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Gary Morre Durward Kirby The Kirby Stone Four

Yeah, stay strong in all ways as possible.

Chuck Wayne Joe Puma Eddie Shu

Billy Bong Piper Laurie Johnnyy Jointt

Along the "gonna need it later" line, growing up, I always heard (no pun intended) that Beltone was the shit. Is that no longer the case, is it Siemanes now?

John Heard John Heard Rumer Willis

Mister Magic Ralph McDonald Jay MacDonald of EIEIO Farms: http://onhisfarm.com/history/

M'Boom Bobby Broom Leopold Bloom

Benedictine Corners

I think everything's mixed for phone-quality audio these days. LOL, sorta.

Texas? Arkansas? Oklahoma? One of the three?

Tiny Bradshaw Tiny Terry Eric Pickles

Interesting question...apparently not? And while doing a quick Google search about that,, this came up: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/brubecks-time-out-why-no-mono-mix-on-cd.396977/#post-11438155 Which, come to think about it, jibes with every time I've heard the tune on a jukebox, and, really, with 45s in general different mixes than LPs, built to pop and boom.

Jacob Stroyer Alvin Stoller Jerry Leiber

Jessica Sloper Steve Roper Mike Nomad

Al Hirt Sonny Payne Tyshawn Sorey

Sure do. You know, that's a song I've always liked, in every regard. And nobody really plays it anymore, which I understand, but still...good song, good melody, good changes, good lyrics.

Yeah, right? Quite apart from that, though, I do recommend these interviews of his: http://melmartin.com/html_pages/interviews.html Some examples: Benny CarterBenny GolsonBenny PowellBilly PierceBobby WatsonCharles McPhersonFrank FosterJames MoodyJoe HendersonJohnny GriffinLee Konitz 10 Step MethodMel Martin (SJ)Mel Martin Interview w/ The Novato Advance 9/26/01New Mel Martin Interview w/ Novato Advance 7/7/04Mel Martin (Bell)Rufus ReidStan GetzSteve LacyWayne ShorterPaul Desmond interviews Bird

He also has (had?) a website that has (had?) a section of interviews he conducted with many, many, great saxophonists, in which they talked shop and life-as-a-player type things...pretty rare stuff, like to hear Wayne Shorter get into a discussion about the specifics of different mouthpieces, hey, you hear Wayne get all cosmic and shit, well, yeah, there's that, but behind that is this, dig? Johnny Griffin talking about how Lockjaw worked his horn, that type thing. Funny (for me) thing about Mel Martin, though. I had a college buddy from the Bay Area who hated the guy because apparently back in his days with Cold Blood, Mel Martin was one of those guys who would show up on everybody's gig to sit in. Everywhere all the time. I asked my buddy if he sucked or anything, was that why he always said the words "Mel Martin" with such disdain, and his answer still makes me laugh - "no, he plays well enough...it's just that....he's always there....you turn around to order a drink, look back up, and....there's Mel Martin up on the stand...HE NEVER GOES AWAY...YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM STOP!!!!".

Parker Posey Rosie Greer Paul Ring http://jatail.com/paul_ring.php

I'm telling you man, this is one of those rare, rare records where everything is thee from the first listen, and repeated listenings are not to hear new things, but more like to confirm that everything you heard the first time really was actually there. and it always is. That much detail of that much high-level thought delivered with that much clarity...that's, like, the pinnacle of all kinds of things. This is no ordinary top-shelf record, this is one of "those" records, at least for me, and there ain't all that many of them to be honest, not in any time, of any music...or that much of it in anything in life, really. .

I wondered about that too, but the seller posted an image of both sides of the 45. It's Brubeck on both, and that Harry James a typo. I hope... Now I'm wondering what this "Priceless Editions" promo was that Columbia ran in the summer of 1954, where they were giving away these records, not selling them. That's a quaint notion in these days of major label freeophobia.

Have we ruled out Lips Page or Louis Russell for #4?

That was easy!