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Hope that's not actual size.

Which reminds me- how is our ol' buddy hardbop doing, anyway? B-) You just know he's lovin' this.

Hey John- I got this in the mail today and happened to notice it was recorded on your second birthday!

Sign me up!

wesbed, you're going to miss out on a lot of great music if this is your one and only deciding factor. Get this set for the music, not the production! That said, I think it sounds great!

I remember the big names from the 70s. I was into it, mostly via building model cars. Big Daddy Don Garlits. Shirley Cha Cha Muldowney. Connie Kalitta. Don Prudhomme. Tom McEwen. I even still have a drag racing sounds effects record I bought way back- "The Big Sounds Of The Drags". "Ascension" for motorheads. I apologize for the off-topic.

Kenny Dorham. Sonny Rollins. Hank Mobley. Booker Little. George Coleman. The Turrentine brothers. How can you go wrong?

You can say that again!

Here's something close to your birthdate. Were you born 'round midnight?

Hope you have a great day my friend! Keep the love for all things trombonistical!

You mean you don't have the Max Roach?

Is he playing with a local rhyhm section? Gary Hobbs perhaps?

Oh, aren't we just sooooooooooooooooo proud of ourself? We're just jealous you know. Congrats.

Matt, I think most here appreciate the heads up, but maybe you should post this at "Live shows etc...."

A couple more certainly worth mentioning- Sangrey's partner in crime, Pete Gallio. Not well known perhaps, but a BAD mutha (both of 'em!)! Also I like Tim Ries, who may be better known to some as a soprano player. He was featured on Maria's first recording, Evanescence. Plus he's done some nice things on the Criss Cross label.

Inspired by the recent threads about childhood memories and injuries, I thought it might be interesting to talk about the various jobs (good and bad) we held in our youth. My best job was one I held for several years, all through high school. I was the projectionist at the local movie theatre, back when they used two projectors to run the movie and you would have to change back and forth as each reel would run out. Ever notice those little spots that flash (about 7-8 seconds apart) in the upper right hand corner of some older films? Those are "cue marks", signals to the projectionist to start the changeover procedure. Of course you can probably imagine when something would go wrong and the screen would go blank, and the people would boo and yell. Now they splice all the reels onto one big one so there is little left for the projectionist to do. It was a great job, though- I was mostly left to myself, which was cool. That job payed for my first new trombone and first car (1969 Ford Galaxie). There were many other jobs to talk about, but I'll start with that one.

Happy Birthday!

Wow, really interesting stuff, Chris! Seems like your story might make a pretty interesting book, especially with all the memorabilia you seem to have saved. ...... my story would barely make a "pamphlet".............. -_-

Well, that's sad, especially since his condition seemed to be improving. The way his life played out was one's of life's ironies, you know, as far as his association with the "Superman" role. He had an interesting role in the film "Deathtrap". RIP

Let's make this a little more interesting. Howzabout we mention a recording that was made close to or on our birthdate, or at least during that year. I was born the day after this was recorded.

Is that twue? That's not vewy nice.