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My mom uses the Thanksgiving turkey carcass to make turkey gumbo for New Years Day. For that I am thankful.

Fritz Lang Aunt Fritzie Betty Boop

For me, Woody III had that vision.

Finally found the Pee Wee Russell Dot side w/Bud Freeman. Scratch another one off the list!

Not sure. That trio recording was done somewhere between 1961 & 1963, iirc, the album per se was from 1968/69, and only snippets of the trio stuff were used, as parts of the collage. Heckman was quite the "avant-gardist"! Not sure is I'd call it a "worthy endeavor" or not, but it is, as I said, unique.

Very slow for me right now as well.

Yep, that's what I meant.

Edith Prickly Edith Head Beverly Archer

Jeez, dude, ain't there no loops around all that shit?

Let's not forget the great "Where Flamingos Fly"! Larry, have you heard JBB's Avant Slant (one PLUS 1 = II?) (Decca, 1968)? An "audio collage", and very, ummm... UNIQUE! http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poets/hart/avantslant.html

Funny thing is, Stepping Stones got kinda lukewarm reviews on initial release. I can see why, there is a certain "hyper" quality to it, but I never concurred that that was a flaw per se. Also, don't let the "excuse" fool you - "It All Comes Back To You" is a fine piece, and its exclusion is inexcuasable. My favorite Shaw albums are still Woody III & Live at the Berliner Jazztage, but there's not a dud in the bunch, really. At least not on this list: http://www16.brinkster.com/fitzgera/woody/...#discog_release The cat was tuff!

Sayeth Da'Bastids: Well, "brilliant" is a bit of a stretch, and it reminds me more of those hip early-60s combo sides albums where Thad Jones and/or Ton McIntosh were contributing the material, but yeah, this is some nice, if "non-challenging", stuff. Nobody sounds blatantly "imitative" (at least not any more than any number of more-celebrated Americans...), the material is conservative but hip, and the swing is on. Basso is the least "modern" sounding of the group, but he sounds like Ike Quebec did in the early-60s, which is to say that although his "style" his perhaps dated, his feel isn't, not in the least, and more's the better. "Recommended" is a bit strong, but to those who like this basic genre of jazz enough to "dig deep" into it w/o expectations of "revelation" every time out, yeah - recommended, and unconditionally so.

Argonne Thornton Neon Deon Sanders Kal-El

Judging by the lineup, I'd have to say that even if it's not great it'll still be more than good enough to keep.

Exactly!

No, I don't sing, except in situations that call for farce and/or immediate clearing of the room. But it was New Years Eve, this cat was drunk, and he was making requests @ $100 a pop. So like all good whores, I faked it.

Art Tatum Goose Tatum Abe Saperstein

This site: http://www.blueson.se/fred_below.htm says that Fred Below started off playing bebop. You ever hear him in that type of a setting, Chuck?

Best tipping situation I found myself in was on a New Years Eve gig where a bunch of jazzers were booked to play "oldies". The rest of the guys had the most basic stuff covered lyrically, but some guy came up with a hadful of $100s and started requesting stuff like "Flip, Flop, & Fly", and other R&B hits which the other cats had never heard but with which I had a reasonably passing lyrical familiarity. I'm no singer, but for a c-note a pop, I sure as hell played one on TV that night.

And don't think we don't love you for it!

Not sure what they are either, but they serve as references for the various skin schemes. The more they blend in with a certain skin, the more...whatever. To each their own. so far, green is the most perfect blend, peach the least. Which is why I'm sticking w/peach.

We have a vinyl set of it here at the station and you're right, Jim, it's excellent. ← Just to make sure - you're talking about the FD original with the "full frontal" cover, not the RCA/Bluebird reissue of the same name but totally different contents, right? Finally found a scan of the "full frontal" cover: http://www.dougpayne.com/onbbb1.jpg Not quite full frontal, but close enough... Why this cover was selected for this album is beyond me.

No, but I have heard that RCA still has hours of material from the Village Gate dates that produced Our Man In Jazz safely tucked away in the vaults...