Dan Gould

As down as I remain on the Red Sox chances this season, there are little glimmers like, Wilyer Abreu, acquired from Houston in the Christian Vazques trade. (IIRC the Astros won it all that year but Vasquez left after his rental and Abreu looks very much like a keeper (Sox also got the up-and-down Enmanuel Valdez in that deal, I think he profiles as a decent utility man.) Entering Monday, among qualified AL rookies, Abreu leads in OPS (.829), hits (46), doubles (14), extra-base hits (22) and total bases (82). He ranks second in batting average (.272) and runs scored (26). Abreu is third in home runs (six) and stolen bases (seven).

Funny I recognized the face first, ahead of Randy Weston's. Those happy young children just make the photo even better.

Earlier posted picture is Harold Vick, unknown location. Someone else suggested a recording session in someone's basement but there doesn't seem to be a record of such a thing. Second posted photo is Weston, Roach and Geoffrey Holder, best known as the pitchman for 7-Up many many years ago. He was actor, dancer and artist.

1982. Leonard Gaskin Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

1985 Leonard Gaskin Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

There is only one downside to Angel Hernandez' retirement: Seeing some sort of "challenge" system come to fruition so that he could be named, not worst umpire, but most-overturned umpire. Then maybe someone could have asked him about that.

A single panel comic I had saved years ago but can't find anywhere here or online, so here goes: Man behind a desk, the nameplate says "Loan Officer". Sign on wall says "We never say 'no'!" He's telling the man on the other side of the desk,, "F*ck you!"

I found an album reference stating that the under-recorded alto saxophonist Charles/Charlie/CI Williams worked with the Quartette Tres Bien for two years ... Can anyone shed light on whether he recorded with them? Discogs is no help. Thanks in advance.

In any given game, the Red Sox have 4-5 hitters who by rights ought to be batting 8th or 9th, either by history or by performance to date. The result is offensive frustration for at least the last month that is also likely to continue for a month or more given who is on the roster and who on the IL will not be returning for 4-8 weeks yet. In a best-case scenario they are a last place, .500 team. As the league adjusts to the sometimes-decent pitching, that illusion will vanish with the offense.

Can't imagine adopting a feral cat into our house. We have three barn cats (only 1 from some sort of barn cat/rescue program) and its the two invaders who very occasionally manage to kill a rat, they mostly hang around waiting to be fed. They also know which side of their bread gets buttered - ganging up on Susan's legs and nearly tripping her when she walks to the barn at feeding time. They know the most I will do is fill their dry food bowl. Mama kitty's last litter (and I do mean last, Susan wore long oven mitts to grab her and send her into a carrier to take her to be 'fixed') did yield Mikey who will remain an indoor cat. To tie this into the full topic at hand: At one point he seemed to enjoy me strumming an Eagles tune when I got the guitar out, coming into the office and sitting nearby, but work has been too busy and that isn't happening very often lately.

That's not much of an accomplishment.

Damn, wasn't thinking who Willie might be but definitely assumed "Hank" was Mobley not Williams.

Neat trick, new book with a forward by a dead guy. This has been in heavy rotation on various channels we receive ... I certainly prefer the original.

I watched college football much more than pro last year but ... I got the distinct impression that in the college game they weren't doing the measurement thing nearly as often as before? Just a total eye-ball it and say its a first down kinda thing. Anybody else notice this? Did the NCAA send a memo out?

But in rap it's expected. It's the wallpaper of the song. They are hearing jazz and can realize that the notes vary so that "repeating" becomes obvious. I don't love hearing the repeating but I don't hate it like Kevin does. What I wonder is what Alfred thought of it. It's apparent it didn't grate on his ears or he would have told Grant to run it down again and don't get "stuck".

Says he played bari here (and looks like an interesting record given bass and drums only): https://www.discogs.com/release/2934621-Buddy-Tate-Bob-Wilber-Sherman-Shuffle

So to update my experience, the BN cover shirts from the etsy store are on their last legs ... the Bobby Timmons is losing the lettering, the Mobley All-Stars is generally degraded and the Lou Donaldson Swing & Soul has that bad looking collar they used for the TV spot a couple of years ago. (It's unfortunate because along the lines of the story above about the Dolphy cover T, I was wearing the LD shirt and waiting for a Chinese takeout order, and an older dude asked about him. I didn't know you could be in your late 60s, a long-time jazz fan and not know the name Lou Donaldson, but there it is. I gave him a quick rundown of the different eras of LD from bebop to organ/soul jazz and beyond.) I should also note that a while back these shirts went into heavy rotation, pretty much each being worn every week during remote workdays and washed every week.

Sad news. Perhaps not a favorite but definitely had my respect and the TV show and talent he brought on should be remembered for a long time.

Thanks for sharing this Brad - only seeing it now as I had stopped following up with this thread. I can't comprehend why the Times writer thinks its factual to say that photographs weren't with the tapes but "archival dives... turned up ... photographs." The only imputation to that statement I've set in bold is photographs were found with the tapes when photograph expeditions didn't even happen concurrently to the BN tape expeditions in the 70s. Simplified to the point of leaving a false impression with the reader which is shitty writing.

Glad to hear it.

Got word of a nice short piece promoting the website at Flophouse: HERE Hopefully a nice surge in traffic will come in the next days and weeks.

I know that Blakey got very deaf by the end of his life ... a result of so many days in a band that he was kicking everybody's ass in? But I am wondering about the topic in a more general way and in particular ... the one time I went to Smoke my wife and I saw the George Coleman Octet, with Harold Mabern and a group of relative youngsters. Jim Rotondi was playing next to Gary Smulyan and I couldn't help but notice how often he played one handed, with the hand closest to Rotondi plugging his ear to block out his high notes. Do jazzers (especially in larger bands) tend to lose their hearing?

It's not hard for me to say to "no" but not due to duplication but more for the fact that interest in Hutch went up with his return to a more straightahead style in the 80s/90s. Doesn't a Lee Morgan 60s have to be next given their business approach and who hasn't gotten this treatment? Especially with LD using mostly organs which I think was determined to not be worthy of Mosaic treatment.

@Rooster_Ties Kindly post your reveal for this track!