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I'm totally neutral about Clapton, on-the-record negative about Wynton, what angsts me about out about this album is the sheer corporate-ness of it all, and not just in the marketing sense.That dirty deed has long been done, but seeing this album was like having Massa laughingly hand-deliver a porn film of him fucking mamma and grandmama at the same time.

Would it not be the same "herd mentality" when the same thing occurs stating a liking of somebody's work?

A most enjoyable compilation, to be sure! TRACK ONE - The tune itself sounds like a tribute to Lee Morgan (or may even be one by him...). The trumpeter has a good tone in the lower registers, I like that. Also like the pacing of the tenor solo. Overall, not anything particularly original, but well-played, enjoyable, and best of all (for me) not blatantly derivative, enough personality to keep it interesting. TRACK TWO - "Quietude", but not That/Mel. That's such a great piece of writing, and this is nicely played.Thad's charts are usually so dense that they need to be played with clarity, not just of execution, but of concept. This band does that. They're just a little "stiff" for my taste, but that's just me, and it's not anything criminal, not by any means. TRACK THREE - Mulligan-ish, but not Gerry's not there...that's Benny Golson leading off, you can really hear the Lucky Thompson influence here. Then...not Bill Perkins...Bob Cooper? Ahhh, Rosolino, those bursty bursties are quite distinct! No idea who the first trumpet is...good players, maybe not the most personality ever...as opposed to Lee, who there he is! Gotta be some kind of "East Meets West" thing. Shouldn't be too hard to ID with the definites. Very nicely recorded too! TRACK FOUR - I like that tempo. People should be more persnickety about tempos these days, I think. That trumpeter sounds dangerously like Wynton, never really swings. You can play that kind of "detached" thing and still swing...same thing with the altoist, something about the tone (and occasional vibrato) that give me pause....but maybe it was a "bad day", for whatever reason...on the whole, love the tempo, really dig the tune, not necessarily feeling too good about the solos. TRACK FIVE - The changes are "Idaho", I think...maybe the melody too (don't really know it that well)...let me take a reach and guess....Frank Socolow? Very Lester-ish in devices, but not in overall line...don't think that's Bud, but again, the influence is very strong, especially in the left hand. Overall, very fluent & energetic & nicely of its time. Sure sounds like Max on the end break, too! TRACK SIX - Dicky Wells? Louis Jordan? Jo Jones & Freddie Green? A calmer gentler, Roy? OMG, HAWK! Jesus, HAWK! Hawk just TAKES OVER. The thing about him not really becoming a convincing blues player until after on, hey, Exhibit A right here, I'm convinced. Is this some Columbia swing date, Sir Charles Thompson or somebody? Buck Clayton Jam Session? Whatever it is, it's good with me! Nice "swing-to-bop" head too. TRACK SEVEN - West Coast, not necessarily a really strong melody, but I like those changes - tricky! Not rally my thing overall, but no fault found here because of that. Nicely conceived & executed all the way around. TRACK EIGHT - "Claude Reigns", Charlie Barnet featuring Claude Williamson. I first got exposed to this one on one of those Crown "tribute to" albums. The Barnet one was kinda funny, because both sides were like, all Swing stuff, but the last tune on each side was one from his bebop period. Just a little schizo! This isn't really "bebop" in the hardcore sense, the rhythms are all too square-on the beat, but otherwise, yeah. It must've been a trip to have been on the big bad scene back then and trying to deal with bebop...your dancers weren't going to be down with this, most of your players weren't going to be down with the old stuff, your agent was probably telling you to just go with whatever the trend is, and...just what was that, exactly? But Barnet was cool, Barnet jsut dug getting good palyers together to paly, and that's waht you got here. Maynard & Doc Severensen were both in this band, right? TRACK NINE - "Makin' Whoopee", a really thorough harmonization, nice! Kind of a Nat Cole touch, but a lot of yada-yada-yada...is this early Oscar Peterson? The harmonies are very interesting, I'd listen to it a lot of times just for that, but overall...the harmonies are what's happening here. TRACK TEN - "Jersey Bounce", always liked the bridge on that tune...Budd Johnson? Older tone, more boppish harmonic ideas, splitting the difference when it comes to rhythm. It's a player, that's for sure, all meat, not a spec of cereal! Might be the same player on bari...probably is...no matter, YEAH! One more thing, those "blue notes", the pitches are really specific, not just "bent". There's a language being spoken here... TRACK ELEVEN - "Segment", a Bird tune...here and there I hear Lanny Morgan? Pretty personal "cry" in his tone that I remember from those old Maynard records, in retrospect, somewhat Booker Ervin-ish...yeah, the longer this goes on, the more it sounds like Lanny Morgan. Again, not my thing all that much, but if a player can speak in their own voice, then they win. I recognized Lanny Morgan after not hearing him for..decades, so he wins! TRACK TWELVE - Sorry, this lost me from the first "da-dah", that's not the way I want to hear that phrased, not at all. Seriously not at all. After that, it just sounded like some guys making a gig. Probably not fair, but...sorry. TRACK THIRTEEN - "Relaxin' At Camarillo"...no idea who this is, West Coast, bass player's time seems kind of clunky, but it still swings, so it must not be! WHOA! That's some fluent stuff by the guitarist! Nice tenor playing, some real thoughtful playing, moreso thn usual for this time & place (assuming it is mid-50s West coast), the guy's definitley heard Rollins and heard the message...Russ Freeman? The left hand sounds like him...Overall, a pretty interesting cut. Again, a very nice (and concise!) compilation. Much thanks on all counts and fronts!

I kinda look at it like his career was one unending session, so put the entire output of 5 bigass HDs, I'll do it like that.

I'll agree with that, but...when it gets down to the end of the season & people start talking about "now's when it counts"...no. They all count, and if it comes down to the lasty game of the season or some such, the game you win or lose that day is really just one of 161 others. The way to have it not came down to the last minute is to play consistently all season, especially mentally. We need it. Big time. Talk about a lack of mental consistency....

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Chico was making great Acid Jazz before there was any Acid Jazz: It's on Blue Note!

We've gone from looking at now to looking ahead to looking back to, finally, looking the other way.

Here's the entire "new" Minstream catalog, the MRL Series, which came about after"Red Lion Productions" (whatever that was...) game onboard. [MRL 300] Ron Frangipane & His Orchestra - Rated X for Excitement [MRL 301] Joe Scott & His Orchestra - Motion Pictures: The NOW Generation [MRL 302] Dean Christopher & His Orchestra - Images [MRL 303] The Phoenix Authority - Blood, Sweat & Brass [MRL 304] Ron Frangipane - The Music of Laura Nyro [MRL 305] Ernie Wilkins & His Orchestra - Hard Mother Blues [MRL 306] Bobby Shad & The Bad Men - A 65-Piece Rock Workshop [MRL 307] Joe Scott - A Symphony of Our Time [MRL 308] Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hometown Blues [MRL 309] Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae [MRL 310] Various Artists - Ray Charles-Arbee Stidham-Lil Son Jackson-James Wayne [MRL 311] Lightning Hopkins - The Blues [MRL 312] Charles Williams - Charles Williams [MRL 313] Roy Haynes - Hip Ensemble [MRL 314] Harold Land - A New Shade of Blue [MRL 315] Blue Mitchell - Blue Mitchell [MRL 316] Maynard Ferguson - Screamin' Blues [MRL 317] Dave Hubbard - Dave Hubbard [MRL 318] Hadley Caliman - Hadley Caliman [MRL 319] Maxine Weldon - Right On [MRL 320] Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Straight No Chaser [MRL 321] Morgana King - A Taste Of Honey [MRL 322] Gloria Coleman Ltd. - Sings and Swings Organ [MRL 323] David Young - David Young [MRL 324] Sonny Red - Sonny Red [MRL 325] Dizzy Gillespie & The Mitchell Ruff Duo - In Concert [MRL 326] Lightning Hopkins - Dirty Blues [MRL 327] Stan Hope - Stan Hope [MRL 328] LaMont Johnson - Sun, Moon And Stars [MRL 329] Charles McPherson - Charles McPherson [MRL 330] John White - John White [MRL 331] Charles Kynard - Charles Kynard [MRL 332] Art Farmer - Homecoming [MRL 333] Curtis Fuller - Crankin' [MRL 334] Michael Longo - Matrix [MRL 335] Mitchell-Ruff - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation [MRL 336] Buddy Terry - Awareness [MRL 337] Hal Galper - The Guerilla Band [MRL 338] Carmen McRae - Gold [MRL 339] Maxine Weldon - Chilly Wind [MRL 340] Sarah Vaughan - A Time In My Life [MRL 341] Reggie Moore - Wishbone [MRL 342] Hadley Caliman - Iapetus [MRL 343] Blue Mitchell - Vital Blue [MRL 344] Harold Land - Choma (Burn) [MRL 345] Charles Williams - Trees, Grass and Things [MRL 346] Johnny Coles - Katumbo (Dance) [MRL 347] Clark Terry - Angyumaluma Bongliddleany Nannyany Awhan Yi! [MRL 348] The Night Blooming Jazzmen - The Night Blooming Jazzmen [MRL 349] Frank Foster - The Loud Minority [MRL 350] Various Artists - Get It Together [MRL 351] Roy Haynes - Senyah [MRL 352] Carmen McRae - In Person [MRL 353] Barry Miles - White Heat [MRL 354] Hal Galper - Wild Bird [MRL 355] Morgana King - Cuore di Mama [MRL 356] Buddy Terry - Pure Dynamite [MRL 357] Mike Longo - The Awakening [MRL 358] Zoot Sims - Otra Vez [MRL 359] Maynard Ferguson - Dues [MRL 360] Arbee Stidham - A Time For Blues [MRL 361] Sarah Vaughan - Conducted by Michel Legrand [MRL 362] Alice Clark - Alice Clark [MRL 363] Pete Yellin - Dance of Allegra [MRL 364] VA - Yesterday [MRL 365] Charles McPherson - Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) [MRL 366] Charles Kynard - Woga [MRL 367] Harold Land - Damisi [MRL 368] Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues [MRL 369] Ruth Brown - Softly [MRL 370] Curtis Fuller - Smokin' [MRL 371] Art Farmer - Gentle Eyes [MRL 372] Maynard Ferguson - Six by Six [MRL 373] Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - Gingerbread Men [MRL 374] Blue Mitchell - Blues' Blues [MRL 375] Shelley Manne - Mannekind [MRL 376] Paul Jeffrey - Family [MRL 377] Ellerine Harding - Ellerine [MRL 378] Mel Dancy - A Little Lovin' [MRL 379] Sarah Vaughan - Feelin' Good [MRL 380] Reggie Moore - Furioso [MRL 381] Charles Williams - Stickball [MRL 382] Barry Miles - Scatbird [MRL 383] Bertha Belle Browne - Bertha Belle Browne [MRL 384] Jay Berliner - Bananas Are Not Created Equal [MRL 385] Bud Powell - Ups 'n' Downs [MRL 386] Max Roach/Clifford Brown - Daahoud [MRL 387] Carmen McRae - I Want You [MRL 388] The Night Blooming Jazzmen - Freedom Jazz Dance [MRL 389] Charles Kynard - Your Mama Don't Dance [MRL 390] Paul Jeffrey - Watershed [MRL 391] Buddy Terry - Lean On Him [MRL 392] Blue Mitchell - The Last Tango=Blues [MRL 393] Barry (Bagelman) Sisters - Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) [MRL 394] Afrique - Soul Makossa [MRL 395] Charles McPherson - Today's Man [MRL 396] Jack Wilkins - Windows [MRL 397] Pete Yellin - It's The Right Thing [MRL 398] Hal Galper - Inner Journey [MRL 399] Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy - March 1936 [MRL 400] Blue Mitchell - Graffiti Blues [MRL 401] Sarah Vaughan - Live In Japan [MRL 402] Blue Mitchell - Many Shades Of Blue [MRL 403] Carmen McRae - Live and Doin' It [MRL 404] Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet [MRL 405] Lightning Hopkins - Low Down Dirty Blues [MRL 406] Paul Jeffrey - Paul Jeffrey [MRL 407] Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Going Down Slow [MRL 408] Various Artists - Jazz [MRL 409] Various Artists - Billie Holiday Revisted By [MRL 410] Various Artists - The Guitar Players [MRL 411] Frank Turba - Frank Turba [MRL 412] Sarah Vaughan - Send In The Clowns [MRL 413] Blue Mitchell/Roy Haynes - Booty [MRL 414] The Amboy Dukes - Dr. Slingshot [MRL 415] The Stroziers - Red Light [MRL 416] Don Burrows Quartet - Live at The Sydney Opera House [MRL 417] Jeannie Lewis - Looking Back To Tomorrow [MRL 418] Black Blood - A.I.E. (A Mwana) [MRL 419] Sarah Vaughan - More Sarah Vaughan/Live In Japan [MRL 420] Terry Huff & Special Delivery - The Lonely One [MRL 421] Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes

How 'bout them Tigers? I don't care if it is the Twins, the way they gave up 4 in the first and then said "oh well about that" and just went on about their business to win 8-4, that's a team that's found its groove. And congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Josh Hamilton on the birth tonight of their fourth daughter, Stella Faith Hamilton. Hambone missed tonight's game to be there for that, Rangers still score 13. Hopefully they saved some for him tomorrow!

Summons or nonums, I give up!

I don't know if necrophiliac castration counts as a crime against humanity or not, but if it does, start issuing the summonses.

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Yeah, trigger pulled. Getting that & adding the new Sonny is about as good a 1-2 punch of a jazz purchase as I've made in a good while.

I hear ya', but "fightin' words" as a literal concept is kinda Old West-y, and as much as I admire so many of the attitudes of that time and place, for the verbal to escalate to the physical is, for me, in this day and time, , going to have to have some sort of physical instigation playing out first. Having said that, it's a good thing to know how to hurt somebody/defend yourself with somethings other than your fists or such, and disrespecting one's momma to her face is as good a time as any to whip 'em out. OTOH, if mama's being loud and bitchy about not paying these soryy bastards one f-in' dime, I'm just going to do my best to get momma out the room before shit goes all the way left...

Check out the Wayne Shorter/Carols Santana concert. Wayne overtly "dumbs down" the entire way and has a blast doing it. I laughed out loud more than once, and not in derision!

We stream Netflix to our main tv thru the kids' X-Box Live account & enjoy it, although as implied above, you're more likely to be pleased if you go hunting for something off-the-beaten path to watch than if you go looking for a specific, "hit" movie. We usually don't ahve a problem with that & have had a lot of fun in so doing, but...there are those times when an exact, specific need is not met, and that's never a good time.

The Troggs Wild Thing Mitch Williams

Well, it's just math, really...162 games is 162 games, and the final record isn't weighted with any consideration of what time of the year the games were won or lost.. People be talking about "it doesn't start counting until august" and nonsense like that, well, ok, yeah, if your team is playing ok enough, it might seem that way, but if you have a good team and they play consistently well before then, hey, life is so much easier being 7,8,9 games out in front than it is being only 1 or 2 up (or even more to the point, 2 or 3 out). If you lose your playoff spot by only 1 or 2 games, that bonehead play in April and the illogical pitching change in June cost you your chance just as much as anything that happens in September. Schedules follow the calendar. Wins & losses don't.

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