Dan Gould

Obviously, he didn't want too many presents .... Happy Birthday, RDK!

I've heard that song, Evan, and to me, its so calculated and calibrated to be a hit. The whole concept of the song-women are the dominant country music listener, so write a song for them, cash the check. (Same thing with Shaniah Twain's "Any Man of Mine"-that song was gonna be a hit, with or without the video. The video just made it a monster hit.) Keep the men interested by "borrowing" a professional wrestler's "Hell Yeah" catch phrase. Yuch.

With four CD racks from Sauder, running $60 a piece and holding about 550 CDs each, I was running out of shelf space, and also running out of floor space to add more racks. So, I made the big break, and switched to a sleeve/three ring binder system. I found 8-to-a-page Case Logic sleeves real cheap (I still have plenty of sleeves left over, and my total cost for the sleeves was well under $200), and bought the binders at Office Depot. Bought new Sauder book cases, and now, my 2500 CD collection fits in less than two full two shelf bookcases. The one drawback: I couldn't keep the inserts and tray cards in the binders, so I carefully bundled them up in rubber bands, in alphabetical order, and boxed them up. The biggest drawback there, frankly, is the fact that as I've worked on my next BFT, I've had to dig through the bundles to find the sidemen/recording info. One big advantage, in addition to the space saving: if we're ever in a Hurricane evacuation order, I will have no problem getting my CDs safely out of harm's way. The last time there was a serious hurricane threat, and this was when my collection was much smaller, I considered the likelihood that I'd have to evacuate and it took me hours to box up the CDs and lug them to the car. And if I'd actually been forced to go, I couldn't have taken anything else with me other than the dog.

Happy Birthday Mr. Wood!

FINAL price reductions added.

Got mine today (thanks Jim Dye) and have listened to the first 12 tracks. The ratio of to DKDC is so high, this one's a definite keeper. Good job, Daniel, and I'm looking forward to the discussion!

Continuing with Louie Bellson: Thunderbird Drumorama Lou Bennett: Amen Pentacostal Feeling Enfin Tony Bennett: Playin With My Friends George Benson: Compact Jazz compilation Par Excellence New Boss Guitar Walter Benton: Out of This World Walter Bishop Jr: Coral Keys What's New 107 Stay tuned for next week, and beyond, its time for Blakey!!!

I'm doing a thematic comp. right now. Unfortunately, its for my next BFT, so y'all will have to wait to find out what's on it.

And by the way, on Terry's Mumbles schtick, a little goes a long way for me, too. But that hardly takes away from his superior trumpet playing.

He's recognizable because of his tone. I said he's recognizable in about three notes, meaning that he is recognizable right from the get-go, on the head, so even if he uses the same phrases often, that hardly explains why his sound (which is the most important attribute a horn player has) is so recognizable.

You're nuts, Tooter. I mean, I can understand listing Wynton, but Clark Terry???? The man is probably one of the very most easily recognizable trumpeters in the world-you can identify his sound in about three notes, and its not cause he never has anything to say!

Not quite what Catesta is dealing with, but brutal heat for south Florida. Mid to upper 90s. But at least it looks like its heading down to the usual upper 80s soon.

I have a problem with my wrist, P(unk)Jazz?

Catesta said it all. If your memory is anything like mine, you won't even know that you bought a new house by then You don't realize that my mind is a steel-trap for minutia of all sorts.

You understand that this is not conducive to stumping the panel, right? Too late to take it back!!!

This from the same clown who started a thread with this: I don't care if you held a seance with Alfred's ghost. We'd be better served if you kiss off.

Well, I'd take Larry's opinion with a large grain of salt-a lot of people here definitely do not think Ben Webster & Associates is a dud. Speaking of Hines though, and following up on Larry's comment about solo recordings, one to track down is "Concert in Argentina", a two LP set, one side each of solo piano from Hines, Marian McPartland, Ellis Larkins and Teddy Wilson.

Well, I have to admit that, I knew in the back of my mind that if cash flow didn't allow a purchase before the lease expired (and with a new house, that was inevitable), and curiosity about the sound became overwhelming, I'd have options in the future (wink wink nudge nudge).

I started to learn this on the old JOL (wasn't around for Jazz Central Station's heyday), learned it more on Board Krypton, and really found it to be true here: Jazz fans are amazingly generous, decent people.

I want to say that it has, in Japan. You might check Mr. Tanno, or Dusty Groove. They occasionally have the vinyl, too.

Johnson did another Argo date, Ya Ya, with an organ trio if memory serves, that actually gets a little "out".

Yeah, this is definitely one way to reveal one man's likes and dislikes, cause after 16 years of this, you can bet that if its not on the list, I'm not a fan! By the time I'm finished, Nessa's gonna send me hate mail.

And I feel not a hint of regret. I have the Vee Jay reissues, which sound fine to my ears ... about the only thing I'd be interested in would be the booklets and the bio/musical info contained therein.

Kenny Barron: Lemuria-Seascape Kenny Barron/Jimmy Owens: You Had Better Listen Gary Bartz/Sonny Fortune: Alto Memories (tough to find Japanese session, thanks for the burn, Dr. J!) Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie Kansas City Suite The Legend Just The Blues (This is a fabulous Joe Williams/Basie Roulette, not on the Mosaic. Grab it if you see it!!) Basie's Golden '58 At Newport Live at the Sands (Before Frank) The two Live discs on RTE Complete Decca Recordings (Discs 1-3) April in Paris In London New York All-Stars: Count Basie Remembered, Volume 1 & 2 (On Nagel Heyer, quite nice, with some of the last recordings by Billy Mitchell) Louie Bellson: Live at the Concord Jazz Festival Raincheck 95

Congratulations, Johnny. While I am glad to be a homeowner, I have no (and expect never will) any great urge to renovate, improve, whatever. That's entirely my wife's department.