BruceH

Just picked up a CD of this a week or two ago, and am very pleased with it. I've always liked Jordan as a pianist, but never noticed this 1960 Blue Note before. It features Dizzy Reece and Stanley Turrentine, and strikes me as one of those many, many, unheralded Blue Notes that failed to make a splash at the time but are just incredibly SOLID. I particulary like the uptempo tracks---"Squawkin'," "Split Quick," the title track. All compositions are by Jordan, and there are two bonus tracks, both of them good. (My copy has a white tray, so it may be a conn I didn't know about.) Reactions? Thoughts? What say you all?

Got this album a few days ago. Good stuff! My favorite so far is probably the last track----"Calcutta Blues" I think. What a nice piece of work that is. Thanks for the recommendation, J.

Without a doubt, one of the truly great Velvet Underground songs.... Oh. Never mind.

OH boy! GREAT album!

I wouldn't say Tati is a "belly-laugh" type of artist. Much of his humor elicits appreciative smiles and occasional chuckles more than the hearty "loud" laugh. (Though I have to say there are more "laugh-out-loud" moments in Hulot's Holiday than in any of his other films.) Another thing I've got to say is if you've only seen Tati on video you may be missing half the laughs. I've seen Hulot's Holiday on the big screen and on video, and was amazed at how LESS funny it was on the TV screen. I strongly suspect that all his films play better (and funnier) on the big (i.e., theater) screen. Then again, some people don't like Wodehouse, either. To each his own.

George Crumb, perhaps? Carl Ruggles?

Anyone interested in Lynd Ward's work should go to their friendly local library and check out Storyteller Without Words: The Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward, by Abrams. (It's out of print, of course, but I found it at a library.) It's got all of his woodcut novels, as well as various odd & ends (greeting cards, endpapers, etc) that he did. Also text by the artist himself. Quite a book! He had amazing technique. It's almost too much to take in at once.

One of the few French films actually worth seeing! ( ) Seriously, you should see this ASAP, Moose. A unique pleasure. And I could swear that's either Sidney Bechet or a Bechet imitator on the soundtrack.

I'll have to go there and get...something.

Personally, I thought ALL of the Marvin the Martian shorts should have been included in the new 4-disc Warner Brothers compilation. (AND "The Three Little Bops"---can't have everything though.)

I became a big fan of Fountains of Wayne last year, even going so far as attending a concert. Not sure if you'd really consider them a "new" band, but compared to the Ramones...

"Fly the obnoxious skies..." You'd think they would throw in a switch that would kill the "From the Cockpit" crap. It's only common sense to think that some people don't want to hear those interruptions. ...Oh, wait a minute: "Common sense" and "airlines"---an oxymoron, right?

Just bought a CD of Flight To Jordan----damn good album, but...40 bucks???

Indeed, I had much the same reaction, both to the news of Bob Keeshan's passing and of Jack Paar's. No reflection on them as individuals, you understand, I'd just subconsciously assumed that they'd shuffled off this mortal coil some years ago.

More Songs About Buildings and Food is one of the great albums of all time. Maybe THAT would make a good non-jazz AOTW.

It's kind of staggering to think that Paar retired for good from the Tonight Show when he was 43. Good God, Conan O'Brian's almost that old, and he obviously isn't going anywhere. Leno will die on the studio stage, or they'll have to drag him from it. You could imagine Letterman retiring sometime, but he's already, what, about 57 now? Personally, I find something oddly appealing about a guy who says, in effect, "Hey, I've got enough money and I'm outta here."

Whoops. I sometimes get swept along by my own pedantry. Didn't mean anything by it, Brownian, just a sincere question. I honestly think it's the same artist. I just wish his woodcut books were still in print.

How about Another Green World, by Brian Eno? I still play this once in a while.

Same with me. And I too am a bit surprised that this hasn't been issued on CD before... But that's the music biz for ya!

Very nice. BTW, is this the same Lynd Ward who did "The Biggest Bear," and "The Silver Pony" (not to mention "God's Man")?

Like the fabled "inner groove" at the end of Sgt. Pepper I presume.

Another vote for the Pepper Adams and the Eddie Costa. Hard to go wrong with this label, though it's easy to bankrupt yourself buying too many at once.

Didn't Masereel produce another graphic novel (no words) titled "Passionate Journey"?

My favorites are Katanga, Sunset Eyes, and the 2-disc Mulligan/Baker, but as people have already said, it's hard to find a bad one. Reactivating the series would be a dream come true for me, but doesn't seem too likely.

I hate to admit it, but the flute gets on my nerves a little. BUT (I hasten to add) I'll have to listen to this album some more.