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Elvis? Still? Really?

But the name "Jack Buck" was already taken!

He played the 1976 season as an Oriole. It's the year that time has forgotten.

Who is the S.J. Perelman of jazz?

Throw some Pigmeat Markam into the mix just for good measure!

Thanks!

What/where is Kingwood Hall?

That might depend on their age...I remember him first as a player with the A's, for whom he was already "high profile" before his move to NY, or Anaheim, or....Baltimore! But the then (and now?) NYC-centricity of all media, especially the sports media, certainly magnified his not inconsiderable accomplishments as a Yankee, and I suspect that that ongoing media spotlight contributes to younger fans remembering him as a Yankee. That's not unjustifiable either, since that is where he became "Mister October". But in my memory, my reflexive memory is of him as an A, because that team ws way, waaaay cool, and if you weren't around then to experience the "shock" about their looks and attitude, you'd be hard-pressed to fully understand. But I was, and I distinctly remember Reggie as a big part of them, outspoken even then, an outspoken, "Alex Johnson with real skills" type guy.

Ron Washington nominated for Dallas Morning News Texan Of The Year: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/texanofyear/stories/DN-toy2_1224edi.State.Edition1.14c043c.html Readers comments reflect how much better the Rangers organization is than so much of the market they serve...

Bird Call is fine with me. Nothing profound, just a good club-in-the-hood set of jazzertainment.

Is that grass, shag carpet, or just what exactly are they standing on?

This guy tells of sharing a cell for three weeks w/Anderza: http://cd.ciao.co.uk/Outa_Sight_Limited_Edition_Earl_Anderza__Review_5750762

Is the secret of Morris Grants now lost forever? The guy certainly left a legacy. RIP & thanks. Big time.

Good call - they'll be too weak to play too loud.

Yeah, that's part of it too. Soo had cancer, tight? Wikipedia again:

Didn't he come in to take Abe Vigoda's place when the Fish character got spun off into his own series? Doesn't look like it, as that show was a few years later... http://www.imdb.com/...ullcredits#cast Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Miller This is more or less as I remember it in terms of Landesberg becoming a regular, although the introduction of thee character was earlier than I remember it.

I still don't know what that means, especially "wrong accents". Can you provide examples, timing points in the video? I'll tell you what I do hear, and that's a touch of reflex lag. But hell the cat's 85, so that's pretty much to be expected. That doesn't make it "wrong"... As far as "too intrusive", I think that's purely a matter of taste. Hell, I have no compunctions whatsoever about killing (yeah, as in felonious behavior) a drummer who comes to the stand unprepared to deal. So Mr. Haynes' level of engagement in the music at hand sounds and feels perfectly acceptable to me. Enjoyable, even. Besides, at no point is he louder than the altoist. And listen to the mike levels come up behind the piano solo - what you're hearing is obviously all miked, so...factor volume considerations accordingly. The bassist is getting screwed form jump, in fact, but that ain't Roy's fault. If Roy Haynes wants to lead the dance, let Roy Haynes lead the dance. Not everybody can, or should, but Roy Haynes ain't one of those.

THE DUCKS GET SHIRTS!

I don't know what that means.

Didn't he come in to take Abe Vigoda's place when the Fish character got spun off into his own series?

Not an original cast member, iirc, came in after starting to get hot as a standup, but settled in very nicely for the duration. A great role played equally great. RIP.

Hell, you learn that is you've been any kind of a sports fan for any length of time...or been alive for any length of time, really. You know what I've never learned, though, even yet? How to sit through a full showing of Gone With The Wind. Not that I really want to, mind you, I'm just saying...

Newport: http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=690704 Not totally unheard/unknown, but no grey-market issue yet either, so this is a treat, although hell yeah I'll miss Wayne! Isle of Wight: http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=700829 I've been lax on picking up the DVD and whatever other issues (legit or otherwise) this has seen, so, yeah, this one's good for me. Certainly a worthy release, I think.

Yeah, John Lennon's been dead. It's ok to laugh now. No matter - they both changed my life in some pretty fundamental ways, each in their own time, each in their own way, and being frequent failures as human beings (and really, is that not a redundancy?) is a wholly separate relevancy.