Dan Gould

Since Columbia Monk is sort of "the sound of Monk" for me, this is encouraging. Unlike some no shipping notice yet, expected delivery is the 22nd though.

You should sign up with Sunnyside for promotional emails. Last one I saw had a November release date. So not backordered but not, apparently, available yet.

Its been adopted for Prog (and Tim Webb put it up here) But I can't find a template to make changes? Delmark Records also used it on Facebook I see ... anyway I wonder if Zazzle would produce such a t-shirt. They hassle you about images they think might be copyrighted or trademarked.

OMG I want this on a t-shirt.

I am trying to find out if the Smithsonian archives are opening up on the 18th as I was told or if its been pushed back again. If pushed back I can't expect any Leonard Gaskin material (cassettes of shows featuring Percy France) before sometime in 2021, and if it got done in early January it would be 14 long months of waiting. As Kevin Kline's character says in "Wanda" ... DISAPPOINTED.

Really strong straight up bop from a guy who is known for a few records with McGriff and more than a few on Pablo as last leader of Basie's reed section.

My first thought was, will there be another volume? I never actually picked up the first volume but always planned to do so ... do I recall correctly that in amidst the weird ramblings about trains that he did bring out new information, and that overall people were wanting to see what he writes about the post-KC Bird? I thought that was the gist of what I read, and therefore I am excited if he was able to complete the book (or was there going to be a third volume that will probably next come out?). As for Stanley in general, I encountered him first early in my listening, and he and Wynton speaking about 'blues and swing' rang true to me then, as it does today. The best jazz for me has those two elements. So for all his verbosity and the contrast between his early attitudes and the later ones, I didn't find him contemptible like some do. RIP. And I hope volume 2 takes us all the way thru to Nica's apartment in 1954.

And she'd be welcome anytime in Sexiest Album Covers. I do agree that Steeplechase (not Storyville) with Kenny Drew is great.

I think this is reasonable but how did it get out into the wild? Are they true one-offs? Was Plastylite shipping colored vinyl to distributors? Slipping in colored runs in the boxes sent to BN for distribution? Or just ran off a few and workers took them home, to slowly appear in record stores?

I should probably update this ... around 8:30 in the AM the tracking updated to "Arrived at Plant City" and "Expected Delivery September 15". I had to ship an LP so I asked the woman at the front counter if someone could go find these two boxes, after all it was a b-day present. And she said, "Oh its among 10,000 boxes that we won't start sorting until tonight. Were they shipped Media Mail? If we run out of time it might not get delivered until Wednesday." She's damn lucky I didn't go off on her. But there was a happy ending. I think that in this case, what SUCKS was the scanning/tracking. You see they showed up at 1:30 PM, the usual time for deliveries. I think they just didn't scan it for "out for delivery" ... in fact there should have been two scans between Jax and Plant City, for the stop at the local distribution center but there weren't any, just departed Jax, and arrived Plant City. Anyway I got my b-day presents and have so far listened to this fairly unknown recording (I think) which is quite nice and highly recommended. Latter-day Basie reed section leader, his only leader date, Red Callender and Wig are the well-known names in the rhythm section.

Yeah the USPS SUCKS. Both packages departed Jacksonville FL about 5 pm Saturday night. Normal result would by Tampa no more than 24 hours later, then on to Plant City and my front porch the next day. Instead, "in transit, arriving late".

Yes, vinyl is free - you just pay Media Mail rate in continental US.: $4.50 for the 1st LP, $.50 each additional, $5.50 if you want all four. I am not offering many but I think the first two are pretty rare. ALL are confidently rated as VG+ with a few ticks here and there. A good cleaning and a good rig they probably play even better. Any vinyl-head takers for ... Nick Brignola, New York Bound (Interplay) - TAKEN VG cover with browning and top seam 50% split. Note and autograph by Brignola at top left of reverse side. https://www.discogs.com/Nick-Brignola-New-York-Bound/release/5301284 Pepper Adams - Frank Foster, Generations (Muse) - TAKEN VG+ cover with price sticker residue and modest start of a seam split at bottom. https://www.discogs.com/Pepper-Adams-Frank-Foster-Generations/release/4185927 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, The Clean Machine (Muse) - VG cover w. dirt and ringwear on front, intact seams, one corner ding https://www.discogs.com/Eddie-Cleanhead-Vinson-The-Clean-Machine/release/3650992 Count Basie, Kansas City Five (Pablo) - VG+ cover, cut corner, some ringwear at top, seams and other corners intact. https://www.discogs.com/Count-Basie-Kansas-City-5/master/868404

I watched this on IFC (well, DVR'd IFC) last night. I figured that's the only way to watch something like this, with "no blurs" as IFC promotes themselves. As comedy it had some great moments - more than a few. But the character is so contemptible all I am doing is rooting for the FBI/SEC, and that they all die when the boat sinks. I want him to suffer, and in the end that hardly happens. At least when there's a pause in the laughs Scorcese was smart enough to have another starlet go full frontal in short order. (Funny that there was major fraud going on in the financing/production side of the film. See the CNBC series American Greed ...)

There's been no indication its not a complete set, and Monk did say that he had to get into town for his other gig after he played the last encore.

I know what you mean and in fact one of the Discogs sellers is CADNOR - but I still got Media Mail as the only option so it will be interesting if they have that private USPS force doing its thing here. Didn't even think to check Amazon before the order but looking now, they are offering the same sealed LP but at $13 more than their Discogs page. I also checked the website directly and it wasn't listed at all. So I had to go with Discogs and Media Mail.

On a separate note Mr. Hutch I am wondering what your stats are on your blog. Do you think that visitors are largely limited to Organissimo members, lurkers and active? Can you see that visits spike right after your weekly update post?

So I was visiting with Mom last weekend and as usual she hits me with some cash for my upcoming birthday. Decided to place two discogs orders for individual LPs I've been thinking about ... one is shipped from upstate NY, one from Milwaukee. Both arrived at their respective POs yesterday and both now show expected delivery Monday which happens be my b-day. So what are the odds I'll get these LPs "in time"? With recent experience I figure by the end of next week, but hope does spring eternal.

I am not clear why; if the problem is no kids of school age, my wife and I have no kids at all but I still answered based on what I know is happening in the county.

No one has ever been restricted from participating and I have no idea why you thought that.

??? Any O member can vote as far as I know.

To cover both friends and personal experience I had to set it to allow multiple answers. Otherwise I would exhaust the number of allowed questions.

I was told by an archivist that the Smithsonian has plans to open September 17 but not all staff would return. No idea if that's been pushed off or not.

I don't think I ever offered that option. What are the rules about masks and social distancing? Do clients come to the office regularly?

New question on Schools otherwise the same as last time.

Nothing warms my heart in these strange, ugly times as much as a severely under-performing Yankee team barely hanging on to the last playoff spot. (Djokovic missing a chance to get closer to Roger's Grand Slam mark was nice too.)