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Puh-leeze! I'm TRYING to RELAX!!!

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"This guy has dropped more balls than puberty!" I wish someone would say that.

Best chicken soup: boil the bird (I usually remove most of the skin, but I leave the "giblets"), then remove the meat from the bones and strain the broth (you can also let it cool and strain the fat, but eliminating the skin before cooking makes this step less critical), toss in the veggies (celery, carrot, onion and whatever else you like) and some noodles (I like those homemade egg noodles) return the meat to the pot, season, simmer and kiss that cold goodbye. Good eatin'! My other favorite chicken recipe is to cook it in the crockpot. I usually put in a little chicken broth and some onion soup mix, plus some other seasonings, sometimes some wine. When it's done I'll strain the broth, make a flour & butter roux, add some of the broth and some milk and create some kick-ass gravy. If you like, you can also use the giblets in the gravy- I usually chop 'em up and saute 'em a bit. Best with mashed potatoes and green beans IMHO. Sometimes I'll start it before going to bed, and I wake up when it starts smelling good.

Famous photo of Jayne Mansfield and Sophia Loren.

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Not that it's any less sad, but one of Frank's sons survived (but with some permanent damage including blindness). Frank's wife Diane was not home at the time. Speaking of films, Frank was also in "I Want To Live" (in the band w/Mulligan).

To answer my own question, I did see a copy of this, and there are indeed only the 10 cuts from the original soundtrack. No alternates or extra anything at the end. Which comes to under 30 minutes of music on this CD. Seems like a big waste to not even include the extras at all. I guess we should be glad to see these titles get re-released, but I'm very disappointed in Verve. Again.

Anyone actually pick this up yet? I've heard that there are just the original 10 tracks, no alternates. The listing at Amazon shows all 26 tracks, but a couple of reviews said there were only 10. So what's the deal?

OK, my take on this whole "darkly funny" business is this: I think of the quintessential version of Stella as being the '58 version w/Trane. They do the first chorus in a two feel and then "walk four" on the second chorus (and I've said before, the transition from the first chorus to the second is one of my favorite moments in jazz). I think the Monterey version emulates the '58 version inasmuch as they do the two feel (and Herbie even cops some of Bill Evans' comping), then walk like the '58 version but there's a palatable sense of "respectful sarcasm" in their rendition. Plus Tony's backbeat later on adds to that. So I guess I'm saying they're paying "homage" to the earlier version while totally screwing with it. ...but not at all in a disrespectful way. :rsmile: I'm curious too. I just listened to my copy last night for the first time and would agree with what others have said about the sound and the content. Both are very good. There are a couple of places where the audience is clapping after some of the solos and the sound of the clapping seems real loud to me, a bit jarring to my ears. It's a tiny complaint of mine because otherwise it's excellent. I need to relisten to Stella for this darkly funny business. I think I get what Jim was getting at and I agree with him. Compare this version of STella with the celebrated version on My Funny Valentine in 1964. IT seems to me that Miles decided at Monterey not to play this as a beautiful ballad and that he takes many opportunities to confound listener's expectations of what a Miles ballad should be on this tune. I hear some real off-hand sort of I don't care almost hostility towards the tune. But it works and I like it and I like the whole cd.

PM sent to Stereojack. Thanks for the info.

I don't use ebay, but I would like to find that one. Is it available anywhere else?

Nothing a little penicillin won't take care of.

Looks like most of the best sides have been mentioned already. I'm loving GregM's idea of issuing Conversation as a Mosaic single. Might be time to start a campaign. Also another vote for his fine playing on Stitt's I Remember Bird. An overlooked side to be sure. There is also a recording of Frank w/the Metropole Orchestra that had a limited release called "Fond Memories of...". It came with a book of transcriptions of Frank's solos from the recording. Great stuff if you can find it. He plays a long solo on All The Things You Are that's pretty amazing. And of course his Jazz Scene USA segment is one of the best of that series IMHO. Great to see all the love for Frank. EDIT: I just thought of a couple more noteworthy Rosolino sideman appearances- on Frank Strazzeri's A View From Within and Don Menza's First Flight. Also Buddy Collette's Jazz Loves Paris.

Farewell dancerchick310, we hardly knew ye. Except of course that you're big on relaxing.

I caught part of the fourth quarter. I feel your pain; I can't even bring myself to make a smart-ass comment. ...........just yet.

Funny and relevant.

Great news Chuck! And yes, marcello, I've also been waiting for Conversation to come out on CD. There are several alternate takes, additional tunes and extended versions that would make a nice length CD. Keep hope alive! I'll post on some other favorite Frank sides when I get a chance- gotta run!

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"Mr. Simpson cannot leave the country and had to surrender his passport."

Its so calming Id like it even if I wasnt paid to like it I cant get it out of my head cant get it out of my head no matter how hard I try cant get it out of my head must make bossa nova stop cant get out of my head NO GOD MAKE IT STOP NOW MAKE IT STOP NOW