Harold_Z

Happy Birthday, Fasstrac.

Any chance of getting the counseling here instead of in AZ? With an idea towards NOT making the move? Does Catrina like NY? I dunno. It's a rough situation. My first reaction is "No. This is where I have to be and the kids will have to get used to it." but maybe that's too hard nosed in today's world. Maybe I would lean towards let's give it a little more time here to see if things sort out, while weighing the pros and cons of the move. You probably don't want to move the kids in the middle of a school year, so that would mean no move before June of next year. But another dynamic is HEY - you're in a household with what? 3 other people? If you're the only one that wants to be here, you're in trouble.

My condolences.

An Oral History of WWII. Really good.

Happy Birthday EKE !

Marla Maples George Cables Charles Ables

Could it be that the people running the big conglomerates don't respect jazz as mcuh as they respect classical ?

The set is a swingfest from beginning to end. Hamp is one driving MF.

Exactly. All the majors are interested in is the big prize. They ignore a secondary and I think lucrative secondary market. I believe the same is true of TV and Radio.

Is there food? Do we eat on the gig?

I saw the first set at the Tower in Paramus NJ last night.

I'd like to hear that. What do you play? PS: That's nothing compared to the way club daters (and, sorry to say, also 'hip' jazzers) massacre Jobim. Oy vay..... Electric Bass. But I swing. Yeah..they kill Jobim too.

Thanks for the reminder. I meant to read this when it first came out and had forgotten all about it. Hopefully this will prompt me into reading it. I'm sure I would dig it. Also meant to read A Drinking Life. I'm gigging a lot with an excellent singer guitarist who really knows the Sinatra stuff inside out. It's great to be doing a lot of those tunes and to be doing them with the right changes (amazing how club daters masacre a lot ot those tunes). I had (and have) to shed with the records on occasion and I dig the hell out of doing that!

Happy Birthday JAZZKAT!

Baby Washington Sugar Chile Robinson Little Peggy March

Best of luck Fass.

Just to add to my post above - I was fortunate enought see Louis with Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw and Danny Barcellona. The female vocalists were on varying occasions either Jewel Brown or Laverne Baker. My God. What wonderful memories. Many years later I had the good fortune to work opposite Arvell at Jimmy Weston's on 53rd St in NYC. He was either with Dorothy Donegan or Hazel Scott. Both worked there frequently and I really can't be sure, but I think it was Dorothy. Arvell was a nice cat too. Rudy Collins, another nice cat, was the regular drummer (different guys subbed. Sometimes Ray Mosca or Roy Haynes, for example).

I had "fan" contact when I was a teenager. I saw him live several times and got his autogrpah each time. usually on a program or an 8X10. He was always friendly and warm. When I was in high school I played trumpet and was in marching band and took lessons (never worked out in the long run - I became a bass player). I told Louis I played trumpet. He smiled and said in that marvelous voice "Keep blowin' Pops". HE called everyone pops. AND he was Pops. Nothin'[ but good vibes from my contacts with him.

You caught me at the right time on that one Chuck. I almost choked on my stoly on the rocks.

Happy birthday SJ, and many more.

Now I'm hungry ! Splash some olive oil on some eggplant and have it on the side.

I'll second that!

Happy Birthday and many more. Safe and Healthy.

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WOW ! Lot's from around the Northern Jersey Area. Passaic was home to Shirelles and Donald Fagen lived here at one time. Joey Dee was born in Passaic, but as far as I know lived in Lodi. The Tokens were from Paterson as was Jimmy Charles. The Duprees and Kool and the Gang were from Jersey City. The Rascals and The Vanilla Fudge were local also. Around the Garfield/Lodi area. I'm sure I've left out as many as I've put in, if not more. Oh! The Four Seasons were from Newark. All these towns are within 10 or 15 miles from one another.