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At one point, Williams wrote an arrangement of "Scorpio," one of the movements from The Zodiac Suite, to feature three pianos: Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and herself. This unrecorded arrangement offers moot testimony to Mary Lou Williams' adventurousness as a composer and arranger. http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/mlw/modern_1.html

MARY LOU WILLIAMS GIVING DRUM LESSONS

The first jazzman on tv? London, 1938!

All I have is a cassette dub. Someday...

On a more pleasant note (in several ways...), remember this?

Speaking of Rednecks...

The first bridge on "Just Squeeze Me" locks into about as perfect a pocket as I've ever heard.

I seem to remember something similar in the late 60s, only w/o the video game aspect. "Alpha State", "Biofeedback", or something like that. And isn't this similar to what Scientology claims to do, training your brain waves to reach a "clear" state, or some such? Be afraid, be VERY afraid... I'll stick to the tried and true methods , thak you very much. If you need a machine, that's too modern for me!

I hate it when cats use Miles' changes on the bridge of "Well, You Needn't" instead of Monk's. And speaking of Monk's changes and fake books, let's not... (the new "official" one excepted, of course)

Alto popped up for a quick minute in the mid-late 70s, as did another Rose label, Ozone. I grabbed as many as I could, which unfortunately, wasn't anywhere near all of them. The album titles were sometimes, uh, "different", as is the case with the one you just got. My all-time favorite Rose album title is a Monk item called "Spastic And Personal". Beat THAT!

Airchecks from Boris Rose. Rose's label. Don't have that particular one.

When it comes to "Sh'Boom", there is The Crew Cuts version, which is a Weapon Of Mass Emasculation that needs to be totally eradicated from the American Consciousness, and The Chords' original version on Atlantic, which is sublimely swinging (you could even call it jazz in this regard), with a marvellous tenor solo by (I think) Sam Taylor, and which is welcome on my turntable ANYTIME!

You cannot be a Marvin Gaye completionist without certain Moonglows sides. Anybody heard how they do "Blue Velvet"? Magic.

Binding to the point of cutting off circulation!

The Moonglows RULE! If you don't yet know this, take the time to learn it, because it is true. And the Flamingos thing on "Eyes" has a groove to die for, no shit. Certain many jazz players should be able to ride the pocket like that. And that wrap-araound swath of massive reverb air-conditioning just seals the deal. Yeah, I dig doo-wop, because each night I ask the stars up above, "Why must I be a teenager in love?" 1,2,3...Look at Mr. Lee! Oh HELL yeah I love doo-wop!

Any cavities filled?

Chuck, did you ever have the opportunity to catch her with Jug?