JSngry

No, by this rationale, we should have plans that stand a chance of succeeding instead of just expending energy that will ultimately just reinforce the status quo. Deterrence only deters (or has a chance at deterring) if known consequences exist in the forefront of the collective consciousness. In other words, you want to fuck with a bad cop, fine. A bad cop is up there with a child molester as far as violating the most basic tenets of trust in our value system. But - how you gonna do it in a way that works?

Of course it's a personal value judgement. Most things are. Hey, if Cooper matters that much to you, go ahead, why not? It's not "wrong" or anything. He doesn't to me. Never has, probably never will. But he is/was pleasant, and full of capabilities, which deserve respect, if nothing else.

If a multi-year deal gets done, Josh Hamilton will most likely be allowed to walk after this season...

Yeah, the first time he thinks, he's just a dickhead. The second time he thinks, he's a dickhead with a score to settle. Some people you don't want thinking twice...once is more than enough. Don't carry a gun unless you know you'll use it if you have to, so to speak.

So - the gig (and the style, and the other gigs that spun off from that) became as much of a country-club clique as it did a seriously driven musical environment, or anything else, the innately curious Jimmy Giuffre & Shelly Manne, and perhaps a few others being the exceptions that prove the rule. Leisure music for the plush ones. As much indulgence as compulsion. Sounds about right to me, not that there's anything wrong with that. Cliquishness is pretty much unavoidable in any movement, although a clique based on social similarities in an environment where social order is largely preordained and enforced can understandably be viewed as "racist" in effect if not intent, and not without at least some validity. In the end, though, all the Pleasant Bob Cooper Solos of the world cease to be relevant in a world where Jimmy Giuffre & Teddy Edwards both kept on kepting on (and Benny Golson moved to LA and blanded out and Oliver Nelson went to Hollywood and stuck those dissonances anywhere and everywhere he could, pretty much was anywhere and everywhere), unless you need it to be otherwise, and me, I don't. So yeah, Tubby Hayes would have slit throats and drank blood. Now that would have been Cool Jazz that really was cool!

Although, according to Ted Gioia, Teddy Edwards was the house tenor player before Bob Cooper. Gioia recounts that as the time the tide began to turn, so to speak.

I feel like the luckiest man in the world!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQmDhCZoVj4

Karma balanced yet? If not, I can help.

Hadn't seen the BG one, but there's also covers for two Lou Donaldson covers, as well as the Mobley. Think there's a Grant Green, too. Who knows what else?

Decaf, please!

Embrace your victimhood!

That's a long tongue...(no Hemphill pun intended)

I got an old fake book from the late 60s/early 70s, had all the 60s Miles tunes in it...a slashed seven definitely means major 7th. Somebody told be once that that was the "French system", but the guy I got the book from was a bass player from Kentucky.

For "ambient listening", MP3s work more than just fine for me, especially the higher bit-rate ones. But for "dedicated listening", nothing beats a lossless file, be it in the form of a hardcopy original or a FLAC thereof. The differences are subtle but real.

How does it compare to Sonny Rollins' version (which I'm actually pretty fond of?

You are correct, sir!

Guess who?

I like the dark roast myself. Too light and you get coffee-flavored water.

I saw the band once when Kenton was out ill. The replacement then was Nat Pierce, of all people!

"Playing music" and playing gigs are quite often two different things in terms of pleasure and satisfaction.

Pee Wee Moore Wee Willie Keeler Willie The Weeper

No problem. Aim high and budget for security!

I know that at least the Reece has been offered there before (and a fine album it is!). Usually what it looks like DG does is order in a quantity, sell them out, wait until the "Add To My Want List" quantity reaches whatever their critical mass is, and then order up some more. Lather, rinse, repeat. In other words, carpe diem, becuause not only may the item go out of print at the manufacturer's end, but that critical mass might not be reached on any given title/group of titles.