Man with the Golden Arm

Thanks for that editorial review Nate. I will put that on the list. Anxious to hear Taborn in this kind of setting. As for his more big band-y work, any thoughts on the first, and best, of the two New York Composers Orchestra albums that were on New World. I love that first one. A bit too much Weiselman for me but the Ehrlich solos on there are just fabulous. The players are right on through-out that album.

You know if the body can transmit sound like this then someone, like say, ah, Hugh Grant, could strap on a big old pair of Grados, and then would....?

Hey Brad, While your at it make sure to have him put the Pullen / Adams Select he promised me in the que before this one!

Cap Toys did this with lollipops a few years back. They really did work. It was a sucker holder / FM radio that transmitted the vibe through your teeth. I guess the louder you wanted it the more cavities you got. There is also a pen you can nibble on from Hasbro right now: Can't wait for a big ol' Multilayered Hybrid SACD Dagwood sammich!

Not being a musician myself, but...go find yourself Marty's "Pliant Plaint" w/ Stan Strickland. Beautiful stuff but might be a bit hard to come by these days. Boy, I would loved to have seen him fronting w/ Byard. Yoww!

I recall a BNBB resident poster Nathan of "all things in that ny downtown groove" liking this an awful lot. I meant to make it down to an installation at Harvard that I believe this piece was based upon, but alas, never got there. I think this was an obscure import that could be had from DMG. I'm sure ol' Bruce down there loves it! No help I know but myself would be interested in hearing any comments on Marty's "Line On Love" release.

Thanks again John! I've listened hard to this set and always find something new (obviously since it still is new, duh) everytime. Lots of new avenues down which to proceed. (And the thugs in your alley will no doubt steal my wallet-full of PayPal and drain that baby quick as quite a few of these have been ear-marked not even knowing what they were until now.) Most especially Jim's QO selection. I laughed out loud when you revealed Track #5. Worried of what my comment might have been, it is now completely perfect :" 5) I really do know this song but it ain't coming to me... That's what I get for trying to enhance the musical experience during those formative years." Obviously Mancini with a different kind of "twist"! I've listed that link to the Fontella w/ AEC as seeking the obscure. I really did think that was Leena Conquest from the get go. It's amazing when one finds the roots. I am hoping that Mr. Nessa might weigh in here regarding that session. My comment about the 'bombastic' as unwarranted is now moot- this is AEC dinner music! This one is en route as we type. If anyone has not checked out Ms. Bass with that whole legion of "downtown northwesterners" on No Ways Tired, this should be done despite AMG's errant rating. Or even this one with David Murray. Beautiful stuff you might find real cheap. Now that you have revealed your sources I'll be off on another hunt to quench my own little jazz head knowledge base. While I can't hold a candle to most of the discussions and revelations from posters throughout this board this BFT thing is a real treat. (thanks DG) You all will get the call someday to front my innervention when it is finally revealed that I am consumed by obscure jazz roumminations (that's how couw's spell it). ...and I do rather like 'vint' with the golden arm'.

Thanks for that article. Been thinking about what new British Soul might be on the horizon. Great to have some other names to watch out for. (Just hope that Josh Stone comes up with something new as her take on all of this is certainly based on some weird producing for the moment.) And I must confess that I'm a sucker for some good sultryness and Norah ain't got it for me. I've been on a bit of an "acid jazz" (how I hate that moniker) tip lately courtesy of some cheap comps I've listened to. Any of you Londoners have some guidance to offer based upon this article? Please! Like telling me whatever happened to some great singers like N'Dea Davenport, Martine Girault, Dyanne Fearon, Marcia Johnson, Carleen Anderson, Shara Nelson, Caron Wheeler, Juliet Roberts etc... Or making some suggestions as to some truly great females to look out for. And certainly not coming from that Macy (my hometown girl) Gray, Badu / everythingbutthetrickyportisheadfrapp vibe.

This is a great choce for AOW. While it seems to be so the norm that maybe no one will step out of bounds here. Listening to this at the same time as the BFT5 is just like bein' over at couw's w/o libations. I much prefer this era of Lou to any other. His post bebop stuff always seemed to exercised.(He was in good shape, no?) His soul jazz or rather some of that post soul jazz was obviously the main appeal. To me it's those sides with the conga that do it! Mind you not all of his song selections were great but those originals he penned are some outstanding pieces. I was puzzled by this quote off of the Mosaic website: œ"Solid, enjoyable, uneven--- There is a lot a enjoyable music here. The second reviewer's suggestion to mix quarters and other sessions is a good one, for variety and interest. There is ?too much conga for my ears on these sessions, it flattens the music.? For best Donaldson, you should look elsewhere, particularly to his sessions with Jimmy Smith."œ It really now helps to have read Lou's decision, from the quote above, on bringng in 'hard hands' just to simmer it down into that swanky-ness that he does so well. There's still a bit of dirt when Lou goes down south that I really love. Not really a care to hear Lou do up a standard but his pieces as well as Best's "Move" are shoe-ins for turning any neo into a hipster. I sure do hope that mikeweil levies here!

Hey deus62, Do have that Spectrum and the previous. Specifically for the work of a good friend I used to work next to for years. His piece is on page 94 of #10 and it's the train titled "Flash Gordon's Rocket Locomotive". This guy is a god in his own right! Used to work up in Hi-Brow at American Geetings just after the R. Crumb days. That train is completely hand crafted. Guy can paint like a son of a gun too. I used to change his blackened water-crock cause it drove me crazy watching him get pristine hi-lights out of his dipping swamp.

Chat le Krylon!! ...and she doesn't have to outsource for models! FAFI

Goddess of G-5! Kirsten Ulve

God of INK! Heinrich Kley

deus62, I've almost picked up that 'popbot' series. Is that the same Foster you linked. Have to explore further! Looks a bit like the stuff by Rick Berry w/o the heavy strokes. The David Ho reminds me much of John Jude Palencar's work. As for the precursor to this type of illustration, here is an easy trivia test: what illustrator that had many editorial pieces across the board in the eighties and nineties did the cover for a now sought after Collector's Choice CD??? As for my most favorite of all present day magazine illustrators- Peter de Seve

...so that means that Wilson's "Easterly Winds" will still sound like poop. Buyer beware. As some have unloaded when the gettin' was good.

Yes, Whitehead says the same in the review bite I linked, but states that somehow Ran seems to like being 'over for dinner'. Care to comment on what you may or may not be keen on with the Schullers. How is the saxophone playing on "ST" in your opinion? And I wish that discussion from a show called "Here & Now" was available. It was one of those where I sat in the car and wanted to drive on and grab this disc. Very conversational and really down home, like Chuck's. Maybe someone can get it to work.

You know that was sort of the first thing that came to mind on this, certainy not this album in particular as I've never heard it, but just the overall 'Kohlhase' sound. It does have a Beantown Large Group feel to it? I think in the past I may have seen couw sporting notes on The Either Orchestra and such (?), and as of yet this one is still on the list of the un-recognized. And you all need not worry about big brother treading on this code you guys got going here. I been flipping back and forth like it's some big term paper trying to figure this out.

Just released on Boxing Day in the UK are some really cute little critters for which I had hands-on character development and design. The sculptor who did the line hit the mark on spot! You can even win the whole set here. In the UK from Vivid Imaginations. Unfortunately, I'm not on the royalty take but these guys really do look like the initial vision. Good looking stuff and we all know how much y'all like "vinyl"!

could post here all day with images. glenn barr, shag, et al... Noj! Art Center!! DUUUUDE. hey, how 'bout this guy...he draws articulated anthropormorphic cats for britz. on your Harrod's shelves now!

Late, Can't take credit for that. James Jarvis is the creator. One of those "urban vinyl toys" out of the East, from a Western designer. Would fit well with my King Kong shrine I got going though. Alas, only an avatar at this time.

Thanks for starting this one up. Googled and found a pdf of his kudos. Kind of funny what this came up with. Here is a link to Whitehead's review of 'ST'. At that same time he was interviewed w/ Schuller on our local NPR 'Here and Now' but they hve rehashed the archive. I have only a couple and always want to grab another. Has the "Vertigo" album on Owl ever been re-issued? I have a hefty pressing but am w/o a table. That was some spooky work. I love his Monk disc on Soul Note. Pretty stuff.

Man o man I have done minute searching ( google le obtuse) and am WAAAAY off the mark on the track #10. Pay no mind to my ignorance, but at least this is not what I thought. All I'll say now is "I'm lonely and I'm blue..." Good lord I do hope that some one who posts here will give us the real deal as it went down on this one. I had no idea that the vocalist ..... couw, I almost want to post a link to this that contains a great, great article about the piece. I'll wait for permission. B)

KB ...You know there is an Ecco outlet of sorts down in Lawrence. Used to be a sister store called the 'D & J Shoe Warehouse' in Salem, MA ...Eccos for $35 bucks... I've transcended the geekiness and think they are cool! Especially when they are 1/8th the price... But when it comes to all things tarsel-iary I immediately thought of this guy , not sure if his 'fingers' are on any Blue Notes?

Man, that's not fair...my coffee was still really hot! Sheesh, I was really hoping for some sort of nostalgia with a Packers - Chiefs match-up. Was it Brett's finger at the end that did him in or did he get a "call"? Well we will root root root for the hometowners now but them Pats looked a bit dicey despite the icey. And Conn... a lot of Belechik imitators? I guess if the NFL introduces the "de-animator machine". He looked like a losing coach at his post game interview. -_-

I'm thinking I might know track number #10 as being down this river. The trombone thread is sort of in fullest swing (sic) on this one as part of the mix. This disc is 'Swell'. As for #12, I do think this might be his most "serious" recording but for me his work on these-- here and here--, two stellar albums that Blue Note should be re-whipping onto the shelves, is where it's at!!!