Dan Gould

I stand corrected.

I don't know but I'm certainly inclined to believe its the Good Doctor. Did Liston Smith ever play with guys like KD and Blue Mitchell?

I need to go back and listen again, its been a while. Its not as exciting as you'd think, but its certainly worth hearing. I'd rate it higher than Night of the Cookers, but that's potentially pretty faint praise indeed!

I know there's been some discussion about this one, and now the folks in Spain have seen fit to put it out: So, if you've been wondering what this one is like ...

Definitely count me as a fan, in fact I dig Rouse with Monk more than Coltrane or Rollins, unlike most people.

Well he pulled it out, barely. As much as this will count towards the legend of Tiger, I think you have to give so much credit to Dimarco for competing as well as he did. Three shots back on the final 9 and he forced a playoff. If Tiger hadn't made that unbelievable shot, or if Dimarco's first pitch on 18 had found the cup, it wouldn't have even gone to a playoff. As easy as it is to say that Tiger will break Nicklaus' record for majors, I think its just as likely that Dimarco will start winning some of those, too. Guy's got game.

I remember there was a write-up in the New York Times Magazine about the making of this documentary, and particularly about the therapist. I might watch but then again I never gave a shit about Metallica in the first place, so this would be like a Spice Girls documentary, but without the eye candy.

His comeback might be even more impressive than the time he won by 12, or whatever the margin was. I also read before the Masters started that Tiger needs this one in order to keep pace with Nicklaus. Goes to show just how long his Major drought went. I assume I am correctly using the past tense. B-)

Happy Happy!

I know I saw Jim R. in the list of members reading my thread about the Messengers Paris concert. So I don't think he's skipped out, probably just not inspired to post.

My mistake on "What Know," I always thought it was a Mobley composition, and my fast look at the Messenger's Mosaic CD picked up the composition credit for the song above it. As for the Dick Van Dyke show, OK, remind me how that went?

So obviously its going to be a series of Mosaic Selects. That's probably best, and it would also mean that the Four Sounds recording I found could be added easily and logically.

I like that 'active bank account'. But I got a fleeting suspicion that after you've worked a week or two, your bank account won't be so active anymore cuz it will be empty.

Walter Davis, D'OH! Brownie, can you point me toward Claude's discography?

Definitely annoying, though five runs in 61/3 isn't the worst performance. It was the bullpen that let it blow up. At least they've guaranteed next to nothing to him. If he is ineffective, he'll go to the pen, he won't reach his incentives, and there's still money to pursue someone else. And before that even happens, you've got Wade Miller pencilled in for May 1. We'll be fine.

No, its all Wayne and Lee and Walter Bishop the whole way.

Well, the first five tunes I listed all look to be from the same concert (there are no breaks in the recording), and have similar sound quality. The last tune, What Know, seems to be an add-on to the tape, as there's a break between the last two songs (it appears that "Blues March" was the last tune played). As far as Bouncing With Bud goes, I hate to admit it, but I am going by the setlist provided, and I can't find another example in the CD stacks to compare it to. On the other hand, Marty's got a pretty good ear for tunes so if he wrote it up that way, its usually right, or else the setlist was given to him by whoever he got the video from in the first place. Wish I had that instant recall you musicians have for tunes!

Thanks Mike, I knew track 6 was a Hank Mobley composition, I just couldn't figure it out. If your chronology is correct, and the video that you refer to in the chronology contains some portion of what was issued on the Moon and RCA recordings, then it looks as though there's more video out there than previously known, because these tunes aren't matching up exactly. I just compared "Blues March" from the Moon issue and from the audio transfer I've done from the video, and its definitely the same, from the moment the crowd roars as the horns come in. The fact that the next track, "What Know", was issued on the RCA record and as I mentioned, sounds like a different source makes me wonder if those first four tracks haven't seen the light of day. Or else, Mike's reference to known video didn't mean what I took it to mean, that the video matches the audio that's seen issue.

Just to let y'all know, Allen's return package arrived today and he did a really fine job on the transfer. Maybe after the band finishes up their sessions, Jim will get a chance to respond to my PM about posting MP3 excerpts so folks can hear these long lost and forgotten recordings.

First of all, let me make it clear that I've already consulted Mike Fitzgerald's site! B-) In fact, what motivates my post is this entry in Mike's Messenger's chronology: I've got a video tape borrowed from a board member which, if accurate would logically be from this show, but I can't determine setlists because while I thought I had the RCA Paris Concert it looks like I don't, and AMG is no help either. The setlist I have goes like this: 1) unknown title 2) Bouncing with Bud 3) Close Your eyes 4) Along Came Betty 5) Blues March 6) unknown title (though its killing me cuz I KNOW it but can't place it) (fwiw, this almost seems like a different source as there is a much stronger background hum on this track) I have the Moon CD so I know its a different show from that. So what I am asking is, what are the contents of the RCA album mentioned above, and if anyone has a setlist for the video that's already known to exist, if we can confirm that this is from the same engagement, that would be most helpful. Thanks!

Well I for one do NOT need to have a party to have, or want to have, some fun.

Didn't the MJQ do an album "One for Connie" or something like that? Aside from Roker, I would think that would qualify as close to that average age.

No, and I didn't mean to imply that it was. I was referring to One Foot in the Gutter as a whole.

According to AMG, he received his law degree in 1976, and a Ph.D. from Columbia Teacher's College in 1982.

Yeah, 68 feedbacks seems odd, but in the end, I don't think this is extraordinarily "fishy" at all. I think a lot of sellers do their feedback all at once, and it appears this guy won auctions that ended Feb. 17 and earlier. Maybe this seller had a bunch of albums the guy was interested in and willing to pay for, and it just so happens that on March 28 was when the seller went back and submitted feedback? Furthermore, if this were some sort of "fishy" transactions, like an attempt to pump up feedback numbers, what's the point? As several people have pointed out, no one really cares what a buyer's feedback is, and that's what this guy is: a buyer. And in addition to that, if it was a conspiracy to pump up feedback, why do it in a way that apparently makes people think its "fishy"?