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So sorry to hear this. My sincere condolences.

I didn't get that at all! I think Juno was taken with Bateman's character because she saw him as a real cool older guy, and he was perhaps a little flattered. As she got to know him, she realized that he was somewhat shallow and immature, and that it was his wife (who at first seemed like a typical yuppie) who really cared about the baby. I think that the whole relationship between Juno and the couple helped Juno to see past first impressions in her perception of people, to "grow up", if you will. Very good assessment. And Sonic Youth isn't "just noise." While the film was in rough cut form I helped arrange a screening for my son and a bunch of his highs school friends. They booed when she said the Sonic Youth line. (They liked the film a lot, but did object to a couple of scenes you can see as deleted scenes on the DVD which imply that Bateman was just an older lech.) BTW on the DVD, the director (Jason Reitman) points out that as the movie progresses and Bateman gets to know Juno he begins to dress more and more like her.

The only time I was in Montreal during the Jazz Festival I went to see Daniel Lanois. It wasn't jazz but it was great.

I bought this because of Gil Evans. But that was 30 years after I bought my first Mathis Lp: the soundtrack to my teen age make out sessions. IIRC he was discovered by George Avakian who was in San Francisco to sign Dave Brubeck.

IIRC there was a jazz dj in Toronto who played Desafinado to death. Getz used to thank him for putting his (Getz's) kids through college. As a result the Lp broke big in Toronto and then swept the continent. As to the beginnings of Bossa Nova: where (if anywhere) do the Bud Shank/ Laurindo Almeda "Braziliance" (1953!) and the soundtrack to Black Orpheus fit in. I think Black Orpheus is post 1958 and maybe Brailliance is only Bossa Nova in retrospect.

About 40 years ago I had a girl friend who only owned one jazz Lp: Don Sleet: All Members. I had a couple of hundred of jazz Lps by then but I'd never heard of Don Sleet. Must admit I never gave it a listen. (The arrogance of youth.)

I did hit a few restaurants: Commander's Palace, Little Dizzy's and Maximos. The Gospel tent was hard to miss. Just inside the gates and good shelter from the storm. But none of the music made me feel the spirit. On the other hand Sister Teedy was in the Economy Hall tent backed by a Norwegian Jazz Band and she almost made me a believer.

I've never been before but my wife took me for my 65th birthday. I loved it. Didn't hear much jazz (caught a bit of Ellis Marsalis but it seemed the wrong venue in which to hear him so I moved on.) Did catch a lot of New Orleans R&B: Irma Thomas, Allen Tousaint, Barbara Lynn (I know-- she's from Texas) Dr. John, Tab Benoit . Found myself in a crowd bouncing to Eddie Bo while the smell of marijuana wafted in the air and the rain came down. Decided that there was no where else on earth I'd rather be at that moment. He had a great alto sax player he never introduced. Reminded me of Hank Crawford with Ray Charles. I forgot: I did hear some jazz. To get out of the rain I went into the Economy Hall tent where Michael White and 2 other clarinet players were doing a tribute to George Lewis. I really enjoyed it. Went to Snug harbor Sunday Night and heard Henry Butler. He was in his jazz mode (which probably disappoints the fans who come to hear him sing). He plays like Don Pullen-- if Pullen had grown up in New Orleans. And of course I ate a lot of great food that my heart doctor would not have approved of. Next time I'll try to go for both weekends.

Happy birthday to a guy with a great name!

I'm waiting for the naked tits on page 3 of the WSJ. None of the articles about him seem to remember that that's how he boosted the circulation of The Sun in the UK.

I've always liked the Sackville recording but I may be biassed because I was present at the recording. IIRC there's no audience sound on the recording but Bill and John did sell admissions to small audience.

You can consider cds as just the hard disc way of storing your music. You can play as much of it as you like order you like. Of course, having said that, I usually put on a cd and listen to it all the way through.

Several people have mentioned how shocked they were because Trane had moved on from what they had heard on the last released album. I'm very interested in the history of album releases. Most discographies just tell you when they were recorded. It seems to me that the impact recordings have is based more on when they were released since only a relatively few listeners get to see the musicians live. (And in some cases-- e.g Miles in the late 50s-- the live performances don't always reflect the recordings. I've been trying to make a list of the release dates of Miles' 50 recordings but so far have had to do a lot of guess work based on when they were reviewed.)

I always liked the way the original release of And His Mother Called Him Bill ended with Ellington alone at the piano playing Lotus Blossom. I could never figure out the reasoning for the order of the cuts on the Phil Specter Back to Mono box set until my wife pointed out that it's programmed for a teen dance party ending with slow-dance songs.

Wow!! Mazel Tov!!!!!

I'd love to get a copy of this. I was in the audience that night.

Just noticed that the entire Duke Ellington Reprise Box is available from the iTunes store ($49.95). Mosaic lists it as oop. I'm not sure this heralds anything for the future because IIRCC Reprise had a hand in this release (ie it was available in stores).

I don't have the DVD right now (my son took it to college with him) so I can't check: Is the echo on he soundtrack of the film or just on the Lp/cd?

Seven Klang's Combo is my favorite jazz film too. Saw it in London. Not sure it's every been available in the States.

I know what you mean--we're about to switch to archiving WFIU shows (including Night Lights) in MP3 format. Re: EYE, yeah, I got that same e-mail from FSM. How's that Bernstein score for HEAVY METAL? Huh!? To What are you referring? I was involved in that film and have a copy of the vinyl release of Elmer's score somewhere (hope I can find it). Have they released a cd of it? They just sent a copy of the Heavy Metal Score to our office. It contains a very good and extensive liner notes. I've always loved Elmer's score.

Press passes are pretty easy to obtain. I helped publish a small film magazine in the '60s and we printed very official looking press passes. Since we didn't pay very much we felt obliged to offer them to pretty well any of our writers who wanted one and had the chutzpah to use it. I used mine to get in to the Rock&Roll revival show that turned into Live Peace in Toronto when John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton flew in in from London. I wasn't planning to go to the show till I heard they were on an airplane and planing to perform. I wandered down, flashed my card at the gate and got in just in time to see Alice Cooper. As I remember it, one of the people using our press pass was Jonathan Demme who was our London correspondent. Can't remember if he ever wrote anything or what he was doing for a living a the time but I think he claimed he got into movies free with it.

Wow! I went to a dance performance last night that had music by David Lang. I liked the music but the program didn't disclose which pieces were by him. I do have and like the Bang on a Drum performance of Eno's Music for Airports but obviously that's not by Lang.

I met Heston once at my son's pre-school. He was with his grandson. Introduced himself as Chuck. Fortunately we didn't discuss politics. The first time I ever read the word icon in reference to a person was an article about Heston in the '60s British film magazine "Movie". It was an auterist magazine and I think Pauline Kael once made fun of that reference to Heston back in the days when she was attacking auteurism. (ie Before she decided james Toback was an auteur).

I agree. Prez's solo on the Shoe Shine alternate is pretty incredible but even here I think they chose the right take to release.

Yes The Marquee in Soho. Saw The Yardbirds there too. Thought they were going to be a jazz group.