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Speaking of Ike Quebec, today was his birthday. Duke Pearson's too.

Looks like quite a long wait for the Brookmeyer!!

Man! The Smith, Hutcherson and Tyner are all outstanding (those were the ones I wasn't familar with). I think the sound is excellent!

So we'll get some Johnny Coles and Woody Shaw on the Ervin, Lee Morgan on the McLean, and Frank Foster and Harold Land on the Elmo Hope. I like the sound of that.

Is that the one where you bite down really hard on the reed?

Wow! This went from "Miscellaneous Music" to "Politics" in one post!

Bad, BAD monkey!!!

My best was 314. ← I guess you're not stressed out enough. Go hang out in Politics for a while and report back.

Thanks, I needed that. My personal best was 394 MPH.

I see that Delta and Northwest seem to be close to bankruptcy. Maybe fuel costs didn't cause that, but they might have been the last straw. Fuel price increases will affect us all, there will be no hiding from it. Just about every retail business will be affected in some way, and this will be passed on to us via higher prices/shipping rates. Bend over'n grab your ankles!

That motor home story was included in this set of "urban legend" type stories recently sent to me- ONE- Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets. TWO- I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened. THREE- A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy." FOUR- I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me . As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk." FIVE- Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies. SIX- I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister." I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a sandwich. SEVEN- My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?" EIGHT- Police in Radnor, Pa., interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed. NINE- A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine. The mother says, "I just gave him some ant killer....." Dispatcher: "Rush him in to emergency!"

What do you want to bet it will be a big seller? "Nutso" is fashionable these days.

Ah yes...the "other" Maria Schneider.

Interesting stuff. Good luck! I'd love to check out those road itineraries.

Musically, it is excellent - I have the previous French 2 CD edition. But someone told me these were mastered from second generation tapes with reverb added, so I wonder about the sound of the new one. If you like the recent Argo reissue, this is a must! ← It's a done deal, then- I love the Argo. It was fascinating to hear the version of New Rumba on which Gil Evans based his Miles Ahead arrangement.

It's the Woody Shaw I'm most looking forward to. The Brookmeyer is excellent too, much better than the usual all-star affair IMHO. The Mulligan looks good, but be warned it is pretty short (30" or so). How's the Jamal?

List or link?

Thanks for the update, Eric. Hope he can pull through this. EDIT: I also found this (similar information): "Trombonist and Lionel Hampton Orchestra alumnist Charles Stephens, suffered a massive stroke last Saturday.His blood pressure was over 280. He was taken to University Hospital of Brooklyn. He is still in a coma, has bleeding on the brain, and only responds to pain stimuli. The doctors say they are hopeful that he will live, but remains in critical but stable condition." Not very good news unfortunately.

Bruce, the situation has been at least somewhat resolved. Check out this parallel thread. EDIT: There is now more info on the other thread, thanks to Eric.

Now there's an idea for a flick: Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Serge Chaloff solve crimes during the day and play jazz at night! And no one suspects a thing... ← Actually it would be more likely for them to commit crimes during the day and play jazz at night. Edit: Mike had the same idea I see.........

Heard about this over at AAJ. <LINK> Very sad. I've sure enjoyed her music. Here's To Life is one of the most beautiful studio orchestra recordings of all time IMHO. Always tasteful, always soulful. Let's hope for the best.

Just curious, Allen, who you think is playing on the last cut, 52nd Street. The liners credit Max but several here (including Chuck, Sangrey and Lon) think it's Sid. That's my guess as well. What do you think? ← It's a great CD, but I'm confused. Small point really. On p. 16, the notes read "....the public prevails and Big Sid remains at the drums for a loping version of Monk's 52nd Street Theme." So the liners are crediting Sid, right? I lean to Sid myself on 52nd St., and without taking anything away from Sid, I think that Max is OUTSTANDING on his tracks. ← You're absolutely right, John. I missed that and was referring only to the back of the CD which credits Sid with tracks 5 and 6 only. My fault for poor reading comprehension. Thanks for clarifying. Edit: ..and I think both drummers sound magnificent.