John Tapscott

Kenton Presents Cooper, Holman & Rosolino - Disc 1

A great album. Actually the first Ornette album I ever bought. I find it hard to choose between Ornette's Atlantics. All indispensable in my view. Therefore one needs....

Less than 2 hours ago, before seeing this post, I ordered "Stepping Stones." Now I'm really looking forward to it.

I presume the people who have problems with this thread have either whited-out or otherwise defaced or deleted the poem on the LP or CD. If you don't like it, blame Coltrane; don't blame the poster. Or don't read the thread.

A personal favorite.

Phil Norman Tentet - Wide Range Phil Norman Tentet - Live at the Lighthouse Phil Kelly & the Northwest Prevailing Winds - Convergence Zone

Ditto. Well said.

Bob was a talented musician with a very distinctive sound and phrasing on valve trombone. Once you'd heard his playing, you could always identify it from then on. He has some fine solos on the Bill Holman Band Live! Cd (JazzEd Media), recorded in 2004. (He was 84 at the time! and his playing sounds just as it did in the West Coast jazz days of the '50's and with the Terry Gibbs Band). R.I.P.

Well, in that case, not quite everyone is welcome to play. Too bad Canadians are left out!

Listened to my "Rollin' With Leo" LP on the weekend. Yeah, $20 is a bit pricey for a CD maybe, but I would say 'go for it." Skip lunch tomorrow. You won't be sorry. I agree with Kevin. It's an excellent, swinging date.

Carl Saunders - "Can You Dig Being Dug? - a new one and a very good one!

Male barber. I use the same one regularly. Nothing complicated, just a tidy haircut every 3-4 weeks. I'd rather spend the extra money for a stylist on a jazz CD.

Just got "In My Time" today. Better IMHO, than "New York, New Sound". The band and the sound engineer sound like they were really ready this time around.

T.O. is an idiot, no doubt, and he should have kept his mouth shut and collected his salary. But I honestly began wondering last night if he didn't have a point when he said the problem with Philly was at QB. (Not that I think Favre is the answer by any means- he's pretty much done in my view). But I watched the first three quarters last night and though the Eagles were leading at that point, I didn't think McNabb looked all that impressive. He didn't seem to be playing with a lot of confidence and he wasn't as dominating as a championship quarterback must be, especially at home. The Eagles have a lot of problems.

I like Fusco, too, but he's defintely 50+ having playing with the Jets more than 30 years ago. I also like Julius Tolentino, who has a new CD out on Sharp Nine. You know, I liked Christopher Hollyday a lot, too. As for what happened to him it seems he now lives in San Diego where he's a jazz educator. He's also on a new CD by trombonist Scott Kyle, which I have just ordered from Cdbaby.com. (The Hollyday info. is contained in the blurb for this CD on the site).

Well, I differ from Lon on the Nelson material. What I have of it makes me want to hear all of it. To me Oliver is a funny big band writer. I've heard stuff of his (for example, on the Verve Jazz Masters compilation) which is really incredible and whets my appetite for more, and other stuff which seems a bit (hate to use the word) lazy, where it seems he could have done much more (the Jimmy Smith and the Live from Los Angeles dates) are like that. I'll probably get it the Nelson, though it won't be a priority. Too much big band stuff from Mosaic? No, not at all. In fact, I wish they would do Woody Herman's '62-'64 Philips dates. Fabulous music.

And now for a change - This is a great set, not to be overlooked!

Disc 1

Had this one on vinyl many years ago. Picked up the Bluebird CD edition today. I'm really looking forward to hearing this one again and checking out what people think of it.

Happy Birthday and may a few Conns come your way today!

It's hard to imagine anyone beating the Colts this year. They could well be the first undefeated team since the Dolphins. To be able to handle Pats like that on the road is pretty impressive. Injuries notwithstanding, the Super Bowl champs should have been up for last nights game, but they seemed pretty flat. I'm always amazed at how well Manning avoids the pass rush, not by scrambling running around like Michael Vick does, but with those little stutter steps, which keep him moving all the time, and just out of the defender's reach. It's fun to watch. I also detect a better all round team focus on the Colts this year. BTW, I figure Owens is wrong when he says the Eagles would be better off with Favre. To me, it looks as if Favre is playing in a fog this year. Has GB declined that much as a team, or is Favre himself really at the end of the line?

Walt Wesikopf deserves a listen. His latest CD on Criss Cross with Andy Fusco is a real good one. Also, there's a guy up here in Canada named Mike Murley, around 40, and take my word for it, this guy is a tremendous tenor player. Do a search and grab some of his CD's. You won't be disappointed. If he lived in the States, he'd be a big deal, guaranteed.

That's a very good question. I haven't heard the new one, but I hope it's an improvement on "New York, New Sound", which is probably the CD David Weiss was referring to. That one could have been so good but fell flat, in my opinion, especially in sound quality. Gerald's MAMA and Discovery CD's are better, IMO.

That's right. My parents and grandparents were big Welk fans and I often heard the program in the background when I was a kid (wishing the program would soon be over and we could switch to the hockey game). Those were the days of 1 TV per household. But Welk had some excellent jazz musicians in the band who could really play when they were let loose. One guy was a trombonist by the name of Bob Havens, who played a Teagarden-inspired horn as well as anyone. Also two jazz clarinet players - Peanuts Hucko and Henry Cuesta, plus of course, drummer Paul Humphries. I'm sure there were others I can't name. I was surprised to read the earlier posting about Welk's alleged tightness with the dollar. I thought the opposite was true - that he paid very well, which was the reason he could get and keep top-rate people for decades.

I read somewhere that Welk really liked Hodges' playing and offered him big $$$$$ to join his orginization, but Johnny decided to stay with Ellington and continue complaining about the big $$$ he was getting there.