Dan Gould

You mean there is a right side to Chuck's bed???

Gene Harris: Listen Here! Its the Real Soul Soul Symphony Funky Genes at Ste Chappelle Winery Down Home Blues Standards of the The Three Sonds Georgia on My Mind Live at the Lighthouse And the Phillip Morris All-Stars Black Orchid LD with the Three Sounds Out of this World Babe's Blues Feelin' Good Hey There It Just Got To Be Vibrations Live at Jorgie's Coldwater Flat Live at the It Club Volume 1 and 2 Live atht he 1990 Concord Jazz Festival First Set Introducing the Three Sounds Bottom's Up At Maybeck Best of the Three Sounds Gene Harris and Friends at the Bern Jazz Fest (private recording) 25th Concord Jazz Festival Nature's Way (Jam Records, not the BN album by the same name) In His hands Black and blue Like a Lover Brotherhood Live at Otter Crest Alley Cats Fujitsu-Concord 26th Jazz Festival Good Deal At ast The Three Sounds (Verve) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Bg Band Soul Play Jazz on Broadway Tribute to Count Basie Live at the Living Room Today's Sounds Some Like it Modern 20th Concord Festival All-Stars 25th Concord Festival Trio + One

I thought we knew Tammy was quite cute on TV already!

Dan, what label is this on? Sound Hills, a '93 release. Probably tough to find at this point, but a search on GEMM shows a UK seller with one in stock, only $10.00: http://www.gemm.com/ddc/search.pl?&a_refno=GML669178714 I strongly recommend jumping on this!!!!

My opinion mirrors that of Big Al - most of these tunes did not engage me very long, I'm sorry to say. I recognized the melody of track 1 but didn't bother an in depth AMG search. Seeing the ID surprises me just a bit, I guess. Track 4 - for the life of me I cannot imagine why anyone would find this appealing. 7) and 8) I liked best, but no guesses came to mind. Thanks for the disc, Dmitry. I just wish I'd found more to dig on it.

Jim's comments serve as a reminder of a couple of follow-ups I had. On the Mel Rhyne composition from the Brian Lynch Criss Cross CD: ARRRGGHH!!! Not sure if I mentioned it in the discussion but I definitely recognized the tune when I heard it, but there was no way I was going to track it down. On Michel Sardaby: if anyone can find it, I heartily recommend Straight On which is a live date with Ralph Moore and Louis Smith in the front line, all Sardaby compositions which sound remarkably like a mid-60s BN. I've seen the Bastards pitching Sardaby trio or solo CDs but have never pulled the trigger. Based on this performance of Lush Life, I might have to correct that! On the Karl Denson - eggs on my face, cause I do have this one.

I'd say yes.

two hours, 21 page views, and nary a yay or a nay? I guess its safe to say this isn't getting the instant acclaim Tony's BFT got. Maybe I need to be inspired by 3 AM feedings?

I've never lost the groove since January 1988.

Definitely too PURPLE

I've been thinking about another way that we might be able to share and discuss favorite music with each other. Its inspired by a recent addition to Cadence magazine's regular columns, "Flying Blind." In Cadence, it goes like this: Reviewer gets copy of CD but no information on the band, the recording, etc. Reviewer writes his usual review, including guesses about the musicians. Here's my thought of how this could go: 1. Participants sign up for their opportunity to share favorite albums. 2. Burns are distributed to participants. 3. Participants post their observations of the album in question. 4. The answers are revealed. Here's the most important part: 5. Participants who enjoy the CD are honor bound to purchase a legitimate copy. Participants who do not enjoy the CD are honor bound to destroy their copies. So, the whole idea here is not to pick OOP or super expensive Japanese pressings. Participants should choose in print recordings which are easily found at retail or internet outlets. In fact, participants might want to give general descriptions of what they want to offer, so if someone's interests don't include "modern mainstream" or "free improv" they can safely skip an offering. I realize the obvious risk here: We're announcing our intention to distribute copyrighted material. But I also think that #5 above does a lot to minimize that, if people are truly committed to following the rules (and considering how many people do say that when legit reissues come out, they purchase them, I think we're a fairly honest and ethical bunch). In fact, this idea actually leverages the cheap technology and the reach of the internet to create sales of music which might not otherwise exist-something that the music industry has tried to deny but ought to actually be thankful for. The other potential drawback of course is the possibility that people who already find themselves hard pressed to keep up with the BFT won't want to add something new to their listening pile. So what do you all think?

Sorry Jim, you can always delete it if you want.

Sorry Mark, but its impossible to hold all four of those opinions simultaneously. The only option I failed to account for was not guilty on second degree murder. But I figured anyone believing that can go for #2 anyway. And speaking of which, no one yet believes he's innocent, a handful think the state has not met its burden of proof.

Look, Court TV has covered it exhaustively, and why not? Its there purpose. Otherwise, CNN.com has posted an article on each day's doings, and that's about the extent of the media coverage from where I stand. And considering the facts of the case and the fact that the case is entirely circumstantial, it seems to me the people on the jury have an extremely difficult challenge, one that few juries ever get. On that basis alone, getting the opinions of board members seems like a reasonable thing to do. And like they say, not interested, then don't open the thread.

Well, it might not be spectacular or innovative, but the events surrounding the murder make this a very interesting case. Not to mention the fact that the case is entirely circumstantial, and I think the interest level jumps even more. But to each his own.

Well, the legal/strategery reasons are obvious: all the lies he told that would be used to impeach him. His only chance then would have been to have an emotional breakdown on the stand, pledging his undying love for his wife and that he could never have killed her or the baby. I think a man accused of such a crime without all of the baggage would probably jump at the chance to testify. Like, say, ...... Dr. Richard Kimble

The jury's deliberating, so you better vote quick! I know its a circumstantial case, but his behavior while his wife was "missing"-selling her car, talking to a realtor about selling the house, altering the baby's room to a storage room-is just too much. Added to the lies he told, the extramarital affair, I can't help but believe he did it.

It was. Maybe its time to adopt the BFT signup method to the AOTW? One advantage here might be that people could announce their future picks far enough in advance that people could have plenty of lead time to either give some listening to the album or get it in hand well in time for the discussion.

Thanks. Don't think that Bethlehem made it out in that since-aborted series of reissues.

I know this will make Chuck abhor me even more, but here's the way I've tried to look at those Spanish labels with the dubious ethics: If they're ripping off new reissues, avoid them like the plague. If they put out obscurities that would otherwise never be seen or are hard to find on ebay, I'll consider them. Case in point: The recent reissue of Rusty Bryant Dot recordings. I had one of these on a noisy LP and was shocked to find Rusty blowing very nicely (and rather Pres-like) on a group of standards with a band of west coast mainstays like Gerry Wiggins. So, shoot me, but I'm happy to have the complete west coast Dot sessions in decent sound. So that brings me to one item in their latest batch: Complete Frank Rosolino Quartet featuring Sonny Clark. One date therein is with Sonny, the other is with Lou Levy. It looks like the Levy set is from a Mode album last put out by VSOP. My question is, does anyone know what the Clark date is? If its another VSOP reissue, then I'll surely try to hunt it down (AMG isn't helping). But if its something more obscure and less easily attainable ...

Tell that to Garth Brooks!

And a tad grayer than the last picture I saw!

Tony, Cables sounds fine, and that's coming from someone who isn't a fan. So now you really have no excuse!

Mike, I'd like in for #40-whatever. This time, no complaints about too many blues!

The Vanguard reissues: Great music that shouldn't have been put out as comps.