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Have you heard another Bay Arean, Jim Rothermel? Again, in the echlons below "ne plus ultra", but he's got chops and some kind of following. I rather enjoyed him with Dick Oxtot and Swing Fever. http://www.jimrothermel.com/PartialCredits.htm

Have a most excellent birthday!

I'm not a real South America kind of guy, but I really like Bariloche. Great hiking (back when I could), good public transport, even a restaurant on 20 de Febrero that didn't laugh in my vegetarian face.

If cool names count, Jelly Roll had some winners: "Balls" Ball; Voltaire de Faut; Happy Cauldwell; Alfie Evans He also had some good ones: Dodds, Simeon, Roppolo, Procope, Albert Nicholas, Bigard (in a trio), Lorenzo Tio And Wilton Crawley

I think he means Pee Wee Herman.

I wish there was more Lester Young on clarinet.

Agree absolutely. This was one of the first LPs I "digitized" so I could carry on my MP3 portable...way back when.

I don't post anything that's less than 40% (based on Borders' pricing) and generally don't post anything that isn't good on the web (based on Borders' in-store selection). But there you go.

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40% off CDs, single disc, through the 19th, but NOT valid online...so it's pretty low value, unless your local Borders still has CDs. And not vald on boxes.

Anything going on Sept 10-13? Austin Chroniclethe best place to check?

You'll have to read it to find out. (You'll know within a couple of sentences.) From today's New York Times

Wishing you all the best!

I've got a a couple of the Lab Band LPs at my father's house. Kinda wish I had a digitized version on my portable. But it never seemed like the right thing to do at the time. I was around only for the "transition" days, '79-'81.

More links: Wikipedia (background) Houston Chronicle (news)

Picked this up at AllAboutJazz Musical director at North Texas State University (legendary) jazz bands. Link Jsngry, did you pass through his bands?

Any updates on the Cincinnati scene? I've got work there in December.

Attention Bay Areans: Donald Bailey at Laurel District Fair in Oakland. Saturday.

I've got Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Les Stances A Sophie. I guess the Chicago part is American.

No, I'm at the mercy of others. I'll be starting from Austin September 10-14, then Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, back to Austin, then on to Abilene, Amarillo and - three weeks later - out and on to Azerbaijan/Georgia.

I'm going to have to guess which advice jazzbo is referring to.

The fried dough story, in brief: Arrived in Arad Romania on train from Budapest. Need to spend the night in the train station, before train to Sibiu in the morning. It's 1990. Nicolae Ceauşescu's still warm in the grave. The train station is cold, lit by a single bulb in the "grand hall", and populated by the downtrodden...plus my girlfriend and me. (What WAS I thinking...if I was thinking.) The sole food available: langos (that's phoenetic - I've no idea how the locals spelled it.) They got her through the night, and remain a source of laughs twenty years later.

Doing a bit of research. Based on previous visits to Houston and Dallas*, I'd allocated my time there pretty lightly, recognizing that they may be less "my style" than Austin for hanging out/not working. My only time in San Antonio has been work time. So, as I look around at non-work possibilities (neighborhoods, clubs, shops, interesting restaurants), I'm forming an impression that it's not a very interesting/cool place. I'm not dissing anyone's town, but I'm just not unearthing gems in my research. Confirm/Deny? * and college in Denton

The hotel's definitely on my "short list". The "humble-er" rooms fall within my rate limits*. Thanks for the tip! * not so sure that the "curbside service" Mr. Lowe mentioned falls within rate limits.

Have a great one!