Dan Gould

I thought this place books, or used to book, a lot of touring international stars, like, you know ... Al Grey. I can't imagine this is the only release that isn't a purely Brit band. But if it is, and I may hijack my own thread ... about this pizza place. Is British pizza any good? I mean, given the reputation of the rest of the cuisine, I'm guessing not.

So I finally get a chance to hear one of my vinyl purchases from a couple of weeks ago, Al Grey & Tony Coe Get it Together Live at Pizza Express, and to my surprise I realize that the label on the record is a picture of a well-loaded pizza, and the label itself is Pizza Express. So I have to wonder, what other gigs at the venerable location have been issued. Anyone? Bueller?

Don't listen to them, Matthew. Don't. Listen. To. Them.

Keep an eye out for Lowell Folsom - same cat. Don't listen to vinyl very often but last weekend I was in Naples and checked out a record store in Fort Myers, so this was the weekend for transferring. So far I've heard Albert King, I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby (Fantasy) Muddy Waters, Rare and Unissued (Chess) Sonny Boy Williamson, One Way Out (Chess) and half of the Excello Story double LP - all excellent, and in better sound then I expected. Still to come: Louis Bellson at the Flamingo (with Sweets as the sole horn) (Verve) Al Grey & Tony Coe Get it Together - Live at Pizza Express (Maybe one of the Brits knows this one?) Jimmy McGriff, Cherry (Solid State) - I've no doubt MG knows this one.

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There was a short-lived reissue series in the 90s but I seem to recall that most if not all were incomplete samplers across two or three LPs. Very good mainstream music.

Steve, I have very similar tastes to yours in blues/R&B, so any bios or books you would recommend are appreciated. Thanks.

Turns out my in-laws were sitting on a $40 Nook gift card for my birthday in September. I'm spending $15 for Last Full Measure, a military history book about combat deaths from pre-history to today, but have no idea of anything else. And I'll probably get another gift card for Christmas so all recommendations are appreciated!

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I believe that on balance, the same amount of work gets done today. The time we save with modern technology is wasted with all of modern technologies distractions. Like say, a Dead Board Walking full of jazz friends.

Mom in CT has lost power but we were really concerned about trees coming down across the driveway (which is quite long) or trees damaging the house but none of that came to pass. Now we're just hoping that Westchester Airport opens tomorrow and Jetblue resumes service. She is booked on a flight to Fort Myers on Thursday to come down and resume her search for her next home. She needs to be able to get to the airport but I am somewhat optimistic that her flight will be in the air Thursday, which would mean I get a two day vacation in Naples starting Friday afternoon.

I remember the feeling.

It certainly takes the cake for "most civilized" what with the breaks for tea.

Atlantic City is apparently where it may come ashore, and its already underwater, hours before. My link

You are really being a bleeping moron, and that's without your asinine electoral theories. WAIT FOR IT ALOC. Beyond the fact that a strong Cat 1 Hurricane is hardly ever seen, this one isn't going to make landfall and peter out. It is meeting up with a strong winter storm system which is going to feed more energy into it. The wind field is gigantic and is only going to get bigger and worse. Even if your precious NYC doesn't sustain a direct hit, it will get more than it ever wanted from this storm.

Newsflash: Typhoons are tropical cyclones AKA "hurricanes".

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Best of all possible worlds - last evil team is eliminated, and now Tim is set up for the ultimate crushing disappointment. But in the meantime, congrats to him and his Gigantes.

John Farrell replaces Bobby Valentine, and this works for me because: Lester, Buchholz and Bard all thrived under him, and have declined without him. Of course, he's not back as pitching coach but that's his bailiwick and I think they'll do better with him as manager. I'm ready for the Jose Iglesias at SS era to begin, now that Mike Aviles is shipped off to Toronto. I know Iglesias may only swing a wet noodle for a bat, but his defense is off-the-charts and I'll bet a lot of pitchers would sacrifice one spot in the lineup to have a glove like that behind them. Plus for his modest power, Aviles was awful from an OBP and BA perspective. How else do you slug so many homers and doubles and still have an OPS+ of 76? If Iglesias has an OPS+ of 60 I'll be satisfied, because of what he'll do with the glove.

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How did Creed botch the O'Day - Three Sounds LP? Its just the trio and her, with Roy Eldredge sitting in on a tune or two. Personally I can't tolerate her voice but I'm thankful for the handful of pure trio tracks.

Arthur Prysock? Ray Charles/Betty Carter? MG MG, I think SS1 means what's marketed as 'smooth jazz' but is really instrumental R'n'B with all rough edges shaved away and almost no relationship to blues at all. Rippingtons and their ilk. Most soul jazz could be characterised as instrumental R&B. MG But it has plenty of "B".