Bright Moments

YOU GUYS ARE SMOKIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

paypal sent!

well i enjoyed press color and nassau mambo - but i REALLY LIKED THIS ONE!!!! now i need some help finding "zulu rock"

happy birthday!!!

happy birthday!!!

happy birthday!!!

happy birthday wayne!

PM sent on: Fred Hersch and the Pocket Orchestra Live at the Jazz Standard Various Haunted Melodies Songs of Rahsaan Roland Kirk w/ Jaki Byard, Joe Lovano, John Stubblefield Metropolitan Sealed Charles Earland Blowing the Blues Away High Note Ryan Kisor Battle Cry Criss Cross Promo Paul Bley Not Two, Not One ECM

OK, so let's talk about the blog. I am one of those who bookmarked it too after having found the link here, and I find it very interesting reading and I'll be looking forward to further articles that might appear there. However, there are other aspects that make this reading a bit uneasy and also unsettling for me. I really appreciated Chris A's contributions here on this board and at AAJ (despite some incidents there that were uncalled for) and did regret his departure from Organissimo (and I really haven't figured out completely what the REAL reason and sequence of events was that led to his departure - one says so, the other says the opposite, oh my ...). But what I did not appreciate ONE BIT is the way he not only left the forum but also took his own writings with him (cf. in the "I Came Across ..." threads that really were impressive glimpses at jazz history that for the history-minded reader ideally filled in gaps to complete what could be found elsewhere). Now if you do not wish to visit the park anymore, fine ... But if you insist on not only leaving the park but destroying a good deal of the trees that others strolling through the park would still have liked to look at (and that at one time were dear enough for you to have planted them)? Punish everybody for your disagreement with a scant handful? Making sure nobody else can get anything out of it if you cannot have it all your own way? Is this really all mature? I'll leave that up to else individual to judge. And this is why, no matter how hard I try, some uneasy feeling did creep up when reading writings from the very same person who saw fit to act in such a manner on this forum. Who is the person behind those writings and what are his motivations in such public statements? Maybe it all is because in this internet world I've discovered (and learned to appreciate) forums a long time before that blog thing. Forums can benefit immensely from dialogs and mutual interaction and exchange of ideas, whereas blogs tend to become more of a "one man's showcase". (I've seen it on other blogs where bloggers have started drooling about their own greatness and I have therefore become a little bit wary) I distinctly try to suppress and rule out those feelings but honestly, it sometimes isn't easy, especially in the case of topics that revolve around the apparently ongoing concern of "who is fit to act as a keeper of the keys to the shrine of jazz history memorabilia" (cf. that Billie Holiday thing on the blog, and it also was a subject on this forum here). I'll freely admit that this issue is a touchy one and I do understand some may feel bitter about such objects disappearing in collections not accessible to the interested public (or only against horrendous fees) but if this issue is such a hot one and one where one finds that things are at fault then why does one have to withdraw what's been made publicly accessible on this forum and thereby act in exactly the same manner? This just doesn't add up. well said!

lol!

is it true that she and chet baker had a "thing"?

who was she? anything worth checking out?

happy birthday!

happy birthday tom!!!

how about some chet baker?

Chris - that was a snippy response to what i thought was a nice way by ubu of advising you of how we feel about (any) new members coming here just to hawk wares. if you want to generate interest in the westbrook's music - discuss it! i have discovered many artists that way (alex hawkins comes to mind!). we will welcome you and the knowledge that you share. if you just came here to peddle - go to AAJ and don't let the door hit you on the way out!

:party: at your house! throw in a live set by Ira Sullivan and I'll be drivin' cross-country... lets do it!!!

i may be in the minority here but i really enjoy hearing faddis - wish i could make the trip!

RRK and fela are my 2 got-to-have-it-all artists at the moment!

...ya think???? wow!

problem solved thanks to a friend on the board!!

check out this treasure i unearthed!! don't miss the interview!! unreleased FELA! i can't figure out how to save these to my harddrive so any help in this regard is appreciated!

happy birthday!!!