Dan Gould

Well, the man's description is accurate. If you want grease from Rusty, this isn't the place to look. But what is fascinating about these Dot recordings is hearing Bryant playing straightahead. It would be even better if he had the chance to stretch out, but obviously that wasn't what Dot wanted. But its great stuff, and one of the few Lonehill releases that I recommend. Whoever owns the Dot catalog ain't going to put it out, and the sound is much better than the LP and CDR I previously had.

My one chance to see Elvin, he was in the quintet. I dug him and the tenor, LaBarbera I think, a lot.

I respect B&B as much as anyone, but its not going to be an easy thing, beating Indy on the road on that slick surface. If the Indy defense plays as well as they have recently, I'm afraid that Indy will break through and finally win a critical January game. And don't forget, too, that they have Vinatieri on their side now. Pats have a major, major challenge in front of them.

Why am I thinking that "At His Best" had Grant Green? Its one of the two LD Argos I don't have on vinyl, only CDR, so its not so easy to check ... I still get a major KICK out of the Argos, and at least one of those LPs couldn't have been "typical" Lou, as it had a swinging octet behind him. That's something BN didn't do for quite a few years, when they recorded Lush Life.

This brings me to something else. First, an observation: I hated disco the same way I hate rap/hip hop. But back in the 70s-80s, I lived a wonderful, disco-free life, because I had control over my exposure to it. I cannot live a rap free life. Not because its all over television. Because I can't escape it in my house, or in my car. I cannot watch TV without a car driving past my house and drowning out the set. I can be stopped at a light and have my own car stereo rendered mute by a nearby car that makes my car vibrate. So it may be easy to see why my hatred of this "music" is as vociferous as it is. Which brings me to my response to Alex's comment: What the hell is wrong with this picture: A white, 40 year old is sitting at a stoplight when his enjoyment of Lowell Fulson's "Reconsider Baby" is destroyed by a black 20 year old blasting some "song" about bitches? So don't tell me, Alex, that my problem is my attitude because the "music" isn't "made for me". I have no problem finding pleasure in music that wasn't made for me in 1951, either.

I have heard enough to know that it is impossible for me to acknowledge anything worthwhile in these genres. It gives you pleasure? Great. An STD-ridden whore can do that, too, for a time. But when it hurts my ears like 100 dogs, forgive me if I don't exhaust the genres before reaching a final conclusion. You are free to come up with a definition of music that includes it; I don't have to agree with that definition. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to listen to GDS. Gene Harris makes it a deliciously blue street to walk down.

They may not be called "TOCJ" anymore but I think you can safely bet on the continuation of service for the Japanese jazz market.

Add the fact that its utter, total 100% unadulterated garbage, and I'm with you 100%. Maybe every generation reaches a point where current pop music is "crap" but in this case, there can be absolutely no doubt that its true. "musicians" who don't create music. What a fucked up world.

Better luck next time, Tom. I'm sure you'll do well in the absence of bad weather, but I kinda had a feeling, from what the Weather Channel was saying, that your confidence had an air of "whistling past the graveyard".

Sad news but as mentioned above, awareness of his disease surely led people to be more aware of Bone Marrow registries and the importance of finding donors. As a bone marrow donor to my brother, I know personally how critically important that is.

Are you completely out of the ice zone? Because anyone who ventures on the road during/immediately after an ice storm is taking their life in their hands.

I think it does in this environment. But this has nothing to do with Blue Note. The revenue from those 600,000 sales of Janet's CD dwarfs what BN produces in a year.

There was a CD issue or two, I'd check Ebay and Amazon Marketplace to see if its available for less. Oh yeah, Chewy managed to leave school without a credit card, so those options are out.

Is that the Dave Clark Five? If so, then I don't think so. In fact I'm pretty sure he hasn't written any such songs.

It does not look good Rooster:

Early Records is Hiroshi. Maybe your best bet is to make multiple purchases to reduce the per album shipping cost.

So am I, that's all they wrote about when Blyleven's name was mentioned and they still do. Blyleven's not alone, there's a ton of great players from the 70s & 80s who get overlooked; case in point, Al Oliver. Great player, great line-drive hitter but it's like he never player the game. Hey, a guy with 2800 hits barely got 5.5% to stay on the ballot (Harold Baines)!

Yeah, but I'm not talking about fans, I'm talking about professional writers entrusted with deciding who gets in and who doesn't.

Its said that there is degradation over time (errors build up). I've yet to hear it, but I imagine that software like Exact Audio Copy, which goes through extensive error-checking, would eliminate this.

What does he care? I don't think he was ever popular to begin with.

It is not when they came out...rather it is that they were not really as authentic sounding. I think they are fun, and if the energy is right and the tunes are good I'll give any band a serious listen. Which is precisely why I suggested the album above. Those guys aren't about "dressing the part" and sound very authentic. I came very close to using their arrangement of a Dameron tune on my BFT, the solos and arrangement were so good. Seriously worth checking out.

I think that's much ado about nothing - the fact is that a single positive amphetamine test carries no penalty except more rigorous future testing. What I think is interesting on the Bonds front is the fact that the Giants appear to be sticking to their guns in putting language in the contract that would eliminate the infamous Bonds entourage from the clubhouse/field, and also putting in language that will give them greater protection should Bonds miss games due to "court appearances". That's why the contract still isn't signed. The Giants may not stand up to him on salary, but they're hanging tough on all the other stuff! One last thought about the voters for HoF. I'd really like to be able to correlate those who voted for people like Hershiser and whether they voted for people like Blyleven at the same time. If you voted for Hershiser but not Blyleven, that is devastating proof that you are unworthy of the ballot, if you can't tell the difference between a decent pitcher and a Hall of Famer.

My brother and I were talking about the upcoming Veteran's Committee vote - he thinks that as long as that sanctimonious ass Joe Morgan is involved, there'll never be a Veteran elected, unless its a teammate. I guess that's good for Davey Concepcion, not so good for everyone else. Totally agree that changes have to be made to who gets a writer's ballot as well as how the Veteran's committee operates (unless it gets its act straight this year by electing Ron Santo).

Parkertown, do you enjoy Armstrong? Because if you enjoyed Ella in a small group setting, and you like Armstrong, you will love Ella and Louis together. I think they did about three CDs worth of material, with my favorites being Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again.