BeBop

Weird. I was just helping a non-English speaking friend order a CD box from Concord (on my computer - meaning with my 'cookies', whatever those might be). As soon as the item went in the cart, it was 20% off. No coupons entered.

The Smith is a great one. Can anyone fill me in on the Turrentine? I see the song list. Was this the "Plays the Pop Hits" album? Sorry, no discography at-hand.

I was talking to a friend about American Community School just a few weeks ago. His father worked for, I think he said, the Military Advisory Group. ??

$6.99 Sale http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?Se....sony699.041508 825 Jazz items http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?di...51&Ne=10000 (Includes March RVGs)

Sorry if anyone interprets that as negative; not intended to be.

Wow, you're Bob Parlocha!

I can't imagine Mosaic not "doing you right" by replacing the book. It's not like they're a car dealer or anything. "Oh, they all do that..."

I ordered this a month before my last trip to the States. It hadn't arived by the time I left. So I still haven't heard it. Bummer. Right now, I'm listening to the Archie Shepp station on Imeem.

A great, great set. I even bought the CDs to supplement the LP versions I already had. If nothing else, the CDs are easier to add to the MP3 player.

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home Not sure what it all means. But I was at Boo Boo a couple of years ago for Record Store Day, and they had some deals. Celebrate.

hap...hap...happy.

Good night? Good Morning!

I believe that "Leaders & Success" is just the column/feature name in Investors Business Daily.

IBD is a pretty stuffy paper; no false advertising in the title. The article isn't full of revelations, but I thought it was decent, and the source, remarkable. Benny Goodman? And it quotes a record store guy? No author credit. Perhaps this is from another source, reproduced? Elvin Jones Had The Beat Of A Different Drummer April 09, 2008: 08:05 PM EST Apr. 10, 2008 (Investor's Business Daily delivered by Newstex) -- Elvin Jones did a stellar job keeping time on the drums. But he had no intention of staying in the musical background. Jones constantly experimented by adding several layers of rhythms. He used his arms and legs to pound and tap out rhythms at varying speeds on various parts of his drum kit -- all at once. Jones' quest for innovation created a unique sound that took jazz music in a new direction in the mid- to late 1950s, says author Ashley Kahn, whose book "A Love Supreme," a biography on saxophonist John Coltrane, contained a foreword penned by Jones. Fans call Jones one of the top drummers of the 20th century. "Elvin took the drums to a whole other plane," Kahn said. "He saw this incredible polyrhythmic possibility there where you do something with each limb that could be totally independent and still lock in together. That could suggest the backbeat, but could also give you a symphony of textures and rhythms." The young Jones built on the efforts of other jazz drummers of the day such as Max Roach, Shadow Wilson and Roy Haynes, says Adam Mansbach, a novelist who also worked as Jones' drum technician. "What you get with Elvin is a guy who has effectively figured out how to do by himself on a drum kit what it takes three drummers to do," Mansbach said. "He put drums on the front line, on par with other front-line instruments." Jones wanted to be more than a human metronome, he told the Chicago Tribune. "I simply never really bought the old concepts of what a drummer should be," he said. Jones' 60-year career included working with leading jazz artists, including Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Joe Henderson. Jones released nearly 50 albums as a band leader. He recorded more than 500 albums, including band projects and compilations. He got hooked on drums at age 2 while watching a circus parade. In high school, he played the bass drum in the school marching band. "Other kids didn't like to carry that bass drum," he told Down Beat magazine. "I was a big kid and I loved it." He focused on one pursuit. "I didn't want to play baseball, football or anything like that," he said. "I wanted to play drums." Jones grew up the youngest of 10 children in Pontiac, Mich. His father was a lumber inspector for General Motors. It was the Great Depression. Jones saved what he could while doing odd jobs and got his first drum set at 13. Brothers Hank, a pianist, and Thad, a trumpeter, also forged careers as jazz musicians and provided guidance, says Hyland Harris, manager of the jazz section for retailer J&R Music. "He was self-taught, but he was in a good environment where he would know things (about music)," Harris said. Jones also practiced constantly -- up to 12 hours a day. "As a kid he carried a pair of drumsticks with him wherever he went," Mansbach said. "He would basically play on any available surface." Sure of his direction in life, Jones played his first pro gig at 14. He received a hamburger as payment. Jones entered the Army in 1946 and played in marching bands. "It gave me the timekeeping and the discipline that's required for coordination," he said. Aware that music was a mental and physical commitment, Jones concentrated on his breathing while practicing and performing. "One of the first things to learn is breath control. A drummer uses the same discipline for breath control as a horn player," Jones said. After leaving the service in 1949, Jones rejoined the jazz scene. Looking to expand his repertoire, he sought to work with a variety of musicians, such as tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray and vibraphonist Milt Jackson. He became the house drummer at Detroit's Bluebird Inn, a noted tour stop for many jazz greats. He listened keenly to each person who played, picking up tips. By 1956, Jones was ready for bigger challenges. He moved to New York City to get more work. He failed an audition with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Still, he picked up a spot with bassist Charles Mingus and toured with him. Later, he played with Miles Davis. In 1961, Jones released his first record as a band leader. Also that year, he joined a new band, the John Coltrane Quartet, considered a hallmark in the history of jazz. Jones' unique style gave Coltrane a new canvas on which to paint sounds, says Kahn: "Jones had a very elastic sense of time. If you have that, it inspires you to try different things on other instruments." Jones left Coltrane in 1966. He played briefly with the Duke Ellington Orchestra before pursuing a career as a band leader of the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. Believing live music was the best way to touch others, Jones played more than 200 live dates a year through most of his career. He began scaling back live appearances in 2001 because of heart problems. But he wouldn't quit. In 2002, 10 days after one heart operation, he played for a week at the Blue Note jazz club in New York. Jones' last performance was at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland, Calif., in April 2004. His frail health was noticeable. His wife, Keiko, who was also his manager, helped him to the bandstand and handed him his sticks. He died the next month at 76. This story originally ran July 8, 2004, on Leaders & Success.

Howdy? You must be from South San Francisco.

Now THAT was funny.

I don't work for or endorse Music Direct. Just FYI. $50 a pop. ----------- Contact Music Direct 1-800-449-8333 md@musicdirect.com Japanese Blue Note Re-Issues Coming In June 20 New Import Japanese Blue Note Re-Issues Just Announced - Shipping June 2008! Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Alfred Lion, legendary co-founder of Blue Note Records in 1939, the following 20 titles from Blue Note will be re-issued on super quiet Japanese vinyl. All titles will be available in June 2008 and are part of an extremely limited pressing run. Each will be pressed from the original Rudy Van Gelder (RVG) master onto premium-quality 180g Japanese vinyl. The Japanese are meticulous in the pressing of their records and each album will be pressed on dead-quiet, 180g Japanese Virgin Vinyl, obliterating pressings done elsewhere. Only the highest-quality titles are being released from the original analog tapes. This is a strictly one-time pressing run and quantities will be extremely limited. You definitely do not want to miss out on this extremely collectable run of AAA jazz titles, so we strongly urge you to preorder now. All titles $49.99 each, preorder your now for best fill! These will go fast! Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Sonny Clark Cool Strutin' (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Moanin' (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Bud Powell The Scene Changes (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) John Coltrane Blue Train (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Sonny Rollins A Night at the Village Vanguard (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Lee Morgan Candy (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Clifford Brown Memorial Album (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Kenny Dorham 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Jackie Mclean Swing, Swag, Swingin' (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Hank Mobley Workout (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Donald Byrd Fuego (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Duke Jordan Flight to Jordan (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Tina Brooks True Blue (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Kenny Drew Undercurrent (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) John Griffin The Congregation (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers A Night In Tunisia (Limited Edition 180g Japanese Import LP)

I suppose I should have thrown this into the Politics area of the forum.

Unlucky strikes Apr 3rd 2008 From The Economist print edition America's smoking bans are causing fatal accidents BANNING smoking in public places is supposed to save lives. It encourages people to smoke less, so they do themselves and those around them less harm. That, at least, is the theory. Whether it works may depend on how uniform anti-smoking legislation is. Although many countries have introduced national bans, America has taken a piecemeal approach. A number of states, counties and municipalities have introduced various types of bans, and have enforced them with varying degrees of rigour. The problem with this, say Scott Adams and Chad Cotti, economists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is that smoking bans seem to have been followed by an increase in drunk-driving and in fatal accidents involving alcohol. In research published in the Journal of Public Economics, the authors find evidence that smokers are driving farther to places where smoking in bars is allowed. The researchers analysed data from 120 American counties, 20 of which had banned smoking. They found a smoking ban increased fatal alcohol-related car accidents by 13% in a typical county containing 680,000 people. This is the equivalent of 2.5 fatal accidents (equivalent to approximately six deaths). Furthermore, drunk-driving smokers have not changed their ways over time. In areas where the ban has been in place for longer than 18 months, the increased accident rate is 19%. The findings, say the pair, are consistent with the suggestion that smokers are driving farther to alternative places to drink. This may be because they are driving to bars with outdoor seating, or to bars which are not enforcing the smoking ban. Another explanation is that some smokers are “jurisdiction shopping” to places where they may puff. Accident rates can be especially high where border-hopping to still-smoky bars is possible. Accidents in Delaware county in Pennsylvania increased by 26% after the next-door state of Delaware introduced a smoking ban in 2002. Similarly, when Boulder county banned smoking, fatal accidents in Jefferson county, between Boulder county and Denver, went up by 40%. How this weighs up against the long-term health effects of smoking bans is unclear. But it serves as a warning to well-meaning legislators.

Well, that was a rousing welcome...to Denis' one post so far. Don't disappoint us!

Welcome.

Better late than... Happy Birthday!

Hmmm. Not so fast, BeBop.

Happy birthday! Enjoy!

Disposable razors on both face and legs. I'd never admit to trying those Daisy razors for my gams, as Maren mentions, but they are superior to the face-oriented blades for that job.