Dan Gould

Lorez Alexandria: Early in the Morning (this is a CDR transfer from an Argo LP, HIGHLY recommended! Ramsey Lewis and a bunch of Basie cats back up Lorez. Nice bluesy feel on most tracks.) Lorez Sings Pres: A Tribute to Lester Young Carl Allen: I don't know what the history exactly was, but Allen was apparently the leader of a neo-bop band called Manhattan Projects, and I got a bunch of 'em: Piccadilly Square Dreamboat Echoes of Our Heroes We Remember Cannonball Eric Allison: After Hours John Allred/Wycliffe Gordon: Head to Head (The group came to Boca Raton as a warmup for the recording session and put on a great show; the CD is a great reminder of that night, all the way down to the last track, which was their encore at the concert. Just a few weeks after 9/11, they played "America the Beautiful".) Gene Ammons: Just Jug Jug & Sonny (those two are Argo LP transfers) God Bless Jug & Sonny Boss Tenors Goodbye (I know, I need to get my act together on all of those Ammons OJCs!) Curtis Amy: Peace for Love (Fresh Sound, this CD should be owned by everyone who has the Amy Mosaic Select. He still had it 30 years later) Ernestine Anderson: When the Sun Goes Down (Great combination: Ernestine's soulful voice with Gene Harris, Red Holloway and Ray Brown.) Be Mine Tonite Concord All-Stars with Ernestine Anderson 57

Thanks for the link, Joe. No wonder Jim Dye wasn't having any luck trying to line up an interview with him. Now there's more Bubba Brooks to hunt down!

Brownie, this has been out on CD if I am not mistaken.

I thought it was clear from the Mosaic essay that as much as Alfred felt that Tina's was a voice worth hearing, he didn't get the attention of the audience or get much of a critical response, and eventually Alfred gave up on trying to elevate his position. I seem to recall Bill Fenohr telling me that True Blue got a pretty mediocre review in Down Beat. Its only with hindsight, and the work of Michael C., that we recognize Tina as a unique talent of considerable skill.

Joe, I cannot recommend this man's playing more highly, but not in any manner of shining light on his brother's playing. The elder brother comes from an older style of playing, very soulful but oriented more toward swing or swing-to-bop. Think Gene Ammons. Not technically assured-he's an ear player who I don't believe reads music. But deeply, deeply soulful playing. We are fortunate that TCB gave him an opportunity to have his music recorded. But hold up for a second. David Brooks died in 2002??? I was not aware of that at all.

I haven't noticed it so far in my A-to-Z listening. But I do notice, especially in the Young Lion era, a tendency to program catchy, soulful type tunes last.

Even Miles would not have dared! Monk was much, much bigger! Monk is reported to have said when someone mentioned a physical attack that Miles would have ended in his grave if he had dared! Was Miles into boxing at this point? I don't think so, so I guess you're right.

GREAT DISC!!! !!!!!!!!!! Good price too, especially since it includes shipping. Somebody get on it!! No one wants this one, or anything else??? C'mon folks!

Sorry folks, I feel a bit foolish, but this was the first I'd heard of this little "incident", so I didn't know I should have asked Weinstock about it.

Thanks for the advice. We are talking about detached homes in my case. Interesting suggestion about enlisting the neighbors, it seems as though we are the only people to call the cops regarding noise complaints. Does the noise not bother them? Do they have no faith that the cops will do anything? Or are they afraid of the neighbors and don't want to get blamed? At least last night was quiet and I got some sleep. The problem was, we just started letting the dog sleep on the bed with us, but he won't just curl up and go to sleep. He stretches out, moves around-and he's 40 pounds, just big enough to really make his presence known. I'm a heavy sleeper, but my wife isn't-she told me she hardly slept at all. Back in the crate for you, Coltrane!

I had to look twice, but now I'm ROTFLMAO!

Only now I'm a One Lady Ladies Man. B)

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Sit tight, Jean-Phillipe, a guy named Jim R. will be along soon (he's in California, so he hasn't awakened yet)-he loves giving opinions about various guitars. Over to you, Jim ....

Well, I heard that 24 was pretty bad this year ... B)

Time to get caught up from Friday and today: Nat Adderley: Good Company We Remember Cannon The Old Country Live at the 1994 Floating Jazz Festival (That last one is a must have; great tunes, and Nat tells some great stories in between.) Toshiko Akiyoshi Quintet: At The Top of the Gate Eric Alexander: (Now you'll see why I keep defending him Full Range Two of a Kind Solid! New York Calling Mode for Mabes Live at the Keynote The First Milestone In Europe Straight Up Summit Meeting Man with a Horn Alexander the Great Nightlife in Tokyo Extra Innings Monty Alexander: Spunky Joe Alexander: Blue Jubilee (that last one I was interested to get, back in the day, when I learned that when the Three Sounds started out as the Four Sounds, Alexander was one of the saxophonists who played with the trio. OK, but more of historic interest.) 40

Usually I'm listening to something other than Mosaic sets, but right now I have a bunch in the car right now, finishing up with the Stitt today.

Jim's B-Day???? This ought to be the biggest B-Day of all!!!!

Paul, If this guy is this obnoxious, you really ought to start using the cops to hassle him. You might also look into contacting your city's department of Code Enforcement. Dogs pooping on your yard and parking in front of your house (if its illegal to park that way, or on the sidewalk) surely violates codes and they may do something about it. What made it really annoying this time was the fact that it was coming from the house. Usually its someone sitting in their car. Its small consolation to know those jackasses will be stone deaf in ten years-I want to get some sleep TONITE! And as far as that house goes-I'm not about to go knock on their door to tell them to lower their stereo. Might get greeted by a shotgun.

Anything by Benny Carter or Ben Webster on Verve. For Carter: The Urbane Sessions Cosmopolite For Webster: Soulville or any of the "Encounters" sessions (Mulligan, Hawkins) Soul of Ben Webster features Hodges and another small group swing virtuoso, Sweets Edison, if you can find it, its a three LP on two CD set, and very nice. Speaking of Sweets, try to track down The Swinger and Mr. Swing. (Hope you dig Oscar Peterson, cause he's on most of the Verve/Norgran small group swing sessions of the 50s.)

Tomorrow, Wednesday, whenever you're ready Ray.

If that's the case Ray, isn't it just about time to go ahead and reveal?

Who cares about physical matches? This is f-ing Snoop playing Miles, fer chrissake! Makes me sick.

Gary, Your hotmail account is over its limit, so I'll just post the message here: I shipped the package, Priority Mail, today. I finally remembered another LP I have that you may need, so I threw it in with the rest. It's My Mother's Eyes by Sonny Stitt, also on Pacific Jazz. As you may know, it was Charles debut recording, at least that's what the liners say. Glad I remembered that I have it!

Brad, I have the previous release, Philly-New York Junction and have this one on my want-to-buy list. Mags has a number of Criss Cross dates; they're all pretty solid in a Criss Cross sort of way.