Bright Moments

i am actually drinking a 2007

chuck - what can you tell us about the hal russell?

can anybody help me find a reasonably priced copy of this on cd? much thanks.

surprisingly good cd

made us all laugh. R.I.P. obit

any update?

just ordered the braxton! am anxiously waiting for the russell!!!!

this is wonderful too!

go here Essential Albums

you can't go wrong with either set. I am a bit surprised that the rich is already running low - it has not been out that long. Maybe their lease is expiring. ah that must be the case. in which event i would be curious to know how many sets actually sold!

you can't go wrong with either set. I am a bit surprised that the rich is already running low - it has not been out that long.

true that!!!

the hal russell is recommended!

but are they better than "elvis"? How can you be better than something which really doesn't exist? indeed!

but are they better than "elvis"?

"A Caddy for Daddy" by the great Hank Mobley. My avatar was "modified" for me by the great Africabrass - i hope jeff is doing well - we miss him around here.

h a p p y b i r t h d a y

really. . . . . but you have a good week too!

i have to agree!

you missed the stories about sammy davis jr. getting a plastic eye and throwing away his eyepatch!! and the one about "teenage" actor louis gossett in an accident. i agree with chewy on this one!!!

spinning this again and enjoying it thoroughly. The grubbs brothers are coltrane's cousins and joe bonner is excellent on piano! IMHO Bonner would be an excellent subject for a mosaic select!

July 7, 1968! still searching!

As much as I love Wardell, I tend to believe the junkie stories. His playing changed markedly in the last years, with greatly reduced mental and physical facility, IMO (obviously not proof of anything). And, as I recall from the Ravett film, Clark Terry alludes to Wardell using. (If I'm wrong about this latter point - it's been years since I've seen the film - my apologies.) In what might be a rare display of discretion on my part, I never asked his widow before she passed. ("One of his widows/ex-wives", I suppose...) FWIW, JR Monterose told me Wardell got high in his hotel room, started jumping on his bed, fell off and broke his neck. Friends in the room drove him to the desert so they wouldn't be involved. jeez! was there any truth to the story that he was involved with meyer lansky?