Dan Gould

Nice clip, guys!

I think they split up sometime around 1970, though I may be wrong. Absolutely love Stanley's sound and playing. Instantly identifiable; BIG and soulful. Have you bought the Blue Hour sessions with Gene Harris and The Three Sounds? Some find it sleep-inducing but its tough to find a more soulful sounding Mr. T.

Its been suggested over at Blindman's Blues that "Gooden's Corner" was in honor of Leo Gooden, a St. Louis singer and record label owner who recorded Albert King in between his Bobbin and Stax years. Anyone know if that's true? Seems likely considering that Grant came from St Louis but I just checked the Mosaic booklet and there's no mention. thanks.

Late 2005, I think. Luca thinking it was more recent, I was pleased to hear that Hootie is still gigging. This year's missed show notwithstanding, I hope he's still getting around.

If it were pine tar, the umpires would have done something. Clearly it was not pine tar. And there's no way in hell that LaRussa doesn't take advantage of an opportunity to knock out the Tigers best pitcher, "buddies" or not.

The link Claude posted has it as "shipping in 1 day", no indication it is not available or not in stock.

Thanks, Tom, those are the Jazz Icons releases that have been raved about elsewhere. They're definitely on my radar, along with this other Blakey video.

This column on ESPN's website practically comes out and accuses Rogers of cheating at the start of the game, but while I am hardly a Rogers fan, I think the whole thing is ridiculously blown out of proportion. The fact is you'd have to be the stupidest moron on earth to "hide" your pine tar right on your hand! Pitchers have hidden pine tar in gloves, they hide their emory boards, they may put vaseline behind their ears or in the brim of the cap, they may rough up a ball with their belt buckle ... but no one puts a glob of pine tar in their bare hand, and anyone who suggests that he did ought to have their columnist/commentary license revoked.

Thanks, Claude, I don't know how I missed it in my Amazon search. This will definitely be on my Christmas list.

Hey, at least its not the Reagan biographer inserting himself into history - its just a cameo by a historical figure who was a part of the world in which the novel takes place. I think the better question isn't whether any other characters are 'real' but whether Leonard did anything other than a little AMG research. Did he talk to Jay beforehand?

Don't know if you have ever read Elmore Leonard's novels, Dan. He's a great writer, in my opinion (but I'm a little biased, since I am his Italian translator...). Anyway, his latest, The Hot Kid, is set in KC and Tulsa in the Thirties, and is full of music, particularly jazz. Among the characters, there's also a long cameo by Jay McShann (one of the few examples, as far as I know, of a living jazz musician in a fictional literary work). Luca Unfortunately I haven't (saw the movie that was such a hit about ten years ago though) but that description of his latest makes me very curious about it.

I found this on the Jazzmessengers.com site: Release date is 2006 but I can't find this on Amazon. Anyone seen this around? Looks like a great disc to pair with that Jazz Icons release.

Thanks for that, Eloe. I'll probably never get around to writing the novel that I've been thinking about, but just in case, I've printed out those "rules".

I think I do but it turned out to be such a crappy copy I never transferred it or listened all the way through. I'll have to dig it out.

MG, Boss Organ is pure trio, no horns. As for your other question, I'm not so sure, though I am not as attuned to different organists as you are. But as I was listening, on both LPs, Charles sounds very similar, such that I almost started to wonder if the track on Smokin' could be the same track with an overdubbed tenor. Its not, of course (the times are different) but still, the similarity was there. Whether there is a distinct difference between that and other tracks on Smokin', well, I'll excuse myself from that discussion in favor of folks with better ears.

It'll be good to get this sorted out, Dan. Not having the original LPs, I've always wondered precisely what was what. MG Well, here goes: "Danny Boy Soul" (Boss Organ) is different from "Danny Boy's Soul" (Smokin') as there is a tenor at the opening before the theme - he also solos (sounds like Coleman, not Schnitter). Also, "Millology" (Boss Organ) is the same tune as "Penn Relays" (Smokin) but it is a different performance, as Schnitter solos first on the Muse LP and Ponder solos first on the Choice LP. However, "Six Twice" (Boss Organ) appears to be the exact same tune as "Red Green & Black Blues" on Mama Roots. Timing was ever so slightly different, but I noticed, right around 3:40 on both tunes, the same organ trill heading into a new chorus. My other observation would be that the Choice LP has superior sound, and that isn't just a difference in the particular copies I have. And a final observation would be that all three albums deserve a lotta

don't you mean raise them? Its pitching that's lacking now, not offense. Unfortunately, attendance has skyrocketed with the offensive boom, and there's just no way baseball will mess with that. 11-9 games are much more exciting than 2-1.

Something to put those "Oh my God, he's going on only three days rest" discussions in perspective, courtesy of the NYT:

Why? I've gotten great LP tranfers using the soundcard and Goldwave. Although it would certainly save steps if their software recognizes track breaks and splits up the tracks automatically and also sets levels, I fail to see the advantage otherwise. If the point in bypassing the soundcard is the fact that soundcards are easy to overdrive, well - set the levels lower. Here's a bunch of marketing hype that explains why the Inport is better. But, from my perspective, some of the hype makes sense. Most commercial sound cards (even the expensive, high-end "gamer" cards) are mostly concerned with sound playback, rather than sound recording. In theory, a device concerned only with recording (and priced about the same as most basic soundcards) will have better analog to digital components. The fact that it is external is also a plus -- any electrical noise present inside the PC case will have much less effect on an external device. Heck, just the 30' cable and the software are worth the $60 pricetag, IMHO. The cable is very nice (not some cheapo-radio shack thing), and the software is very easy to use, yet powerful; designed specifically for recording analog signals to your PC. No, I don't work for Xitel... just a very satifisfied customer. Well, hearing is believing and the results I get with my setup not only passes all tests on my main rig but has garnered good reviews from Lon, whose rig is much more expensive and audio quality is even more important to him. So again, aside from the convenience of 30' RCA cables and auto level setting and track splitting, I fail to see the advantages.

I've transferred all three LPs to CD so its time, hopefully today, to listen to these cuts and figure out what is from the Choice record and what isn't. My recollection is that all of the trio recordings on the Muse LPs came from the Choice sessions, and they filled up the two LPs with cuts with George Coleman and David Schnitter.

You might also try putting it in a box with ivory soap. That worked for horribly stinky X-mas ornaments I got off of eBay.

Allen, I found that one a while back when I was on a serious Earland kick. If I recall correctly, most of that session was reissued on Muse on Mama Roots and Smokin' and I tracked down this LP to get the rest of it (some of the tracks on the Muse LPs were new - makes for a real discographical mess). If I were better motivated, I'd pull out my copies of the Muse LPs and compare tracks. But that's how I remember it. Its a good LP, that's for sure.

Why? When copying the fewer links in the chain, the better. I asked Count Von Count and it's the exact same number of links seems to me the INport is just an external soundcard. Nothing more, nothing less. With audio software included. That's exactly it - I was thinking that from the turntable RCA to the line input, I've got no extra links, and that device obviously does (even though its using the USB and not the line input).