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is it me, or does anyone else prefer jazz t-shirts that don't have the artist's name emblazoned on the front? i know who kenny dorham is, and if someone doesn't, i'd rather they approach me and say, "cool shirt, who is that?" rather than seeing the name and say, "who is kenny dorham?" it's a small point i'll admit, it's just my preference. of course, the big reason (literally) i'll never order from these guys is that they don't carry size xxl. like my music, i like a little free space in my clothing. if i was into narrow constriction, i'd listen to pop. btw, who the hell buys a small?

i think it depends on your definition of spiritual. a love supreme was coltrane's "gift to god." as such, it fits neatly within the narrow definition that something "concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church" is spiritual. i don't know if any of jugs's work was so explicitly spiritual in this sense. personally, it doesn't matter to me, because ammons was one of the most soulful tenor players i've ever heard, and that means a lot in my book.

i have this on cd. it's excellent.

there's a lot of talent in the steig family. their father is william steig, a best-selling author who one of the main cartoonists for the new yorker magazine. jeremy's two sisters are an artist and an actress. here's one of the father's cartoons. fyi, that's not jeremy playing the flute.

mike, you might be interested to know that a good friend of mine is dating jeremy steig's sister. i've forwarded this thread to him. i think jeremy will feel good to know there are fans like you out there trying to get his recordings reissued.

here's another for uptown christmas. i've enjoyed it for years and it makes an excellent holiday present.

i'm sorry, but i can't condone this kind of meaningless violence. what we should do is take him out front and beat the crap out of him as lesson to others who might think likewise. now that would be meaningful!

thanks to chuck and brownie for the info. and hans, thanks for just being you. B-)

Can anyone help me with some details about the recording described below? Most importantly, there reportedly are three different band configurations on this record. I want to know who plays on which tracks. Also, if anyone has the recording dates (AMG says May 14-Jun 15, 1956), location, studio, engineer, etc., that would be great too. Thanks in advance. Jimmy Raney In Three Attitudes Paramount 167 Produced by Creed Taylor Partial list of Personnel: Al Cohn - tenor sax Bob Brookmeyer - trombone Jimmy Raney - guitar Hal Overton - piano Red Mitchell - bass Osie Johnson -drums (I believe the recording also includes Johnny Williams on piano, Whitey Mitchell on bass, and Jack Edie on drums) Tracks: so in love indian summer fanfare last night when we were young on the rocks passport to pimlico strike up the band up in quincy's room

when i ask patients (both kids and adults) why they are prone to yell, most often they reply, "it's the only way they'll listen" or "it's either that, or i don't get heard." what i find interesting is the board's response (or lack of) to what is generally considered unacceptable internet behavior. in most porn chat rooms, a person gets booted for typing in caps. at least that's what i've heard. er, um...heh heh.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I believe Lord is wrong. Here's an excerpt from Dusty Groove's description of the original lp: "The best cuts are the three long ones on the LP -- "Chocolate Mess", "Damisi", and "Pakistan", which also features Land on oboe, playing in spooky Eastern way."

i own the cd reissue of damisi. my copy was issued by the musical heritage society, a jazz club of sorts from what i understand. this recording was reissued on cd in england and the u.s. by mainstream direct, ltd. in 1991. it does indeed include the two cd-only tracks mentioned by amg. i believe damisi was the only one of the three titles land recorded for mainstream to be reissued on cd. 1972 original lp 1991 cd reissue

i just purchased harrison's previous release on nagel heyer called heroes. it was recorded at the same time as free style (both are from 12/02, not 2003) and it features ron carter and billy cobham. nice, really nice.

you are correct, sir. hey-o!

it's reassuring to know that berigan's wealth of misinformation is not limited to the world of politics. a dragonfly in its adult lifestage does indeed live about 24 hours. however, dragonflies have two life stages. the first life stage is the aquatic life stage, or larval form. most of a dragonfly's lifespan is spent in this form. therefore, the actual lifespan of a dragonfly is considerably longer than 24 hours. a cat's ear has no muscles in it, and is mainly cartilage and skin. the ear's movements are controlled by the auricular muscles. scientists at plymouth university in england have successfully trained goldfish to push a lever to get food, and -- get this -- to do it at the same hour every day. and the fish remember what they have been taught for months. fish lack eyelids because they don't need to blink and clean their eyes due to their watery environment. however, some kinds of sharks do have translucent eyelids, or nictitating membranes. they are used in case of attack to protect the eyes from the thrashing animal. sharks that have no nictitating membranes, like the great white, roll their eyes into the back to their heads for protection. an almond is not a member of the peach family, strictly speaking. however, the peach, apple, pear, quince, cherry, olive, avocado, and hundreds of other cultivated varieties of fruit are members of the rose family, or rosaceae. the almond also belongs this family. newborns do have kneecaps, they develop about the fourth month of fetal life. they don’t show up on x-ray very well because they’re not ossified, or bony, but made of a cartilaginous material. winston churchill was born at blenheim palace near oxford on november 30, 1874.

i had the opportunity to talk with ms. rollins one afternoon in the early 80s when sonny was playing at the club in which i worked. she struck me as an intelligent individual and a good manager. what i will remember most, however, is how close she and sonny were and what a loving couple they made. my heartful sympathy goes out to sonny at this difficult time.

thanks to all of you who looked at my post. mr. colligan graciously answered the questions i posed.

Hey folks, I'm looking for some information on what I suspect is a fairly rare recording. It's a Swing Journal Productions release from 1996 called For the Great Jazz Road by a group of well-known jazz artists that billed itself as "Youth/Sonic." The band includes George Colligan, Chris Potter, Ingrid Jensen, Mac Gollehon, Mark Turner, Dwayne Burno, and Eric Mcpherson. The information I'm looking for is: 1) The composers of two tracks: For the Road and Goodbye Lullaby. 2) Recording dates, location, producer, engineer, etc. 3) A confirmation on the record label and catalog number (I have Keystone VACY-1017) I greatly appreciate any and all help you can provide.

I'm glad to hear some people really enjoy this date. For me, however, Scott Yanow hit the nail on the head when he wrote: "The material is not all that exciting, and the laid-back feeling sometimes leads to dull moments...Although certainly listenable enough, this is one of Grant Green's lesser efforts from the 1960s."

and how do they make music on electric instruments that aren't plugged into an amplifier? only les paul decked out in a buckskin outfit could answer that one to my satisfaction! btw, while we're on the subject of premodern rock ensembles, don't forget the beau brummels rocking out with the cavemen. of course, on the flintstones, they were called the beau brummelrocks! just like ann margarock's (ann margaret) appearance. she was drawn very well, but i still couldn't stand her singing!

aric, Lowell George's appearance on F Troop in the mid-sixties predated Little Feat. In the episode I mentioned, Sgt. Agarn was the manager of a rock group called The Bedbugs, which was really an L.A. band called The Factory that featured Lowell George and Ritchie Hayward, both of whom would later go on to form Little Feat. Btw, I learned that The Factory also appeared on an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

this one's for francois!

Apparently not. Here's what I found at www.snopes.com: "This inventive work of fiction was penned and released onto the Internet on 2 August 2001. It was written by Elroy Willis, proprietor of Religion in the News, a site that warns visitors what they're in for: Some of these stories are really true. See if you can figure out which ones they are. Apparently some readers didn't manage to work out which were which, because this tale has washed up in our inbox numerous times since its debut. In October 2001, the story was repeated in the pages of The Weekly World News, a tabloid whose stock in trade is sensationalistic fiction written up in the style of news accounts. In the WWN report, Little Rock, Arkansas, was changed to Atlanta, Georgia, and Georgann Williams, 28, became Geraldine Solstice, 58. The dead woman's husband shifted from being Everett Williams to Everett Solstice, and Jesus lookalike Ernie Jenkins, 32, was magically transmuted into Madison Grosnik, 28. Yeesh. (Elroy Willis later penned a follow-up article describing his reactions to his original story's becoming mistaken for a genuine news report.)"