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Rather like Lennie Tristano, methinks.

WTF? From CNN: Tornadoes were spotted in the Dallas-Forth Worth, area, prompting the National Weather Service to issue tornado emergencies. Video from CNN affiliate WFAA shows truck trailers being lifted and tossed like toys. Aerial footage also shows damage to homes; a Tarrant County official confirmed damage in the city of Arlington.

Gotta agree with this one (or these three, as the case may be) Some songs just require extraordinarily careful handling: It Don't Mean a Thing, Stardust, Take the A Train... No doubt they've been done to death. But under the hands of a deft and creative musical surgeon, sometimes something worthwhile can be extracted. Damn seldom. Uncategorizable: "C Jam Blues". Almost elegant (in its simplicity) when new, but now so battle-worn... Just get me past the head, please!

Yesterday, I came close to telling the person in front of me "Oh, it looks like the self-checkout is broken", just to steer her to the help she needed, in a traditional checkstand. But me, I'll check myself out anytime: groceries, Home Depot, hotels, air travel...

They can measure consumer sentiment about this and scanner overcharges and mis-bagged produce all they want. My grocery dollars to to Piggly Wiggly. ...or, in a pinch, H.E. Butt.

I'm glad aloc started this thread. Without getting too analytical about it, I'd say that seven of my ten favorite songs have been named. (No accounting for taste...and I'm not satying whether I mean "my taste" or that of "the person who doesn't like X" ) If nothing else, I'm going to have to rethink some future set lists.

Happy birthday from your VERY old friend! All the best for the year.

Sorry I missed you as a donor, jazzmoose. No slight intended. Reading the Org boards on my phone* makes me prone to oversights. Apologies to ANYONE I missed. * computer croaked. No money for a new one right now.

Pop standards, to be more correct, I s'pose. Playing: Night and Day Listening: Alfie

As much as I like levity, some topics will always hit a raw nerve with me, so I can absolutely relate to Dave James' post. But hey, since you dropped into the thread, consider joining GoodSpeak and me as registered organ donors.

Well, I've no-showed a few. I've also had a few cancel after I'd booked the ticket (especially sad Eddie Jefferson). I went to a Hank Jones / Tommy Flanagan concert and ended up with solo piano. I saw Chet Baker, horn-less. Strange I can't remember more. Most of them were decades ago when concerts were just about daily events and jazz had more players with (hate to use the term) "demons".

Are you talking about this label? I have the Shepp and a Dexter Gordon and a Chet Baker on the label...as well as some others I can't remember. I assume that's the label. Maybe this is a better link.

A very happy birthday to you, Kyo!

FWIW, I really like that Jessica Williams recording. The title track - one of Jessica's own - should be a standard.

"Kind of Mobley"? What kind of crap is this?

Excluding shows where I performed, and including only shows I paid to see (e.g., no street performers, "jazz, wine and art festivals") I'd say: - one a week in high school - five a week when I was in college/early career - three a week until about 2007 - during the recent economic/financial troubles, maybe one a month, Maybe.

You're lucky. This is when they usually start counting our the five dollar bills they're going to give me.

I hope it's a great one.

Isn't circumventing the paywall kind of like illegally downloading music? Hey, just asking.

Give me a minute to find my glasses.

Flatt, Scruggs and Watson - to name but three from the bluegrass field - all significantly broadened my musical tastes and heightened my musical enjoyment. So thanks and rest peacefully, Earl Scruggs.

I've got clients in Santa Clara, San Jose, Mountain View and Palo Alto, so I see these things on the roads pretty frequently. It's sad, but I've ceased being amazed by technology, there's just so much out there. I do rather like the idea of piloting my own car, manual transmission and all.

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I'm not willing to whore myself out for $5 (i.e., give personal information, consent to be tracked, be on a mailing list, be sold to other mailing lists, agree to receive spam on the basis of "a prior business relationship") Ten bucks, maybe.