JSngry

YAH!

Dude, New Mexico really does move at a slower pace than the rest of the US, doesn't it?!?!?!

Sorta: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=26694&st=0

not his b'day, either? No. But at least we didn't miss it!

Dolphy. iirc.

Duke Pearson produced Super Nova & Odyssey of Iska, so wtf does Wayne have to bitch about? Iska could've been recorded better though... I remember a Shorter interview from the 70s(?) where he talked about Pearson going around telling everybody to record whatever they wanted, that they were "opening the company up" or something like that. My take on that has been that Pearson saw the writing on the wall, that the Liberty, and later UA, buyout spelled the end of the label as they knew it, so go on ahead and do whatever the fuck it was you wanted to get done while you still had the chance. Considering that Dr. Death, er...George Butler was already waiting in the wings (he co-produced Elvin's Genesis w/Wolff), I'd say that Pearson's actions were not without merit. Certainly most of the "serious jazz" material that BN released after the Liberty buyout was produced by Pearson. And what could Pearson have done to prevent the Butler/UA manuvers? So, unless Wayne knows something about all this we don't (a distinct possibility), then I think he might just be being a little bitchy here.

I have Air Raid on "legit" Japanese CD. Air Song has been released on CD by the same label. Who's doing this "self-releasing" - Threadgill or DMG? Agreed, great music. Carpe diem!

Dude - he was either 21 or 22. He didn't "look" young, he was young!

"Driva Man"

Bruce Johnston, at least in his days w/Maynard. Not nearly the player Pepper was, but if you want Fog Horn (and not Leghorn), that's your guy. His tone is/was to the bari what 70s Gene Ammon's was to the tenor. Again, tone only, not content.

Yesterday wasn't Trane's birthday either. Damn. I missed it.

http://www.sonnyrollins.com/birthday.php

Mercedes Ellington Mercer Ellington Mercellin

Basie w/Jo Jones

Tom Turkey, a Gobbler Linda Lovelace, a Gobbler Milt Gabler, a Gabler

And nice threads too!

Mario Lanza Enzio Pinza Vada Pinson

Cindy Cashdollar Cinderella Rockefeller L. David Sloane

I've been liking the gecko spots too, but they're starting to skate on very thin ice...

Ross Martin Jim West Kool Moe Dee

Vaughn Meader The Dead Kennedys Jello Biafra

Harrison Calloway Calloway (who went that-a-way) Marie Antoinette

Up. She's good.

I guess it's a matter of defining the "loss-leader" concept. You can offer me Monk?Trane Carnegie Hall for $1.99 and if I don't ever go into your store, what does it get you from me? At best, just a $1.99 sale, at a loss to you. Congratulations, sucker. If, otoh, you got some, say, Odean Pope CIMPs in the store for a fair price, you get those sales plus the Monk?Trane Carnegie Hall at whatever sale price you have it on for. Then you make money off of me. My pleasure, actually. Obviously, the model will out of necessity vary from city to city, and from store to store, but an urban store that positions itself as a "go to" place for "good music" should take these things into consideration. They used to, and now, I don't think that they do, generally speaking. Is that the entire reason why they're floundering? No, of course not. But it's definitely a factor. If you have a diverse enough consumer base, then diversity is a strength. Play to it!