Dan Gould

Finally listened to this, I would give it 3 or 3 1/2 stars, and the reason being that the performance of Body & Soul was a major turn-off. Saxophone gymnastics on a ballad ain't my thing, and I'll always say this: circular breathing on a ballad is a contradiction in terms. I've never enjoyed ballads that don't stay as ballads. I mean what story is being told? That at least one in the couple is a manic-depressive? Bottom line, I like, but don't love Big George, and he played as well as I'd expected. His colleagues definitely helped on the rating. Call it 4 stars, reduced by 1 star for the "ballad" feature, adding 1/2 star for pianist and trumpeter = 3 1/2 stars.

Sad news but a great and quite lengthy career.

So why don't you take it up with Matthew, who put him here, and Hardbopjazz who didn't put Reddy here?

Ah, I see. Might have been more appropriate to have narrowed it from "my children's generation" to "my children's friends" - then I wouldn't have sought clarification of what seemed like a sweeping statement about a not-inconsequential chunk of the population.

How exactly is Lee Morgan "ultra hip" among this mid-late 20s generation? Why/how do they even know him? Was Sidewinder used on a commercial down under that I never heard about? Did I called him Morgan play to sell out crowds on college campuses? My nephews/niece aren't quite to that age but they sure as hell have no idea who Lee Morgan would be, so I am very curious how Lee achieved this stature.

Nope.

Do you not recall that they did not commit to the Mobley until after running a pre-order promotion to verify interest? There was discussion here about supporting Mosaic and encouraging them. I pre-ordered and when finances took a hit in between pre-order and delivery, was able to cancel, thankfully. As for adjusting to the times, yes, of course that has to happen. Maybe I should have said "my how times have changed" instead. But my point was that in the past they offered unique boxes, not rehashes of BN material that for serious collectors, if they have been doing this since at least the dawn of the CD era, have likely purchased the contents at least once in the past and likely several times already.

Mosaic just isn't the same anymore. Not that I should act surprised after the Mobley set but ... I wonder if they'll go the pre-order route again to verify interest and commitment to purchase?

Yeah, nor on my card either, since I took him at his word that he was taking a year off. I don't think necessarily helps him on the way to having a stake in ownership ... I wonder how much work they even expect out of him.

I continue to wonder if I had a relatively mild case back in January/Feb, if only because its the only time I've ever had a (short-lived) loss of taste with a flu/cold. I remember munching on salted peanuts and could barely sense the saltiness.

I was wondering and saw that he posted on Wednesday but hasn't given an update on his condition. Hopefully improving.

Yes, take care of yourself, do what the doctor says and hopefully this is the worst that you'll feel, with recovery commencing soon.

What sonnymax said!

As opposed to the one doing Sonny Stitt? No, never heard that name before.

Setting aside Percy France, he's the first guy I'd think of when I hear "local" - even if he did go on to international recognition.

Man, I might want to spring for a Stylings of Silver JRVG but not the whole set I don't think. Love that record, though its been forever since I've pulled it out.

I had to see what I would get but mostly self-published erotica, and no toys.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-19-vaccination-doses?tab=chart&yScale=linear&stackMode=absolute&time=earliest..latest&country=CHN~FRA~DEU~ITA~MEX~ROU~GBR~USA&region=World I realize these are gross numbers not per capita but still, aside from the UK, all of Europe is at 100,000 vaccinations per day on a rollling seven day average but US has crossed 700,000 and most recent daily total is 900,000. Kinda sorta light at end of tunnel?

Amazon must work differently for you, or you put the word 'sex' into your search.

Yeah I noticed that and thought "WTF is he talking about?" I have never seen any Japanese release of that Fresh Sound thing and certainly not anything that pre-dates it.

Dude you have excellent perceptive ears. Don't worry about guessing unless you feel like it; I'd love to hear your impressions of the tunes and performances themselves even without any solid ideas.

Nope Detroit is not in the house on this one.

Yet I listened to their CD but refused to pick a tune because ... that would be too easy for listeners.

"Local". As in "Percy France (not programmed for the first time in two years) was a local musician. But since his locality was NYC, he had to have skills."

Make it a noun and not a modifier.