Dan Gould

Right off the bat I want to apologise to Alex for dogging him so much, because his BFT turned out to be well worth the wait! A refreshing change, as we got a lot of mainstream jazz, without a single track that made me cringe, wonder "WTF?" or reach for the "skip" button. Well done! On the question of theme, its clearly a piano-centric disc, couldn't tell if the theme went deeper than that. (You got something against couw? I'm sure this BFT is gonna drive him up the wall!) As for specifics, I had no clues whatsoever as to artists, so I'll be brief. Only tune that brought any ideas to mind was #10, the Beatles cover, but that was purely because I know that Tony Williams/Mulgrew Miller/Ira Coleman used to cover this, but nothing in the playing made me think of them. But I am proud to say that I recognized no fewer than five of the tunes, which is definitely a new record for me, even if I had no clue on artists. "Satin Doll" belongs in that "first few notes" thread, for sure. Thanks again, Alex, for restoring my faith in the taste of Organissimos! :g

Yes, Aric is young, but I don't think it has anything to do with "hipness" and everything to do with the state of American Education!

Good memory, Hans! Daniel hasn't posted since February 22nd, so I make an emergency motion that his BFT be tabled pending his return. Is Rockefeller Center or RDK ready to move forward?

Not to be the blindfold test forum scold, but since things kinda slowed down with Alex's test, so to keep things flowing steady, I figured a friendly reminder that with the start of the new discussion thread, you can start soliciting interest in yours.

Well, Cemille got the heave ho this time. What I can not understand at all is the presence of any male singer outside of George (who I think is terrific and I hope he wins). I mean, the Conan look-alike, what is he even doing in the competition to begin with? This isn't American Idol 1956! But the other guy who has somehow survived another week-PEEE YEEEWWW! He is, as Simon ought to say, "Atrocious with a capital A". He barely qualifies as a mediocre karaoke night contestant. And can someone tell me what Randy's claim to fame is? I cannot stand his "yo yo yo" and "dawg" crap. He supposed to give them street cred? And the fact that one of the weakest pop singers in history, Paula Abdul, is a judge-that's just a cosmic joke, right? Simon is surely the only reason to watch.

Mobley and Morgan Gene Harris and Ray Brown Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown

I don't think the pieces are sold separately. But I think Office Depot stocks them, 10 for $5. (Too bad you didn't say something sooner. When I switched to the three ring binder system of CD storage, I pitched about 2400 jewel boxes, and just saved a few on the assumption that there will be some CDs I'll end up selling.)

Eddie Higgins told me a wonderful story about Mancini and Mandel in our interview, but you'll have to wait til Cadence publishes it to hear it!

All I hear about are Early Records orders here and CDUniverse orders there and $300 monthly music habits and ... Am I the only one who has essentially no budget for new music? I must admit that the adjustment hasn't been that difficult, I mean, when you ponder a music order and balance that against making the next mortgage payment (WOO HOO, only 359 more to go!) the decision is pretty easy. But is there anyone else who can commiserate with me?

Glad you enjoyed the trip, Chuck. My wife and I plan to return for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown a few years down the road. Wish we had a "friend of a friend" like yours!

Found a used Japanese CD, Papa Jo Jones last studio date, "Our Man Papa Jo!" on Denon. Major Holley, Hank Jones and Jimmy Oliver on tenor. Already gave it a listen, its real nice.

I'm with Chuck-I don't think Frank "composed" his photos very often-they were usually just on-the-job shots or guys relaxing or discussing the music. That one was obviously carefully lined up and I think its a keeper, one of his best.

I headed to Borders with the 20% off coupon, didn't find the Benny Carter reissue but when I stumbled across this, I didn't hesitate. I think Rotondi is a superior trumpeter, and its nice to see Jesse Davis on several cuts as well.

I am seriously jealous, Chris. Mance, Woodard, Hamilton alone would be worth whatever the price of admission is.

The Yanks and Devil Rays split in Tokyo, but Sunday is the first real Opening Day game, Pedro vs the Orioles in Camden Yards. So before it gets going, what're your predictions (Division Champs, Pennant, World Series, Awards, whatever)? Call me a fool, but I gotta go with: AL Champions: Red Sox NL Champions: Cubs World Series: Red Sox AL Co-Cy Young Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling NL Co-Cy Young: Kerry Wood and Mark Prior NL MVP: Sammy Sosa AL MVP: David Ortiz Hey, like they say, hope springs eternal! So what about you, are you hopeful or are you hanging 'em up already?

First, I'd get his new release, New York, New Sound on mack Avenue. Then you'll be ready for the full investment in his Mosaic set of his Pacific Jazz recordings!

Welcome to the club, Moose! And if you start to suffer withdrawal symptoms, just let me know, and I'll be happy to berate you in a PM.

A haircut Saturday morning, and Bob Weinstock interview transcribing the rest of the weekend, until 8 pm when Pedro takes the mound against the O's!!

Yeah, that's the one-but my source says that a small part of the second set is missing. Do you have the same recording or is yours complete?

Oh, I'm done. Just had to do something "publicly" after John posted the PM and kept up with the coward crap. See ya in the music forums!

For the record, I now find it necessary to announce that, since I was in fact sincere about my declaration regarding the Politics Forum, at my request B3-er has made the political forum disappear from my account. Nevertheless, since I had this done after I had started a thread regarding my decision (here), I wanted to see how this self-banishment was being treated. So, as Claude pointed out, if I logged on as a guest, I could see the political forum but not post. And it was there that I saw that not only were the usual suspects taking their free shots at me (Jerry, Minew, 7/4) but Mr. "I Love My conservative friends", Johnny, had put his own spin and interpretation on my decision, not remotely supported by anything but his rabid partisanship, and declared me a "coward". I didn't take kindly to it-but I couldn't respond to it because B3-er disabled the Political Forum at my request. Quite a conundrum. So, I did the only thing I could, and sent a PM to Johnny. A PM he has now seen fit to post to that thread. Draw your own conclusions about our resident Hero of the Left.

Roots is another terrific effort. The only difference is the band covers some of his better known compositions, while Composer is more new stuff, I think. Similar group of younger lions too. Funny thing you mention Martha's Prize-I am awaiting receipt of an audience recording of a concert that has a number of tunes from the Astor Place albums, but instead of Hargrove, its Art Farmer on trumpet. And Victor Lewis was on drums too. Really ought to be a keeper!

Terrible news. Makes me glad the new music room is on the second floor.

This is how I got the two or three negative feedbacks I have, when I posted negative feedback, I got B.S. tit-for-tat negative feedback in return, totally unearned (in one case, I paid with a money order but he didn't ship for two weeks after receipt, which I thought was outrageous). Please note, though, I am NOT implying that you would be in the wrong to "go negative" if he does-he's the jerk in this transaction, not you! As far as feedback extortion goes, I've only encountered it with one seller. A guy who sells used VHS, he had a horror film I thought my wife would enjoy. But I was pissed when he said that in order to get feedback, I had to post feedback first. I told him that as a member of the community, it is his responsibility to report on the transaction, good, bad, or indifferent, regardless of what I do. His response was that until he instituted this policy, he never got any feedback at all-maybe 5% would post feedback voluntarily, but with the new policy, 80 or 90% would post, and as a result, he was getting what he wanted-a very high number of positive feedbacks. In the end, the transaction was so smooth and the shipping so quick, I gave him his positive feedback as I would have anyway, despite my misgivings. But with my feedback number around 50, I needed more feedback more than he needed it!

Forgive my ignorance, but is this another one of those late 70s, Japanese-only, never previously issued dates? Or was this a west coast date that Alfred leased? Or for that matter, was it an LT "rainbow series" LP in the states?