Man with the Golden Arm

good points all. in addition be aware of the feedback tally of who you are dealing with. i recently sold some toys and left positives for all immediately after payments. one buyer had 3 stars and i left glowing remarks as a newbie gesture. the impatient POS did not receive the item within six days, those being the two weeks prior to christmas, and left negative feedback before even contacting me regarding the status of shipment. my words via e-mail to her were not kind and frankly would make the political forums blush. i hope the item never arrived.

Damn, how many times over the years I looked at those Janapese issues in Tower only to think that Baby Face is just canola-oil in the great skillet of grease.

Very sad indeed. I had a few e-mail exchanges with him and he struck me as a guy with a big heart. I will miss him. My sincerest condolences to elizaBETH and all of Ken's family and friends.

Never, ever use a "Sharpie", them babies gas-off for a while. You can pretend to be Rudy VG and scribe it in the clear spot in the middle.

i had read form the gents in the know on the AAJ that the Japanese Fotana re-issue from a few years back (that I have a CDR of) was taken from an inferior mono pressing in it's original form and that the re-issue suffers from much distortion that was not on the stereo master? i have no idea whether that might promote some sort of future issue of the date but apparently that and the "Mexican Green" were not up to snuff of what "could have been". just paraphrasing here...

now to only get that "100 % Proof" re-issued! from that "other" jazz board that i only frequent on the third tuesday of months beginning with P i gather that there exists a stereo tape of that that is to be the holy grail.

clik

Daffy Duck delivered mine, buttered my toast and drew moustaches on my family portraits! ...and that was only the first cut!

I know I'm a bit late, but, i just ordered up "Iron Giant" in it's special edition. I've heard it's absatutely fantastic. Googling reveals that Lou's "Blues Walk" is on the soundtrack?!!!

You guys need to start filing like in Japan: Instrument as played by the leader on the session is categorized first, horns descending to rhythm, then by first name of the leader within those subsets of alto, baritone, tenor, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, vibes and so on.

Catesta C, you coulda used this one instead of the Hooters Girl!!

that cover is so stooopid!!!

Yes Virginia Woolf, There is a Santa Claus! It's Christmas for Jim!!! Bastards!

Happy Birthday, John!!!!

I'd suggest one of these throw pillows as an accent piece.

Clusone 3 does up "White Christmas" on 'Soft Lights, Sweet Music' and usually suits my mood best with their interpretation!

Ring out the old.

I may be wrong but I think the two older Japanese Fontanas of "Mexican Green" and "100% Proof" are not remastered by the same person who did the new series that are highlighted above by Late. The newer issues of the Scott's two are stupendous sounding in comparison. Just my opinion.

So in keeping with the questions of the month: is it "oh-dear" or "ho-dee-air"?

I've been thinking about getting this one , I think you may have pushed me over the edge. If you do, and you should, skip to track two right off as the opener's trumpeter takes a Chet vocal feature with not nearly enough "horse" power. It's almost worth a Blutarsky. And let me know if you can figure out why the UKs Bembe Segue needs to have such a "brooyyklyn" intonation. Too much Bernadette Peters in the diet. Everything else is fantastic IMO - on the edge of a Messengers meets Pearson with some dead on Hendersonisms and bits of Booker Ervin with sugar. It's no St. Germain by any means. (That's a good thing) Stellar playing all around and it's Copy Protection does not work!

I'm with sidewinder as well when looking back. Domestics aside- Rendell / Carr "Shades of Blue & Dusk Fire" Gilles Peterson "Impressed 2" Barney Wilen's IDA catalogue as completed for me by the good folks in the EU! Jim R's 'Hard Bossa" thread hipped me to a sound I only had few of but wrung the wallet dry. Tenorio Jr, Bossa Tres, Mereilles, Dom Um Romao etc... are now essential. Nessa's Marsh's "All Music" was much nicer to deal with than the changes at AllMusic.com My odd-duck guilty-pleasure is the Blue Note-Italy release of Nicola Conte's "New Directions". Not-so-hard-modal-acid-skoochie-bop if that's what you call it. (it's entirety rises above the two cuts that are absolute dreck!) My wackiest pick was copped from a BFT and found used courtesy of RDK of the Belgian Band FES - "Armstrong Mutations". I could go on...

Bought my 69 yr old mother the new U2 over Thankgiving visit. A bit too same-o for me but mom digs the Edge!

Que-pon or Koo-pon. Kitty Korner or Catty Corner. Poop-on or Poo-Pawn.