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Van Cliburn's mom was, for a while in the late 1950s, organist at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Kilgore, Tx, where my family attended worship services for many years. My folks used to tell me that young Van would sit in the pew with me when my folks left to take communion. True story, and I hope that it in no way contributed to his current illness, for which I wish him the best possible outcome. My dad died from bone cancer too, after living with it for almost fifteen years. The first ten were ok, the last four kinda rough, and the last one hell.

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Yeah, that Pond book makes all the right points for all the wrong reasons in most of the wrong ways. Can't recall the last time I liked a book less that I agreed with more. The Mwandishi book seems to be much more to the point of things. Need to pick it up soon...

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Most of the personnel probably matches this gig: http://bigbandsonly....estra-1981.html Jim, are you sure that's Butch Miles? I thought his hair was lighter. Didn't have my glasses on and just saw the teeth. My bad.

Kenny Hing on tenor, definitely (the guy at the end of the section), maybe Eric Dixon too(?). I think Bobby Plater on lead alto (that's older than I've ever seen him if it is). Cleveland Eaton on bass, I think.. Butch Miles on drums, definitely.

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Not so unbearably hot, but they are spraying us with pesticides from the sky. Them are not pesticides, them are liquid love misties from the heavens, them are.

Why yes, Warne Marsh DOES appear on two three cuts, thanks for asking!

Lione Hampton - Made In Japan (Glad Hamp) Big band including - and featuring - Thomas Chapin, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Glen Wilson, Barry Ries, Johnny Walker, John Gordon, Todd Coolman, and many others, none of whom play guitar or are named Billy Mackel. Tunes include James Williams' "Minor Thesis" Gig Gryce's "Sans Souci", Ricky Ford's "Interpretation, Opus 5", as well as "Jodo", Evidence", and one Johnny Walker original called "Advent". Apparently this one has also seen issue on Timeless, so interested parties could probably find it without too much trouble? I'd rate it not quite as fascinating a document of Hamp playing "contemporary" material as the Timeless date where he plays "Lazy Bird" & "Moment's Notice", but the band is better here and the other soloists get a lot more space here than there. Still nothing really "essential", but that's certainly not a knock. The band sounds nice, tight, and modern. Lionel Hampton again sounds perfectly at home and totally like Lionel Hampton. Has this ever not been the case? I keep waiting for it to be, but I don't know that I'll live that long..

I nearly bought that when it came out, but the guy in the shop was such a hard-sell guy that I refused to buy anything from him. Oh well... Glad one copy has found a good home. MG New reissue copy available here: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=6d2qk3g5fj&ref=browse.php&refQ=kwfilter%3Dlionel%2Bhampton%26amp%3Bincl_oos%3D1%26amp%3Bincl_cs%3D1 That's where I got mine.

Lionel Hampton meets early/mid 1970s Chicago R&B tracks (presumably assembled by Willie Henderson?). Lionel Hampton sounds perfectly at home and totally like Lionel Hampton. Has this ever not been the case?

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Ate barbeque with Wayne Bennett @ Stubbs in Austin once.

It's been too long! (not your life...you know...)

And you paid four dollars for it? Dude, you must be living very right or very wrong. That's always een my favorite (and favorite sounding) Beatles record. Congrats on the find!

Yeah, late '60s.

I hereby ban Lance Armstrong from coming into my back yard through the gate. Ever. Even if we ever do get to know each other. A stand has now been taken and an example set.

It took me a while to really "get" Eckstine (if I really have), but that's the point of reference for most all of those early male "bebop" ballad-vocalists, it all stems from there. They didn't (usually) have the voice, but the phrasing and elasticity of syllables, and shaping of vowels, yeah, that's coming from Mr. B. Check out Kenny Dorham's vocal album, for that matter.

I kinda get the...reluctance about Hagood, but only up to a historically disinterested/uninformed point. All those immediate post-Eckstine guys in all those bop circles, plenty of dots to connect up, and after that a picture of a thing emerges, of which Hagood was really no worse or no better than most part.

I'm no expert, but you could play mono records with a stereo "needle" always, but until the late 1960s, stereo records required a stereo needle so as not to get rurnt.