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Kenny Dorham, Virgil Jones- trumpet Jimmy Heath-tenor Tommy Flanagan- piano Ron Carter- bass Connie Kay-drums Invitation Too Close For Comfort Ruby, My Dear (2 takes) The Sealer Poom-A-Loom Stella By Starlight Ruby None Shall Wander (2 takes) An excellent side, IMHO. Aha! With Virgil Jones! Zowie! Thanks. MG FYI, Virgil plays on two cuts.

Up for another birthday! Hope you feel better today than on this day last year! Happy Birthday John!

Kenny Dorham, Virgil Jones- trumpet Jimmy Heath-tenor Tommy Flanagan- piano Ron Carter- bass Connie Kay-drums Invitation Too Close For Comfort Ruby, My Dear (2 takes) The Sealer Poom-A-Loom Stella By Starlight Ruby None Shall Wander (2 takes) An excellent side, IMHO.

Actually, the Big Ten pretty much sucks this year.

Schulz PEAnuts! Schulz PEAnuts!

I logged off three times today. Too much fiber, perhaps?

No worries, it had nothing to do with you! Enjoy your day!

I'mm a fann.

Shit, I missed it! Happy Birthday, TD, no matter what Mark may have said about you before. You should have seen it, he TOTALLY went off on him!

Happy birThDay!

Good choices both, beef!

Once again I apologize for derailing a perfectly good thread. Oh, and.....

Some great JJ Johnson on that one.

Thank you Agg, for explaining this as if I were a child. Seriously.

I've been very happy with this one.

Y'know, ten years ago this would have seemed like 100% gibberish to me. Of course, times have changed. Now it's only like 80%.

Just want to briefly interrupt to thank those participating in the sports threads as of late. They have been a great source of entertainment, and I look forward to each subsequent post with gleeful anticipation.

Now Woody's band had many flirtations w/pop tunes, some successful and some...well, NOT so successful. This could be a whole thread on its own.....

I'm not sure why, but for some reason I like even the pop tunes on the GW Mosaic. Maybe just because I grew up with a lot of that music, but also there's a sense of spirit in the GW band that even the commercial material can't ruin. IMHO.

Star Wars from Hell Hard to say which is worse, the trumpet playing or the dance moves.

Marcus Roberts trio (w/Jason Marsalis & Roland Guerin) and Wynton at FSU tonight. Gotta say, it was very, very good. Wynton played his ass off. Marcus is one of the best accompanists I've heard (and played with). He really listens and follows, he lets the soloist have control and really allows interaction to take place. The trio worked together very well. I've been fairly neutral on much of what Wynton's done, but he played some great music tonight. He and the rest of the guys came to school and worked with the students earlier today, and made some very good observations and comments. Have to say I was impressed. I'm really enjoying getting to hang w/Marcus here (he's a member of the jazz faculty). He's a wonderful musician and a very intelligent person.

Wow. Dallas must have some kind of guardian angel!

Happy Birthday Tom!

Kenny Wheeler "Music for Large and Small Ensembles" comes to mind immediately. One of my favorite Kenny sides, just beautiful ensemble writing. There is a book containing several scores from this recordong published by Advance Music. EDIT: Also, the Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. Many small group soloists in the context of a larger ensemble.