Dan Gould

Crazy. I'm still digesting it all but as long as this doesn't send Xander Boegarts out of town in exchange for pitching, I guess I am alright with this. Assuming that Ramirez can handle LF without killing us. Ramirez is certainly an impact bat and I like him more than Sandoval, who just doesn't project to be a very good player by the last couple of years of his deal. Cherington has certainly transformed the lineup, now I'm waiting to see what happens with the pitching staff before I pop any corks.

Got this email from Brian Lynch this morning, I've been wondering if Ralph was gigging much.

I did not know that about this release John. I agree - Wig in the piano chair makes this a substantially more intriguing release. I've thought about that Live at Smoke recording myself but considering how many of his live dates I have, and that I've seen him twice, I'll still pass. On the other hand, I am going to make sure that Houston Person's latest is on my Christmas pile, and I have his last 8 or 10 Highnote releases already. Not like there's a lot of variation but what can I say? The heart wants what it wants, just as the OP wants his live Scott Hamilton.

Is there any reason to anticipate that this particular live set is any better than the half-dozen or more he's put out in the last 35+ years? I stopped buying new Scott Hamilton many years ago. I do however notice some recent releases I'd consider as they appear to be intriguing collaborations - one with Dusko Goykovitch and another with Jesper Thilo. But another live date? Thanks but there's a lot more I'd consider ahead of that.

Well ten minutes is time for two songs, if you pick carefully, so I'm going with Gene Harris, "Blues for Ste Chapelle," one of my favorites of Gene's "happy" blues originals. To be followed by Maria Muldaur, He Don't Have The Blues Anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwLDp8cPjm4 It will run a bit past ten minutes, so Death can come back and hear that I'm ready to go as Maria takes me out:

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To borrow a phrase, the Internet is your friend. I found this for my wife quite easily, after seeing mention of it here a year or two ago.

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Hmmm ... never heard anything like that after he got to Boston. I just liked the way he used to run off the mound and high-five everyone when he finished a successful 7th or 8th inning, and of course after he became the closer, seeing Papi flip him over his shoulder after he nailed down the win. Here's a nice profile of him: http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/content/20130927-language-barrier-can-t-contain-personality-of-uehara.ece Maybe he's happier in Boston because Tazawa is on the roster with him?

I definitely will be ordering this.

I know you're an NL guy but ... the Rays GM went to L.A., and the Rays manager opted out of the last year of his contract, and according to reports, is likely to become the next manager of the Cubs. Count me as pleased that the Red Sox inked Koji for two more years, though 18 million seems a bit high for a 40 year old. But even with his hiccup last August, his stats from the last two years are remarkable. I'm just surprised he accepted an offer without waiting for free agency to actually begin.

Forgive me but I can't possibly see why this comment should be objected to or ended up being removed. Did the judge restrict his free speech rights? It's an Amazon review, fer cryin' out loud!

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No, at that time it would be Lowell and Lloyd Glenn, who would be a good pair too. But Lowell and Maxwell Davis collaborated on all of his great 60s sides for the Biharis. (Parenthetically, Lowell's greatest hit of that era was "Tramp" and the story goes that because he knew that if he recorded it at a session being run by Maxwell Davis, he'd add a horn chart, Lowell recorded it when Maxwell was on vacation. And the rest as they say .... )

Well MG to keep up the analogy I think you're slathering the peanut butter and chocolate onto a cookie. But it's cool. In Blues, how about Lowell Fulson & Maxwell Davis?

I think that's a paraphrase of the old commercial but you get the idea. Chocolate is great and so is peanut butter but it's even better together. So what are your two great musicians who sound even better together? Instead of a list, how about restricting it to a single pair, but no restriction to jazz - any genre counts. Mine would be Gene Harris + Stanley Turrentine. They only made two records together but whether its the mostly slow Blue Hour or the more uptempo live set put out by Concord, these two masters of the blues sound even better together. Yours?

16 photos but only about 500 words about the musician? Might have been a lot better as an in depth study of one man's local career, who he played with (wondering if he ever gigged with a "name"), where, and how the job opportunities changed.

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I've stumbled across these Smoke Sessions and been quite intrigued, but haven't pulled the trigger on any of them. I may have to correct that soon.