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Even cooler: on the Leo Coventry set, Braxton sings Marsh's solo on "The Song Is You". And then there's that video of him singing Konitz' solo on the same cut back to Lee. Lee's got a "WTF?!?!?!" look on his face that is priceless.

The land of jazz likes to play tricks.

What I disagree with is turning Duke Ellington into Tommy Tune. Or trying to. It's Jazz Colonialism, and it's Evil. I don't condemn because I don't respect or dislike the person. I do it because i detest the results. If I want to explore Beautiful Whiteness, I got Sinatra, Brian Wilson, Warne Marsh, Fred Astaire's repertoire, and plenty of other examples that are more than a little legit. I don't need to take "Rockin' In Rhythm" and recast it as White Hat & Tails & all that crap. Part of becoming a Universal Human is realizing that your Beauty & somebody else's Beauty may be Totally Equally Beautiful, but that doesn't make them Exactly The Same. The same thing isn't necessarily the same thing. If it was, why would there be both? The Equality can't be fully appreciated unless the Difference is as well. Respect & understanding are two different things. A lot of mistakes are made by people who don't realize this. The road to hell, as they say, is paved with good intentions...

In the land of jazz?

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It had/has both. Click on one and you get the other.

No, but using a criticism of one artist to create a generalization about an entire genre seems a bit, uh.... weird. Missing the point, perhaps? Come on, Jim. An entire genre? No. I simply asked you, If Lorraine Feather is a rapist, why isn't Carmen? Is Carmen evil? Weird Ron. Because Carmen/Hendricks didn't try to co-opt Monk to promote an agenda that had nothing to do with him. FWIW, I think that the show "Sophisticated Ladies" is only marginally less rapistic, but no less insidious.

No, but using a criticism of one artist to create a generalization about an entire genre seems a bit, uh.... weird. Missing the point, perhaps?

No, I got the point. That's why I don't dig it. It's not "bad music", it's just evil. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

1. Right (but irrelevant) 2. Wrong What I really have a problem with is the re-imaging of that which needs no re-imaging, especially when that re-imaging is in the service of an esthetic that is in direct oppostion to that which is being re-imaged. At best, it's unnecessary. At worst, it's rape. And worse than worst, it's the new LCJO Mingus album, upon which I'm constrained by doctor's orders from commentating...

No, that was just ice cream. I swear!

Musique concrete it isn't!

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Oh hell F-in' Magic Ritual YEAH!

In Beverley Hills? I suppose so. But I think they donated the leftovers to Goodson/Todman & Monte Hall.

So you're giving away the gift that somebody gave you as a gesture of friendship, if not outright love, and keeping the one you bought for yourself just to satisfy your own RC fix? Hell hath no fury like a gift scourned...

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So, you've actually got a life. Tell me, what's it like?

If we lose the green skin because of this, I'm OUT! Maybe it'll come back in time for Easter...

What is that, irritable vowel syndrome?

Lorraine Feather? Sorry, but I ain't buyin' it.

Well, as they say carpe diem, which is Latin for "diefy the fish". Personally, I prefer crape diem, whaich is "shit on the day". Latin may indeed be a "dead language", but it continues to enrich our lives. Habeus cortex!

You'll most likely want to get this one: A blubop classic if ever there was one.