Dan Gould

Very piano-centric but not very engaging for my tastes as the former GHF. #1 is Summertime and kept me listening longer than I anticipated. Curious about this one, and also 13 which is an interesting take on a standard whose name escapes me and when someone else ID's I'll be pissed. Listening to 15 as I post, interesting as solo organ I can only guess someone newer playing in an older style. Thanks Joe, I'm sure others will engage on a deeper level than I did/could.

Surprised to discover today that in Polk county at least, Publix supermarket has removed the directional/flow signage on the floor. Did not inquire whether that was giving in to people not obeying anymore (flow was generally quite good at the Publix locations I've been to since they put the signage down) or some corporate determination that its not needed. At least face mask usage is high there, and I don't think Polk has made it mandatory. (Hillsborough, where I live, does have a mask mandate and when I went to Tires Plus yesterday, customer at desk and two of three employees were maskless.)

If you took away the "listening to" threads what is the rate of posting? Or the 40% of those posts that get a "" post afterwards? Seriously the board is not what it was by any stretch ... just an observation, and my opinion.

If you add me to your will as custodian of Percy France recordings I'll do you and him proud.

Well I am slow off the mark and honestly either way doesn't matter to me but this seems like the right place to share this, which I just found on eBay (there's a copy of Palo Alto for $80 right now). How did Boris ever come up with this title?

What was the point then of bringing up these two artists in this context, then to be comparing EA to the forger? No you didn't say it explicitly but that's the only way to read that second post. Years ago we had a conversation about Scott Hamilton and his influences. I am legitimately curious about how you would react to Scott as he performs now but that is another tangent. Actually - this was a tangent from Swana's CD to a different CD with EA so what the hell. Here's a brand new Scott Hamilton performance: Do you hear someone with a personal expression yet?

Seems strange we've never had a dedicated thread to noteworthy jazz videos, at least as far as I can find, but these should be noted, too bad there ain't no details on the broadcast. I am guessing early 1970s, and Dizzy is MC on the second clip.

Larry, EA only has a " desire to imitate ... and his ability to do so in a manner that would fool many experts."??? That's unbelievably harsh not to mention completely unsupportable. And no one is saying anything that should make you want to slit your wrists.

The spots get a huge thumbs up but DirecTV is horrible. Also, this election season is the wrong time for "hair sniffing Rob Lowe".

You actually said " headphone output isn't a line input " and that is what I was disputing. My headphone amp came standard on a 2007 Windows machine.

Why exactly would headphone output not deliver a decent sound to the next part of the chain? For people with $300 headphones on - wouldn't they say, WTF this sounds like shit? I have recently streamed some music and when I did I ran a mini plug cable from headphone output in front to line-in in the back and recorded via Goldwave. No degradation in the sound whatsoever.

The News page of the site lists out additions and changes made on the site, which is nice to see such an acknowledgement. No mention though of changes to those listings. https://www.joecastrojazz.com/thenews I guess we have to hope for a third box in another five years? BTW just tried to use their contact form to ask about the Adderley, Dex and Sheldon tapes ... and got this: Powered by This form has reached the maximum number of entries allowed for this period. Please try again later. If you are the administrator of this form, please log into the system and review your account settings. I hope they get around to resetting. How do you get a plug in that limits the number of messages that will be sent??

About the only thing any one can say is "true" is ... if there are any reissues they are needle-drops.

The greats that aren't out are mentioned in the text: Musicians recorded at Duke Farms: Nat Adderley cornet; Julian Cannonball Adderley alto saxophone; Joe Castro piano; Sam Jones double bass; Philly Joe Jones drums. Probably mid April 1957. Jack Sheldon trumpet; Joe Castro piano; Bob Bertaux double bass; Richie Frost drums. Jack Sheldon trumpet; Zoot Sims tenor saxophone; Joe Castro piano; Bob Bertaux double bass; Richie Frost drums. Probably late 1954. Jack Sheldon trumpet; Zoot Sims, Bob Cooper tenor saxophones; Joe Castro piano; Tom Brocato double bass; Richie Frost, Gary Frommer drums. Probably Friday, December 31, 1954. Musicians recorded at Duke Farms: Joe Castro piano; Jimmy Gourley guitare; Morris Edwards double bass; Jimmy Pratt drums. Wednesday, August 31, 1955. Joe Castro piano; Jimmy Gourley guitar; Monte Budwig double bass; Jimmy Pratt drums. Thursday, September 1, 1955. Musicians recorded at Duke Farms: Billy Byers trombone; Zoot Sims, Allen Eager tenor saxophones; Gerry Mulligan baritone saxophone; Buddy Jones double bass; Sol Gubin drums. Probably end of October 1955. But I didn't see Dexter?

Allen for what I imagine the breadth and relative rarity of your CDs I think there would be demand even in this age. I am hard copy all the way, even when downloads are purchased they get burned for listening (and I do that only if CDs are non-existent or outrageously pricey).

Back in March Niko noticed that there were new notations on the Joe Castro discography. Now, you can go here: https://www.joecastrojazz.com/discography And look for Sunnyside SSC 1393 First disc is Castro trio Second is Paul Bley solo and trio then Flo and George Handy and Flo and George Handy Orchestra Third Disc Joe Castro with Ray Ellis Orchestra and Neil Hefti Orchestra (Cannon and Nat are on the latter though it indicates these had an Atlantic release?) Continuing chronologically we have Castro Sextet recordings but the discography is back to the "SSC tbs" notation that Niko noted, not the new catalog # so, sloppy update TO discography or not actually part of the new box? NO Teddy on these sessions and I don't recognize the horn players at all There's also a "jam session" with Ann Richard vocal TBS notation for what appears to be the Groove Funk Soul session with Teddy - appears to be two new tunes, two unissued alternates Then more trio tracks for a Clover Records session - Kitty White vocal with bass accompaniment - marked "demo" - Bob Cooper Ensemble for overdub - Kitty White w.Art Simmons - this is in Europe and Nathan Davis is in the orchestra And now, finally, we get three tracks with Teddy, one is marked overdub the other two are with Kitty White And that's it. Overall very disappointing that they seem to have started and stopped the update of the discography/release information. I honestly can't say I'll pre-order this but I guess will go for it at some point. There seemed to be some color coding in the headings for sessions between Box 1 and Box 2 but just as they have left SSC-tbs in place in the latter half of the discography, they also haven't updated the color coding on the latter half of the disco. Does anyone else think that the discography has been changed with some deletions? I could swear I'd seen Dexter jam sessions when first perusing this thing and hoping they would come out. I think there might have been Cannonball jam sessions too. Were they only in the text?

My eyes don't pick up small print like that. Or something.

I figured I'd see an email from Sunnyside/Bandcamp but haven't seen one. What's your source KH?

Well the PO has pleased me a couple of times but we're back to wondering what the hell is going on ... two packages, both now late several days, one in LA, one in NC, neither have ever shown departure scans and its six days since any update. Getting very annoyed.

This is no different from the endless, and utterly unenlightening, debates about OP. Obviously a lot of people like EA, just as a lot liked OP and wanted to make records with them. Some don't think he adds anything to his influences (and I do think the one overarching influence is Big George). BillF thinks otherwise. So ... I hope someone programs an all Coleman and EA BFT to test Bill's statement ... and I really wish Bill and others wouldn't write things like "Let's hope your new record purchase will lift the veil ..." No one changes their mind on command and in the end why should it matter?

Interesting article especially in context of the reporting of a second confirmed infection in Hong Kong: https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/25/four-scenarios-on-how-we-might-develop-immunity-to-covid-19/

Do you have Volume 2 Larry? Just realized that its Bootsie and Larry McKenna on the later record, many years before they were co-leaders on Cellar Live.

It's that NE quadrant that's the worst but this still looks way too close for comfort. I used this for Irma and assuming you have done your prep,

Hope no one is in her path for the next 36-48 hours but if you are, finish your prep and get the hell out of Dodge if you can ... and good luck.

Not to mention issuing the Joe Castro box set which is supposed to see a Volume 2 coming out this fall.