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The Mills Brothers do some pretty amazing instrument imitations which include some scatting. The stuff from around the 30s is my favorite.

I realize your topic is alcohol and not weed, but here is an interesting collection of tunes on eMusic (additional volumes here and here) Some pretty cool tunes in this collection, perhaps something you might use in the future.... :eye:

I thought it was pretty much over (Dallas with a big lead) and when I checked back in it was all tied up! Not a good day for Romo. Not good at all.

My cable bill (internet & cable, I got rid of my phone land line some time ago) is about $120. My cell bill is about $100. Dropping the internet access for my phone would cut about $30 from the bill. The first thing I'm going to do is call Comcast & Verizon and tell them about possibly bailing and see what their reaction is. Some folks have said they will lower their rates some folks have said they act like "tough shit, we don't care".

I'm not sure if there's another thread about this, so sorry if there's redundancy. I'm looking at what I pay to Comcast and Verizon each month and it's ridiculous. I'm thinking about: 1) getting rid of my smartphone and going back to a cheaper and more basic phone. I find I don't really need most of the smartphone features. I'm around computers enough I don't need to get online via my phone. I could cut my phone bill way back if I ditch the internet. Talk, text and video- that's all I really need from my phone. I'm also tired of being so fixated on my phone and want to de-tech a bit. 2) ditching cable TV and just using HuluPlus, Netflix & Amazon streaming services via my PS3. I do want to have a solid wifi connection at home, I'll probably keep that. Comcast's internet connection is very good, I've had no problems with that. Are there wifi options that are reasonably reliable? So, what are y'all doing?

yes, i've brought up that problem in the past!! Yes, this thread requires the use of the honor system.

Wendy Carlos?

Damn, I can see how this is going to go- I read others' choices & I say "I shoulda picked that one!" Such Sweet Thunder, great choice. This is way too hard!

If I was to pick CDs.....(although I'll probably change my mind tomorrow) Blanton/Webster Blues in Orbit (I keep coming back to this one, I really like it) And His Mother Called Him Bill Far East Suite Newport '56 A couple others in the mix are Nutcracker and Money Jungle.

No sir!

+1

Patricia Richardson

Hard to believe that's a PHOTO! Wow!

Jeff Hamilton on brushes on "Back Home Again In Indiana" on the Clayton-Hamilton recording "Explosive". Elvin Jones on brushes on "Shiny Stockings" on "Heavy Sounds".

A good deal, but folks need to be sure to read the fine print- the two listed near at or near this price don't come with boxes and/or booklets. Thanks for posting all those deals, though!

That crossed my mind when I heard a couple of those Rosolino-like arpeggios, but I thought the sound just didn't seem right, though it could have been the recording. Weird-ass clip, though!

I like that you see valve trombone but hear slide trombone.

John Lennon & Miles Davis hanging out

I think that's correct. I remember there being some hubbub in DownBeat at the time about how Blue Note was putting together a group (somewhat in the image The Jazz Messengers) that had to pass audition in order to make the band. I wonder who conducted the auditions, or if there really were auditions. Would it have been Bruce Lundvall? Cuscuna? (Marketing gimmick?) Who made up the original line-up? From memory, I can recall the horns, but not the rhythm section. Kenny Garrett (as), Ralph Bowen (ts), Michael Philip Mossman (t), and ... ? (Was Robert Hurst on bass?) I remember Harry Pickens, piano, Robert Hurst, bass and Ralph Peterson, drums (there were also others in the group later on, like Renee Rosnes and Billy Drummond).

"That's what she said....."

Plus your car was dry because you parked it in the garage down the street for the storm. Way to use that brain!

Richard Long

John Byner! Still very recognizable!