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How is this weird?

Prima was doing it in the Swing Era, and Buters was already doing R&B before joining Prima. Neither of them sound "black" to me (nor does Laine), they just sound New Orleans. Then again, I heard all sorts of Southern accents - including Black - growing up, and have continued hearing them all my life. To that end, both Prima and Buters didn't really bring anything "new" to their arena (even if it was an arena they pretty much created, the rowdy lounge band). Their miracle afaic is that it was ALL New Orleans, and it would seamlessly switch from a bouncy shuffle to a raucous honkfest to a boisterous collective improv and then back again without blinking an eye. Laine, otoh, early on, did, imo.He didn't "sound black", but his phrasing was certainly not "white". In HIS arena, that was new (unless I'm forgetting somebody?), that "bounce", not just on swing tunes, but also on ballads. I read somewhere, a liner notes maybe, that Laine got to be called "Mr. Rhythm" because of his body movements during the course of a song. Supposedly there were fans who would offer verbal encouragement to him as he did this. Shades of JATP? What is interesting to me is that before he had a hit with "That's My Desire", he seems to have been working in jazz clubs. Then all of a sudden he was a pop star, and stayed one. It was an interesting time, contrary to many conventional narratives.

Yeah, Jack Sperling was not a trad drummer. More of a big band guy. Les Brown, Lionel Hampton. A "harder" swing.

That one was a Christmas present the first Christmas I was into jazz, from a well-meaning relative. I hid my disappointment well, I think? The only thing I remember off of it is Jack Sperling's drumming on "Saints". That a snappy little business that I return to once a decade or so.

A's moving to a minor league stadium in Sacramento until Vegas faculty is ready, owner excited about other teams' stars hitting home runs there. https://www.lonestarball.com/2024/4/4/24121036/oakland-athletics-sacramento-in-2025-las-vegas What a jerk.

Mercury was its own label. Norman Granz released his product through them for a few years. After he separated from them, he formed both Clef and Norgran, both of which he folded into Verve once he started that label. Mercury did quite well on it's own both before and after the Granz association.

Dodger hardball : https://theathletic.com/5392308/2024/04/04/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-homer-fan/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=9442181&userId=14372387

Jack Football - This Was My Tony,This Was My Tiger

And keep the Key intact.

This one got a lot of play on the AM jazz radio back in the day. Irresistible!

Sounds like your dad saw the facts but not the truth. I guess he left that up to your mom. It does seem weird that your dad would be more freaked of by Sarah Vaughan than Sonny Sharrock!

I've seen some funky calls in our games so far. Against both sides. Some of them really funky. It sure seems to be more prevalent this year, early though it may be.

No way that today's Mosaic is putting this out, but serious silver-philes would benefit from at least knowing about it. Hell, they might even enjoy it a little!!!!!!!!!!!

Not just his writing, not just his conducting, but also and above all his aura, it's togetherness, it seems like everybody is playing for the same purpose and that purpose is...for everything to be together, balanced. What a big band can and should be.

You could walk a tightrope from Mt. Everest to my house and back, blindfolded and with your eyes closed, with the totality of balance that Wilson gets from these bands on this record.

Lucky Still - Can You See Me Now?

Rangers? Jung being out for 2+ months doesn't help. Three starters out until mid-season doesn't help. Still, the team has skills. I'd say they're positioned to compete. Past that...Long way still to 162.

I grew up on AM radio. I do not mind music with commercials. I do not pay for Spotify, not will I ever.

Helluva ride from start to finish. RIP

About 30 years ago I wrote a letter to Cuscuna with some suggestions about possible sets. One was for a complete Buddy Rich PJ set. His response was simple - no way that was going to happen because there was too much money to be made selling the individual albums. All that's left is the 70s stuff: And the Silveto catalog. Good luck on any of that. Maybe BGP or somebody like that can get something happening. But Mosaic today? Nah... No way it's all "WOW!!!" but some of it is. So...Horace Silver as serious artist or Horace Silver as market commodity? Remember all those hits? Silver's going to be another one of those guys with a "conventional narrative" that is going to be incomplete unless and until it becomes convenient for somebody to make some money by completing it. Proceed accordingly.

Doey Bistrop - Rollin'!!!

He's role-playing.

Pinken Gray - Always In Play!!!

No idea about the soloists. The rest of the record's not like that, Good tunes, and she sings well. But nothing like this. Pretty sure Mich Miller's involved though, this almost sounds like a rejected chart for a Bird with Strings date, imo.