Dan Gould

I've always upgraded from vinyl to CD, but recently I spotted a pretty nice copy of Don Wilkerson's Shoutin' and began to wonder about it, even though I have the TOCJ. I also came close to rationalizing a purchase due to its potential resale value, but that was kind of iffy due to the fairly high price the shop wanted. It was VG to VG+, they wanted $25 for it. Of course, if I hadn't had the CD I'd have snatched it in a heartbeat.

Well, I owe a review of Disc 2, and I'll be brief. There is not a single track on the disc that I would venture a guess or voluntarily play again. The appeal of some of this music is so far beyond me that I do not believe that even the Crossing Over dude could make a connection. I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Is your wife likely to select a lot of your collection for her own personal listening pleasure, or for that matter as a tangible reminder of you and your passion for jazz? Why are you limiting your children to 50 recordings? If you are seriously concerned about dumping your collection, well, what is to keep your wife or kids from grabbing the music and selling it? It sounds to me like you ought to stick with the library/radio station where at least it won't be "sold cheap".

Too bad Janet went with the starburst instead of this one: B)

Very sorry to hear, Tom.

That's hardly the only place she's pierced, but she would have to have a really major wardrobe failure before you'd see that piercing. I won't tell you what she's said about the "effects" of that type of piercing.

Glad to know me and Greg was the first battle you thought of.

Hey, at least Kermit is still Kermit. What if they took Miss Piggy, turned her into Liz Taylor and did a "Behind the Muppets" episode?

I don't know, I liked the post-modern element of Kermit commentary. And some of those episodes are quite amusing, until we get to the hair bands of the 80s, at least.

I agree with Ralphie except that the TOCJ doesn't sound quite so good as most TOCJs, at least to me. But a great session, and good to hear Dizzy with rhythm.

Count me in!

I am asking myself the same question right now! Very sorry Dan, I must have been out of my mind and totally misread your post! Please accept my apologies! Of course. B)

Very sorry to hear the news, Tom. Keep hanging in there, and know that you remain in our thoughts.

My one question would be, was it intentional to record this "Disc at Once" so that the tunes butt up against each other? I didn't sense a lot of great segues, so I am curious if this was intentional and if so, why. On to the music, at least for Disc 1. I think I can post now that my headache has calmed down a bit. Yes, for the most part, that's what disc 1 was-headache inducing. Sorry, but its true. Track 01 - breakneck bebop big band. Don't hear Dizzy so I'm pretty clueless. Didn't grab me anyway. 02 - I'm thinking '70s recording, the trumpeter might be Hubbard? Have to admit, I hated the tenor. 03 - No clue, at first I didn't think it was Hutcherson, then the solo made me wonder if it was him. I liked the vibes the best. 04-05: Thank you, but NO. 06 - Song did nothing for me. Singers did less. 07 - Finally! The fastest gun and his ode to the ladies. I've really become a fan of his playing. 08 - See #4. 09 - Gotta be Hodges. 10 - Coltrane. OK but far from my favorite ballad of his. 11 - See #4. Will try to give disc 2 a listen tomorrow.

Really really weird. I had no trouble from work today but now I am home and when I tried to get to the board through netscape, I got the same trouble that everyone else is reporting. Can't find the site, and when I tried that alternative link someone posted at AAJ, I could "see" but I couldn't log in and couldn't enter the board through the usual links. So how am I here now? Well, I decided to try using IE instead of Netscape, and guess what? It worked! Really really weird. And the annoying thing is, the reason we use netscape at home is that for some reason, IE would trigger a login error on Hotmail, so we use Netscape just because we get into our e-mail that way. Now, unless this gets fixed, I guess its Netscape for everything else, IE for Organissimo!

Well, I like the Pats but they aren't "my" team. But I am now hopeful that New England will, by November, be home of the baseball AND football champions!

Huh? I'm not nominating myself, I am seconding Jim Dye's nomination, because he helped in distribution for me (and I didn't even ask), Jim R. and couw's tests, and maybe Sangrey's too. Where did you get the idea that I wanted to do it?

I think Jim should absolutely be allowed to step in and do #8, because he's been an integral part of the distribution process for several of these, including spontaneous, voluntary, after-the-fact help for my disc. But Jim, you're going to have to handle distribution all by yourself.

As for the boob, I missed it live so I had no clue what had happened til I logged on this morning. Watching Berigan's quicktime file, there is no doubt whatsoever this was planned from the start, the ridiculous apologies notwithstanding. I mean, are we supposed to believe that Justin was trying to get a cheap feel in front of 120 million people? And what about the last line of the song, "I'll have you naked by the end of this song"??? I can't believe Timberlake is taking the fall for this. And, don't tell me CBS pulled away in a big hurry-they had to pull away for the big pyro at the very end, they never intended to linger on Janet, boob or no boob. And last but not least, why was Janet wearing a star-shaped pasty on her nipple, if she didn't know in advance she would be exposed for a second? Its just like that other musical ho, the one who showed up at the Grammy's with her boob entirely exposed but covered with a larger pasty. Have you seen the clip of Diana Ross and her onstage to present an award, and Miss Diana actually felt her up with a look that said, "Girl, what the hell is this?" Same thing-I am sure that was part of their inspiration. As for the game, definitely one of the best ever. What I can't figure out is, where the hell did the defenses go? The way it started, I honestly wondered whether it woud go to overtime tied at zero. Then 60 points get scored in the last 33 minutes. And as for "personality" I couldn't care less. You want personality, follow the pathetic Raiders or Dolphins, or those clowns making cel phone calls after touchdowns. I'd much rather watch a team that doesn't strut and just takes care of business.

Ideally, Man should be ready to move ahead, and Chuck should give an idea of when he believes he will be ready to do the disc-two months or a year or what? Then Mike Weil can adjust the master list approximately. If Man can't move forward, then I'd say its up to the next person after him, and so on, on the assumption that people who are on the shortlist are already moving forward with their comps.

Interesting article in today's Times about Superbowl halftime shows and the changes thereto. Did y'all know that Superbowl VI featured Ella Fitzgerald (along with Carol Channing, Al Hirt and US Marine Corps Drill team) In Superbowl VII, haltime featured Woody Herman (and the Michigan band). Superbowl IX featured Mercer Ellington (and the Grambling band.) And the one that's really got me curious is Superbowl XXIII: "Be Bop Bamboozled" What the heck was that?????

"cute"? Are we looking at the same girl?

In a way, its not surprising. Cedar is an excellent, excellent mainstream musician and a tremendous composer. But I'm afraid he slips under a lot of people's radar, perhaps because he's so consistently good, but maybe too smooth and predictable, and certainly not "revolutionary". I've seen him twice, with Smilin' Billy Higgins, Ralph Moore and the rest of Eastern Rebellion. Hope I'll see him again, and when I head out to my car, I'll take special note of the disc that I have in the car stereo today: a radio broadcast of Eastern Rebellion from 1992 at the Regattabar.

I'll bet Cliff Claven could play triangle!

I ordered this from Cadence last month. Real nice with some excellent organ from the leader. Home-produced, apparently, it was reviewed in their "CDR" section which carries a disclaimer about lower quality control standards. But a nice date, for sure.