Dan Gould

yes it's all terrible to watch. FWIW I saw on FB that formerly active member Shawn has marked himself safe. You may recall he moved out to LA from Austin ... a decade ago?

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/fake-farmer-steals-8-75m-green-energy-scam A remarkably intricate and well-thought out Ponzi scheme.

Thanks for posting this Steve ... your knowledge is much deeper and broader than my own. FWIW I didn't find Tad's "Small Group Swing" as problematic - I felt it played up the rhythmic quality of the music and the jazz bona fides of so many of the practitioners. I am a little surprised I missed the conflation of Budd Johnson, tenor who inspired Percy France to switch from clarinet, with Buddy Johnson, pianist and bandleader with sister Ella on vocals. (Ironically while I have known the name for a long while, I very recently received a comp of the Johnson band, air checks from the Savoy ballroom, notes by Bob Porter and with Dupree Bolton in the collective personnel (didn't see that coming) ... gonna give a listen real soon). Hoping @ListeningToPrestige sees this and responds.

I've been picking up Gemini recordings and this label out of Norway has a lot of recordings featuring American jazz stars that are all very nice. Been enjoying revisiting all the following, which I heartily recommend: Totti Bergh & Plas Johnson, On the Trail Totti Bergh & Al Cohn, Tenor Gladness Frank Wess, Surprise! Surprise! Al Grey & Bjarne Nerem, Al Meets Bjarne Zoot Sims with Scott Hamilton, It Had to Be You Kenny Davern - Bjarne Nerem - Flip Phillips, Mood Indigo Harold Ashby, The Viking EDIT TO ADD: Knut Riisnaes & Red Holloway, Confessin the Blues and The Gemini Twins Atlee Hammer Sextet, Arizona Blue (featuring Jon Gordon and Red Holloway An added bonus is Norman Simmons' presence on several of the above. Are there any other Gemini recordings folks here would recommend?

I hadn't realized there was never a thread for the earlier book. Perhaps a new thread is in order anyway. I could start it because I am a fan and then you can tell us all the mistakes that you saw.

I did not see a lot of factual errors or debatable assertions in "Jazz with a Beat" which was written by board member @ListeningToPrestige ... could you please elaborate BBS?

Martin was about the most effective/consistent option out of the Red Sox bullpen for the last few years. He's not young by any means but should instantly slot into the 8th inning mix with the potential to close on an emergency basis. Excellent control, still strikes out a lot of hitters. Put it this way, I would have been pleased if the Sox had re-signed him. Whether that makes you excita-thrilled depends on the other high-leverage relievers you have.

Can't help you there but it doesn't strike me as worth $50.

Thanks for your comments ... but the first performance is by a Nonet?

I think there is always an element that musicians need to know their business. If they weren't sure the best approach they can consult other musicians or an attorney. Alfred would have probably said "we need to record another track if you don't want to put the tune with our publishing company" and picked a standard ballad to replace it. I am not sure that Lion was obligated to lay out the options in full detail vs the way Swallow describes how it went down. And in the moment, what exactly were the odds of this tune, or the album, being particularly popular? I am sure Alfred saw it as "a little more in the company's pocket, and every bit helps keep the lights on, especially after that damn Sidewinder took off and everybody wants the same track and won't pay on what they've ordered." Last thing - paid rehearsals isn't very gangsterish.

Thanks for sharing.

You know for a fact he has subscriptions to the tune of $166K a month?

I guess I am lucky I have zero interest in streaming music and am committed to CDs/vinyl til I kick. Also no need for "playlists" that I don't actively construct myself.

I presume to go with the tea.

Committed to more elevation of Percy France in 2025, and concentrating on the Schaap collection. June 27, 1987, Doc Cheatham subbed for Eddie Chamblee, making the Sammy Price Two-Tenor Boogie a tenor/trumpet frontline. Cheatham (trumpet), Percy France (tenor sax), Sammy Price (piano/leader) and Wes Landers (drums). Paula Elliott, a teacher from Boston, was called onto the stage by Price for the Ida Cox blues "Wild Women Don't Get The Blues". Live! from The West End (6/26/1987): Two Tenor Boogie and Sammy Price, Phil Schaap Jazz Collection, Special Collections Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN I Want a Little Girl (Cheatham, vocal) Tea for Two:

Guess you skipped the stars because so many **** in a row would have just been too boring. Any thoughts on the paired performances? I can't believe I nearly lined up them in exactly the same order and then didn't. Thanks for your participation and its funny that when I don't choose based on WWFL, you like them the most. I really thought the tracks were weighted too far toward swing to appeal as much as they did.

Bwahaha! And gents I wasn't counting strings just going off the fact that there were strings and he was demonstrably not George Benson.

Here, here!

Different versions of same songs but not tracked exactly the same. Wish I had thought of it though as an A and B side is a good idea! I didn't spend hardly any time on the tracking once I determined the tunes and performances, which was in flux right up to the end. As to the latter question, I had to make up for excluding him last year.

A thousand apologies for the earworm and I promise, that's the closest I'll ever get to any late 60s - early 70s vocal of any sort, Prog or otherwise. No aspersions intended. What we do have is 15 total songs and almost exactly 80 minutes. Track 15 is really more of a coda than a track to be identified. You should get used to it because it will probably be used on my BFTs from now until the end. There is no theme but there is a programming approach that I am quite sure has never been done before. Once it becomes apparent, perhaps it will spark additional conversation. And conversation is the hope here, including general comment on tunes and performances. I did try to choose recognizable tunes and in some cases, performances that I think will be ID'd fairly easily, so I fully expect to stump a lot of people. https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/2025-blindfold-tests/ Have at it, and ...

Thank you @sonnymax. I've never seen Sonny Greenwich could that be him?

Thanks for sharing did you have a location?

It has been a long time - I might have heard about it around the time Bird came out, as an earlier effort by Eastwood that had jazz underpinnings. Almost certain I rented it on VHS, in fact, so that gives you an idea. Taut, effective thriller, and IIRC, you may recognize antecedents to more recent movies like Fatal Attraction.

You've never seen Play Misty For Me? You must correct that, John. Posthaste.

Our time with King, full name BB King (and my wife sometimes squealed a "BeeeeBeeeee" when she was calling him but it never really took) came to an end today. The fates took him too soon (he was still only 8 years old) but years of poorly controlled seizure disorder took a real toll on him. And then recently he had outward signs of tumors which started bleeding and there was nothing to be done. We couldn't let him suffer any longer, or risk that he could start bleeding and it wouldn't stop. He was a handful when he was younger but he was a sweet loving companion until the end. He would jump into my bed most nights, and I would lay alongside him and he would move in for kisses and sometimes I'd pull away but he was relentless. It was let him kiss me or fall off the bed. Other times I'd move in for kisses and pull away too quick for him to reciprocate and he'd be kissing the air. Then he'd get frustrated and not play anymore and pull his head away from me. I'm glad I got a chance to get him into the bed this afternoon and let him clean my face to his heart's content. He had a big one and would give kisses forever if he could. April-May 2016 Coltrane had the football first and never came close to destroying it. It never stood a chance with King. King chasing Duncan, his cousin. King and Duncan playing tug of war - King was still a baby but he was fearless. I'd like to think that Gracie and King are together again. Mikey and King.