JSngry

The web address suggest that it's Finland/Finnish.

Dammit dude, the guy came to a college in Wilmington, NC to take a teaching gig teaching students in Wilmington, NC. What the fuck do you thinkj is going to happen, that he's going to get bummed out and call NYC to get students shipped down there? Look - he came to the place where you live to teach people like you. Period. So you're "not ready". BFD - all that means is that you are ready - to be a student. Be one. What the alternative, to not be one? When Joe Chambers is shitting into the same sewer system you are? What kind of sense does that make? Carpe diem, dawg. Carpe mutherfukkin diem.

Hey, Truth, Justice, and The American Way were too. Oh well about that. I still hold them to be desirable qualities.

Newspapers are being replaced by something better, more relevant. Us. Here. Now. That's good for democracy, I think! Yeah, nothing builds a more perfect union like being the center of your own universe. Maybe you missed it. By "Us. Here. Now." I mean the immediacy and interaction of the internet. Instant news. Instant fact check. Real-time dialog (even among people with whom you may disagree ... gasp!). Many more points of view than can be represented in a single newspaper. You might be less informed now than you were from reading your afternoon daily 10 years ago. You'd be in the minority, I'm guessing. Me, I have access to every latest poll out there, can watch a story break in the morning and be debunked by noon. Engage in discussion in forums like this one. Seems to have a little more depth and immediacy than a newspaper page with 8-hour old stuff in it. That said, I love newspapers. I work for one. I just don't think they're economically feasible anymore. Advertisers will determine the tipping point. Significantly more heat, to be sure. But more light? I am not yet convinced. In fact, I remain skeptical, and am not so sure but that the consistent fluidity of the only/digital news/information experience is not eliminating the "gel" time needed for an environment of considered & reasoned action instead one of perpetual reaction and not too much else. Right now, the maturity of the processing is lagging behind that of the dissemination. Hopefully it will catch up as we evolve into a more mature understanding of what it is we're dealing with. Until then, there's a lot of "doing it because we can" on all parts, and only some of that translates to "doing it because we should". For one (very big) thing, I'm not at all sure that structuring/framing political & governing issues in terms of "winning" a news cycle is good for anybody except for those who provide those mechanisms by which those cycles exist. Digital/online only accelerates this entire concept of always being "in" and never "away". As part of a well-balanced reality, away is good. That said, I used to love newspapers, but pretty much gave them up about five years ago. Things are how they are and it makes no sense to pretend otherwise. But by the same token, things aren't how they once were, and it makes no sense to pretend otherwise about that either. Marshall McLuhan lives.

Newspapers are being replaced by something better, more relevant. Us. Here. Now. That's good for democracy, I think! Yeah, nothing builds a more perfect union like being the center of your own universe.

George is on Gloria's new side, and played alto on them Jimmy Smith jams. And let's not forget (as if we could) Love Bug.

Dexter did half an LP w/Shirley Scott, American Classic on Elektra/Musician. There's organ on a tune on Red Clay.

It counts as a tragedy. Then the jazz life is indeed one of tragedy for many of those who call it theirs.

Yeah, i don't really dig the song that much myself either. Agree w/Mr. Lowe about the affecting, painful quality of Bird's version, with the suggestion that it really hits hardest on "My Heart Belongs to Dayy" for reasons which should be apparent if you know the real-time chronology of what was going on in Bird's life at this point (i.e. - the death of infant daughter Pree, which by most accounts is what finally pushed him over the point of no return...)

And he did a cut w/Trudy Pitts on 5000 Lb Man

Picked it up back in the day, on Stadler's Labor records. I like Stadler & I like the record, but yeah, it's "different" in a perhaps unexpected way.

Does playing a four hour gig for $75.00 and leaving with less than $5.00 after paying your bar tab count?

Dude, most of the music's fans today are people for whom "underground" is a fearful a concept as "socialist" or something like that. It's all about being an "outsider", but not too outside. "Hip" is cool, but "weird" ain't.

Ok, my bad about the jam session then. I have that disc but haven't listened to it in several years. Still want to know what this "Quartet" box is & what tunes are from it...

Not just the "concept", but the realization of that concept. What I mean is that I don't listen to Jamal for the soloing per se nearly as much I do for the arrangements and he "re-imaginings" of the tunes. That's what he's about in those earlier years (and to a large extent still is). He was doing things to standards that were anything but standard... Hardly an original observation on my part, btw, as is noticing that Jamal's technique is anything but "limited". When you hear a Jamal piece from this time, you are usually hearing anything but the typical head/solo/head that is so often the "official" definition of jazz. Not for nothing was Miles so vocal in his praise, and it had to do with so much me than just the use of space.

What "Prestige Quartet Box" is that? And what four tracks are they? And "What Is..." is from an Art ford show jam session, with Miles, Cannonball, & Red garland taking part, so there is some connection.

I find the music infinitely more engrossing than the playing.

Well, you're going to get the "Complete Argo Ahmad Jamal Piano-Bass-Drums Trio Sessions" Doesn't sound like it...more like the complete Jamal/Crosby/Fournier trio sessions...there's other Argo/Chess/Whatever trio sides made after that trio broke up...they're quite good & break the "formula" more than a little bit.

Milton Goniff, isn't he the cat who drew Steve Canyon? Or am I thinking of Ray Goniff, the trombonist turned easy-listening staple?

Dude, prodded by your words, I finally got around to hearing Bar Wars, and WHOA!!!!

Glad to hear you're not dead!

Good! Can i die now?

I just want some people to be able to say that they learned something useful from me. Doesn't have to be (hell, most likely won't be) anything profound, just that I gave them something to think about, and that thinking about it had a good outcome for them. If I can leave that behind, then all that was taught me will ultimately have been a "loan", which is as it should be, I think. I'd also like to sing well and dance even better. But those things....ah, those things....

Elvin Jones & Richard Davis w/Earl Hines