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I think I can answer this myself : "Not very". I was going to ask the question because I read the following article this past Sunday in the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-spotify-cloud-20120513,0,2453673.story The writer brings up a idea I've had for the last several years: If all music is available all the time over the internet do I really need a music collection? Who knows because it seems that if your interests are even slightly esoteric the music is not that readily available. Before I posted the question about Spotify I thought i'd test it myself by seeing if they had the alternate take of Shoe Shine Boy from the first Prez/Basie recording session. They didn't even have the master take! (Though they did have version by Louis Armstrong, Ellington, The Rhythmakers and, surprisingly Richard Tabnik playing "Lester Young's Solos on Shoe Shine Boy" which is comprised of the Prez's solos from both takes.)

Gerald and Anthony Wilson.

Obit from LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-horst-faas-20120514,0,6711168.story

There are a bunch of Mosaics for sale at Amoeba in Hollywood. Didn't check prices.

Seems to me I read that one of the Cowsills is part of the band that's backing the Beach Boys on their 50th anniversary tour. Yes, that would be John. The other surviving brothers are Bob and Paul; and Susan is still active, afaik. Billy (the one who was in The Blue Shadows) passed away in 2006, a few months after Barry had apparently drowned in New Orleans during Katrina. Edit: I see BFrank came in just ahead of me regarding Susan. I agree about her talent. Check out that Blue Shadows album if you haven't already! Really good stuff. Bob Cowsills plays with what he calls The Bob Cowsills Band. Does mainly music of the '70s. My wife's band played on a bill with them in a club in Santa Barbara. They were good.

Is all that whistling during Trane's solos in Paris the equivalent of booing?

IIRC Cecil's pretty articulate in "Imagine the Sound". (But that was many years ago.)

The film is definitely worth Netflix-ing, etc. Ringo's narration is (yes) charming. The (sometimes improvised?) script, from an animated feature point of view, also makes excellent use of interruption during dialogue — something you almost never hear in animated features. Characters commonly don't finish their sentences because others are persistently butting in. It's not an emphasis of the film, but it's there (and not in the soundtrack). Also, you get to quote The Count (a la Saturday Night Live quotes) over and over after you've watched it: The Count: "I groomed you. Oooh how I groomed you! I cultivated you like a rare flower!" Are you discussing the Nillson documentary or the animated film The Point? IIRC when The Point was first broadcast the narrator was Dustin Hoffman but they never contracted for a home video release with him so when it was released as such they replaced his voice with Ringo's. (I've never seen either version so I'm really talking through my hat here?) The animated film... There are snips across the Internet, as well as the BBC specials, but I'd love to own them on DVD, blu-ray, what have you. Seems to be availabe from Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=the+point

The film is definitely worth Netflix-ing, etc. Ringo's narration is (yes) charming. The (sometimes improvised?) script, from an animated feature point of view, also makes excellent use of interruption during dialogue — something you almost never hear in animated features. Characters commonly don't finish their sentences because others are persistently butting in. It's not an emphasis of the film, but it's there (and not in the soundtrack). Also, you get to quote The Count (a la Saturday Night Live quotes) over and over after you've watched it: The Count: "I groomed you. Oooh how I groomed you! I cultivated you like a rare flower!" Are you discussing the Nillson documentary or the animated film The Point? IIRC when The Point was first broadcast the narrator was Dustin Hoffman but they never contracted for a home video release with him so when it was released as such they replaced his voice with Ringo's. (I've never seen either version so I'm really talking through my hat here?)

Wayman Tisdale advises to get your licensing ducks in a row first! Robert Crumb did a series of cards about Blues Musicians and also one about early Jazzmen (Pops, Bix, Jelly Roll and many who are more obscure.)

I remember buying the first two Elvis Lps when they were new.

I think they're broadcasting it (re-broadcasting it?) Saturday night.

Happy B'day and many more!!!

Al Green!

Isn't this now OOP? If yo don't have it, get it.

At LC today I ran across two 1/4" reels of the Mingus score to Shadows. They were recently purchased from Sue, along with some other stuff. Has this music ever been available on it's own (i.e. separated from the film)? The Mingus Dial box set contains a composition written for the film but not used in it. What is the Mingus Dial box? Do you mean the Debut box? Sorry. Yes. Debut Box.

It's poorly written but well researched and documented. The last half is basically a series of anecdotes which are a lot of fun.

At LC today I ran across two 1/4" reels of the Mingus score to Shadows. They were recently purchased from Sue, along with some other stuff. Has this music ever been available on it's own (i.e. separated from the film)? The Mingus Dial box set contains a composition written for the film but not used in it.

I just finished readin a book about The Wrecking Crew. Several of them (including Hal Blaine) were jazz musicians before they began working in the studios. Barney Kessel was a member and a couple of the funniest moments in the book involve him making comments about Sonny Bono sessions.

I often wondered how Miles felt about Herbie being so successful with the Black audiences that Miles claimed he wanted to reach. IIRC when Miles did that concert in Paris where he was joined by old bandmates, the only tune they played that wasn't associated with Miles was Watermelon Man which he played when Herbie came on stage.

For me it was Rubber Soul. I liked them after seeing A Hard DAy's NIght but wouldn't have thought of buying a record until Rubber Soul.

Summer of 64 would've been Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton with the Yardbirds, then Beck '65-66, then beck & Page v. breifly, then Page 67-8 Thanks. So I guess I heard Clapton even before I went to the first ever Derek and the Dominos concert and kept asking "who's Derek? Where's Eric Clapton?' The 2nd guitarist at that show was Dave Mason, not Duane. I think it was before they recorded. And I guess I didn't hear Beck until the '80s when he was in a movie I was working on. I realized he was important when grips kept coming up and thanking me for letting them spend a day listening to Jeff Beck.

I saw him perform Ziggy Stardust at (IIRC) The Rainbow in North London. At the time I may have been more impressed by Roxy Music who opened for him. I didn't get a lot of Rock and Roll at the time.

IIIRC I met Lundval when he was at Columbia and we were doing an Lp for a movie called Heavy Metal. I was surprised to learn that he was a jazz fan. Dealt with him again when he went to Blue Note and we could stick to talking about jazz. I'm sure he knew who Jeff Beck was. Speaking of Beck: when was he with the Yardbirds? I heard them in the summer of'64 at the Marquee Club. I thought they were going to be a jazz group.

I have a cd of his playing in Sag Harbor but I promised the guy who gave it to me not to circulate it because McKusik had asked him not to.