Shrdlu

"A hallmark of apostasy is excessive legalism." The Lord said "Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne." (Luke 11:46) Here's another real classic in the "the law is a ass" category. In England, in one town, they want to serve some sheep with an "anti-social behavior order" because they baa too much. Fining a sheep! I hate littering, though, and am also appalled at the mess that people make. I'm not sure that it's the police that are the pigs.

He just got tired of not being understood by so many, and decided that he had had enough. There was definitely also a mixture of physical and mental problems. I saw him backstage with a medical friend of mine when he was touring with the "Giants of Jazz". He was sitting on a sofa, very withdrawn, his eyes rolling upwards in a strange way. My friend commented that he had lost motor control. On the tour, he stayed mainly in his hotel room when not performing or traveling, and Diz would send some ice-cream in for him. He played purely by reflex, and the repertoire had to be limited to things that he knew well. Jaki Byard was on the tour as backup pianist for the sextet, but I don't think he was ever needed in that capacity; instead, he performed some solo items. It wasn't until much later that I got to hear the Black Lion recordings, made at the end of that tour. They are remarkably good, and there is no hint of any health problems.

For music, it didn't really happen. There were, however, a few Prestige LPs at that speed, though I never saw one. They are mentioned in one of the CD box set books - Trane maybe. A friend of mine had an automatic changer that was 4 speed.

Bueller? Bueller?

Stop press! I found this great desktop cuckoo clock from http://www.pxcompany.com/cgi-bin/catalog/index.pl?lang=en The download is for a trial period. It sounds great. Just the thing to annoy young users of the PC.

The TOCJs, which exist for all the good sessions in this set (i.e. up to "Unity" ), sound great.

Yeah, I noticed that later. I always get them mixed up, both having bird names, and both having appeared on the scene at about the same time, playing the same kind of material. On top of that, cuckoo clocks are on my mind right now! I found this terrific chalet-style one, that practically makes the morning coffee for you.

No problem. It's been a long time since I looked at my Ike Quebec discography. I just recall that there are about 9 tracks from the session, not all intended to be on the planned LP (which, apparently, didn't come out). I, also, have the U.S. CD, which has all the session on it.

Postes Canada takes a lot of beating. Two weeks from l'Ontario to Colombie Brittanique is standard. And they have had several of les strikes lasting up to 6 months! Last time they pulled that, a lot of businesses went over to private couriers and never returned. (I'm using French Canadian terms because the union leader was a creep called Jean-Claude Parrot when I was there.)

The TOCJ has all the tracks? They usually only have what was on the LP. And Michael Cuscuna producing it?? Did I miss something here?

Die letzendliche!

That's right about club pianos often being lousy. I think that was one reason why the (then) Fender-Rhodes sold pretty well at first. Listen to the Trane at Birdland album - what a disgusting piano! There's no excuse for it. I remember, though, a letter in an English jazz magazine in the late 60s, from a club owner after a lot of griping about bad pianos. He said that he had tried hard for years to maintain a good piano, but it was constantly ill-treated by the musicians, who even spilled whole pints of beer into it.

Sorry that we hijacked your post, Tony!

That album with Bill Evans is great, Chuck. I made a custom CDr of it from the Evans box set. In that set, it is too hard panned, and I used Nero's "pan in" facility to advantage. I hope that the new Japanese CD is well staged. Want to sell any of the other LPs that Gary made, Chuck? Have you heard "Point of Departure"? That was reissued in Japan, and might still be available - I got my copy fairly recently, even though it was well past its expiry date. I am very impressed with that album, which features Willie Dennis, Richie Kamuca (on oboe as well as tenor), Jimmy Rainey, Gary Peacock and Mel Lewis. Quite an absorbing collection, with fine composing, arranging and soloing.

A dreadful waste of a dazzling talent, but it was hard to earn a living playing serious jazz after the late 60s (and earlier as well). So, while we treasure Tony's albums with Miles, Jackie McLean and Bobby Hutcherson etc., we can hardly blame the guy for changing to rubbish music. Same with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. That "Headhunters" album of Herbie's is less interesting than watching paint dry, but a guy's gotta eat.

You may have noticed that the Blue Note website has even removed the bulletin board tab now. But it has been announced that Michael Cuscuna is going to produce a box set of all the posts from the board, with assistance from Tom. The set, consisting of about 250 CDs, will be mastered in 24 bit by Ron McMaster, and is expected to retail for about $2500.98. A highlight will be Aric's account of his trip to Vancouver, BC. More details as they become available. Now, back to the presidential campaign, already in progress.

I wondered if you would say that! No, I meant, "give us some skin, Man!". When it comes to chocolate, I turn to where the clocks apparently originated: Germany. [Remember the Simpsons episode with "The land of chocolate"? It was a classic. "Once again I have failed. Mr Simpson, may we have a fruitful dialog?"]

You mistook the whole purpose of the Toblerone bar, and yet you were so close... You're supposed to feed it to the cuckoo in the clock! No wonder your's wouldn't koo and your mum in law's didn't run on time. Gimme five, man!

Thanks a lot, Lon, for the quick, and informative, answer. This is good news and bad news. The good news is that it is an LP that I don't have to hunt for on Gemm (fuggeddabout it!!) and eBay. Based on what McFarland I have been able to pick up, I would say that his recordings would make an interesting Mosaic set. But there would probably be opposition to his vocalese performances. I happen to like them, but I can see why some might not. The "serious jazz" albums, such as "Point of Departure", would appeal to many, I'm sure. I missed it all when it was happening, back in the 60s. There was just too much else to get!

I especially like the unfortunately titled "Tones For Joan's Bones". That is an odd session if you listen to it in order of recording. First, you get a regular hard bop feel, with Cedar Walton (I think) on piano. Then, Chick Corea appears, and there is a real Corea flavor to everything - like a spell taking over. I know what you guys are saying about both Blue and Junior. Neither is the very best ever, but they sure worked well together, and the 6 albums with Horace are great. Junior was somewhat of a chameleon, as he sounded a lot like Clifford Jordan early on, and later sounded a lot like Joe Henderson.

I once bought a Toblerone bar, after being curious about it for years. It was like birdseed in chocolate. Never again! My parents got a cuckoo clock when I was very small. I remember that we had to wait for the weight to arrive separately by mail. One morning there was a bang as the weight arrived. The clock itself cucked but wouldn't "oo". My Mom-in-law had a one (a cuckoo clock, not a Toblerone bar) when I first arrived in Canada. That one both cucked and "ooed". It was about 5.5 minutes off, and she also had a loud Westminster chiming mantelpiece clock that was also about 5.5 minutes off. All night, there was a chime or a cuckoo noise about every 5 minutes. The house was also next to a CP railroad freight line. The only cuckoo clock I like is the one on the Roland Kirk album.

I like this album, but then, I like ALL the Grant Green albums. Are we to assume, then, that it's Garvin on the "Blue John" album? The tambourine is there, and during Green's solo on track one, there's someone "Oh yeah"-ing in the background. It's a lot of fun. Tommy Turrentine is on the last two of the 6 tracks, and I assumed that he was the one doing all that in the background on the first track.

I like this guy's playing and arranging a lot. Could anyone provide information on the following entry on the AMG site: "Gary McFarland", Verve 8674, 1966. This may be yet another of their errors, so apologies if this is a waste of time. They don't give any details, so there is no need to check the site. Thanks for any help you can give!

Well, I sure am tired of Spiderman, and Spiderman accessories. (With apologies to King of the Hill.) I have a 15-year-old son, .... Latest, in the Wohnzimmer, is Spiderman on the PS2. There's this kid in Manhattan that lost a balloon. Uggh!