Dan Gould

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.

But if I used Red's version, Dan, then you would have guessed it right away and what kind of BFT would that have been, huh? It would be the kind of BFT I would love!

Not unheard of. When I worked in radio in Tallahassee, one of the other stations flipped formats to country music and played Alan Jackson's "Gone Country" for a week before they officially launched the format. A better way to announce a format change might be what the station I last worked for did (after they fired me). It was a light Adult Contemporary station, lots of Streisand and Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow. For about a week before they flipped to a "Hot Hits" format, they'd slip obnoxious dance music and crap like that into the playlist, one at a time, maybe once every few hours, then with increasing frequency til they actually flipped. When the phones would light up, they'd say that the DJ made a mistake and they were terribly sorry ... I can just imagine the reactions of the blue hairs to those sonic assaults.

This is what I was thinking, too. Although Jim S.'s suggestion isn't bad either. Maybe we should pick a time and do something in his memory-listen to a favorite track.

I heard "St. Louis Blues" right from the git-go. I also hated it because of the liberties taken. Give me Red Garland's version anytime over that.

I was fortunate to see Elvin twice; once was at a Bu tribute at Lincoln Center. On "Moanin'" he was hittin it so hard, pieces of drumsticks were flying into the audience, like at a rock concert. The other time was just a couple of years ago when he brought the Jazz Machine to West Palm Beach. That memory is a bit bittersweet though, as I skipped the meet-and-greet he did after the show due to some time constraints and only learned afterward how friendly and cool he was.

Well, yesterday I finished up with the compilation CDs, so I've just started in with the beginning again, and this time I will go through each and every one of my CDs, starting with: Pepper Adams, Ten to Four at the Five Spot