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Oh...all right then!

Yeah, the guy's remained musically curious, open to new ideas, concepts, theoretical tools, etc. I started hearing him working with fourths a lot in the late 60s, and he just made it sound as natural as his old bebop repertoire. And he has become a master of the altered dominant. Sorry if that goes over anybody's head, all I mean is that he continued to study harmony and grow in his understanding and application of it. The two Muse albums, btw...sheer wonderfullness! Infinite Love Points for James Moody!

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Your big toe is 3X bigger than your pinkie finger? DUDE!

He's BACK! :tup :tup

Apparently this "conflict of interest: issue came up in the 3-15-72 issue:

"Did you see the smoke when the cat farted in Hamburg?" is the closest on-line translation for this I can find.... HELP!?!?!?!?!?

Better look out for them babies then...

To the best of my knowledge, yes.

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The Von Erich clan was...a sad story. Dysfunctional at best, and tragic no matter how you look at it. Gotta ask though, just how big is your big toe that you find it unusual to find somebody with a pinkie finger that's larger than it?

Dude, I'm 52, and although not the physically spry young lad of 22 or the keenly honed intellect of 32 or the Maven Of Mellow Misanthropy of 42 that I used to be, ain't no way that I'm this fucked up! :g :g :g :g :g

Couldn't have said it better myself. Although, if you ever get a copy of this one... It's kinda like a Bizarro World version of this, in that Watrous is the Anti-Desmond, and The Walter Raim Concept are like Herbie on Rhodes transferred to a string quartet and small vocal group. If Desmond w/Herbie on A&M is a mellow mushroom buzz, then the Watrous is like being drunk and tripping at the same time. It could be nice, but if you're not in the mood for it, it'll drive you psycho to the point of no return.

Are you back, MG?

Absolutely. No blatant sacrifice of intonation for tonal character, and although in my book you take the tonal character over anything else and zero shame attached for doing so, it's always a treat to hear a section having it both ways, and if this ain't exactly a Marshall Royal-led Basie section, it's still a fun, satisfying listen on the scale to which it aspires. But that tenor player, if you listen to his breaks, sounds like he might get a little horsey, given the opportunity. Still, seeing this on the streets of Disney World is not unlike seeing an animal in a zoo...

Women love that in a guy... OTOH, not knowing your gender, guys really love that in a woman! But then again, not knowing your orientation, uh... gee, don't know about that one...uh... Is the website working now?

Now we know what happened to the Jazz Messenger's old overalls...

Dave Reikenberg, Jerry Pinter, and Les Lovitt? Damn, it's 1978 all over again!

I have his head in my freezer. There, I've said it and I don't care WHO knows! What will you use for gravy? Donald's Duck Butter.

And Martin Williams is really John Cleese. And we are all together.

Wayne party can with all meats!

Man, it's DISNEY WORLD! I've seen those guys before, or others like them. Funny Disney World Musician story - we we having lunch in whatever the "old america" section is, and a strolling "dixieland" band came by, some older black guys dressed as house servants (yeah, I know...). They were strolling through the dining room fielding all the usual suspects of lame requests, so when they came over to our table, I asked for "Stompin' At The Savoy". MAN! It was like I had said the secret word, all of a sudden, the guard was down and these guys were talking to me about what a drag the gig was, how the crowds were idiots, how the had to play Saints, like 20-30 times a day, all that shit. Then, my wife's aunt, a true cracker if ever there was one, blurts out to the clarinet player, "Well, you know, he plays TROMBONE, just like YOU!". He looked at me, I looked at him, and we both did spit takes worthy of Danny Thomas. anyway, they went on ahead and played "Savoy", and the clarinet fumbled just a little bit on the bridge, which is what happens if you don't play it for a while. It's a tough tune in a weird key. But they dug it, and the bass player insisted on a solo, which he played just fine on. A splendid time was had by all. But yeah, 5 saxes playing "Four Brothers", with only one tenor in the bunch. It's....a gig. Disney, baby, DISNEY!

Has anybody heard his new BN album?

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