JSngry

whoa...I just about died seeing that album cover...intense.

Dear Sir Wayne Shorter Dr. Alan Longert

All of it? JCOA, NYAQ, none of that was initially self-produced? Was not aware of that.

Never had that one but all the "Jazz Life" Fontanas I have seen were manufactured by Philips in the Netherlands. Post-Rolling-cover, I'd guess? Alan Bates/Debut Records comes into this at some point, I'd have to think. Had not seen this one before:

Also, the Urge cover I've seen looks like this: Is this a UK issue?

The Great Paris Duke Ellington El Chico

Chilly Carn Carney! Those Playboy clips make me think of Jackie Paris without the psychodrama...but I kinda get into Paris's psychodrama. Still, a skinny guy who sings that well and can work the singerbodylanguage (where do you go to learn that, anyway?) as well as that. geez, skills out the ass!

As of now, jazzmessengers.com lists 6 titles in this purportedly Japanese series on the "Cool Music" label, whereas HMV Japan still lists just 4.

The chick sitting by the piano bench is getting it from jump, she don't need to get hit by it, she's already hit with it!

Bob Bowman, fine player, Kansas City cat who passed through NTSU relatively quickly when I was there, started strong, got stronger, and then got out and on with it. Been back in KC for a while now, here's a recent article http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article4001005.html Here are some discography: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-bowman-mn0000060804/credits

There are no wrong answers, this is not an examination, there are only personal choices, although Steve, you don't get twenty minutes, Death said ten, Death means ten. A lot of us might in fact be living on borrowed time, but in this scenario, time's up, debt due, Doug E. Fresh got six minutes, we get ten, count your blessings.

Bill Hardman Glenn Hardman Glynis Johns

Tony Klatka Bill Stapleton Alan Broadbent

That's the best explanation there is.

yeah, the four bar bridge on "Toy Tune" is insidiously subliminally subversive. Not that the rest of the tune isn't, but that bridge is like did that just happen, I know that just happened, but...did that really just happen?

I'd have to go full-bore retrospective and put this on (LP version, the folks' Glenn Miller Story soundtrack LP on decca) because it's the only thing I can think of that I've heard for literally as long as I can remember, had the record for even before I could remember, and about the only thing that meets those criteria that I can still run into with full embraces, always have always will. Besides, by the time that thing's over and I've done danced it out, hey, fuck it, we're good for anything now, let's go. Born/Adopted into a Glenn Miller world, surreptitiously & permanently abducted by that funny little man in the white coat, onward through the fog into the light, often looking back but never moving back, always home/never home, what becomes of the broken-headed? How 'bout Billy Kyle and that 9th chord at the very end, how's that for ending by taking the next step up?

Really surprised that more of those albums weren't released as single CDs. Maynard is like buddy Rich, there's a fan base that extends beyond "typical jazz buffs". The prices of the Mosaic set show that much. Missed opportunity perhaps.

Never mind the desert island, which may or may not happen to you in your lifetime. This is something that will happen to you in your lifetime, it will end. But here's the hypothetical - let's say you get a courtesy call from Death, hey babe, it's time, ten minutes. No exceptions, dig? So of course you go through all the stages and goodbyes, but, you know, music matters, so you got to hear one thing before you leave this phase and take it to the next (whatever that is or isn't). So what's it gonna be, what will death come into the room to? Spiritual as well as Secular selections allowed, because, again, not a desert island. Death, final curtain, point of no return. Ten minutes, baby, ten minutes. A guaranteed eventuality with a 100% predictable outcome. Make it real, because it will be. Inspired by for some reason remembering Albert Lion playing Am I Blue to his wife while she slowly checked out. That is one of the most profound non-performing musical acts I've ever heard about.

Not Roulette, but immediately after, are the Cameo sessions, which are collected here http://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Maynard-Ferguson-Come-Complete-Recordings/dp/B006GVNILK Might be a little pricey these days, the large Maynard fanbase allows for that, but if you don't already have it and like the later Roulette sessions a lot, you'll most likely enjoy these every bit as much.

For people who already running on the large size, is there shrinkage involved with the first washing, and if so, how much? If I want to end up with a 2XL, should i order a 3XL?

Two Hot Tamales Three Wise Men Before and After

Ok, I'd be interested in hearing what the appeal is for you, you know, compare notes. To me, the issue preventing my fuller enjoyment is what I hear as a tentativeness/lack of a real center like there is on Odyssey, which I hear as highly focused, almost laser-like so. Moto almost strikes me as a rehearsal or a loose jam. Maybe that's what you like, the openness? Different strokes, and all that. . OTOH, I took off "Montezuma" and played it on gigs for about a year. Seriously, I'd like to know what grabs you about this one, because I've been coming back to it for 30+ years thinking there's something there that I've missed. If you can lead me closer to finding it, I'd appreciate it. Again, seriously. Lon, you too. I know you guys don't react to music casually or carelessly.