Dan Gould

Glad you're OK, Alex.

If I could add just a bit: Giacomo Gates is a wonderfully talented singer, and on his first album, Blue Skies on DMP, he recorded "Four," a marvelous performance. If you're curious about it, Jim .... just say the word.

B3ER Wins the contest!!! By my watch, number 100,000 came at approximately 12:52 PM Eastern time, or just before noon, Central time, where our exalted Board owner lives. Amazing! What's your secret, Jim, and how come you can't use it on the Michigan lottery?

And John, thanks a lot for that LD quote.

I'd say "better sellers" is right, but not "best"-I'd reserve that for the later 60s soul jazz like Alligator Boogaloo.

Our fine board moderator predicted noon today-so if you can keep an eye on things today you should see it happen. After all, he's privy to the daily post averages so if he extrapolates that it will happen today, I think it will.

Chicken Shack, too! Did I get all your aliases? Well, hope all y'all have a great 6th birthday party! Think of anymore great practical jokes to pull? Maybe call Jim Alfredson, ask if he has B3 in a can?

Before Greg painted the wall:

I would say that most of the time, my vinyl ebay purchases and have been appropriately graded; and when honest mistakes occur, every dealer except one has done something about it, always leaving me feeling as if I had been made at least 90% whole: 1) Offer a partial refund because you wouldn't have bid so high for a VG instead of an M-. 2) Offer a full refund, just return the LP (at my expense) 3) Full refund, including all shipping costs. 4) Full refund, and KEEP the LP Obviously I like #4 the best, and it has happened more than once! In short, it always pays to express your disappointment before leaving feedback. I must also admit that I am more tolerant of misgraded LPs because of the fact that I always dump the audio into the PC and manually de-click it, so as long as there are no really bad spots like skips or scratches that won't play through, I know I can get a decent burn out of it, it just takes a little time.

When I did weekend overnights on the radio, it was a real problem "coming down" because I was switching between "regular" hours during the week to staying up all night on the weekends, so I really needed to sleep but was all keyed up from being on the air. Part of that was, I developed a pretty serious phobia about messing up and having "dead air" such that I would quite often have unpleasant dreams in which the music CD would be winding down and I'd have *nothing* cued up and ready to go. Or, the music would be fading out but the remote start buttons wouldn't work and I'd have the dreaded dead air. Then I'd wake up and discover that I was frantically manipulating the buttons on the clock radio, trying to get the damn CD to start. The one drawback to my radio career (aside from the pay, hours, and job security).

About three years ago, Bill Fenohr nabbed a copy of this rarity, and shocked me by not waiting til we arranged a trde, he just sent a burn with is Christmas wishes. What a guy- I miss Bill. But its great that this material is coming out, its practically a missing Horace Silver date, since Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook are the front line. For some reason I am blanking on the pianist but its a terrific hard bop/soul jazz date. Workshop Jazz was Gordy's half-hearted attempt at the jazz market. The very first release was supposed to be the Four Tops, who actually started as a vocal quartet and got help along the way from Billy Eckstine. That date did come out with extra material on a Motown CD a few years ago. Interesting to hear. Workshop Jazz also had dates by George Bohannon, who I believe ended up in LA; Johnny Griffith who was a member of the Funk Brothers and died just before Standing in the Shadows of Motown was released.

Well I don't know about cats, but my dog Coltrane looks like this when I play Ballads or the Johnny Hartman CD.

John, I do believe you are overstating the overlap just a bit, at least when the next BFT originates in the States. First, US compilers are trying to ship to Europe, etc., a week in advance. And on top of that, while delivery may take only a day in Europe, in the States, its typically a day only if its within the same metropolitan area. Otherwise, its anywhere from three days to even 8 or 9. Someone in Miami got their disc four days ahead of mine, and I am directly north of Miami and got the disc from the same person, presumably shipping at the same time. So, it seems to me that if US compilers give a 7 day advance on outside shipping, and European compilers do the same thing, there would still be at least a week of "Answer Discussion". Sometimes that's enough, sometimes it isn't. But I do think we could tighten things up a bit without intruding on the attention each BFT gets. As for the topic of this thread, I do think that what's needed isn't so much a thread but something one of us should write up that B3-er can post on the forum, just as he's posted a "Political Forum Rules" on that page. Then it will be prominently displayed, maybe with a pinned message at the top which says "Look for the FAQ page at the top of this forum" or something like that. Your list of Qs and As was pretty good, John!

This kind of got buried in another thread, and since its probably some of my best work, I gotta put it here. "This guy's got his arm around my shoulder, and Whitey's on the Moon." Edit: (If you've missed it before, that's our own Rooster with Andrew Hill)

Andrew would be the guy saying "This guy's got his arm over my shoulder and Whitey's on the Moon"

Will this mean that we can look forward to new comments on the old threads? Remember, you can go to the discussion thread for impressions and the Answers thread for the revelations.

I noticed a 1950s Jerry Jerome LP at a local store but didn't look too closely. Unfortunately AMG isn't very informative but I might have to pay it a little closer attention next time I'm down there.

An interesting idea, but remember, this is Organissimo's site, so while they are footing something of a bill for creating this new CD, they're also using it as a promotional thing. I'd rather see them get a promotional value out of it (and help defray the expense of the site) than a comp. of board member's music.

I generally agree with Moose. Blue Note changed a long time ago, when Alfred left and then irrevocably when Frank died. The artists who were signed and the records that were produced that we now cherish were entirely a result of the singular vision of its owners. Now, BN has gone through numerous owners, with varying commitment to the "original vision" of the label, and its the label that matters, its image as "cool". At the same time, I do not feel that any of the three artists "belong" on the label Alfred and Frank created but as Lundvall is quoted, However, jazz as a genre continues to suffer, he added. "This music is incrisis when it comes to the marketplace. It's in absolute crisis." So its not surprising that in the wake of Krall and now Norah-mania that there is an emphasis on not-quite (or not even close) jazz vocals. BTW, I wouldn't expect too much in "subsidization" from the vocal successes the company has toward support of reissues. What they're really talking about is subsidizing the current jazz roster with the big-time vocal albums, not reissues. The reissues market is pretty well-known. We're not going to suddenly see monthly or quarterly reissues on Norah's account. I'll leave you with a review of another not-exactly jazz vocalist now signed to Verve, Aaron Neville. Seems he was booked into the world-famous Blue Note in New York. Here's an excerpt from today's Times review by Ratliff:

Works for me!

First of all, thanks to John and Jim Dye for getting BF #5 to me, in ultimately playable condition (Yes, I was the weak link in Coconut Creek but all's well that ends well). Secondly, since I had no particular guesses aside from the names of tunes, I did check the other posts before writing this, so I've embedded some oblique comments about some of the suspects as they have been ID'd so far. And lastly, since my "Don't Know, Don't Care" (DKDC) perhaps came across as more harsh than was intended, I have decided to trademark and henceforth use "Not My Cup of Tea" (NMCoT) for tracks that are too far outside my jazz focus. (Yes, I have checked, and that phrase has not been trademarked before, so like "Three-peat", I intend to collect royalties from anyone using that phrase in the future. B) OK, on to John's generally excellent comp.: #1-I dug this short, sweet set-up tune (assuming it was meant as an overture of sorts) particularly the tension and release between the sort-of martial drums and the rest of the band. #2 - Nice 'bone and trumpet on this one, definitely a winner. If the prior identification is correct, I'm embarrased because I do have it. #3 - This track was OK but not as nice as #2 for me. The tenor made me think of Trane but I don't think it is. No clue on the bari. #4 - The slight similarity to "Tenderly" I kind of found annoying-I expect those notes to resolve the way they should but of course they don't. Guess its a factor of always liking "Tenderly." Overall, just OK for me but I wasn't a fan of the bass and the tune slowly lost interest. #5 - Nice ballad but still no clues. #6 - 'Nother good 'un, my notes say, but names? We don't got no stinking names! #7 - "Au Privave" turns into a Monk tune. Isn't this disc a bit 'bone-centric? Dug this one alot, I wondered if it was a Slide Hampton disc, like his new one, but I see that the instrumentation doesn't matchup. #8 - Well, it had to happen, but I'm glad it took so long: NMCoT #9 - Forgive me, but I am yet to listen to the whole thing. NMCoT Hope this isn't the start of a trend. #10 - Oops, spoke too soon. Ditto. #11 - #13 - Still mired in the slump. C'mon, Couw! Let's wrap it up strong! #14 - Monk, "Ask me Now." That's more like it! I've been curious about this one (assuming the ID's are correct) and it is definitely on my radar screen now. #15 - Solo sax on "Lover Man" and I dug this a whole lot. The prior ID's is someone I've not investigated but based on this and a DVD I recently saw, that will have to be corrected soon! I didn't pick up on the theme initially but to my surprise, I approve of it (don't forget, I was the Gene Harris Fanatic once) simply because aside from some Dexter and Rollins, there's no way I could have programmed a set as John did, so it was a nice change of pace for me. Overall, I'd say John did a fine job, perhaps even better than he'd hoped as far as my reaction was concerned ... 1-8 and 14-15 would make a fine comp. disc in my book.

My bad for trusting AMG that it was Cobb's last date. In the meantime, what's up with the "Ole Dude"? Is that "Olé Dude" as in bullfighting or is that short for "Old Dude" (as I remembered it)? Because if its short for "Old" it ought to be "Ol'"

The Old Dude and the Fundance Kid Arnett's final recording session. Found this one a year ago, sealed for $3. B)

I must admit I am curious about the Silver disc and the one he did with Houston Person but I can't say that AMG's profile makes me want to rush out to find them. Are there any soundclips anywhere?

I'm so glad that with a little bit of luck I'm going to remain less up-to-date than Old Wes. All I need to do is cease stopping at MTV whilst channel surfing. Somehow I think my life will remain about as fulfilled as it was.