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The band also recorded a number called "The Boppers". I'll dig it up and give it a listen again.

That set is available on the "vine" circuit: Stan Getz Quartet Newport, RI; 3 July 1961 Stan Getz (ts) Steve Kuhn (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Roy Haynes (d) 1. Baubles, Bangles and Beads (8:18) 2. Where Do You Go? (8:16) 3. Airegin (8:26) Total time - 25:01 I've got this on a cd of dubious provenance where it's coupled with some Miles from (I think) 1956. I'll get the details when I return home.

Uhhh..What were you doing there?

There's a great Mulligan discography at the Libary of Congress site. (It's a 400 page PDF file!) I was perusing it and startied wishing that Mosaic or somebody would do a collection of his Mercury material. Then I checked out the iTunes Music store this morning and they had a new Verve Vaults which included "Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet." I'm hoping that this is the first of many. BTW the Vault is fairly eclectic: there's even a Paul Bley record.

Happy Birthday! Calgary eh? Keep warm on your birthday.

I finally broke down and got this. I'm a Miles completist but only through '69. So far I do like this. Has anyone peeled back the sticker and seen what it says underneath?

Mine, too. As far as I know, never made it to CD. 'Twas Hannibal HNCD 9301. Doggone it, I saw a duplicate copy in a cutout bin a couple of months back. Didn't get it. Next time I'm in that part of town I'll check again. I've got it on cd and I think I did get it from a cut-out bin.

I can make you cdrs of them if you like.

Deos that mean Black musicians shouldn't play things from the repertoire of Sinatra, Marsh, Wilson or Astaire?

Happy Birthday. BTW I p[resume that you are the same Nate Dorward who wrote the Coda cover story on Don Palmer-- which I very much enjoyed.

A few years ago I heard a fairly hip Toronto radio personality (Danny Finkleman) play the original Johnny Hodges version of "Things" and announce that it was by Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer. I presume that he saw Mercer Ellington was the composer and read it as Mercer-Ellington. I remember thinking exactly what you said: "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." BTW on a Johnny Hartman Impulse release the composer of "My Ship" is listed as someone other than Kurt Weil.

Wasn't there a news item in '92 about how Hilary Clinton donated used underwear to charity and claimed a value of $4 each?* *The aforementioned is not meant to introduce politics to this thread but rather is offered as yet another example of how "Fair Market Value" can be established. Aren't you the guy who went bananas because someone posted Frank Rich's column about a movie outside the politics thread? If so you're a hypocrite .

I bought a cd from them once bbecasue it had a Gil Evans cut. it also had pieces by Mary Lou Williams and Sonny Murray. My memory is that it was a bit expensive. There are liner notes.

"Absolute completist". That's me. I've got them and have digitized them so can make you a copy if you like. I think they're interesting but I can understand why Gil didn't want them released.

It's funny: Gil claimed that one of the reasons he left Claude Thornhill was that Thornhill loved those "clouds of sound that just hung there and created a kind of stasis". I can't find the exact quote but I did find this one:"The sound became a little too somber for my taste....It began to have a hypnotic effect at times. The band could put you too sleep." He could be describing a lot of this record-- especially in its lp form. I love it nevertheless. (And a lot of Thornhill too.)

I've got both "Loud Fast and Out of Control" and "No thanks' and recommend both of them. (When I bought the latter, the clerk decided that I was probably the oldest guy in America buying it. Actually it was a present for my wife but I think I like it even more than her.)

Uhh..so how do we donate without it?

I'm never sure of anything. I'll check it again someday.

There's Gil's redo of his Helen Merrill album. The alternate version of Miles Ahead would be the Teo Macaero produced first cd release in stereo. That's a remix and re-edit but the the Gil Evan's Helen Merrill is a re-recording. And can we count Gerry Mulligan's re-recording of Birth of the Cool entitled Re-Birth of the Cool.

I guess this is off topic, but last night I watched a DVD of The 40 Year Old Virgin and someone in the background of one shot walked by with a shoppng bag that said "T.S. Monk"!

Under file in iTunes go to Get Info then pick options. It will allow you to start or stop cuts whereever you like. (I've found it won't always do it to the exact second but will be very close. )

I hears a piece on NPR about a sound recognition service that will identify records. (You play them over the phone!) I wonder if REal Audio is using something similar. I'm dubious about the using just the length of cuts too.

I think the "imaginary" Hendrix date and the "vaporous" Prez dates would have been disasters. He should have done a Ray Crawford date. If I was a millionaire, I'd have paid for that one. I think "Out of the Cool" is as close as we get with that one.

I always loved Gil's quote about Lester: something like,"He wanted to make an album with me but I guess he wanted to die more."

The first "Pryor in Concert" film was the funniest movie I've ever seen. My memeory is that I hurt from laughing so much.