Dan Gould

Yeah, I think when you're a leader for that long and record as much as he has, you've busted out of journeyman status.

And FUNNY!

Gotta disagree there, as far as material/being in a rut. If he's in a rut and picking bad material, then he's been in a rut since the late 70s! (I know there are people who'll agree with that, but we'll put Chuck aside for the moment ) Not sure about the comment on sidemen. Maybe its been a few years, but he's recorded some pretty nice albums with Norman Simmons and Tommy Flanagan fairly recently. OTOH, I just checked AMG for a review of this CD, and they call him "Journeyman saxophonist Scott Hamilton" so what do we know?

Yes, but Moose who has become a less than six inning pitcher who's retired the side in order like all of three times so far? Wright and his 10+ ERA? Kevin Brown?

Yeah, no doubt the Yanks are really kicking themselves over Leiber. They just had no clue what the market for pitching would be. ********************* Harold, to clarify the relative strengths of the pitching staffs, here it is in a nutshell: Yankee starters: ONE "quality start" in the last THIRTEEN games. Sox starters: Collective ERA of 1.13 in the last SEVEN games. Brown goes tonite for the Bombers, who will likely have to do some bombing. Wakefield and his 1.35 ERA goes tonite against the D-Rays.

Hot Not Hot

That's what I said! The ballad's pretty though.

I was very much interested in top 40 AM radio growing up, spending a lot of time listening with Mom, like while she was doing laundry or sewing. According to her, the earliest song that I really really really liked was "Age of Aquarius" which would have been when I was about 4 years old. Earliest recordings that I got as gifts were a few years later with Chicago's Greatest Hits and Beach Boys Endless Summer.

Glad there's over a hundred page views, but no one else wants to comment on the tunes?

Tough, tough loss for the Cubs with Nomah out for two months minimum. And the poor guy: Two years ago, he left 15 million a year on the table, almost gets replaced by A-Rod, gets injured, traded, best he can do is a one year deal with the hope he can show that he's healthy and productive, and now this, which will be taken as proof he's injury-prone. Now the best thing he can hope for is another one year, incentive-laden deal. And the Cubs have no middle infield, with Walker out, too. Meanwhile, let's compare the Yanks and O's and the Sox and O's, shall we? Yanks get swept by the O's by a three game cumulative score of 23-11. The Sox sweep the O's with two straight shut-outs. B-) And Harold, are you still sure you'd take the Yanks starters "any day" over the Sox? Let's see, until Pavano last night, the Yanks had gone 11 straight starts without meeting the minimum standard of a "quality start" and the only pitcher who isn't going 7+ is Schilling. Wells, working on a 15 inning scoreless streak; Clement is lights out, Wakefield is just sick, with an era of 1.36 or something.

Jim has agreed, and shortly (I assume) he'll be adding a link to mp3 files of "Hot Bread" and "Inez" the two tunes recorded circa 1956 at Boddie Recording in Cleveland by Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, saxophone Gene Harris, piano Andy Simpkins, bass Bill Dowdy, drums This is the earliest known recording of the original members of the Three Sounds, and the only known recording of the original group, The Four Sounds. Enjoy! PS - the reason I offered the full tunes is, Michael Cuscuna's reaction to hearing them - he told me he would not include these in a Mosaic set, due to fidelity, questionable ownership and the fact that the sound is so different from the trio. So, Mosaic's loss is our gain!

Can I ask where you shopped in St. Pete? I have a friend who lives there and I'm due for a visit ...

No, when I had the Genie In My Soul vinyl, the liners were essentially the same, taking care to point out the man's classical background and training. So it can't be a case of grabbing bad liners from some other source - its essentially the same info as what's on the later recording. And beyond the fact tha the man didn't have much of a career, I think the reason there's no classical listing for a Gene Harris is, the man tried to make it as a jazz man. But he still didn't do enough to warrant any notice, other than two dates with Jubilee.

That won't help - its not a question of when or whether a "Gene Harris" attended Juilliard. She assumes that somehow, somewhere, liner notes got screwed up and that's where the confusion has started. For what its worth, she's now told me that while on tour in Japan, "Our Love is Here to Stay" came on the club sound system, and "Gene winced and wanted it turned off. Said it was his first recording. And the club owner brought the LP out and it had the same cover as the Fresh Sounds reissue except it wasn't green, it was blue, and the biographical info was correct." So maybe she is correct, and the first "Gene Harris Trio" recording really was his, and somehow it changed in subsequent pressings? She says that his last drummer told her about the LP, that a friend had a copy. So she's going to contact the drummer and try to find out about the liners. If he says the liners don't say anything about classical training and instead talk about boogie-woogie pianists and growing up in Michigan, then I guess she's definitely right.

Couldn't resist, could ya? Thanks Chuck, you're a fine human being. File that under "Signs of the Apocalypse," right under that negative Dusty Groove review.

I'm in the midst of a dispute with Gene's widow, Janie. The gist of it: There are two "Gene Harris Trio" albums on Jubilee. One was recorded in 1955, the other in 1959. Several years ago, I grabbed the one recorded in 1959 off of ebay (Genie In My Soul) and was quite disturbed to find that the man pictured on the back was demonstrably not Gene Harris of Three Sounds fame, and on top of that, the liners made reference to the man's classical background and training, clearly indicating its a different guy. Fast forward to now. Janie tells me that Gene's first record was in 1955 for Jubilee, Our Love is Here to Stay. I tell her that I once had the other Jubilee record by "Gene Harris" and its not "our" Gene, are you sure about the earlier one? She insists, so I order a copy from Fresh Sounds. It just arrived, and for the album, recorded just after Gene left the service, talks about his attendance at not just Julliard but a number of other classical music places, that he's performed with the Boston Philharmonic, etc., etc. And yet, Janie is still telling me that its Gene, even if my ears say otherwise and logic screams otherwise. Says she can't explain the liner notes, other than that the record business sometimes doesn't make sense. So, that's where we are, and I am hoping that one of you discographical mavens can point to one of your tomes and tell me that the two Gene Harris Trio LPs on Jubilee are listed separately from the main Gene Harris listing, and that there is little dispute that there were two Gene Harris' recording in the late 50s. Anyone? Please?

Better early than late. Happy Birthday! Keep taking those great photos!!

I've lined up in the player for tonite: One Flight Up Lullabuy for a Monster Swiss Nights Volume 3

Or delete, and let's post an intelligible obit when one appears in English.

Too late for him to see the proceeds, but I've got to order that DVD of his.

Kenny Drew, Alex Riel and NHOP was once my Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for so many recordings. Such a great player. And yes, terribly young. RIP.

Its well worth having. Nice look at his career, with the added bonus of some fine solo and trio performances recorded at his home. (Or it just duo with a bassist? Can't recall.)

Thanks Ray. That production date must have been a mistake - I was pretty sure it hadn't been in simultaneous production on both sides of the pond. Would have been a helluva commute for Colin and Ryan!

Is this show still in production over there? I see a listing on Comedy Central for one of the original episodes (before Drew Carey brought it to ABC) that seems to have a production date of August 2004. Anyone know? Thanks!