BruceH

I agree very much with the last three posts. Maybe it's the caveman in me, but I like physically looking at and touching things. And yes, when online catalogs and databases came to my college library in the early 80's I was disturbed by the "at-one-remove" aspect and the lack of serendipity. Also, back in the late 70's and early 80's there were still quite a few independent record stores even well outside the big cities. Shopping there was different. What they lacked in space and stock they more than made up for in personal attention and expertise. Ah well...

The music on this video sounds like Esquivel. Well, OK, very laid-back Esquivel.

Finally got a CD of Rollins's Alfie. Why did it take so long? Because if I wanted to listen to the thing in my car I played my tape of the album, but now my car doesn't have a tape player, just a CD player. Got the vinyl album back in 1986 or so.

Personally, I've always really liked McLean's sharp-toned playing, but then, I never heard him live late in his career, only on recordings dating from the 50's/60's.

Yeah, same here! I had no idea that Bright Moments had a beard!

You mean up 'til now it's been all mixed up?

Oh, and then there's Charles Mingus, of course. Certainly some sort of near-genius at the least.

I'd be tempted to add Lester Young, too, at the very least. And maybe Monk, Art Pepper, and Herbie Nichols. And if anyone out there kicks at Herbie Nichols being categorized as a genius, maybe we should just trash the term.

Yes. I honestly hate Madonna.

You were forced to do it, so it's not a sin.

And she wrote that in her early twenties, no one should write like that so young. It's an amazing book with a lot of unforgettable scenes an images. I'd only read a few of her stories before reading Wise Blood. After reading that one, I'll be reading all of her works. Just have to decompress first. Know what you mean, her books always scare the hell out me also. Where the idea came from that O'Connor writes comedy, I don't know. I've never been to the south, so I have this warped view of the south being like what I read in Faulkner & O'Connor. Wise Blood the film didn't scare me so much as make me feel physically ill. I always wanted to see the film version, was it any good? I liked it (in a weird way) but I still haven't read the book.

Sunny and windy today, highs around 65 at the coast, 75 inland...

I think that back in the day (which is to say, right after "The Sidewinder" became a surprise hit and for the next five years or so) people were sick of all these funky jazz "Sidewinder" knockoffs that were apparently just trying to jump on a perceived bandwagon. THIS far down that road, however, we have the luxury of just judging these tracks as music, and by that measure, "Adam's Apple" comes up smelling pretty darn good.

I think that whole "little acts of courtesy" thing has gone right out the window.

Jazz Giants '58---Getz & Mulligan with Bellson and the Oscar Peterson Trio Actually, I bought this online about a week ago, and it arrived today. Nice record. Also bought some more Elvis on CD and another old Costello Rykodisc. Hey, two Elvis's at once, it just occurred to me...

Good album, good tune, IMHO. Maybe the tune is in a "Sidewinder" mold, but ain't nothin' wrong with that, especially at this late date.

And she wrote that in her early twenties, no one should write like that so young. It's an amazing book with a lot of unforgettable scenes an images. I'd only read a few of her stories before reading Wise Blood. After reading that one, I'll be reading all of her works. Just have to decompress first. Know what you mean, her books always scare the hell out me also. Where the idea came from that O'Connor writes comedy, I don't know. I've never been to the south, so I have this warped view of the south being like what I read in Faulkner & O'Connor. Wise Blood the film didn't scare me so much as make me feel physically ill.

"Is he tall?" "Well...I gotta look up."

Neil Patrick Harris

I agree, and the the black & white helped with the atmosphere of the show immeasurably. There's one episode at least that's an exception, though. It's one of the late, hour-long episodes, which were generally inferior in story terms as well, but this was the one concerning a used-car dealer---he gets a car that somehow magically forces him to tell the truth as long as he owns it. Pretty lame premise, but it's the poor quality of the image that's always amazed me; it doesn't LOOK like The Twilight Zone. It takes place almost entirely on the used-car lot, which is supposed to be outdoors but is clearly filmed in a studio, with harsh, bad studio lighting that makes everything look phony, cheap and terrible. But more than that, the quality of the video is so poor it almost looks like a kinescope image, with those flaring blck halos everywhere. And yet they seem to repeat this episode on TV interminably; I can't tell you how many times I've noticed it over the last ten years or so. You'd think they'd want to bury it.

"What a crazy guy."

My impression has always been that Bixieland is not here for the music. Lester Young's admiration for Trumbauer does give one pause, but nonetheless I personally don't find him as interesting/significant as Beiderbecke. In that I guess I'm like most people.

A whole YEAR??? That's too long. Try to do more posting from the library. You'll be missed.

Too bad, it's a really great little box set. May be my favorite Getz overall, and that's really saying something.

Don't we all?