JSngry

A lack of "broad" appeal is hardly the same as limited appeal, never mind no appeal.

After a hard day of being relentlessly assaulted by triviality, propaganda, and overall general misanthropy. I enjoy nothing more than an hour or two of Braxton's music, which is a cleansing antidote to all of that. Also- where do you get your sales figures to make the claim that you make?

It was in no way as horrible as the reactionaries wanted everybody else to think.

You left out the ill-fated "Mosaic Contemporary" attempt.

Madame Defarge ain't got nothing on me!

We are the world. We are the O-Board.

I liked the sprawl of it. And the Marshall Allen bit at the end is deep. She's thinking big and seems to know what that involves. Keep an eye on her and some ears too!

So, no golf. Too bad

Larry played golf with him once. Now if you think that doesn't matter. ,my dad played golf with Ernie Banks once. Now, Larry is neither my dad nor a Cubs fan, but have you played golf with either Ken Nordine or zErnie Banks? Or with Larry? Or with my dad? Holes 1-18, not juth the 19th. Yeah, didn't think so

A Treniers set could be awesome, especially if it included the live Milt Trenier record with Von Freeman and Joe Diorio. That sucker swings like ALL the mf. To all dissenters, hey - The Four Fucking Freshmen. Beginning and end of story.

It would be a liquid asset (no pun intended). You could sell that shit to friends and neighbors!

re Ra/Saturn - I put together a chronological set of all Chicago Ra using existing CDs (including the Transparency mega-set that has since been withdrawn) and the Robert Campbell website. It works REALLY well like that. Anybody with even a little bit of interest and maybe a little bit more free time would be well-advised to DIY!

Happy to have been of service!!!

I am indeed late. March was a month of much transitions here. Retired at last (and for as long as we don't run out of money...). TRACK ONE - "Lush Life" on bassoon. Double reeds are a booger to deal with as doubles and this player shows this. Not at all bad, but from a "technical" standpoint it is is not totally "together". On the other hand, the pocket, the time and phrasing is totally there. And all things being equal, I'd rather have pocket than "perfection". But what is that counting at the end? TRACK TWO - "A Child Is Born"...not my favorite tune. Probably Thad, but not Jones/Lewis. Oh, but the but smack at the end, ok then, it is. The woodwinfs are more out of tune than I would have expected. Oh well! TRACK THREE - Sonny asking if I like the guacamole, and yes I do, thank you for asking, I'd be happy to have that every day for the rest of my life. TRACK FOUR - Early-ish Jug, the real thing coming along, as it always did. If you don't like Gene Ammons, you are worng. Period. TRACK FIVE - "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing". Not sure if I like the alto's tone on the melody. Or the solo. Oh well. I think that's Marion Brown? I love him when he was in full capacity of his physical capabilities, which I think kind of diminished with him as he aged. Too bad, a beautiful spirit, always willing, but maybe the flesh was sometimes weak. And surely that is Mal Waldron? No such problems with him. TRACK SIX - HERE! and NOW! Don Byas, surely. God this is beautiful. Nothing but beautiful. TRACK SEVEN - Plenty of reverb! ED, and not anything that you need a little blue pill to fix. That guy was such a total virtuoso, and not just in terms of chops, but also of mind. TRACK EIGHT - Yeah, like I said! But also, Melba Liston dipping into a Kenton-ish "Progressive Jazz" bag on the chart, which is always more interesting when it's not played by Kenton's own band (not really their fault). But jezzus, that singing is totally genius. Too bad the, per Phil woods' auto bio, that he was a loon and the band wanted to kill him. Or something like that. TRACK NINE - I'll say it yet again - I would NEVER play poker with Earl Hines. That motherfucker had at least three hands at all times. TRACK TEN - Louise Lasser was hot, if more than a little bit of a mess. TRACK ELEVEN - No idea, but it's pretty. TRACK TWELVE - LOVE that bass sound, SO much wood resonating the natural way. Trumpeter starts shaky but gathers steam as they go. Fortunately! It's all good once that happens. TRACK THIRTEEN - Well, yeah. Cole/Ervin. How about those two for a study in contrast?!?!?!?!?!?! TRACK FOURTEEN - Some ideas, all of them quite positive, but no guesses. Looking forward to the reveal. TRACK FIFTEEN - Ra. Chicago Ra. Hello Charles Davis. TRACK SIXTEEN - "Odwalla". Those were beautify spirits playing beautiful music. I miss them more than is healthy, probably. Thank you. That was a Sweet 16 indeed. How're your brackets looking?

J. D. Pillow - Go Fetch Clifford!!!

Argo/Cadet, with the Scepter material thrown in. It's all been out, but in ragtag at best fashion.

Moody!!!!!!!!

The Norelco Santa Mrs. Claus Claus von Bülow

Loving the chile over cornbread. Good cornbread is a gift of god, to say nothing of good chile. As they used to say, sorta, you just can't lose with the stuff you use.

Billy Cobham appears courtesy of Columbia Records When?

Yeah.

Bill Barron, Lionel Hampton, and Percy France. Winners all. Pre-order now!

Those were bands, not Billy Cobham. That's not how it works