Brad

I don't think Bobby has to worry; the kid plays the xylophone. Bobby plays the vibes.

What are they and we can check.

I like the broadcasts. You can almost imagine that you're there at the Royal Roost, at the Hi Hat, at Carnegie Hall.

I'm not sure why you would say that since much of the book is recollections. Although it is possible that many of them are apocryphal. Anyway, this particular story was, according to Reisner, related to him by Don Byas.

Welcome Steve to the zoo!

I find it hard to believe that people would have underestimated what's in the Fantasy catalogue. There is incredible variety, more so in some ways than what's in the BN catalogue. Like Jim, I've always been buying the Prestige, Riversides, etc. and always tried to make sure to pick up the new ones that interested me. I think there has been a bias, however, towards BN, that the original sessions weren't as tight as a BN production (which I believe Chris A. has dispelled) or that the masterings on thecd reissues weren't that good or just not as good as BN. Maybe so, but that never stopped me on what I thought was great music. This thread has been beneficial in that it's pointed out some gems from the catalogue that I might have other missed.

Hey Don, have yourself a good one and here's to happy trading in the new year

If I'm not incorrect, most Verves from Japan carry the POCJ designation.

I have to wholeheartedly agree with Chris' post from early this morning (6:44). This conduct is shocking and disturbing but it doesn't make me love his music any less. Carrying a knife doesn't seem to be that unusual. In Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker by Robert Reisner, he relates a story about Don Byas and Charlie Parker in which Byas says that Bird is not showing him anything on his horn whereupon Bird invites him outside and pulls a knife and then Byas pulls out a bigger knife which from what I remember ended the whole thing with Bird saying something like he thought that Don Byas would have really cut him.

I can understand Dan being pissed and I don't disagree with anything he has said. I mentioned to a friend of mine at work who is a big fan like Dan that I wished Pedro had stayed with the Red Sox, nothing to do with the Mets, but all to do with the fans and the franchise. I think he should have finished his career with the Sox. He's going into the Hall with the Sox so why not stay there. People cite the money that he couldn't pass it up. Why , how much is enough, for chriss sake. The guy is revered in Boston. Onto the Mets, he's coming into a tough situation like Dan described. A rookie manager. Pedro is a lot to handle. They could have a decent pitching staff but their hitting is abominable. They need to get young and this is certainly not the way. Look, they're going to be bad for awhile so accept it and rebuild. Getting Sosa (god forbid) or Moises Alou is not the answer. The whole thing is a PR move. The Mets want to get the back pages of the Daily News and the Post back and this is certainly a way to do it. The Mets have thrown a lot of money in the wrong places in the last few years and this will probably be another example. Delgado would be another example of that also. This team was much better run before Wilpon got full control. They would have never gotten Piazza but for Doubleday insisting on it. And it's not like it's a poor team; they have money. They just make foolish decisions. In that respect you have to admire the Sox. They know how much they're going to give and if it goes over the line, they walk away. I was surprised by Pavano and disappointed but their pitching staff is not so hot either. He's only been a winner for the past year and a half so the jury is still out on him. Renteria is solid. Good pickup.

Nearly fell off my seat when I read this post but I guess we all change . I have none but how would SACDs sound on a regular cd player?

Jim, there's a few of these already at Abe Books.

Larry is right about that album. Speaking of which, if anyone has Larry's book (and who of here probably doesn't), you ought to check out the two pieces Larry has about Art Pepper. Required reading, IMHO.

That is a hell of a cover, for sure

Today is Barry Harris birthday, one of the top pianists in the post 50s era, keeping, as I've heard it said, the flame of bop alive. So let's wish him a great birthday today!

Man, these birthdays just keep on comin'. Happy birthday, Herr Couwenberg

Wow. That's a little pricey, isn't it. Wonder how they'll do.

I've taken Chuck's suggestion and asked for Blue Stompin' plus the Webster Young for Xmas. Really lookin' forward to that Hal Singer cd.

Well, come to think of it, they don't sound too romantic, do they? More seriously, I don't understand the point. You're not alone. Favorites: dates with Sonny.

I just picked up, coincidentally, the Al Cohn Barry Harris cd so looking forward to that.

That's a pretty good deal on the Melle. I think it went for a high amount on ebay in the last week or so.

Those will be on my reading list next year. Perhaps it was the enormity of his personality and his contribution that makes it hard to get an all encompassing biography.

Thank you for that link. I must missed that thread entirely. It is very sad news indeed. I had no idea.

I was wondering if Max has been ill lately because in the past week or so Phil Schapp on his Charlie Parker show on WKCR has been asking listeners to send in card to WKCR to send to Max but Phil Schapp doesn't really say if Max is ill. Does anybody know one way or the other?

I just realized that I have the Dolo Coker Cd and that is an outstanding cd. That along with the Barry Harris cds and True Blue are probably the best although the Jimmy Raney Sonny Clark Cd, Together, is pretty fantastic.