Dan Gould

Major congrats are in order!

Sad news but 76 is a pretty good run but for someone as portly as he was. He surely was perfect as Norm Peterson.

I thought that the expanded release MC put together had put out everything or everything worthy of release? Of course, "worthy of release" has pretty elastic parameters these days. But if they go by expected sales, MC was quoted somewhere as saying that the Three Sounds were such consistent sellers at the time, and the CD reissues hardly sold at all. We're really lucky that the expanded Lighthouse, Babe's Blues, the It Club volumes, and the Standards CD saw the light of day.

The treasures continue to be posted, here are four more just uploaded since Friday: Doris Parker: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/148691 George Wein: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/148695 Lou Donaldson, with the topic being "Blue Note Hard Bop" https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/148696 And something I am very interested in hearing, David "Bubba" Brooks and Eddie Locke, topics include Bill Doggett, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, and Louis Armstrong (did Phil ask anything about brother Tina?): https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/148699 Note I have been getting weird messages that Chrome is not compatible anymore .... I have been playing these reels in Edge.

"Star" was a poor choice of words but she was marketed as modern day singer of pop & standards ... to quote from that article And they want her to sing in a more straightforward singer-songwriter/pop fashion, instead of using her voice as a jazz instrument.

The hazards of becoming a pop star ... I guess Norah Jones doesn't suffer this problem because she keeps the jazz content minimal to non-existent? She does have jazz chops from what I have heard (I think).

From the article: I’ve come to that conclusion based on years of hearing people grumble at her concerts about the long improvisational instrumental portions, a sentiment that has been underscored by the emails I’ve received from disappointed concert-goers who disagree with my typically positive assessment of Krall’s live performances. In all of the above cases, they seem to want a stronger focus on the vocals, which is quite understandable given how great Krall is on the microphone. And they want her to sing in a more straightforward singer-songwriter/pop fashion, instead of using her voice as a jazz instrument. He is speaking to people and receiving emails about how terrible it is that she plays jazz at her jazz shows. That's why I asked if he ever tells people that's what she is and does.

Is it really any surprise given the way she was promoted and who she is married to? I'd like to know if the writer makes any effort to explain to people what jazz artists do and why there are these boring interminable instrumentals that might reward close listening if the complainers had the slightest ability to listen closely.

Nice!

Grant with sound, in color and b/w does exist.

Let me know if people want to hear Percy perform the Beer Barrel Polka and/or the Andrews Sisters hit, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen”.

Been terrible about new uploads lately but here are two new ones. Well over two years ago I determined that a tape marked September 1, 1988 - Pomona NY in the Leonard Gaskin Papers might very well be the music for a photo received that was marked September 2, 1988, Pomona NY showing Percy France, guitarist Joel Perry, Leonard Gaskin and Ronnie Cole. It took an unconscionable amount of time but the Smithsonian finally let me know this was digitized and I received it and indeed ... the last known Percy France recording to come out of Leonard Gaskin's archive. And just in time because the person in charge of digitization requests retired on May1 and the Smithsonian has no solid plans to replace her. Watermelon Man has never been heard on any of the recordings I have secured, from Gaskin's collection or Phil Schaap's, so the fact that it is an incomplete performance, fading in on Percy's solo, must be forgiven. BTW this turns out to be a private party presumably at someone's home - a dog is heard barking several times in succession but he stops when the music resumes, and even better the audience does not overwhelm the music at any time. They must have dug what they heard.

@Pim Thanks! At the end of November I was about 230 and told the Dr my goal was probably 180 and he said it would take about a year ... I have to say that motivated me to stay strict, and having three weeks to go to my six month visit, I am trying to get as low as possible by then. Nothing inspires like "you can't do it in that time-frame". I've actually accelerated the rate of improvement by going on evening walks as well as morning walks, so my weekly mileage is probably 36 or so instead of about 21. @Ken Dryden Maybe my inability to consistently stay away from some bread or matzoh, and those cheddar goldfish, have kept the carbs high enough. Not sure, the last blood panel was healthy all around. I do have to add ... I am fortunate that "emotional eating" or "comfort food" is not a thing for me. I know I will want ice cream at some point but I have never polished off a Ben & Jerry's container in one sitting the way my wife can. and honestly I feel like if I started and couldn't stop, I'd pitch the container faster than I could eat it.

Meaning excess glucose afterwards because the liver over-reacts to insufficient carbs? Dinner is often a protein and a vegetable (not potato) or a salad, for me. I also don't jones for sweets but I do eat a pretty steady amount of fruit - a salad of melon/pineapple/banana most mornings, an apple later in the day.

Having never gotten to "this is the drug I think you should start on from the doctor a year ago" ... is typical pre-diabetes treatment weight loss drugs? I had to check to verify that Zepbound is for weight loss specifically. How has 20 pounds effected your A1C? Or are you on a six month follow up since you were only at pre-diabetic stage? My doctor wanted to verify I could follow thru and lose weight in three months time last year. Fortunately the first three months were about 25 pounds and an A1C still in pre-diabetic but lower than it had been at any time before with this doctor.

I am fortunate on the cholesterol side, when I started with the current doc (I sought out a regular doctor only due to a fractured arm from a horse kick) the blood work had predictably terrible cholesterol numbers across the board. He put me on a statin and between that and the weight loss triggered by the diabetes A1Cresult, he told me last November that my cholesterol numbers were "awesome". And yet, the "good" cholesterol has been slowest to improve and was still short of "normal" range. I can live without french fries but could really use General Tso's Chicken at some point. Edit to add: I do say that getting kicked in the forearm by one of the mares was the best thing to happen to me. Non-displaced fracture, if it had been three inches the other way would have broken ribs (or missed completely) and I wouldn't have known just how messed up I was for cholesterol (and hypertension but that's another story entirely, with a so far good ending).

So I have been on quite the dietary change for just about exactly 1 year. End of May the doctor noted an 8 pound increase since November and wanted an A1C test. That tipped me into "diabetes" rather than "pre-diabetes" (which I admit I never really followed up on, figured it was just like a flashing yellow that I kept ignoring). 275 pounds was, I am nearly certain, a new high but I was not going to add a new drug, it was a wake up call. My buddy had the exact same wake up call three months earlier, refused new meds and in the three months since had lowered his A1C to a normal range and so it was game on for me too. Long story short, I am coming up on 85 pounds lost, with I think 15 to go. So other than Kevin B., who else is on this sort of journey? And who among us has taken to Ozempic or the like and how has it worked? I almost used "health kick" instead of "journey" above but I will turn 60 later this year and do not intend to ever have to lose weight again. I made a similar change starting around 2010 (probably at 250 or so) but now I understand what I have to do to maintain, if/when I decide I can lighten up the restrictions (among which would be something other than chicken and broccoli from our fave Chinese place, St Pauli Girl beer every once in a while, and bagels). I do think I will make the necessary changes to at least leave a good looking corpse behind when my time is up.

At the end of the month I will visit doctor on one year anniversary of hearing "diabetic level of A1C" as well as 275.5 on the scale (I'm 6' and a fraction). I had A1C at acceptable level three months after, and expect to be around 85 pounds lost when I see the doc - which per BMI would no longer be overweight but I believe another 10-15 is needed. I've done it thru elimination of most of the foods I enjoy, and starting mid-September daily walks, eventually with a 20 pound weight vest and 4 pound handweights. My drop-dead deadline (no pun intended) is to reach goal weight by my 60th in September.

How much have you lost Kevin? Since I don't mind oversized shirts I don't need to part with any of my jazz or blues tees.

Features Loren Schoenberg, Bob Kindred, Dick Katz, Michael Hashim, Benny Powell, Dan Morgenstern. With "Chapters". March 20 1994 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, NYC. Leonard Gaskin Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Y'all won't believe it but I did think Bird. Being so bad at guessing I didn't go with it.

You were not kidding about being skewed towards enjoyment. This is one of the least bothersome (for me) BFTs I can recall in a very long time. As usual I have no good guesses but I noticed a plethora of guitarists and doorbells, not to mention so many tunes I know but can never summon from memory. About the least favorite was number 11, a cover of a pop tune I also couldn't bring up from memory. Not a favorite by any means and the performance didn't do much for me. But really, a nice BFT and I will watch the discussion to see if any are ID'd I should have known. Thanks!

As the former Gene Harris Fanatic on Board Krypton, shame on me for not at least sampling a BFT that had the man himself. I did note Thom's reference in his post but it didn't occur to me check the track out. Welcome to the world of BFTs and the board @Matthew Wade Shapiro and I hope you will contribute with commentary on the efforts of others. We've been lacking (mostly) comments outside of the usual suspects.

The last page has it. I am just surprised that they would not follow the template of, I don't know, every single other CD reissue in 40 years?

Just received the CD and truly a WTF moment when I turned it over. No writing credits, no track times, courtesy of Don How Was it done before? Who cares! That's f-ing bullshit.