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Felini Ahmni?

This is a record worth hearing!

Pre-Svengali, and expansive as you want it to be!

IIRC, he's originally from Kansas, but we were at NT together in the 70s. Played various sessions together there and hung out some as a result. Yes, excellent player!

Rob Landis! If he remembers me, send my regards!

Red was a master accompanist. And, as evidenced by his own albums, he knew a LOT of tunes. Between him and Trane, they probably knew EVERY song ever.

and yet, meh.

and friendly!

Max Mazola - The Original Butter Melter LIVE!!!

Motown's Jazz Workshop label is not without interest. Not a large catalog, and no real "lost masterpieces", but it's interesting.

Exciting!!!!!

I played Amazing grace at my dad's funeral.

It was an afternoon show. I was doing thestay-at-home dad thing with our infant daughter and 4 year old son. Baby girl was napping and on comes "Poinciana", the Jamal/Pershing version. Vernell Fournier got good to me and I started dancing all over the room, joined rather rapidly by Young Mr. Sangrey. We danced all the way until the end, after which the announcer came on and said something like, well, I'm not going to be playing any more Ahmad Jamal, that's for sure. Beeline to the phone and gave this guy a WTF? rundown (in some detail) about how important that cut was to jazz in general, and how important it had just been to both my son and myself. He had some mealy-mouth excuse about how he had never heard of Ahmad Jamal before this record, maybe he should listen to some other records besides this one, it sounded like some simplistic pounding to him, maybe he wasn't paying attention, blahblahblah. Blah. I just told him, yeah, dude, keep trying, and hung up. Maybe I wasn't "nice", but stupidity is like bullying - if you don't stand up to it, it keeps spreading. There were some good shows on whatever station that was, but they always came from guest hosts, like the one guy who did an hour straight of Booker Ervin and spoked knowledgably. Maybe that was a community-radio station? Seems like all the good stuff was always during a pledge drive.

I listened to them some during my 1990-91 stay there. Another station(?) had a night show called "Burk's Works" with a guy named Bob Burk (pop you "B"s when you say that for full effect), as well as some show that was on in the afternoon. I have a story about that one, not a happy one, but still, good music with a dumbass DJ is better than no good music at all....I think.

Thanks. I'd think there should be more, but hey. People gonna play what they gonna play. It's a really good song. Bobby Troup, right?

"You're Looking At Me" is a great song. Who has covered it instrumentally?

Nordstrom loves them some slim and skinny peoples!!!!! I don't even try to shop there!!!!! Nor does my wife!!!!! She shore is purty!!!! But not our size!!!!! Or even close to it!!!!! Here's a smart shopper!!!!!

Wister Seria - Ballads Of The Old West and The New Frontier Incredible arrangements by the ill-dated Dolph Calecca.

Oliver Nelson & Richard Williams.

It's on Netflix. It's got subtitles. And perhaps it transcends the genre. But even if it doesn't, damn is it bingealiciously epic!