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Maybe "he felt, that Bill was not in his league" means that Bunch thought that Evans was in a "higher" league? Not sure that I'd agree with that either, at least not for this date. Durium, can you elaborate on this (to some) mystery?

I had never heard that before...is that a misprint? I mean, ok, I'm not the biggest Bill Evans fan in the world, but I sure as hell respect him. And John bunch too, albeit for different reasons. In the end though, props is props & Bunch not having props for Evans is kinda... Is that a misprint?

Yeah, now we just gotta get the young folk out and about for a while...

Crazy Glue on the hands....no no no no NO! Your manicurist will KILL you for that. Trust me on this one...

I hear you on that one. My wife's been under a lot of stress at work the last few weeks, and we were just talking about massages. Good thing it's a long weekend!

Aw shit, I'm getting jumpy now & not knowing who's gonna take what the wrong way... But... I'm neither implying nor declaring that Bev Getz herself is part of the "Jazz PC Patrol". That's certainly not my intent. I'm just saying that the jazz business is like any other business in that once you want to get out of the "ghetto" of local/indie/etc/whatever, then it's no different than for any other business these days, which is to say that egos must be stoked & feathers not get ruffled, at least not until one has earned enough power to afford to do so. A lot of people still think of jazz as this free-spirited world where fans alone make things happen, like Lion & Wolff. but no, those days are looooong gone, if indeed they ever existed in the romanticized form we like to think they did, which they probably didn't.

Hey, a good pampering every now & then is never in bad taste!

How did they develop? Were certain things, er, 'overexposed'? It seemed cool last I looked. Dude, "our" definition of "overexposed" and that of others is probably nowhere near the same, if you know what I mean about "Jazz PC", and I think you do. But yeah, it got kinda ugly in all kinds of ways.

ok, that's a rhetorical "first". Other people have already made the suggestion. Sorry.

Yeah, that ws sorta the same thing only different, if you know what I mean. A used CD usually costs more than a new LP did in all but the tail end of the vinyl era, but my earnings had increased as well, so the relative cost stayed roughly the same. But man...coming out of a department store with an armful or two of jazz LPs, all of them "unfamiliar in some form or fashion, and some of them not to be readily available for decades to come - if even then - all for under $20.00, hey...that ws the shit. Although, hell, now you can get it all for free, if that's the way you roll. so pardon my nostalgia.

Don't wait too long, Joe, i think it just went OOP and you know how that goes.

Dude, the "jazz business" these days is "weirder" than it's ever been. Gigs are few and competition is fierce. Power, real power, business power, the kind that can make your life "comfortable" is highly, highly concentrated. "Hurt feelings" of the wrong person can indeed have an adverse effect on bookings & other opportunities, since the power brokers are more aware than ever that they hold all the power. The beauty of the internet is that it greatly democratizes the "ground floor", the getting in the game (and god, I've heard "get back in the game" so much lately on so many different commercials that it's making me ill...), but the reality is that once you want to break out of that "indie" scene, you gotta deal with reality - and that means "political correctness", or at least the jazz version of it. It's a game that most of us here either aren't aware of or have chosen not to play. But if Jim has decided that he needs to work that area in order to best provide for his family, I'll be the first to encourage him to go for it, even if it means changing/losing/whatever the board. A man's family always comes first, and as much as I've enjoyed the "keeping it real" vibe around here, it's a luxury I can easily live without (some perceptions to the contrary, I have a very satisfying life away from the computer ) if it means that the Alfredson, Gloss, & Marsh peoples get to take it to the next level career-wise. Or at least get to try to take it to the next level. Lots of hoops, but... Somebody else can always start another board for "us" if it comes to that. I've already got the perfect name, theme song, and logo: Edit to change "Gross" to "Gloss"...I've not yet had my Naproxen, and achy joints do contribute to a feeble mind, trut me!

Beverly, is this you? http://ingreatskin.com/

How times have changed... In the early 70s when I was getting started, it was "go to the cutout bins and dime stores and buy anything you see that even remotely looks like jazz". At prices as low as 3/$1.00 & with all the then-recent catalog purges of the Liberty labels (Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, etc.) & other labels, it was a good strategy, and really, one that was viable until about 10 years ago or so. I know I could afford to be infinitely more curious @ $1.99 than I could @ $5.99...or $7.99....and especially $13.99....

I just discovered Standards In Silhouette a few months back myself. I'm in no way a Kenton fan, but this one actually moved me, something that KentonMusic rarely does. Is that the one that Bill Mathieu did arrangements for? Yep. Splendid work imo.

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Hal Singer Margaret Sanger Brenda Sue Sangrey

I just discovered Standards In Silhouette a few months back myself. I'm in no way a Kenton fan, but this one actually moved me, something that KentonMusic rarely does. Otherwise, I've always been partial to Adventures In Jazz. And of course, the Bob Graettinger pieces, but that's a thing unto itself, really.

Yeah, she often falls asleep while we make love, jsut as I often watch hoops during same. That's a big part of why I'm the hateful & hypocritical bastard I am today!

Hateful and hypocritical, but apparently I don't owe Bev Getz an apology, so I guess I'm one step ahead of the game! But damn do my joints ache! Here's to better living through chemistry! (naproxen)

She was asleep. She woke up, watched the replay, and went right back to sleep. Groove intact, I'd say.