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@11:48 here:

That's a Nelson Riddle chart, bwiw. Magnificent!

behold and believe

As for Yoko Miwa, don't know, don't care. I listened to that clip and maybe made it out of the head before yawning and shutting it off. I'm sure people have thier reasons for actively engaging in that type of playing, but I don't.

"Lickety Split" is part of the punch line to a really crude joke, I'd have named the song something else.

It's extra legit if you can do it and have it not really matter. And btw - the comparisons of basic impulses between "Pent Up House" and "East Broadway Rundown" are ones I've not yet heard/seen but personally do feel.

I guess there's two covers on the Everest? I only know/have the blue one.

ZOOT!

Mel Lewis was incapable of not swinging, imo, Zoot Sims was the kind of guy who would play any gig and always bring Zoot Sims, nothing more or nothing less, if you don't want Zoot Sims, don't hire Zoot Sims, right? and Phil Woods, listen closely all you reflexo-haters out there: Phil Woods was one of the VERY greatest lead alto players in the history of this music. Hell, a major reason why I still dig this record so much is just to listen to Phil Woods lead that section. Benny Goodman was a pretty freaky guy, and time spent waiting for him to be anything other than what he was is gonna be time forever wasted. But dammit, the guy knew how he wanted his bands to sound, and they pretty much always did, so, you know, bring the mountain to the door, open up the door, Richard, you can get it yourself, I will, thank you. And truthfully, I don't know if young people today, even the best of them could play like this band does, not just like this, these guys knew it was retro, but they still had it in them from when it wasn't. That makes a difference, imo. Is this "corny"? OF COURSE it is, does it feel bad, though, does it leave things worse than they were found? Not imo. ZOOT! MEL! PHIL WOODS LEAD ALTO! People on the same word in the same sentence in the same paragraph on the same page of the same book, are they drug playing this, pretty sure yes, but it's not a crime to be drug on a gig, it's a crime to not elevate anyway.

I've heard a fair amount of Goodman all my life. Dad was a fan, my Uncle Doyle was almost a worshipper, and I picked up some on my own. Not a lot, just the odd thing here and there. But really, it was only within the last year or two that I've developed an appetite for this much of this era of Goodman. Just saying, there's some really nice music to be had under the name Benny Goodman, but...The RCA small groups any any "Best Of" covering the RCA and/or Columbia big bands should suffice for anybody who just wants a basic historical awareness of what that whole thing was about. But...anybody who digs the Mulligan CJB and all that went into and out of that world should check out the 1962 Russia band. Apparently the record is a real salvage job, but what they salvaged makes for a wonderfully cohesive continuous presentation. Knowing the back story of that tour just brings the music more to life, because...you don't let the bastards get you down, ever, you elevate. That can take a lot of different forms, but when you're essentially being held hostage by a professional commitment behind the Iron Curtain, you pretty much have one option other than suicide - you bring it.

Boney James Pipilotti Rist Monte Towe

In answer to your opening question, allow me to respond individually by saying that no, I have not up this picked. The concept, though, is like those Original Album Classics things, you can either save discs and combine LPs however they fit together, or you can make more discs and replicate a semblance of the original packaging. For me it comes down to how I want to have the music, and if it's a draw, I go for which ever way is cheaper.

And I got a shipping notice today. It's all over but the getting!

So sorry to hear this. Valerie was always good peeps. Travel well, Miss B..