Dan Gould

UP Cause the birthday is 9 days away, so we might as well start refreshing memories now: Saturday March 6, 12 PM EST (GMT-5), log on and look for a new thread, "Happy Birthday, Organissimo BB!" and hopefully we'll have a nice big cyber-gathering.

Gibson's stated purpose is to show Christ's suffering. That is apparently the basis of his faith and its all he wants to concentrate on, so why make a movie about his sermons and his message? The whole message is "How Christ Suffered for YOU" Wiz Bang special effects of miracles isn't what Gibson cares about. I don't even think it has a lot to do with what he believes.

I hope the person who's getting it digs it more than the second and third owners! (I know Jazzbo digs the music, I'm sure he sold it cause he upgraded to a Japanese pressing

There's no sermon, Alex. It deals almost exclusively with the last hours of his life. But I might join you in singing "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" during the last 90 minutes.

Thanks Brownie, I think I saw this one on ebay once but hesitated because I feared it might be Benny with a vocal group or something weird like that. If you believe AMG, Yanow makes it out as if Carter recorded no jazz whatsoever between the Granz dates and Further Definitions, then took another decade off before recording again ...

Amazing that one of those covers is for an LP that spawned a huge top 40 hit, Still The One. What the hell were the members of Orleans thinking?

Would I be wrong in assuming that the Grover Mitchell Big Band gets into a Basie bag, considering that Mitchell took over for the Count a short time later?

If you're interested in Timeless Records and are in the States, Peter Crawford of Stateside Distributors is the man to contact: 888-776-0436. And you won't have to argue about EUR/Dollar conversion rates.

Oh, and one more big question mark for the Yanks: What happens with the steroid case? What happens if someone turns state's evidence and implicates Giambi or Sheffield, or praise be, both of them????

Funny how you use the same construction as I did: X number of wins and added players A, B, C. But you ignore the fact that the Sox added four top notch players and lost essentially no one, while the Yanks added all-stars and all-universes but also lost their best post-season pitcher and two hall of famers (OK, its the drunk hall of fame, but still) and replaced them with: Brown: One GM said the likelihood he makes 25 starts is zero. Leiber: Missed more than a season, will he be back at full strength and effectiveness? Then there's A-Rod and Sheffield: Right handed power hitters in a park designed for lefties. (here's my prediction: Soriano hits 50+ in Texas; A-Rod drops to 35-40. No way Sheffield hits them like he did in Atlanta-lots of long outs to Death Valley) But enough already. We'll talk in September, and perhaps there'll be another war in October.

Hopefully, this won't be a problem in 2004. UH, you might consult a calendar. Here's a hint: The next Presidential Inauguration is January 20, 2005

Its certainly true to the extent that the suggestion that the Sox are through and the Yanks can plan the victory parade is premature at minimum, and pretty ridiculous, period. We will see you in October, of that I'm confident. Why? How about because: The Red Sox won 95 games last year and they have added Schilling, Foulke, and Ellis Burks, and the only change in their everyday lineup is Pokey Reese, a Gold Glove second baseman, for Todd Walker, Mr. Good Hit, No Field. They'll also have Scott Williamson for the entire season, and BK Kim nowhere near the bullpen. The Yankees have lost 60% of their starting pitchers and over half of last year's wins. They traded away the only thing keeping Jason Giambi from 140 games at first base (other than Giambi's own knees). They've replaced their departed ace with a 39 year old who's been to the DL 7 times in three years. And they've imported three self-centered whiners, bad apples that Joe Torre has never had to deal with in the championship years. And they're replacing one aging center fielder with an even older center fielder. And last but not least, ask Ghost. The Yankees haven't won a World Series with a Republican in the White House in the Steinbrenner era. But seriously, anyone who thinks the Yanks have clinched a championship and the Sox are toast is loco.

I'm sure you're not saying that A-Rod knocks the Red Sox "into next month." See ya in October.

OK, I'm going to fess up and really offend all the coffee nazis here: My reason? A. I can't take it black B. I do like it hot, and milk or half and half makes it too cool too quick. Flame away.

Having the original discs, I never bought this, but shouldn't these go Tanya Coppin The Haven?

I'm afraid this one is going to have to be short. I've given it several listens and since I wouldn't hazard a guess at any of the tracks, a blow-by-blow account doesn't seem necessary. Basically, some I dug, and some I really didn't dig. At one point I was thinking, "man, he really digs film music!" and my next thought was, "man, he really digs bongos!" I could definitely do without the vocal tracks, and my personal fav was the very blue track 19. Thanks for the comp., I look forward to the answers and another listen.

I voted to keep it. If you click on the "Top Ten Posters" you'll see that I am perpetually stuck on the second page of that listing, and damnit, I'm gonna crack the top ten some day! And when I do, it will be without gratuitous Babe postings!

After seeing an obnoxious letter in today's NYT claiming that the Yankees will have an insurmountable lead by June, I had to see what everyone else thinks. I'm going with "Baseball Nirvana" though if forced to choose, I think #3 is more likely than the Yankees running away with it.

On Michael Howell and David "Bubba" Brooks. According to the liners, Howell is described this way: -born in KC 8 October 1943 -played with Hutch and Shaw -moved to New York in 1979 -played with Dizzy til 1985 -recorded with Blakey and Dizzy among others -continues to play and occasionally record. Sounds to me like he's stayed active rather then going into production/engineering and he went back to his roots with the Blakey and Dizzy gigs and certainly for this recording with the elder brother of Tina Brooks.

Jim, I have also enjoyed that publication with my Stateside orders. There was an excellent remembrance of Ben Webster's European years in a prior issue, and other nice articles. I may be wrong, but I wonder if Peter includes the publication hoping to increase orders of the Stunt label which he now carries. If I recall correctly, there's a nice Johnny Griffin CD called with The Great Danes which I never would have been aware of til I saw it in that magazine; I think another one was a Scandinavian piano trio that got Eric Alexander to guest on their disc, another winner in my book. I see Chuck is here right now, so I bet he'll tell me my book is all wrong.

I always do this, Ray, even on the discs that I had the hardest time with, I print out the comments of the moderator and give it another go. Didn't make Sangrey's or Randy's disc go down any easier but at least I gave them another try!

I think this post will get me to finally take the time to give a listen to his Palo Alto LP, Hip Pocket, I found up north at Christmas time.

With some of the guys here, If I had a combined guest room/music room, I'd take inventory before & after someone visits! Seriously, good luck on the big move.

Sad but not surprising. But ya gotta love this Wynton reviewer: