Man with the Golden Arm

I was at the newsstand yesterday and saw that the newest issue of "The WIRE" has a Morton section devoted to solo works with breakdowns by instrument and artist. Only skimmed the content but it looked like a good primer. Wire Solo mp3s

Is that "Days Aweigh", Lon? ... my first Wilson LP on that old hefty german polygram wax. Love that album much to many chagrins I see. 'Apricots on their Wings" and "Let's Face The Music" and more...

Where's "mnytime"?

nice pic WL ... is that the sea in the background? i think we need another shot. it's up to high nineties again and the humidity is a billion. these babies made snacks of me just from the car to the studio. "Greenhead: Tabanus Americanus Flyupyershortsnbiteyerbutt"

tough crowd... how about his art then?

was this on The Count's epitaph?

Dang my ears were screwed on upside down. Of course "Time After Time"... marvelous how they work this into almost another tune entirely and barely touch on the quotes when they do. Where I got "how high the moon and but not for me"'s bastard child I'll never know as I hear none of it now. Funny stuff this music.

← Glad somebody got it. I've always tried to think of this one as a furthering of "Lifetime", maybe conceptually, but try as I might I won't any longer. This set is still a tough one for me, but then again so is OTL for some reason. Yet "Love Song" is still a standout beauty!

Wow ... fantastic set ... reminds me of my favorite RI - DJ going at it with pinpoint abandon. So much to take in here and seeing that many have hit the floor my take will have to do cause I can't wait to see the postings thus far. Great seguelisciousness of toonz as I would expect. Biggest of s. (Still was hoping for something from Jerome Richardson's "At The Movies" LP to appear... ) T1 - This "tune" certainly ain't "faint"... McDuff or McGriff groovin high ... quite a speedy geetar so it ain't Grant. I just recently rcvd the best of McDuff on Fantasy and this has all the cues. Great start up! Was this group on Gould's test and you put it at the top so he wouldn't fast forward?! T2 - Dang this belongs in that illicit album cover thread? That's some heavy cream in this one - no fluff. So who is the response vox your looking for? Bet it will be a kick. T3 - Cheescake with a hot sauce chaser ... we got a party disc here!!! A bit too stripped down to be Machito but maybe this is from his jazz sets. T4 - Nice segue on the horn here. That bit of electric bass and guitar buried under there is seemingly out of place or is it just that this platter has seen many parties. Great intro solo followed by another on the bone ... that guy is dancing all over that slide, straight up as is the third soprano. Damn killer Parker tune here!? But what is it ?... on the tip o the tongue. T5 - "Gone with the Wind" ? cracklingly good T6 - maybe any number of Gillespie concert bands but no idea... another fine romp. T7 - One of the odd ducks that came out of nowhere on me about half way thru... the kind of song that just grows ... maybe due to that boowounding bass stretchiness in there. The rhythm behind this one raises it high above the glossiness that I first heard at it's onset (first notes had me at "sing you to sleep after the lovin'"). Sketching away in between I found myself over-riding the groove and really getting into a tune hat I'd normally pass by. A Turrentine from the seventies?Gator with a Fat Head?? no clue on the artist taking this away. T8 - David Sedaris or Madeline Pyro's au'pair. I like how the vox is sandwiched between the horns. But that this IS really Billie has me fooled. Everyone was drunk , playing hearts out. T9 - Hey wait, BFTers have been berated for putting "...four roses" on their test and now this ! An early killer ... I have visions of Ethel doing a "Dance of the Hours" lindy-hop! The percussive splashes (Jo Jones?) at the end with that swank of "Splank" makes this one more than necessary. T10 - Big time Nelson sound?? A CTI from the seventies?? T11 - Tune is very familiar but not up to chuff w/ my standards. I hear Bags humming in the back but no clue really. T12 - Another tune that is so familiar ... nice relaxing read and wish that it did not have so much scrap at the high end. T13 - ? William S reading Edgar Rice's Thuvia of Mars. Really no clue who the moon maiden's troubadour might be. T14 - Appetizers an hour after dessert? Making me hungry for some of these bbq'd medallions. No hoof in mouth here, just make certain ya cook em plenty or you'll end up w/ lockjaw. T15 - Another question of green cheese altitude quoted under this and a guess is not for me. ? T16 - Now for beverages!? T17 - ? Nice midnight hours apertif. Betty Carter after a good lungy hawking??? eager to hear set two (as much as I complain about too much toons)

Maybe it is an "Adderley", "King Cole", "Hentoff" kinda thing but UP for yall's 'defiNATelies' !!

those Crombies were actually the soundtrack cues to 'Man From Interpol'.

There's the point! Given the extremes of technology today I'd have to favor Nicklaus back in the day over the whole deal cause it's the "head" that would be the best stick in the bag if Tiger were playing persimons, blades and old balatas. ... that would sure be some fun fantasy match. One of my defining memories as a kid was kneeling right up next to the tee box marker on #16 at the Firestone World Series of Golf in Akron (had to watch quite a few no slouchers before him to get that perfect spot all to myself). Jack came right out of his shoes taking the 600 yard Monster in two. Sweet!

When I bought comics at the store on the corner they were 12 Cents!! While my buds were going superhero I always went with Tarzan and his son Korak!

Damn. I was listening on the radio as I was painting trim mouldings and doors in my hallway. My stiff bristle brush even went flaccid.

.:. hipped me to this a few years back. It will be good to read all the comments about this one. I'm going to go and re-read the liner notes now.

Seredipitous fact there! He might be OK and acknowledge that Hawaii was not even a state when he was born and that whole other conflict was merely a police action.

Damn, I was hoping Jack would kick his ass as a swan song. Did you see the new Nike spot with the young Tiger transposed into the throngs of galleries at St. Andrews? Great!!

While I regretfully have NO Helen Merrill on my shelves (save for a cut from Ubu's BFT) YET and subject to change... I must recommend this soundtrack to a 1962 Italian comedy (?) from Dusty that features Helen on only a few cuts but fantastic they are. Sandro Brugnolini & Modern Jazz Gang -- 'Gli Arcangeli' Helen's vocals are featured on a bouncy vibed go-go swinger (with an alternate), a bright flute backed torch song and an Italian blues that was possibly the flint for David Lynch hiring off Koko Taylor to pour sweat into 'Wild at Heart's "Up in Flames" cue. The rest of the disc is just as appealing with a lean toward Gruntz' 'Mental Cruelty' ST and Miles' 'Scaffold'. An early sixties Italian delicacy with some dixie and cha cha tossed in for spice. Now if anyone HAS heard this and recommends more up this alley I'm all ears.

Certainly not quite the usual Japanese paper sleeves. Maybe the Brits w/ the original vinyls can confirm - I was told that these are EXACT replicas of the way that Fontana made the sleeves back in the sixties. Hence some of the reasoning that these old relics are in such demand if pristine?

Vermont syrup runnin' faster than a catamount. discs rcvd from the green mountains. thanks John!

Thinking more that album with Sammy and Sandy Duncan playing marbles.

welcome Roger! great to see your astute writings over here rather than on that 'other' site.

This one does not do too badly. 1. KD's Motion. (Kenny DORHAM) 2. Funk In Deep Freeze. (Hank MOBLEY) 3. Melanie. (Freddie REDD) 4. Melody For C. (Sonny CLARK) 5. Lotus Blossom. (Kenny DORHAM) 6. Eastern Incident. (Sonny CLARK) 7. Peckin' Time. (Hank MOBLEY) 8. Blues Blues Blues. (Freddie REDD) 9. Blue Minor. (Sonny CLARK) 10. This I Dig Of You. (Hank MOBLEY) 11. Venita's Dance. (Kenny DORHAM) 12. News For Lulu. (Sonny CLARK) 13. Ole. (Freddie REDD) 14. Sonny's Crib. (Sonny CLARK) 15. Hank's Other Tune. (Hank MOBLEY) 16. Windmill. (Kenny DORHAM) 17. Minor Swing. (Big John PATTON) bonus cut from "More..."

I foggily caught a bit on last nites news of an interview with Wells talking about how Rogers got a raw deal with the cameramen. Seems they provoked the guy and unfortunately went schoolyard, just where they wanted him. Wells was dropping F-bombs about the press and the situation precisely pointing to a video clip of one of the punked cameramen 'winking' to the other that they had the goods on Rogers after his little tantrum. Kids.

Masters At Work have a bunch of stuff out there. Hilton Ruiz is 'something grand' on this one - which is also a great record w/ Sam Rivers on board.