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Amen. It will always be some of my favorite JJ.

I thought I remembered that Peter Weller was in this one. I believe he plays some jazz trumpet/cornet, doesn't he (not in the movie, but in real life)?

I have this box and enjoy it often. A varied collection representing many eras, and much great music

Good luck, Jim.

Happy Birthday Niko!

H a P p Y b I r T h D a Y j O e G l O s S ! ! ! Have a great day bro! Hope you do some fun stuff! Enjoy the remainder of the 30s. That's all I'm gonna say!

chewy? Posting in the baseball thread?

So, in "chew-bonics" is that 35 cents?

ART FARMER LIVE IN TOKYO Art Farmer Meets Jackie McLean Live at Yubin-Chokin Hall; Tokyo: April 27, 1977 Art Farmer (flhrn); Jackie McLean (as); Cedar Walton (p); Sam Jones (b); Billy Higgins (d). a. Constellation (Charlie Parker) - 10:32 b. What's New (Bob Haggard/Johnny Burke) - 4:47 c. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Dave Mann/Bob Hilliard) - 3:40 d. Love Letters (Victor Young/Edward Heyman) - 9:00 e. Moving Out (Sonny Rollins) - 10:05

I saw this group live last weekend, and I must say it was absolutely SMOKIN"!! If you ever get the chance to see this band live, do it! John Clayton's beautiful composing/arranging is firmly rooted in the Basie/Thad tradition, but seems to be finding its own niche. Jeff Hamilton is one of the most (if not THE most) swinging big band drummers ever and plays with a lot of joy and humor. This band burns and has a great time doing it. I'd never seen them live, it was really something. John Clayton conducts (there is another bassist in the band, but Clayton plays on several tunes) and that in itself is something to watch. I had just finished about eight hours of adjudicating high school and college bands and was pretty fried- the last thing I was in the mood for was MORE big band. Well, after the CHJO played a 90 minute set I felt as energized as if I'd just had about eight hours of sleep! And afterwards there was a jam and I had the opportunity to play with Hamilton (we played together some on Woody's band) and some of the guys from the band and it was a ball. In this era of bands like Maria's (which I do love!) it's nice to hear the more traditional style of bands like Basie's being kept alive and continuing to evolve. Great soloists in the band- the first soloist on the first tune was 88-year-old Snooky Young, and he threw down the gauntlet. I mean, Snooky's a big part of jazz history- he's played with Jimmy Lunceford, Basie, Hamp, Thad & Mel and the Tonight Show band, and the cat can still roar! Also great were Clay Jenkins (trumpet), George Bohannon (trombone) Jeff Clayton (who plays some Cannonball-soaked alto) and especially Rickey Woodard on tenor who really tore it up. John Clayton's writing is absolutely beautiful. The band can whisper or roar, and they had the audience in the palm of their hand from the git go. A great evening. Check them out if you get the chance! (Our friend Duke City was there, too. Maybe he'll add something )

I don't remember if we've discussed this already, but is there a reasonably-priced printer that does 11x17 copies? It would be nice to have when copying parts for arrangements (to avoid having to tape two 8 1/2x11 pages). My goal in life is to not have to go to Kinko's so often.

H a P p Y b I r T h D a Y a G g I e 8 7 ! ! ! A very Happy Birthday to our brother Erik! All the best to you! Hope you get to have some fun, go out to eat or maybe buy something you want! Maybe that Porcupine Tree you've been eyeballin'.......

In addition being in bad taste I agree it's a big mistake to grant any kind of public forum to someone like this, even if it is a media "coup". I would think it might encourage any wanna-be copycats out there, and you KNOW they're out there. I just hope we don't see even more of an escalation of this type of act. It's so sad to see the pictures of all the victims, all those young lives extinguished right when they should be celebrating the best part of their lives. And the teacher who survived the holocaust only to be gunned down by this loser, how ironic is that? This guy was obviously very sick- the red flags were numerous. To say that action should have been taken earlier is opportunistic hindsight, but I continue to hear stories from teachers and fellow students that this guy was acting pretty strangely for quite some time. I think had there been better communication among all these folks, there might have been a chance to intervene and take this guy out of the game before he acted as he did. Unfortunately, I don't think there's any specific thing that could be done to stop events like this in the future. If someone is determined to hurt people in this manner, they will probably find a way. I think a lot of the responsibility will ultimately fall upon the students to monitor their peers and act if they feel it is necessary. This whole thing makes me so sad- I never had to deal with this kind of thing in college, it was a safe environment. Times have sure changed, haven't they? BTW, one thing I heard that I think is a great idea is getting all the students cell phone numbers into a data base where they could be mass-texted in an emergency. Much better than email or sirens. Even if a student has no cell phone, he/she would be likely in the vicinity of someone who does. Hard to know what the solution is. College students should be studying, partying and getting laid. Not getting shot.

Thanks for all the recommendations, guys. I have now about doubled my Red Garland section, mostly thanks to Newbury Comics. And Mr. Wonderful is just that......

H a P p Y b I r T h D a Y f L u R i N ! ! !

Great news on an otherwise sad day.

Indianapolis...hmm...I'm thinking Ab major? Sounds like a great weekend, Mark! Please tell us about it (with pictures if possible!).

Perhaps you need a jacket.....

(sorry to derail your thread Al, but it needed some levity.... ) OK, I'll admit to owning one of these in the 80s...... I'm currently in Epaulet Recovery.

.....or perhaps that timeless classic, the piano tie?

How much for the bowling ball? Or the tennis racket? How about the stack of porn?

Great pix, Erik. Some of those older planes remind me of my model-building days (I probably did more brain damage sitting at that desk inhaling paint and glue fumes than anything I ingested in college.......)

I'm not sure that it's fair to make such an assumption simply from reading these contracts. There could be many reasons that the pay varies so much.