Dan Gould

Discovered this - Peter Crawford did some producing too? Fact that this was licensed to Steeplechase makes me think this is the same guy.

This Johnny Shacklett thing is really something. Glad Mike piqued my curiosity - got a sealed copy that hadn' warped in 50 years time. I have to say though I don't think its live. No stage announcements and no applause. Just a lot of very strong guitar work with a solid drummer and some nice solo turns for Mel Rhyne.

http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2018/06/dexter-gordon-quartet-tokyo-1975-woody-shaw-tokyo-1981/ I am pretty sure the Dex in Tokyo (with Kenny Drew, NHOP) is out there in private-recording trade land but it does have two bonus tracks.

Not as active as he once was but he's been lurking, so Happy Birthday!!

PM incoming.

Someone is saying that there are unworthy tracks? I take it that Larry's complaint is, at worst, over-enthusiasm not misplaced enthusiasm.

Only one Summertime counts for me:

I was looking for those two Benny Green recordings, both are very enjoyable but I couldn't even find them on the discogs site so I was wondering if it was another Japanese label. (I still remember when I found the Blue Notes CD, it was at a Borders in the DC area, pre-internet for me, and I had recently read of this release in Downbeat. Seeing it in person was such a delightful surprise.)

The Superblue group is pretty strong and nothing wrong with the Jimmy Smith disc either. Both saw domestic issue in the 90s I think; I personally have no interest in any sonic upgrade.

13 years after that piece was published we see this release. But I would like to hear the complete and unedited (no reverb) Coltrane/Hartman.

Just a day or two I googled the title and found nothing new. There's a facebook page for Arnett. I messaged them but nothing so far. The page doesn't seem that active. August is coming up fast so I hope this really is happening ...

Strasburg is a number 1 or 1A on every team in the majors. He is among the very best in the game. Scherzer, Sale, Kershaw and a couple of guys on the Astros would be #1 above him. Practically every other team in the majors would bless the day they had a Strasburg as their #1.

Given the era (and relative proximity to the Coltrane I most enjoy) I'd say I'm in for this too. (But I'm still more excited by that Arnett Cobb/Don Wilkerson thing due in August.)

Paul when you look at the rest of the division, and most of the league, it's not that hard to see both teams continuing to feast most of the time on teams not named the Yankees, Red Sox, Astros, Mariners, Angels and (maybe) Indians. Although I guess I have to expect some reversion to the mean since 110 wins is only .679 winning percentage. Can two teams pull that in the same division?

The reason why I doubt the Red Sox will go anywhere even if they were to maintain the best record in baseball: Sale and Price are terrible in the post-season or sucky against the likely opposition.

79 years young!

Funny this topic I started is brought back up. My wife and I moved to Plant City 27 months ago. I no longer care about the cost of shaver cartridges because the moment we moved I began to telecommute and stopped shaving 5-6 days a week. Sometime before our move I had received an auto-ship Amazon delivery of a 5-pack (25 cartridges) and I still have two left. When I am finally ready to buy again it will be a regular-price pack from Publix and I really won't care since I won't buy another for about 12-14 months.

turn on MLB Network to see the worst "great" closer of all time fuck a game away. Four run lead down to two. No outs runner at second. The day this asshole becomes a free agent can not come soon enough.

Mildly nauseated this morning to find that a game the Astros had in hand when I went to bed had blown up. And now the Red Sox have signed Adam Lind as 1B protection. Yeah that makes sense, get rid of Hanley who can still hit and if need be slip Lind in there if someone gets hurt. UGGH.