Dan Gould

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!

As discussed Here, I've just started a disc-by-disc (working hours only) review of the cd collection. So, I thought it might be interesting to keep track of 'em all right here, and maybe include short reviews as the mood strikes. I don't know if this will interest anyone else, but who knows, maybe when I'm finished, I can print out this thread and fax it in to State Farm for insurance purposes ... So, today it was: Pepper Adams: Ten to Four at the Five Spot Plays Mingus (those bad Spaniards have put this out, you can get it from the Bastards pretty easily) Critic's Choice Live at Condon's (A private recording, I think I got it from that fellow poster who's phone pals with Michael C.) Cannonball Adderley Presenting Cannonball Things are Getting Better (with Milt Jackson, I've had this forever it seems-I think I got it shortly after hearing Something Else and the MJQ. When I realized Cannonball and Milt had done an LP together, I figured that had to be good!) Sophisticated Swing, the Complete Emarcy Small-Group Sessions )GET THIS if you don't have it!!! 8

Brad, Do you interpret the end as I do, that as the camera pulls back to show countless similar offices, that maybe she hasn't really "arrived"? To me the ending is ambiguous rather than fully triumphant.

So the question is, did Zmuda have this press release posted or is someone having fun? Because the fact is, if Andy's alive, he's not going to show up several days before the 20 year anniversary. Andy was a pro. He'll hit his mark, if he's here to do so.

Just put TM in parentheses:

The stranger doesn't know who the father is, just accepted the chld?

Al, please remind me what HAFC stands for?

I might lend credence to this if it wasn't just a press-release posted on the Web. They do refer to an ABC News interview, but there's nothing on the ABC News home page about "Andy Lives" so ... draw your own conclusions. I did hear, however, that he had said something about faking his own death and then returning in 20 years, so his friend, the guy who sometimes appeared as the lounge lizard character, said he was having a party and hoped that Andy would show.

I wonder if it'll sell out now. I hope not. I want it, but Elvin's passing doesn't affect my current cash-flow.

Or how about Ellington & Basie at one fell swoop? First Time! Count Meets the Duke is a nice intro, since you get tunes from both leader's songbooks.