Dan Gould

This has had many issues and names but until recently I slept on all of them. What a shame this is an absolute classic.

I need to figure out if I have the Nat Pierce recording as that would have probably pushed me over to "yes" on this set. I would guarantee that I am more interested in that set over the obscure pianist they gush about. And not at all obvious why six CDs couldn't have been seven.

This.

I am not Steve but I find your criticisms and toldja sos to be misplaced. Steve has, I will bet, thousands of recordings that are not "desert island" but that he enjoys a great deal. We ALL do. And you do know a Marlow Morris fan - ME. The Columbia album I mentioned above is very good. And Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton and all their friends do not get drowned out by Morris' organ.

Blue Note email says new interview with KB ... which I find a little surprising but certainly welcome.

The organ was used to replicate a big band until Smith. I don't think it's immature, just pre-Smith. Different strokes. Marlowe Morris' sole leader LP, Play the Thing, is very enjoyable, and with Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate and Jo Jones among others.

Heavy rain on the way and cold by Friday morning (possibly under 40 meaning I have to help blanket all the horses when I'd rather be in bed). After that though long-term forecast is pretty mild, with overnight lows no worse than 50 thru all of March. Hoping Accuwether is wrong on that but with the last stormy day we had, I remembered that their long-range forecast in January had the day nailed.

Until now I haven't had a terrible problem with the year-old regime at Fenway. But spending 40 million dollars a year to play a Gold Glover out of position ... its madness. And everybody knows that the defensive shortcomings of that team are in the infield. At this point they should just plan on releasing Yoshida by the end of spring training and convince Devers that being full time DH is best for him physically. Then play the certified asshole at 3B and let the 7th ranked prospect in all of baseball play 2B.

Interesting that both Freddie Roach (on the original Brown Sugar LP) and KB chose the Junior Parker tune "Next Time You See Me" (and I've never ever seen the whole lyric line listed as the title, fwiw). And 5 years apart. I am pretty sure I discovered Junior Parker after I heard the Roach recording. No mention if this represents unheard Tina Brooks? I am definitely all over this.

I haven't looked that carefully at the specifics - I have bought a few of these over the years though. There is a volume with David "Bubba" Brooks that was thankfully included in the Am I Blue CD reissue - but looking thru discogs, that seems to be a unique situation, the others don't seem to have separate reissues bringing in non-midnight slows style tunes. I am thinking I should track down volume 7 with Guy Lafitte, but at the same time I wonder if those tracks are on another Lafitte CD reissue.

Byas and Webster were two of the people Percy named in the interview segment of the "Musician Host" show that I linked above. I don't know for sure who Lockjaw would have named or if he was ever asked that kind of question.

I haven't cross-referenced influences between the two of them ... but becoming musicians in that time frame - both oriented mostly toward swing. They were both born in NYC.

Lock was six years older (1922 vs 1928), started recording about two years earlier (1947 vs 1949).

August 25 1985 there was an impromptu jam session during a West End Day broadcast on WKCR, bringing Percy France together with Bill Wurtzel and Ali Ryerson:

But Blue Bossa and Bags' Groove are the only tunes in common between the discography entry and the RSD description, and none of the Joe Lee Wilson tracks are mentioned at all for the new release. I can almost kinda understand a concentration on the instrumentals but for me I am inclined to think this is another recording entirely, possibly from the same gig. To play Blue Bossa and Bags' Groove regularly is hardly surprising. I guess we will know soon enough.

So David does this "new" recording float around collector's circles and isn't really really new the way some of those Left Bank releases were?

There are other clues I follow such as leader and sidemen and tunes. I snipped your comment about streaming everything ... but when I "consulted" (to the extent that I did) Yanow and AMG, streaming was not a thing. It's still not a thing as far as I am concerned, but I don't check Yanow about many items lately.

Not convinced. Wrong side of 30 and declining stats for last 2-3 seasons. Maybe Fenway helps ... but three years with two opt outs can easily be 3 years at a huge salary for declining numbers. The best possible outcome is that Fenway helps his bat and they go deep into the postseason, then regardless of final result, he opts out and becomes somebody else's problem.

I have never considered Yanow as an authority on best sounding releases. I've never even noticed that he refers to SQ in his reviews. What I do know is that when he says "this recording will appeal to fans of ____" or "Mainstream fans will enjoy this" he has never been wrong. Surely there is a place for "highly opinionated" guides but AFAIC Yanow nails the question of "do I want to buy this at the right price?".

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The only way I am happy with the Red Sox signing Bregman is if they send Masataka away and install Devers as DH. (And I am not convinced Masa is an abject failure as a hitter in the big leagues). Bregman at 2B blocks the #7 prospect in the game and plays Bregman out of a position he's earned a Gold Glove at, and I don't care how high a Baseball IQ he has, you cut out half of the purpose of signing him - right handed power bat and superior defense. Devers moved to 1B means Casas and a likely 30-40 homers a season has to go. Unless you get major pitching talent back, that's a stupid move when the guy is 4 years away from free agency.

When exactly was that because apparently she was drugging him to make him sick if he touched alcohol.

I knew none of this so perhaps others will be interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/monica-getz-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wE4.eW_l._1zGVr7Fne91&smid=url-share

I should see if I kept it. I recall not being very greatly enthused (and perhaps with not-optimal sound?)