contents: 1) Theme Statements: Slow Theme/Bell Song/Fast Theme/Chinese Song (08:08) 2) Old (08:03) 3) Tatas-Matoes (03:45) 4) Quartet No. 1 (22:02) 5) Quartet No. 2 (36:45) 6) Trio (Oh Susanna) ( 31:03) 7) Warm Up ( 02:10) 8) Number 2 ( 21:35) 9) Number 1 ( 25:09) 10) Number 2 (take 4) ( 08:33) 11) Number 2 (take 6) ( 14:26) 12) Number 2 (take 7) ( 19:44) 13) A To Ericka ( 21:39) 14) Quintet ( 22:46) 15) Solo ( 05:20) 16) Tutankhamen ( 06:39) 17) Tkhke ( 07:33) 18) Jazz Death? ( 07:20) 19) Carefree (take 1) ( 03:07) 20) Carefree (take 2) ( 03:05) 21) Carefree (take 3) ( 02:35) 22) Tatas-Matoes ( 02:17) 23) Congliptious/Old ( 19:30) Purchased: 11/3/1993 1-4 recorded 5/18/67, 5 on 5/19, 6 on 6/26, all in Pete Bishop's basement. 7-9 recorded 8/11/67, 10-11 on 8/25, 12 on 8/25, all in Sound Studios. 13 recorded 9/2/67, 14 on 11/2, both in Lester Bowie's basement. 15 recorded 11/25/67, in Roscoe Mitchell's apartment. 16-18 recorded 3/4/68 and 19-23 on 3/11, all in Chess Studios The albums: Lester Bowie: Numbers 1 & 2 (9, 12) Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble: Congliptious Old / Quartet

New York Art Quartet: http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Art-Quartet/dp/B0012IWK5C

Sidney Bechet-Muggsy Spanier Big Four, from 1940: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsVBQ_O6Hb8

Chet Baker-Gerry Mulligan, which may have been the first notable, regular-working such quartet.

Way too "perky" for me; little or no sense that she would be that interested in anyone but her own little self.