Dan Gould

This has already been noted and commented on. The bottom line seems to be that Alan is very busy with other things right now.

I know nothing about Macs and Ipods but I can tell you that if you are not careful when burning from Itunes, you can end up with completely different songs than what you intended, and that would really screw up a BFT. I know cuz I was the recipient of a custom made comp in which, despite the best efforts of the compiler, the tunes I wanted off of disc 2 came off of disc 3 and vice versa, and that wasn't what I expected.

Please identify the specific bands/records which identified "soul jazz ... right from the start in the '40s". The early leaders were mainly tenor players: Illinois Jacquet, without whom there would have been no honkers; Gene Ammons; Ammons/Stitt (though half or maybe more of Stitt's career is Bebop); Arnett Cobb; Ike Quebec; Big Jay McNeely; Paul Williams; Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson; Hal "Cornbread" Singer; Wild Bill Moore; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (first tenor/organ records in '49). Other big names included Tiny Grimes & his Rockin' Highlanders. Among vocalists, Dinah was the Queen. In the early '50s, there was Wild Bill Davis and other pre-Smith organists like Milt Buckner & Bill Doggett. MG None of these people played "soul jazz" as the term is used. I'm not at all disputing that there is a continuum from those you mention to soul jazz as the term has been applied (by everyone I know save yourself). You might want to call those folks "pre-soul jazz".

Since I'm up afterwards, I need to get back in the swing of things, so maybe people will want to hear mine too.

You know, normally I'd agree with you, but I have to give props to the man who put the 'boob' in 'boob tube'. And for hiring Cheryl Ladd.

Please identify the specific bands/records which identified "soul jazz ... right from the start in the '40s".

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That's certainly true. I meant to refer to this ESPN column, which gives a fine perspective on both Guillen and Mariotti:

Anyone who has had the misfortune of seeing Mariotti on "Around the Horn" can tell what kind of an obnoxious putz he is.

I once made up my own compilation disc (Cary will tell you it was great) called "Sons of Sidewinder" so you can imagine how I feel about the original.

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Bastard! NOTHING was going through my head, til now ...

So did I. I remember how excited I was when I spotted it at the Groove and pounced before anyone else. Then I got it and I went zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I thought from reading the post above, it was the sax player who stole the silverware. Yeah, I couldn't tell where the silverware came from either.

Steve Trout Chuck Knoblauch Steve Sax

Anyone else remember thinking "My God, I'm halfway through my 20s, next stop, 30? Seriously though, Happy B-Day!

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Heaven knows I couldn't care less about basketball, and even living in south Florida doesn't make me care if the Heat win, but that Mavs owner is such an annoying a-hole that its easy to root against them. But the Heat better find a way to win game 6, because if the Mavs put it together and get a win, all these problems will be forgotten and they'll be unbeatable at home for Game 7.

So, somebody could be playing the blues, structurally, without the feeling (which, not to be negative, but this is how I sometimes here the Lincoln Center stuff--form without feeling). I guess you have to have the feeling of the blues in order to be playing them. (that is, not feeling blue, but expressing an attitude toward life or life's problems). I think what Jim is saying is that you can play the blues without playing the structure.

Thanks for the "relief", Conrad! Seriously, though, you have my sympathy. Its always sad to see a proud franchise fall apart.

I know neither of them are going to get box sets - but they do have their pleasures, if you enjoy that style. Anyway, you don't have to wonder about da bastards: And here's a Billy Larkin review:

I don't think Larkin is going to get the box set treatment, Mosaic or otherwise, but Pygmy (their first) and Blue Lights (with Clifford Scott) are very fine examples of that group at its jazzy best. Not as much of a fan of the later releases, though they have their moments. Hey, if the Delegates could get the box set treatment, how about Odell Brown and the Organ-Izers?

Well, Dan...what say you now?????? I shoulda bet you your bank account Vs. mine. I'd be rich!(well, a little richer ) When you're right, you're right! Right now my pet peeve is WTBS - I really wanted to see Friday's game, with the 22 year old rookie starting for the second time, but of course there's no broadcast. So I looked at the TBS website - is it my imagination, or have they cut way back on broadcasts this year? It looked like they manage about three broadcasts a month!

Finally, after several impossible wins by the Yanks, the baseball Gods pissed on them. 'bout damn time.