Bright Moments

just picked up this puppy and boy is it smokin'! B-)

dave you are one lucky so and so!!!! have a GREAT time! B-) btw brubeck (age 83) is playing!

ordered from dusty, django and cdbaby all on the same day early last week. cd baby received last friday. django received monday. dusty. . . . .still waiting

oh, i really DID order it! B-)

me too! based on this recommendation (not really ) The Ordered Universe of Teddy Wilson Well, I disagree with the first reviewer, and yet at the same time I see his point. This music is so well-performed, so well-conceived, and so stylish that it can seem lackluster on a cursory listen. I see things differently though, after a lot of study of Teddy Wilson recordings. I hear the work of a master, who has diligently created an ordered musical universe where everything fits, where it was safe and warm and the sun shines. Lord knows the real world isn't this way. I enjoy stepping into this ordered, bright world of Teddy Wilson. There are excellent accompanists here for Teddy, and the sound is very good. If you like elegant piano playing, and swinging, relaxing, thoughtful music, give this set a spin. Lon Armstrong, Austin, TX

i saw him play 2 years ago and he was GREAT!!! B-)

Strange News - AP 3-Letter Word Sparks Scrabble Scramble Thu Aug 5,11:05 PM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! NEW ORLEANS - It wasn't a four-letter word, but it was close enough to cause a stir at the National Scrabble Championship Thursday. AP Photo In the final round, eventual champion Trey Wright played the word "lez," which was on a list of offensive words not allowed during the tournament. Normally, no word is off-limits, but because the games were being taped for broadcast on ESPN, certain terms had been deemed inappropriate, including the three-letter slang for lesbian. "There are words you just can't show on television," Scrabble Association Executive Director John Williams said. Wright, a 30-year-old concert pianist from Los Angeles, played the word and then drew two replacement tiles so quickly that the referee didn't notice at first. When he did, he said the slang term had to go. ESPN officials told Williams the word could stay, but the issue was that Wright had already selected new tiles. "He violated the rules. But there were also people who were upset that the word was played," Williams said. Eric Chaiken, a tournament participant and director of "Word Wars," a documentary about the Scrabble championship, said the definition of "offensive" was open to interpretation. "The ultimate absurdity is that you can't play the word 'redskins' on ESPN," he said. Williams spoke with Wright and his opponent, David Gibson, then called an emergency meeting of the Scrabble Advisory Board. The board unanimously agreed to remove the word. Wright then returned the two tiles he had selected and played a different word, Williams said. "We kind of took two steps back," he said. Wright, using more innocent words like feijoa (an evergreen shrub) and zebu (a domesticated ox), won the best-of-five final round in three games and pocketed a $25,000 prize. "Meaning has no consideration when I play," Wright said.

so, i guess i am the ONLY one who noticed this? hmmmmmm......................................

Great article! thanks for sharing! B-)

Happy Birthday!

has anybody else noticed the lick from "hey jude" that RRK slipped into "Volunteered Slavery"? pretty cool! B-)

happy birthday!

happy birthday Lon! i'm sorry i couldn't make the party, but from the pic below it looks like it was a wild one!

Happy Birthday!!!

oops i didn't follow directions & sent pm!

marcus, this may well have been the best bft yet! i have been playing this one over and over in my car. and #11 & 12 WOW!!1 thanks again! B-)

this looks like a great deal for someone. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=4026251058 i bought a mosaic set from the seller and was very satisfied! B-)

i agree with that jim, and jamal is absolutely worth seeing! B-)

Some people reallly dig him. I don't. Medical condition made him abnormally small and with a high pitched voice. Takes some getting used to; I never did. Search the web for sound clips and you'll know what I mean. i'm with dan on this one. i bought a cd of his based upon a lot of hype and was sadly disappointed when i heard it. some say blossom dearie (who i love) is an acquired taste. little jimmy is a taste i just can't seem to acquire! so i give it a

i'll take it. pm'd you!

marcus, this is a GREAT BFT!!!! PLEASE pm me info on #11, i HAVE to get this cd! B-) and #12 too!

paul simon deserves a spot on the list.

i really like the iridium. small, quaint, a nice place to hear jazz. B-)

my first order to dusty groove: Here is your completed order: ID________Name/Title____________________Format___Price____Quantity___Total 69456j Peter Brotzmann __________________ CD 8.99 1 8.99 --- More Nipples 84760j Roland Kirk ______________________ CD 14.99 1 14.99 --- Live In London 32093j Yusef Lateef _____________________ CD 11.99 1 11.99 B-)