John Tapscott

I have several Montoliu Steeplechase LP's plus his Concord CD called "A Spanish Treasure." One of my favorites is Tete's 2 LP "Boston Concert" (solo piano) on Steeplechase. Don't know whether it's on CD. But it is recommended (at least by me!)

Steven D. Harris' book "The Kenton Kronicles" says that this clip comes from a TV program called "Sounds of the Sixties" from March 20, 1962; broadcast March 22, 1962. Personnel info. is sketchy , but the tenor soloists who recorded with Kenton in Dec. '61 were Sam Donahue and Buddy Arnold. It's defintely not Donahue, therefore I believe it to be Buddy Arnold. But I am still awaiting confirmation from Kenton personnel experts.

Saskatchewan - 65 points (high but this is the CFL after all, shoot-outs are not uncommon).

I am very sorry for your loss. May you and your family be blessed by comfort and peace.

Happy Birthday, Don!!

I have never heard Joe Henderson to be such a "predictable" player as Allen implies. In fact, one of the things I like about Joe is the sense of unpredictability in his playing - Joe never goes over the edge, but you never quite know where he's going next. I do enjoy Joe's Blue Notes (including the "excellent IMO "State of the Tenor") and early Milestone recordings more than his later Verves. But hey what do I know - I prefer early Lee Konitz to Dave Schildkraut(them's fighting words!)

Joe Henderson - The Milestone Years - great stuff on the first four discs; the last 4, not so much, but they have their moments.

For years I subscribed, but then quit and bought it from the newsstand for years. So a couple of years ago I subscribed again to Coda, because it was becoming hard to find even in the large magazine racks. I received a few issues, but nothing for a year now, I would say....so technically they owe me a few issues, but of course that's not going to happen. Seeing Coda go down would have been very hard on John Norris, I'm sure.

http://www.uptownrecords.net/home/ The Carl Fontana is a good disc.

Chuck used to have the Uptown recordings, but my understanding is not any more. At least that's what he told me a few months ago when I asked about buying a couple from him along with a Nessa disc. So I doubt if he has any Reservoir CDs (correct me please if I'm wrong, Chuck) . Best place to get them is directly at their website http://www.reservoirmusic.com/

Have a great day GA!!

John I think you might have heard Joe say that to me, in an interview on my show years ago. Just to add to the "mad" -- the band had already been paid for the session weeks before, and had spent the bread. You're right, Ted, I got it from your program (which is why we miss it so much!) But I'd honestly forgotten that it came from your Joe Williams interview. I thought you may have said it in introducing a record.

Yes! to all the above comments. Great clip. The Basie band playing "mad". They were always at their best when they did that. (The reference comes from the time the band and Joe Williams remade some of their famous Verve sides for Roulette. Apparently the studio call was for 9AM, and everyone was really ticked off at the early hour. So they played "mad" and got great takes).

"Squatty Roo" from the Dizzy Gillespie Mosaic set Disc 3, track 4. Johnny Hodges guests with Dizzy's Quintet of the day. Both Johnny and Dizzy sound inspired by one another's presence. A great track.

Very interesting. I've visited the site several times today and listened to samples of most CD's. Hard to choose, for sure, as everything sounds very good. The Jimmy Greene is now up on the website. I just ordered it, along with the Neal Smith Quintet CD (the smaples of this one are just smokin'!). If I enjoy these (which is likely- nice samples on the Greene), I'll order more of their catalogue in the future.

The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Groups Sessions

Well, if you can take latter-day Phil Woods (I can and do very happily, no antipathy here), then you can hear Hal on most of Phil's Concord CD's between roughly '88 and '92. And yes, he's an excellent player. With Phil's group, Hal's playing reminds me a bit of Rosolino (high praise). The alto and the trombone in the front line is a very compatible and enjoyable sound.

Well, Schildkraut was mostly in the band when Konitz was there. Not to put Dave down, but golly, in that case I'd tend to give most of the alto solos to Konitz, too. PLUS, Schildkraut always took the fairly lengthy alto solo on Kenton's "Concerto to End All Concertos," which was played at every concert. So Kenton must have thought he was OK.

I think he deserves all the ridicule he gets. Sure the police had a tough time at the summit, and there were some real trouble-makers there, but this woman was clearly not among them. Even the officer beside him looks uncomfortable and rather embarrassed by his tirade. The police got quite a bit of public support for their actions at the G20 summit, but this just makes them look idiotic. Put this guy behind a desk and never let him out on the street again. The lawsuit is a friggin' joke.

A great final episode. As you said above, Lon, I think he's going to regret dumping Faye. You couldn't miss the real pain in her tears as she hung up the phone after Don's break-up call. She'll probably use her professional contacts to undermine the firm somehow, in a jilted lovers' revenge. Interesting how he dumped a highly paid and beautiful professional woman(who clearly would have married him) for an equally beautiful but lowly-paid (though obviously intelligent and gifted) secretary. I do think Megan's easy way with the kids had a lot to do with it. Next season year the kids will want to live full-time with Don and Megan, causing Bets to completely lose it and go off the deep end. I was assuming all along that Joan had the abortion, but apparently not (perhaps I missed something). So she's going to pass Roger's kid off as her husband's. Guess that sort of thing happened more than once with service men returing from overseas. So much to look forward to next season. This show really is addictive.

Fan here. Lean toward the more swinging sides.

Have a Good One!

Tal Farlow Complete Verve Sessions - I really enjoy this set, really enjoy it. So glad I pulled the trigger when it went into last chance.

Jam-A-Ditty is the opening cut on the Prestige two-fer reissue from the 1970s, "The Golden Duke". I always thought it was a compelling opener, rather exciting. No one commented on my previous post: Going back to "Rockin' In Rhythm", I find the version which opens the "70th Birthday Concert" album to be quite exciting. That album is a favorite of mine in general. Has anyone else heard "70th Birthday Concert", and if so, what are your opinions? Yes, I own it and generally I like it. The performance is very good. I must say that I find some of the newer Ducal compostions on it not quite as substantial as his earlier works (eg. The Great Paris Concert from '63, probably my favorite live performance by the Ellington band).

Thanks, everyone, for the birthday greetings.