BruceH

Yes: "Code of the Woosters" is an excellent starting point, then "Jeeves In the Morning." Then you'll be on your way. For short stories, try the collection "Heart of A Goof" or "The Golf Omnibus."

A friend and former roomate of mine wrote a review of the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh----it's the lengthy one titled "An Overlooked Essential." He said he wrote it when he was half-drunk, but I really like it. I told him, man, you should review some more. Your public demands it! But he refuses to listen to his fans and remains silent. With most of the sets I find most or all of what I want to say has already been aired in a previous review. Maybe I should get half drunk.

Anyone see the Gary Giddins column in the June Jazz Times (the one with Greg Osby on the cover)? It's about Don Byas. Nice little article.

Nobody beats Wodehouse on the printed page, that's for sure. Jazzbo, I have that Allen monologue on a record. Haven't played it years. Thanks.

Not a bad idea. Still wish they could make it look better though.

Personally, I don't like it. Looks kind of ugly in comparison to the old one. The old opening page seemed fine to me, so why change it?

A news guy on the radio said that this expanation indicates that Sammy would rather come off as a dummy than as a cheat. The whole thing is sordid and sad. This will be a hell of an asterisk in his record.

1919, the year relativity was confirmed.

Zero, my hero. Sure it's a number. Sort of. What about imaginary? Complex? Transfinite?

This was tough----a lot of my favorite numbers are on this list. Hard to choose between 14,17, and 18. I finally voted for 12 because it's evenly divisible by 2,3,4, and 6. That's four numbers (not counting itself and one, of course). That's a lot of divisors for such a small number. Sure, 18 has 2,3,6, and 9 but look how much bigger 18 is than 12! 12 is amazing! Rooster, why so down on 16? It is, after all, 2 times 8, and eight is great.

AND it's got Tallulah Bankhead, very enjoyable as the career woman/reporter. Very much a WWII film, but entertaining as such. Sort of a filmed one-act play as well, but better than Rope IMHO.

I voted for Rear Window, but Notorious, The Lady Vanishes, and North By Northwest would be just about tied for second place. And what about Shadow of A Doubt? If you go up to Santa Rosa you can still see traces of the town that Hitchcock filmed in the forties. great performance by Joseph Cotten too.

I also picked eight. Two cubed. There's something to be said for that.

Has anybody heard? Mosaic says they finally got approval from Sony to do a Woody Herman Columbia Sessions box, First & Second Herds (plus Woody's pop vocals w/the Four Chips and studio orchestras). It will be a five-disc set and will supposedly set a lot of discographical errors straight. They have it scheduled for sometime next year. Good news for me, as I always thought the earlier Mosaic Herman box was rather limited.

I was going to suggest In 'n' Out and Mode for Joe but the earlier suggestion of The Real McCoy, because of the similar lineup, is an interesting one. You might want to wait for the RVG of Mode----meanwhile Late has persuaded me to dig out and relisten to my copy of Our Thing.

The tie is broken! It's Sonny by a nose!

I'm late on this, but I agree with the others: go for the Roost.

Will this summer never end??

Terrific news!

I very much agree with sundog about the cover to A Swingin' Affair----and how about the cover to Our Man In Paris for alltime coolness? Am I right Ed?

I too would just follow the crowd. I followed it to allaboutjazz, then here, so why not continue? The point is talk and information exchange among folks who are into jazz, not loyalty to a Board that's been trashed by corporate idiots. If the BNBB comes back in improved form and lots of people post there, then I'll be there. Otherwise, sayonara.

Right on!

Excellent choice.

Yeah, it's okay I guess.

Doin Allright