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A brief story regarding Tom Harrell..... In 1996 they were organizing a concert at Carnegie Hall to honor what would have been Woody's 6oth anniversary (having taken over the band in 1936). When bari saxist and band manager Mike Brignola told me that Tom Harrell would be one of the guest soloists I asked him what Tom was going to play on. Mike said "Not sure- we'll probably plug him into one of our tunes". I saw a golden opportunity and volunteered to arrange one of Tom' tunes for the band- I picked "Sail Away" because besides being a great MF tune it seemed right for the sound of Woody's band. I transribed Harrell's solo off of his recording and turned it into a sax soli (with Flugel lead, one of the trademark sounds of the band). I put that in another trumpet part- all Tom had to do was play the head and blow a chorus. Tom was very gracious about the chart and recognized his transcribed solo. It was a great experience meeting him (although he was pretty quiet ) and I'm glad I was able to tell him how much I loved his music. ....and of course playing in Carnegie Hall was pretty cool too.....

What timing! Just two minutes ago I got 4 Seasons in the mail (Optimista is also on the way). I'm now leaving for a couple days and will be enjoying it in the car. I was just thinking about starting a thread about her. I look forward to this one!

Yes, the phone company is well known for its sense of humor!

Abe Vigoda Viggo Mortensen Mort Sahl

Chick Webb Coe, David Allen Rhea Perlman

Think you could hook me up with some of these? I ordered some awhile back but I think they sent me idiot pills by misteak.

Happy Birthday!

So how'd it go JK? Did you play some B-3?

Tex Avery Max Roach Rules of Order, Robert's

Chicken, the San Diego Anshel (aka Yentl) Hadas, Rachel

A very Happy Birthdissimo!

Perhaps that's the origin of the tune title "Winetone" on this recording?

I know i've mentioned this one before but it bears repeating. One of my favorites. Graciela burns!

Now this is the typical Rooster-type thread I've been missing! 'Bout time!

...or perhaps you first need the course and then the heart.

In every sense of the term.

Not even at gunpoint!

Looks like resistance is futile. The discounts will be few and far between one doesn't join the Rewards program.

You mean the commissioner of baseball?

I recently picked this up in this form: Product Description This jam-packed CD/DVD pack features a standard audio CD of the original A&M recording of The Age of Steam as well as a DVD with over four hours of content, including: a master class a documentary a Dolby Digital stereo and surround sound mix of the original recordings and interviews with several participants in that recording (Bob Brookmeyer, Roger Kellaway, Tom Scott and Stephan Goldman). The DVD also includes the sheet music for each composition on the recording, including the parts for each instrument, which can be printed out from a PC.

Ron Carter Day, Doris Vu, Deja

Wow! That's a shocker, at least to me. I listened to WBEZ a lot when I was in Chicago. I remember playing in that funky little studio many times for Larry's show. Sad news.

Sue Mingus Per Brevig Manne, Shelly

The women's final was a great game, much better than the men's final. Maryland tied Duke with a last second three pointer and went on to win it in OT. Great game, both teams were playing well.

I think it was determined that they don't ship the sets in numerical order.