Guy Berger

Don Heckman told me he wrote this article too:

Is Ron McMaster his real name? Guy

I'm guessing none exists, but I would love to hear it. Has anyone else besides Miles recorded this composition? edit: First off, Pharoah Sanders has probably caused me to mispell "pharaoh" for the rest of my life. Second, and more importantly, a big band version exists on this Bill Warfield album. I wonder what it sounds like! Guy

Does anyone remember the Onion article from a few years back about the Insane Clown Posse getting grounded by their mom? Guy

I'm more or less with Chris -- if people want to buy gas-guzzling cars, let 'em. We should penalize them more at the pump. Guy

By mentioning my name you have already failed!muhahahaa!!!!! Guy

Gotta respectfully disagree there! Maybe the Mavericks would be easier competition for Detroit, but I don't think the two best teams in the NBA would be competing, then... Compared to San Antonio, Dallas has played a lot better vs. Detroit. Guy

Now this I want to hear. Guy

Man, I love pickles. I got addicted to them at a very young age when I was growing up in Israel. In America my favorite pickles are the ones from Trader Joe's. I used to not like the Clausens but my opinion has changed over time. When I open up a pickle jar I usually devour about five or six which is probably really bad for me. Oh -- my grandmother pickles cucumbers and serves them as a salad. Probably the best pickles I've ever tasted! Guy

I was wondering if anyone here had an extra disc 3 from the 11 CD Mozart Symphony set. Pinnock is the conductor. (I assume the record company will not do replacements.) If you can help out, PM me. I'm so pissed off at this ONKYO piece of junk. CDs have gotten jammed in it 3 times over the past six months and each time I've had to take it into repairs. This time it finally destroyed a CD, or maybe the repair people did. Guy

Audrey bounced back pretty quickly as well. Guy

probably "On Green Dolphin Street"

That was such a good cliffhanger I almost forgot about that ridiculous sexual harrassment subplot! Guy ps It's a good thing CTU hires chemistry majors.

There is apparently a pianist/vocalist named Mala Waldon! Guy

Bob Berg/Tim Berne

Good one. I mix up Gary Peacock, Paul Motian and Paul Bley. It's a good thing the latter two started playing with Charlie Haden at some point. Guy

Which musicians get confused with each other in your mind? Mark Dresser/Drew Gress. Also Dave (?) Friesen, who I think is also a bassist Walter Bishop Jr./Walter Davis Jr. (or are these the same guy? I'm not sure) Anders Jormin/Arild Andersen Pat Metheny/Pat Martino Ron Blake/Ran Blake Von Freeman/Fred Anderson Dewey Redman/Dewey Johnson Clifford Jordan/Duke Jordan Leo Parker/Leon Parker Don Wilkerson/Ed Wilkerson Misha Mengelberg/Albert Mangelsdorff when I first got into jazz I thought Kenny G & Kenny Garrett were the same dude. I'll try to think of some more!

I finally got this... very nice. Guy

Yup. Williams joined Miles in May, this album was recorded in September. I have to say that I like One Step Beyond better than this album, both compositionally and performance-wise. "Love and Hate" is really nice, but the blues at the end is kinda ho hum. I haven't listened to this in a while -- looking forward to it. Guy

Only 14 Ellington discs, only 1 Basie, only 4 Charlie Parkers & 4 Dizzy Gillespies, aside from Chuck's box only 2 AEoCs, only 3 Cecil Taylors, only 1 Paul Bley, only 2 Lee Konitz. No Louis Armstrong, no Art Pepper, no Carla Bley. Aside from some Ellington almost no pre-bebop jazz. Guy

I like Procession better than all the post-Heavy Weather Jaco albums. Guy

Whoops. Should have been clearer. I'd like to hear a remastering of the debut and IStBE (my import version of Live in Tokyo sounds great); I just don't see the point of a box set. Guy

Why? These are all readily available already. Guy

I've never been but hope to some day. It's supposed to be a cool place. Let us know about your trip when you get back. Guy

Yup. Going back at least as far as Tijuana Moods. Guy