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As well as chewy, of course.

Works for me.

Why? Because we like you.... J S N....G R Y.......M.O. = "U.S.E."* * Unusual Situations Explored You ever heard the Franklin Ajaye bit about Mickey Mouse? I won't give away the punchline here, but a little 2ng hand sleuthing might yield this: in which case, carpe diem & laugh your ass off at what happens when Mickey goes to get it on with Minnie. I deleted my post because your Woody Shaw post seemed all serious and shit and I felt like mine was superfluous and unnecessary. But thank you anyway for the acknowledgement.

Recorded on Penny Arcade. When I was in college we had Joe as a guest artist once. (Miles251, you remember that?) I don't remember all the tunes he played, but I do remember a chart on his tune "Molten Glass" from Song of the Wind (nice tune). I remember Joe was very cool and approachable. Too bad he wasn't around longer, he really was a great player IMO. I like all the sessions mentioned already. And another vote for Friends. The smurf cover was a turnoff for many, but there is some great music there. Brother Joe played some baaad flute. paul secor: was the live Byard session you were referring to the "Last from Lennie's" session? That is a nice one.

...trombones AND French horns. Beautiful Mancini sound.

Nice! Looks like it was a fun gig. I would have liked to hear a little more of Invitation, I like that tune. Forgive me for not knowing (or perhaps having forgotten), but which one is you TTK?

I agree; the bridge especially. Lots of big intervals and intricate harmony. Not an easy one to sing, but she nailed it. I got nervous when she started to scat on the ending, but she nailed that too. Always have liked that tune.

Happy Birthday! Go have a breakfast burrito at Harry's Roadhouse for me!

....Mighty Shlomi has Struck Out.

Jazz and the Pill Jazz and the Wild Party Jazz and the Next Door Neighbor Jazz and the Coed Dorm Jazz and the Nervous Lover Oh, sorry. I guess I was suffering from a Love American Style flashback. Cue Stuart Margolin, or perhaps Larry Storch. Or perhaps a little Joey Heatherton?

So would that be a mortartorium?

The spam is ended but the Melody lingers on.

Lou Donaldson is in town tonight, playing at a Tallahassee jazz club w/a local rhythm section. No doubt sammiches will be served. The club is fairly new- it was started by a local bass player, Clarence Seay (pronounced "C"- the club is called "B Sharp's" ). Clarence has played with a lot of notables, including Billy Harper (I hope Clarence can get him to come sometime!). The club is small, but it's doing well and has become a place for FSU students to perform as well as area musicians, with the occasional out-of-town treat, like Lou. I'm looking forward to it.

Wow, I thought it was a picture of some new kind of turntable.

I had one and also watched the show. It really got me into drawing, mostly cartoon-type stuff. I remember one of the coolest things I learned was how to shade things. Wow, I haven't thought about that in years!

Hey! I had one of those Jon Gnagy drawing kits when I was a kid!

(this one's for conn)

I gave it a spin. It's The Donkey Serenade by Rudolf Friml. So not classical, but since it's operetta, quite close. It does sound a little like Prokofiev, come to think of it. Yes! Thank you Sir Crisp!

The funny thing about that is that it was the umpteenth take of April in Paris and Thad just came up with that one. He probably later regretted it- because of the popular success of the tune every trumpet player was/is obligated to play it on that solo (including Thad when they performed it).

I remember that! Was that blow on the floor of your backseat?? Yes, Miles251 was in the car. There was laundry detergent on the back seat and the cop wanted to know if it was coke.

In the Horace Silver composition "Quicksilver" he uses a couple quotes as part of the melody. The first occurs in bars 13-16 where he quotes "Oh You Beautiful Doll". The next one is in bars 29-32- I'm pretty sure it's from a classical piece (Prokofiev perhaps?) but I can't remember which. I've heard it quoted repeatedly in bop solos. Your help is appreciated. Regarding jazz players who use quotes- Dexter, Sonny Rollins, Bird and Paul Desmond are a few that come to mind. I appreciate when the quote is clever- a pun on the tune title, a reference to a tune w/a similar chord progression. Any favorites?