JSngry

35.5? Seriously, congratulations & best wishes!

Aye Guy Charlie Chan Raymond Chandler

William H. Luden Allan Ludden Ned Ludd

What she does in her off-camera time is of no concern to me. Just keep bringin' it to the stage, babe.

Pete Fountain Al Hirt Don Payne

My first response. Exactly.

I'm just passing it on as I get it. (and I know there's a good joke there, so carpe diem!)

Theneria, that's her name.

That high altitude's a bitch.

Latest "off-the-record official word" is December 27. We shall see.

DOH! (thanks!)

This will hopefully be as much of a tribute to Stanley Dance as it will anything else. He deserves it.

No doubt a stupid question, but is the EP in fact a different take of the tune than what's on the LP set?

I kid you not - it was between this one and Dancing In Your Head as to what last week's AOTW was going to be, This is a fine album. Not Konitz' "best" or anything, but the various duets reveal a player who really has no limits other than those of expectations put on him by others, which he routinely goes about ignoring, bless him. I think the Ray Nance duet might well be my favorite, Ray getting into the free improv setting, and the Brown my least favorite (something about Brown just leaves me feeling like I've gotten all that I have a right to expect, in a non-satisfactory way). The rest of it is never less than interesting, and often quite captivating. Such an album from such a player was a bold concept back in that day, and as Konitz' inaugural album on Milestone, first of a very good run, it was a pretty bold "career move" for him and the label. Not that Lee's ever been a "career move" kinda guy... I hope that lots of people who haven't heard it take advantage of the spotlighting of this album and get on about checking it, and Lee Konitz' Milestone (and beyond) work, out. There is so much richness to be found. Accusations of "coldness", etc. are nothing more (or less) than matters of personal taste, as is the old argument over the "true jazz" quality of his playing. Again, purely personal taste. When viewed objectively, in terms of what he actually plays, the guy's a true giant of improvisation, period.

Oh, so it's a Christmas album?

That's a good, not great album. Certainly enjoyable, and since this is your main bag, perhaps even more than that for you. I'd go for it.

Thomas Dewey Dewey Redman Red Barber

1977, would this be what the kids today are calling "vinyl"?

I believe you are correct.

What Chuck said times 4!

Mary Worth Judge Parker Jo Jones

Redd Foxx Demond Wilson Paul Desmond

Daisy Duck Daisy Duke Joe Dukes

And coat the world with despair!

Any info on who the bassist was on these sessions? Joe Comfort still, or was Mandel using other people? Whoever it was has got his foot stuck all the way up everybody's asses. GOOD GOD does this mutthafookah swing! Me and a buddy was listening to this stuff yesterday on a road trip to Houston, and we both agreed that we liked the sessions better than the album. The album mix hides the band too much, what with all the reverb and shit, and the band is just SPLENDID. If "Conrad" is indeed Conrad Gozzo, well, all I can do is agree with my buddy - as far as "personality" goes, there's other lead players I prefer. But as far as absolute consistency and perfection, to listen to this muffaphoka nail this shit exactly the same way every g.damn take is to reach the conclusion that Conrad Gozzo was no mere mortal, and may in fact have been sent here from another planet. My buddy told me that he had heard that Gozzo went 10, yes, T-E-N years w/o missing a single note on a studio session. Not one. Pools were allegedly formed as to what date it would be when he finally missed one. The guy was a freak! Of course, after listening to this material just once, for educational purposes, we did our civic duty and destroyed the music. We also took medicine that will erase all memories of same from our brains within 72 hours. So no need for the Rhinottornies to get all hissified or anything.