BruceH

"I don't think I ever heard a bad Benny Carter album."---Clandy44 That about sums it up. The liner notes to Sax A La Carter say that when it was recorded in 1960, Carter had been recording for 35 years, yet was less than halfway through his entire recording career! It boggles the mind. One thing about Carter is that he was also a top-notch arranger, and this talent enhances many of his studio dates.

"Autumn Leaves" and "All the Things You Are" come to mind right away.

I can wait! As for Porter, other lyricists rarely matched his playful fecundity. "You're the Top" immediately came to mind, but my memory is so lousy that I can't a complete a stanza. (Re: Indiana---isn't it remarkable how many top-drawer jazz musicians came out of Indianapolis? I smell a new thread here.)

Sounds good to me! Yeah, that hardcover is great----and I don't know anyone who has it, so it's helping to keep my beer tear-free.

Man, and I thought I had a lot of jazz photo and album cover books! I haven't even seen the Blue Note volume 2 book, or knew about it! What's wrong with me?? (Well, at least I've got the original hardcover of Black Beauty, White Heat.)

Damn, ghost, can I get tapes of your show?

Anybody get the new UA/Capitol Benny Carter re-issue, "Sax A La Carter"? A sweet 1960 quartet date. If you'll excuse the expression, I'm lovin' it.

Hmmmm. I think I'll listen to the album of the Monk now. Then some singles of the Bird.

Personally, Hud goes right along with my "hud" theory. As far as I'm concerned, that is. Wouldn't really describe myself as a Coen Bros. fan since I dislike so many of their films. (Including Raising Arizona and Blood Simple.) On the other hand, I really like some...so it would be more accurate to say I run hot and cold on them. I've written them off several times, then they'll come out with a film like Lebowski and I'll be forced to relent. What can I tell ya? ....Films is funny.

Pardon me if someone's already mentioned this, but here's something I don't get: Why "THE" Christ?? Is there some question as to which Christ the movie is referring to?

Some friends of mine, who are also into film noir BTW, had a VERY similar reaction to The Man Who Wasn't There. This was reason enough for me to avoid it. I also really enjoyed Miller's Crossing, saw it three times when it came out. After that, Barton Fink was a major bummer. (For me, Oh Brother got better as it went along.) I'm almost afraid to see Miller's Crossing now, for fear that it won't live up to the memory. In the running for one of the worst movies every made: Hudsucker Proxy. A misfire of almost Hudson Hawkian proportions. (Hypothesis: all films with "Hud" in the title suck.)

Planet? Interesting concept, that jazz luminaries should have a planet named after them. I'll think that over here on Konitz IV. (Just over from Mobley Prime.)

You did good!!! I have the O'Day box and I would be very surprised if you aren't blown away by it (pleased as punch at the very least). A pile of good-to-great stuff by a major artist. Go forth, my son, and feel not guilty; thou hast NOT sinned!

What seems amazing to me about JSP is how they used to do "authentic" high-quality sets (the Django, etc.) and then all of a sudden started flooding the market with quickie rip-offs. Quite a change, and sad.

This is the mark of a really good radio show! I don't listen to This American Life all the time, but occassionally it will strike me like that (usually the more depressing stories). As the show has gained notoriety, more people have praised Glass's anti-announcer voice, that nerdy, affectless monotone of his. I don't know... There are times when I could use a more "normal" voice, a Ray Suarez type voice for a change.

I just got the last one on the list, Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy, used for $5. Pretty good compilation; plenty of music on it.

Words to live by.

REALLY?? I'd be interested in that.

Chuck, the Sedaris story you mention is a big deal to my kids. It's in one of his books (Me Talk Pretty One Day, I believe) so I read it out loud to the family, and the kids said I'd better not act like THAT Dad. So one day I'm driving and I hear Sedaris reading that story on the radio. Then I said to the kids, who were also in the car at the time, "Hey, YOU guys should really play some instruments and start a band--" They screamed and yelled. Then I got a book-on-tape version of Me Talk Pretty out of the library. Great for driving, because the whole thing is read by Sedaris himself. Played parts of it over and over. The upshot of it is that I only have to say something like, "You know, you guys should learn a jazz instrument; it would be great, you could really swing..." to get my boys to scream in mock horror. Ah, the innocent joys of parenthood. Funny as the story is, I really feel for the father. He discovered jazz all on his own and had a real passion for it. But it sounded like nobody else in his life gave a crap about it.

KNOW about her?? I love her work! I've just got four of the songbooks, but they are soooooo good. Originally had them on vinyl, more recently picked them up on CD. Maybe not the most technically impressive singer of all time, but there is something very winning about her style. (BTW, one of her performances, "Looking At You," was used in the movie LA Confidential.)

I agree that it doesn't really matter; but I'd just as soon keep it... I keep wondering what new names they're going to come up with for the highest posters. Hyperfunkateer? Posterplex?

Best of luck in your new home!

Will this get into stores at all?

What do you think of Curtis Fuller?

Impossible to choose...so I voted "Cookin'" more or less at random. (The fact that it was the first that I bought way back when has nothing to do with it!)