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I picked these up at Half Price Books 20% off storewide Memorial Day weekend sale: Grant Green - Iron City Various artists - With My Little Ukulele In My Hand

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I watched the season (& series) finale of "Awake" last night. I'm disappointed that this show was cancelled. While it wasn't a "can't miss" show, I thought it was well done, it held my interest and kept me watching each week. I thought that Jason Isaacs was excellent as the lead character Michael Britten. I really wanted to find out what was going on with his flip-flopping realities and his two psychiatrists denying the reality of the other but I guess that will never be.

That's a nice deal on the Tal Farlow Mosaic if it's in good shape. Wonderful stuff on there.

It makes me think of the Seinfeld episode, "pa-pee-ay ma-shay".

Mick was funny in the game show and karaoke skits. The rest was meh. I liked all the vocal performances but missed the final blues number.

My school of thought is that the Stones made the right choice in having Mick be the lead singer. Had Keith been the lead singer, the Stones success arc would have been quite different. I didn't care for his solo career though I kind of liked "Take It So Hard".

For me, getting hooked on jazz wasn't like flipping a switch after hearing a certain recording. I was conditioned over the course of years. As a kid, hearing Vince Guaraldi in the Charlie Brown cartoons. I also seem to remember a Droopy cartoon where he had a group of fleas that performed Dixieland jazz. As a teen, I liked a lot of jazzish/horn related stuff like Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Steely Dan and Tower of Power. Through friends who were in band I was exposed to Maynard Ferguson and the Crusaders. The Crusaders were probably my true gateway into jazz, but only after about 2 decades past the time I really listened to them regularly. I was cleaning out some old boxes and found an old Crusaders cassette, gave it a listen and wondered why I haven't been listening to them over the years. That lead to pursuing their older, more jazz-based Jazz Crusaders stuff. That lead to Brubeck's "Time Out" which was OK, not really getting my attention though I thought Paul Desmond was the attraction in that group. With Vince Guaraldi in the back of my mind, I wanted to try even a smaller sound and went with a piano trio, Oscar Peterson's "Night Train". That too was nice but the recording that really set the hook was "Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio". That was the sound I was looking for and the flood gates opened.

Mick Jagger was funny on the season ender of SNL. I thought it was cool that he did some old Stones songs and the send-off for Kristen Wiig was nice.

I'm glad to hear that it's a nice set. It is indeed a lot of L&H but I think I'm going to enjoy making my way through it. L&H as well as The Little Rascals/Our Gang bring me back to fond memories of my childhood watching them on TV.

Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection "Bargain" is in the eye of the beholder here but this 10-disc set containing the sound films made for Hal Roach is currently going for $50 and change (delivered) from Amazon which amounts to $5.00 per disc. I've got one on the way. Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection

Jimmy and Stacy Rowles.

Ellis and Wynton Marsalis

Use it until it dies or until it gives a noticably diminished sound.

I'm not so sure about the metabolism jump start thing. Wouldn't that require some actual calories to digest in order to get things going? I've read where you should try and shoot for half your body weight in ounces of water each day. Ex. A 200 pound guy should shoot for 100 ounces of water each day. Drink a glass of that allotment before each meal and only eat until you are no longer hungry. I guess the idea behind that is you'll eat less food because you're filling yourself up with so much water.

Stephen Colbert recently had a funny interview with Sendak. Stephen Colbert interview with Maurice Sendak

I think he started playing bass more or less out of necessity since there was an ever changing roster of bass players for the Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders.With Felder playing bass, they'd always have a group member to fill the spot if needed or someone they knew could give them the sound and feel they wanted. From there, I'm guessing that people heard him and liked him and that he was free and willing to play with others perhaps earning a good reputation as a session player. See link for his many bass playing credits. Wilton Felder credits

Cecilia Coleman - Pearl

This CD has 6 numbers from that group broadcast Jan. 19 and 20th, 1951. (Lester Leaps In, Up And At'Em, Indiana, Ghost Of A Chance, How High The Moon, D.B. Blues) It would be a good way to test the material out very cheaply. This disc can currently be had new at Amazon Marketplace for $1.00 and change. I have all 5 discs in this series and despite the cheesy and totally unrelated artwork, found the discs to be very enjoyable, hearing Pres live at Birdland. There are 4 additional numbers featuring Jesse Drakes, Earl Knight, Aaron Bell and Joe Harris. (Up And At'Em, Blue Sentimental, Neenah, Lester Leaps In - 8/51) The President: Historical Masters, vol 2 Discussion on this series here: discussion

That stuff may be here: John Lewis - Complete Verve Studio Sessions With Lester Young (6/50 - 3/51) I don't have acess to the disc but I think these may all be studio recordings.

The term "genius" is tossed about so casually these days that it has lost it's meaning. Not so in the case of Ray Charles. He was truly a musical genius. I just received my set and the music is nothing short of wonderful. I really like that they arranged the songs according to recording date. We get to hear Ray blossom, so to speak, as he really comes into his own with the greater freedom/independance afforded to him at Atlantic. His blending of different genres was remarkable for the time as he paved his way over new ground. The packaging is about as impractical as you can get but still, it's a wonderful treatment for such a fantastic collection. I'm very pleased that the discs are housed in a plastic tray and not just a paper sleeve where the disc has to slide in and out. The cloth-bound book is very good and the whole, overall appearance is excellent. This was a no-brainer bargain at $39.99. It's even a bargain at the $46.00 Amazon is currently asking for it. I'm very, very happy with it.

That's one of the songs that would have made it to my single disc.

Everything I'd ever need from ELO could fit on one disc with room left over. I wouldn't want to sit through 11 discs of their stuff for any price. Invest that same money into Ray Charles' complete Atlantic recordings. Now there's a box set worth listening to.

I have recently started to get into this cat. Purchased Alexander the Great and Don't Follow the Crowd. Any recommendations on where to go next ? Nightlife In Tokyo The Second Milestone

I grabbed one a couple of days ago. All I currently own from the set is the material with Milt Jackson so this buy is going to be well worth it, especially at that price.