Dan Gould

Does anyone have experience with white noise machines and noisy neighbors? Our greatest annoyance with our new house is the presence of annoying neighbors who can't seem to understand that people might actually want to sleep, say, after 10:30 at night. Sometimes its the car stereo blasting while the car sales through the neighborhood, but last night it was the stereo inside their house. The cops are worthless, they show up an hour later, if you're lucky. So, as I was desperately trying to shield my ears, I began to wonder about white noise machines and whether they might be the answer. Any advice? Thanks!

Happy birthday, Use!

Well, I'm glad the board is back up, but I don't think my boss will be. No doubt, my productivity will be the same as it usually is; if the board were still down, who knows what I'd get accomplished tomorrow?

Prices include shipping to US addresses. Foreign shipping to be determined. Payment: Paypal checking account is preferred, or Money Orders. Paypal credit card is not preferred due to the fees involved. This can be negotiable though, perhaps with a slight bump in price, or through volume purchasing. Hope you understand. Checks are also acceptable, with a shipping delay for clearance. email dangould@hotmail.com All are in mint or near mint condition. FINAL REDUCTIONS: Cannonball in Japan, Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Capital) $8 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. Bill Cosby, Hello Friend, to ennis with love, (Verve) $8 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. (If you've not heard of this, its hard bop/soul jazz standards with Bobby Watson, Craig Handy, Phillip Harper, Cedar Walton, and to keep things interesting, Lester Bowie gives some nice slightly out touches to the tunes) Sonny Stitt, with the New Yorkers (Fresh Sound reissue of the Roost LP) $8 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. Robert Watson Sextet, Jewel (Evidence) $8 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. James Williams All-Stars, Classic Encounters (DIW import) $12 Now $10 ON HOLD Steve Wilson, Step Lively, (Criss Cross) $10 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. ON HOLD Phil Woods Quintet Plays the Music of Jim McNeely (TCB) $8 Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. Jazz Futures, Live in Concert (RCA Novus) $8 (If you've not heard this, George Wein took some "young lions" and sent them out on tour as the "Jazz Futures". They were Hargrove, Marlon Jordon, Antonio Hart, Tim Warfield, Mark Whitfield, Benny Green, Chris McBride and Carl Allen) Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. Kansas City, soundtrack to the Robert Altman film (Verve) $8 (A lot of people will say this was the best part of the film) Now $6, 2 for $10, 3 for $15, etc. NOTE: Multiple disc orders will be shipped without jewel boxes

I told Gary that the picture of his brother on Where it's At made him look like an axe-murderer or something. So, since I made color copies of the cover over the weekend, I figured I would share the pic here. Now I ask you, does this man look 100% harmless to you?

Shameless self-promotion or not, congrats, Chris.

Thanks for your explanation, Larry, but I do feel you are wrong here. I mean, Hamilton's story was that growing up, these were the records that his father had, and he loved the style so much, they formed his major inspiration. He's clearly a technically skilled musician, so it seems unlikely that he would make the kind of "mistake" you describe. I guess different ears hear different things. But maybe a listen to a more recent Hamilton CD would surprise you. Anyway, Hamilton meets the Sangrey standard, and that's good enough for me!

Well, we'll still have to disagree, Dana. Its not just responding to an attack on artists I enjoy. Larry said that Hamilton and Vache (I'm paraphrasing here) can't even get the language right from the artists they steal from. He talked about "syntax"-what exactly does that mean? If Hamilton appropriates a Websterian-like whisper or growl or that vibrating column of air, that he does it wrong, or picks the wrong moment to do it? I'm sorry, but that was wrong then, and its even more wrong now. I do feel that John Tapscott got it right and put it best.

Continuing with Cannonball: Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Paris, 1960 (Pablo) At The Lighthouse In San Francisco Somethin' Else Cannonball in Japan (AMG kind of pans this one, and I can kind of see why. Don't think the band was terribly inspired here.) Cannonball Adderley Collection, Vol. 1, Them Dirty Blues (Landmark) That RTE disc, En Concert Nat Adderley: Branching Out (Man, was I thrilled when this came out and I could get my hands on a rare Three Sounds appearance away from Blue Note!) Introducing Nat Adderley Naturally! 18

I agree with Brad, except that I fear that in addition to maturity, it takes an appreciation of beauty, passion, art. And that's why I expect that the people growing up with rap or any other genre of music over the past 20 years will never discover jazz. When they are old, they will be going to shows where bands cover rap or the Britney Spears or Christina Aguilerra songbook, and jazz as we know it will not even muster 1% of total sales. I see the same thing now at the concerts the south Florida jazz societies put on: the audience is 55+, and often more like 65+, white, and they're trying to relive their youth. In fact, one of the Jazz Societies even advertise with "songs you are likely to hear" and will list Dixieland or Swing standards, hoping that the old folks will be motivated by the memories to turn out. Its sad really, but that's the way it is.

Mark was nice enough to send me two of his digital photographs and at this request, I've uploaded them to my photo server website: Here's Charles McPherson: And McPherson and Donald Byrd: Sorry about the way the Byrd/McPherson photo scanned, obviously the black perimeter wasn't in the original, but when I re-scanned, it actually took the whole tray to be the picture, so this was the best I could get!

What John Tapscott said.

Dan, If I remember correctly, he worked with disabled kids in the (LA?) area. Hopefully Gary can share a little more. Eric As he just did, while you were composing your post. Charles sounds like a great, giving guy!

Not to step on Gary's toes, but he already told me that Ben Kynard is his uncle. He's set up a family-website Here Which has info about both Charles and Ben.

Gary, Thanks for joining up and sharing things about your brother. But what "non-jazz Professional activities" is Eric referring to? Was Charles a multi-talented guy?

Some may recall the AOTW I conducted with a rare Charles Kynard Pacifc Jazz LP. Well, with the permission of the sender, I'd like to share the message I received: Of course, I have agreed to provide a burn to Gary, and in fact, I have asked, and Gary is willing, to share some stories and recollections of his brother (whose name is pronounced Ki-NARD, by the way). Let's hear it for this amazing thing called the Internet! And let's hear it for Charles Kynard! And let's welcome Gary Kynard to the forum!

Glad to hear it was such a nice concert/birthday party, Marla.

Well, if we follow Tooter and Ray's advice, one compiler would have to keep the next compiler informed of laggards and freeloaders, unless an up-to-date list of signups is kept in the sign-up thread. Or, maybe the last thing a compiler should do, after the answers are revealed and discussed, is to compare his signup list with the discussion thread and then post a list of laggards and freeloaders at the end of the discussion thread? Then, subsequent compilers can see the list and compare it to their lists. Still, it seems like a lot of work for a negative thing.

You might try to hunt down this instead: Which is a two disc set, so you get the other album they did. Frankly, Garrett didn't make that much of an impression on me, but the two leaders and Mulgrew Miller are very fine. Definitely a big

Thank you, Tom, that is exactly my point-Hamilton has grown beyond his influences and crafted a personal style. He communicates personally; he just happens to use the language of an earlier style. And I for one have never heard him muff up the syntax!

The fact is there are always going to be freeloaders. It goes with the territory, and shaming them isn't going to change it. And considering that sometimes life gets in the way and we end up appearing to be freeloaders makes it rather unfair if anyone was denied a future BFT disc because of it. Live and let live, I say (and know that about half of the discs you send out won't get a response from the recipient.

Thought-provoking but wrong. And unfair (read Kevin's post for another example).

So, they're not only musical thieves, they're INCOMPETENT musical thieves? What a complete crock of shit. More verbosity and pomposity, and ever more CRAP. Again, they're "incompetent"? Anyone who has heard Scott Hamilton in the last ten or 15 years knows he has synthesized his influences into a distinctive style. This may be the very worst load of crap of all. Young musicians (Hamilton had been recording for Concord for about 5 years at the time) are supposed to be judged, at that moment, by how their recordings stack up to the recorded legacy of the legends who hire them? Forget "self-deception": The hiring of any young musician by a legend is a better stamp of approval than anything the infallible Larry Kart has ever opined about. The fact that Benny Carter made a record with Scott Hamilton (a damn fine one in fact) means more than the verbose bashing of Kart.

What a country where someone with no known talent for the music manages to make a living with diarhea of the mouth, crapping on people he doesn't like. Seriously, what was that, 500 words to say that you don't like people who appropriate the language of an earlier style? Give me a fuckin' break.

Happy Birthday Chuck!