John Tapscott

In light of edc's comments, I relistened to Tommy's live trio CD "Sunset and the Mockingbird - The Birthday Concert" on Blue Note. I invite everyone who has it (or even if you don't) to give that a good listen and then honestly ask yourself if 1) and 2) above are indeed true, namely, that Tommy has limited emotional range, and that he is a "limited" pianist. That CD IMO makes mockery of those assertions. In fact, following up on this discussion, I think someone ought to nominate that CD for an AOTW.

Some favs: Oliver Nelson Mosaic Gary Smulyan - More Treasures ( Reservoir) Maria Schneider - Sky Blue (artistshare) Bud Shank/Bill Mays (Jazzed Media) Stan Kenton Plays the Compostions of Dee Barton (Capitol) Roberta Gambarini - Easy to Love (Groovin' High) Frank Tiberi - 4 Brothers 7 (Jazzed Media)

Just checking in on this thread for the first time. Wow! The post that started it all was pretty mild in my view. Chris Albertson once had a disagreement with Peter Nero. Holy Smokes! What earth-shaking, board-busting stuff! I have to say that as much as I disagree with Chris' views on several important issues, I do enjoy his postings. And I'm always happy when I open a CD and find that he's the author of the liner notes. You can always count on well-written, well-informed commentary on the music.

Clementine, To each his own, taste is a personal thing, but if you are unable to appreciate Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones, you have my sympathy. Just the other day I received Tommy Flanagan's Solo Piano CD on Storyville (recorded in 1974, apparently Tommy's first solo piano CD). I listened to all 72 minutes straight-through without napping once. It fits my definition of beautiful, swinging piano jazz.

I goofed. Meant to vote for "Masterpeices" but accidently voted for the one right above it . So one vote more for "Masterpieces", one less for "The Intimate Ellington." BTW, the Latin American Suite is great Ellington, too.

I really dig the single CD compilation from 3 concerts (including 4 tracks from Carnegie) called "The Great Concerts". Edit to add: Dave's latest CD on Telarc "Indian Summer" - solo piano recorded March 2007 is very, very nice, indeed.

Yes, I too will miss it. But thanks for the ride, Jim. It's been great . All the best. email- jajtapscott@sympatico.ca P.S. Kind of wanted to say this for a long time, but if someone else takes it over or starts a new Board under another name, whatever, I suggest either banning political/religious discussions altogether, or segregating them in a way that all the music topics are together in one section and everything else in another section. In other words, you might have two icons with one saying, "Today's Music Topics" and another saying "Today's Other Topics." I've seen this on another Board. That way you could click on the music topics and not have to scroll through all the other stuff. 'Cause it sure ain't the music that causes the problems here.

Almost any of Hank Mobley's album covers. Ahhh... there were some things I liked about those "politically incorrect" days.

RIP, Cecil. A very fine player. I have a couple of his Delmark CD's which I enjoy very much. Also a Muse LP with Duke Jordan called "Brooklyn Brothers."

Well, seeing that most jazz releases (at least the ones I buy) are on small independent labels, I would say the producer has a most important role - namely, putting up the $$$$.

Thanks for posting that GA. That's exactly what I was saying, the Argos not being in the Grey Cup is directly tied to poor management/coaching decisions.

'Riders. Tie Breaker = 52 Points. 'Riders 30, Bombers 22.

I pin this loss on the Argos management, including coach Clemons. The team seemed poorly prepared and without a coherent game plan. I blame Clemons for this along with the fact that he didn't put the muzzle his players earlier in the week when they started boasting to the media about how Winnipeg would be no problem. Those comments only stirred Winnipeg up. The Argos have no running game. The Argos best ball carrier is Bishop (which is kind of sad, actually), but the Argos won't let him take off with it after he broke his wrist earlier in the year against Calgary. If the other team's defense knows that 90% of your plays are going to be passes, (and most of them deep ones at that), you're not going to complete many. And management knew Prefontaine was going to have trouble kicking field goals because of his concussion problems. They should have signed someone to do just that for the game. Adjust the roster somewhere else if you have to. You can't win if you can't kick field goals. It was another boneheaded loss by the Argos.

With QB Kevin Glenn out for the Bombers, I'd say the Green Riders are a good bet for the Cup!

I agree, though I'm cheering for the 'Riders. Of course, I'm also hoping for the Argos, but I've been an Argo fan since 1965 (when I was 10!) and I know that with the Argos, if anything can go wrong it will!

Jack Teagarden Capitol 50's Sessions

They must have been. No other band leader would have put up with Gonsalves' shenanigans (like falling asleep on the stand). In '71 and beyond Duke carried an extra saxophone player to cover the times Paul failed to show up. BTW, I think Paul is a great player, perhaps one of the most underrated of all tenor players. Maybe that also explains Duke's devotion.

Thanks for reminding me of these. I have them all and they're great (though I had sort of forgotten about them). I'm going to give them a listen.

Have a good one, GA! Happy Birthday!!

Today and over the next few days - Jackie McLean 64-66 BN sessions

The jfk tribute came off a lot better than I had anticipated. I liked the archival speech introductions that set the theme for each song...'Artists' rightful place' was pretty awesome, imo (both the sentiment of JFK's speech and the music) I agree. Never having heard the Kennedy thing before, I would say it's pretty good, better than I had expected. Overall the whole set is very strong and I really like it, though there are parts of discs 5 & 6 with Jimmy Smith which seem a tad weaker than the rest. On the other hand that's what you get with "complete" sets and some of the stuff with Smith is really good. Edited for spelling

Hey, what about the Argos!! QB Michael Bishop was really getting ripped on the phone-in sports shows in TO last week. Yes, his inexperience sometimes shows, but c'mon! I forget what the exact figure is, but I think the Argos lost only 2 (maybe 1) game that he started all year. 2-6 when he returned from injury, finishing 11-7 and in first place overall. Remarkable, really. I don't give a fig what the QB's stats are, as long as the team wins, and with Bishop the Argos win, sometimes ugly, but they WIN! The team plays with a lot more confidence with Bishop, because they know he has the ability to pull off a big play anytime. And he always seems to, when it's needed.

Oliver Nelson - Discs 3 & 4

Oliver Nelson - Discs 1 & 2

Heavens, no! PM sent to Chuck re Canadian delivery. Now ordered. Thanks, Chuck!