Dan Gould

145 now, a strong category 4, and only about six hours away from Pensacola-Ft Walton Beach. The panhandle is really gonna take it, again.

What if we did pool our resources, and all interested parties chipped in, say, $10? I have a suspicion this dude has a reserve of at least $100 . .. but what if we solicited donations, and tried to snap this up together, and shared and shared alike? I suspect most people have the music itself, but anyone who doesn't gets an expert transfer of the vinyl, and everybody gets an expert transfer of the 45, regardless. First thing would be to determine the number of people actually willing to contribute, and determine whether they want to contribute a set amount, toward a single bid, or authorize a maximum bid, to be divided evenly based on the number of participants in the bidding group. I'm gonna start a new thread to do just that.

And others! How many others? Is it possible that Hank's "speech" consists of only a few sentences? Remember, by most accounts, he was pretty loaded that night. There were lots of people giving "speeches" that night, and this sounds like it might be a collection of soundbites. It is, after all, a 45. I'd still love to have/hear it, but at what cost? ← If you go to the bottom of the page, click on the lowest image-it shows the two sides of the 45. It looks like there is a total of four sound clips, with Ruth Lion listed at the top and Hank at the end. So if Cuscuna is one of the others, that leaves one "mystery" speaker.

Lots of warm water in the gulf, I thought it would strengthen a bit quicker than it did, but now its looking very symmetrical and its still got a ways to go before landfall. Might be back to 135 or 140 by then, and it looks like Pensacola is going to get drilled again, when they've hardly recovered from last year's monster storm. I'm just glad it missed south Florida. We hardly even saw any rain in Palm Beach county today.

I picked this one up on vinyl a couple of years ago when I got heavily into Spoon. Its nice ... but I didn't think it was earth shattering. But worth hearing, certainly.

Don't know for sure, but maybe they're just waiting for a new pressing. If it was a label problem, wouldn't they just delete it from the site altogether? ← In trying to determine the status of my Cellar Live order, I finally got a response from Cory Weeds, and I asked about the Eric Alexander disc. Turns out there was an issue of a "contractual breach" and then he basically said, so it won't be available anymore but stay tuned because it might be. Sounds to me like they're trying to work a deal to sell whatever is left from the first run of CDs, so hopefully this will be available at some point, but anyone who wants it better watch the website and act fast if it comes back.

Thanks. I'm kinda confused because I went to the Jazz Depot website, and not only do they not list a new release by Frank, he's not even in the roster of artists. Isn't that weird? And the website is up to date, its got the new Cedar Walton release ... but not even a mention of Frank Morgan.

I take it this is a follow-up to City Nights on High Note? I confess I haven't visited Alan's site in a while, but if this is anything like the last CD, I should be all over it.

Yeah, real expensive! Maybe we can pool our resources?

Check this out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4746141479&rd=1 Anyone else know that this was issued in Japan with Alfred Lion's speech on one side of a 45, with Hank, Ruth Lion, Cuscuna on the other?

Could it be because it's about boots, i.e. illegal recordings? ← Are we going to ban discussion of illegal recordings? BTW, at least some of these recordings aren't illegal -- they're BBC broadcasts from the 70s. Guy ← So BBC broadcasts can magically become legal recordings for sale? Interesting what you learn in Grad School.

There's a Pink Floyd thread?

yet they buy crap day after day ....

Kind of a big "if" on a jazz board, Dan. Is it possible for a jazz fan not to "dig him"? Hard to fathom as he seems to be "it" these days. The man has everthing, chops, soul, technique beyond belief, super fat tone, timing, and a really likable style. ← Ask Jsngry - I think its fair to say that he admires the man's technical skill but hears nothing that he hasn't heard before, and done better, by EA's influences. And I'd dare say there are others here who have not leaped on the Eric Alexander bandwagon. Thus, the conditional clause in my post.

Yeah, well if you hadn't posted this, I would have been quite content to ignore the link. Now, all I can say is

From ESPN.com Page 2: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...hilbrick/050707

BTW, Dave, I'm sorry, man, but I don't think we'll be able to make a deal to let you have Jay Payton as your replacement for Bernie. Love to help you out, guy, but even friendship has its limits.

Oh, I totally agree, having Schilling as an option is a good thing. As I said above, I prefer this approach than overpaying in prospects for another closer. And as for the farm system, I believe we are just about ready to show the fruits of Theo's labor to create a top-tier player development system. Remember these names, you'll be seeing them in Fenway soon, likely before September: Dustin Pedroia, John Papelbon, Hanley Ramirez ... and there are many more behind them, but these are the three closest to the bigs. I'm not sure that the Yanks farm system is barren. The problem is, they've exhausted the supply of guys who can actually help now. There are strong prospects at the lower levels, but its harder to turn those into the help the Yanks need right now, and they're not going to help the big club too soon either.

Interesting news out of Boston: they've swapped utility infielders with the Indians, sending Ramon Vazquez, who couldn't clear the Mendoza line for Alex Cora, who at least has a career average of about .250. But the more interesting news comes from the Hartford Courant, reporting that the Sox designated Jay Payton for assignment and called up Rule V draftee Adam Stern from Pawtucket. Payton was pretty vocal about wanting to play more and he is in his walk year so you can hardly blame him, but I didn't think they'd accomodate him given that he's an excellent outfielder and solid hitter, surely about the best fourth outfielder in the league. Great protection for Damon and Nixon, so why give him up? The only positive is this Stern fellow, who as a Rule V player had to be either promoted to the big club or offered back to the Braves. Not sure if he's ready for the big leagues yet but I do remember that in spring training, he flashed some absolutely stunning speed, beating everyone including Damon to first base. So, I guess when we need another stolen base in the ninth when we're facing elimination, we know who will get the call.

I definitely think he'll do the right thing and skip the All-Star game. The game doesn't need that distraction, he wants to put this behind him and the media won't let him, and he won't have to listen to the fans give him hell. Really should be a no-brainer for him to back out. Might also get him some good press, as I read that his bonus for making the All-Star team equals the fine Selig handed down. Though that doesn't mean that declining the invite doesn't trigger the bonus being paid anyway .... Meanwhile, further interesting news on the Schilling-to-the-bullpen story. Seems that Schilling was the one who offered to go (though the staff was discussing it already) but now I've seen Damon, Timlin and Wakefield have all said that its not a good idea. Damon thinks that its disrespectful to Timlin not to give him the chance to close and doubts that Schilling, with his being used to having a longer time to get loose, won't be able to do it effectively anyway. Wakefield figures that the staff needs protection in case anyone breaks down, but that's kind of a non-issue cuz you know that if anyone does get hurt, Schilling will go to the rotation ASAP. And Timlin opined that he doesn't think Schilling can make the adjustment to pitching back-to-back days or four times a week or whatever. And in the meantime, Peter Gammons thinks that Schilling will be the closer down the stretch, that this is a more permanent move than they're saying right now. At least on the positive side, Smoltz said that he thinks Schilling will do a great job, and at least he's got some experience switching roles. I'm still not sold on it, but I do prefer this experiment than a panic move like giving away some of their excellent prospects and overpaying to get some other closer.

Unless Jim is not being fully forthcoming about the content of the conversation, he did nothing to deserve being hung up on, and any radio "professional" should be able to distinguish between callers who deserve being hung up on and those who don't.

This is exactly the point I was making above! Only time will tell if the White Sox will be remembered like the '84 Tigers or like the Mariners. ********************** The more I think about Schilling in the pen, the less sense it makes as far as the claim that they think this is the best way to get him ready for the rotation. I mean, beyond the fact that no one knows how he will respond to working out of the pen, in terms of: How long does it take him to get warm and ready to go? How does he respond if he's asked to get loose while a pitcher works out of a jam, sits down, and then is asked to get loose again two innings later? but also, this totally contradicts the usual process of getting a rehabbing pitcher ready to rejoin the rotation, which is: building up endurance by gradually stretching out the pitch count by going 70, 90, 100 pitches, regaining command of your pitches by sheer repetition If Schilling is going to be a set-up man or closer, how do you know that his stuff will be good enough and most of all, consistent enough, for a one or two inning appearance, and if that's the work he gets in, how will he develop both the consistency and the endurance to be a starter again? The more I think of it, the more I realize that this really a stopgap measure, as Theo says, it allows us to avoid doing something hasty and shortsighted. They want to see how Schilling responds in the bullpen, and one of four things will happen: They'll see how things go and then determine if a trade-deadline deal has to be made or not; Foulke has his surgery and returns his to usual self, in which case Schilling goes to the rotation; They make a deal for a closer or bring up the rookies, and Schilling goes to the rotation; or last but certainly not least, Schilling is actually being groomed to be the closer the rest of the way, and they believe that the starting rotation that got them to first place without Schilling can keep them there if Schilling closes.

And a for good measure.

Well, this certainly is interesting: Foulke goes to the D.L. and will have one knee scoped on Thursday ... and Schilling is going to work his way back to the rotation by joining the bullpen. Guess Schilling is willing after all to put team first. Best of all, as quoted on the AP wire: I like the way Theo thinks!