Dan Gould

Did Daniel bother to send to the US in advance of the European wave, or did they all ship at one time?

Definitely one of the best players who got their start with Wynton (I'd put Marcus Roberts in the same category, also Wycliffe Gordon). As far as the CD mentioned, I just gave it another listen in my A to Z odyssey, and I agree its killer. Unfortunately, Leaning House went out of business at least a couple of years ago, but I would think this could be found online still.

Well, I had bookmarked allmusic.com, but now I see the link above is allmusic.com/index. Then again, my allmusic.com link works now. All I can say is, weird! And thanks for giving me a functional link! My withdrawal symptoms were only slightly less painful than when the board was down ....

Was AMG taken down for a relaunch, possibly with the pay element? I haven't been able to access it since Friday. Very annoying since I am working on my next BFT and it helps to check AMG to see if some choices can be easily identified or not. I kind of figured this development would be mentioned here by now-is it possible this is limited to the Gould household???

True Blue was the one album that came out while he was alive. Minor Move was his first session, unissued possibly due to slightly ragged ensembles, it has Lee Morgan joining him onthe front line. Back to the Tracks was sequenced and prepared for release, but never came out at the time-an oversight on Alfred and Frank's part. The Waiting Game was his last date. I'd probably recommend True Blue first, just by a hair, but all are really fine.

Nice to see the Time's' crack staff of fact checkers got the spelling right.

But note that "I think"--so it ain't for sure. Perhaps Cadence magazine's obits would turn up more info? Maybe the "I think" refers to the cause of death, not the fact of his passing?

I don't understand your response, Bebop. Wasn't the guy inspired by the fact that McDonalds says they serve healthy food? Wasn't he further inspired by the assumption that if he eats healthy food, he will maintain a healthy body? Perhaps the movie wouldn't need to be made (and he wouldn't have been ispired) if McDonald's acknowledged that they serve crap that might be safely consumed once or twice a month but isn't part of a healthy diet. Then again, that kind of honesty won't grow their bottom line.

What I thought was funny (and frightening) that when the guy went into the sauna, he filled the room up with the aroma of cheesburgers. That's just too frightening to contemplate.

EDIT: I've just gone back and added a running count of the total. Actually, it just dawned on me that the disc coverage won't be 100% in the end-I'm pulling from the binders where 99% of the discs are. But when I tossed the jewel boxes, I inevitably had quite a few discs that couldn't be adopted to the binder system, like all the mini-LP packages and digi-paks. So maybe at the end I'll go through those. Don't really want to start in on them soon_just recently they were shuffled through in my car CD holder.

Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson: Live at the Village Vanguard (Leaning House Jazz) Ray Appleton: Killer Ray Rides Again (Sharp Nine Records) Louis Armstrong: Plays W.C. Handy Satch Plays Fats (I know, I know, its a pathetically small collection of Pops. Harold Ashby: Just For You (Mapleshade) On The Sunny Side of the Street (Timeless) What am I here For? (Criss Cross) I'm Old Fashioned (Stash Records) Any of the above would make a fine addition to the "small group swing" suggestions. Georgie Auld: Plays the Winners (A CDR transfer of a pretty rare LP, with Frank Rosolino and Lou Levy) Roy Ayers: West Coast Vibes (United Artists, another CDR of a rare LP-thanks Bill!) Mads Baerentzen Trio: 785 Madison Avenue (Music Mecca) An import I ordered because Eric Alexander guests Benny Bailey: Grand Slam (Storyville) Dave Bailey: One Foot in the Gutter Two Feet in the Gutter Gettin' Into Somethin' Great hard bop dates, the Bastards often have at least some of these in stock and they shouldn't be missed. Chet Baker and Art Pepper: Picture of Heath Kenny Barron: Invitation (Criss Cross) 74

There's an LP (still available at Cadence, BTW) on VGM records, Nancy Wilson Sits in with The Three Sounds. Nancy sounds flat out horrible because of massive tape saturation on her microphone input. Totally unlistenable, so if I could snap my fingers, that would be a good one to "fix". BTW, its still a worthwhile LP (especially for $6!)-half the record is just the trio, and they sound fine.

No, and did I mention the roof may need replacement?

My wife's mother, aunt and sister are finally seeing the new house on Sunday (and they only live 45 minutes away, its taken them almost three months to get down here). But that's dependent on having a functional AC unit. It crapped out yesterday, just before we were planning to sign up for the service contract. ARRGGHH!!!

First, wasn't it also said that Alfred was dissatisfied with the Minor Move session because the ensembles were a little less precise than he liked? Also, doesn't it also say in the Mosaic booklet something along the lines (and I think this was Jackie McLean speaking) that Tina wasn't a real aggressive guy when it came to hustling gigs, etc.? Maybe it wasn't drug problems but a personality ill-suited to the competitive NYC scene?

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.