Dan Gould

I'd usually agree with you, maybe its that '"Caravan" has popped up too often lately, but when Jimmy Forrest's version from his Delmark album with Grant Green came up a little while ago, I kinda snapped and started this thread!

I may be blasphemous, but I'm going to nominate "Caravan."

Well, Moose, doncha know that LBJ and Bobby only hated each other after Jack was murdered??!! So, I mean, c'mon, its not that farfetched! GoM, since I'm sure you'll agree that the CIA is on the side of the warmongering, Oliver Stone conspiracists, yes, they're covered in that catch-all.

And speaking of altering event, take a look at this looney tunes "alternate history of the US, had Kennedy lived": This guy is so far off his nut its pathetic! I mean, he's got Colin Powell as VP BEFORE the Gulf War which is the only thing that made him a national figure.

Fellow Dexhead says " ", Bruce!

You absolutely do not have a clue. Read Posner's book. The ability to shoot that rifle in the time allotted is unquestionable. Posner demonstrates over and over again the fact that the "extraordinary" number of dead witnesses A) carries no statistical significance and most importantly B. there were perfectly normal, "regular" causes of death Read the book. It demolishes every element of the "conspiracy".

Interesting idea, Chris, though it would mean I would have to finagle contact numbers for those people, and also put off Bob's interview, which is something I don't really want to do. When he left the message for me, he was somewhat difficult to understand, his voice sounded kind of weak. Fortunately, when I returned his call he definitely sounded better and stronger (I was afraid I'd need to keep a microphone right under his chin in order to be sure I caught every word!). So, I do think that an early January interview with Weinstock is a good idea-unfortunately doing anything other than getting ready for that will be tough. Aside from Red Holloway, Jackie Mac, who else is still around? I know I am missing a lot, but for some reason I'm drawing a blank, at least for the pre-soul jazz era Prestige.

This one's in the CD player in the car, and I just know that before I swap out those CDs, I'm gonna give it another listen, or three! Just terrific stuff, I love Red's vocal especially.

Well, now we know who voted for the Mafia I really recommend Posner's book. It does a remarkable job of establishing Oswald as the killer, the lone killer. The same way that it was fate that brought the motorcade under Oswald's window and gave him the opportunity to plan the assasination, I think fate also allowed Ruby to be in that garage, pistol at the ready. When he carried out his own murder, it provided so much fodder for mafia-conspiracists. I don't have any doubt that without Oswald's murder, the mob theory would crumble. The other factor of course, is the more innocent time. Nowadays, Oswald would have a flak jacket on for all public appearances.

I think it was in the Gryce book that Weinstock spoke of the fact that the label always made money and so he was willing to take risks on people like Gryce. I imagine that the biggest part of that was having those Miles albums in the catalog. I imagine they sold pretty steadily, especially while the Davis Quintet personnel was the same as the Columbia releases, and probably beyond. Same think with Monk.

I don't know what's more amazing, that he put this up for sale or that it attracted 17 bids and nearly 21,000 page views!

Brad, Thanks. AAJ is always a fallback position, though I am almost certain they don't pay anything; they do have the advantage of archiving their material and therefore having a much longer "shelf life" than a monthly print publication. That of course is assuming they don't crash again with no functional backup system.

Just found another Farmer/Soulnote CD that must be one of the earliest: Manhattan, with Keny Drew and Sahib Shihab. Copyright on the tray card says 1982, recording date says Novemer 29 and 30, 1981. Wonder if that recording was digital or just mastered to digital in 1982.

Thanks, I did not know that. Guess they'll be number two on the list.

Since the anniversary is upon us, what do you say? I was willing to entertain conspiracy notions til I read Posner's Case Closed which I feel not only destroyed the conspiracy theories but established beyond and to the exclusion of all reasonable doubt that Oswald did it, alone. Now I see there's another "new, blockbuster" book accusing LBJ-some guy who was a lawyer at LBJ's firm after the assasination. I saw the guy's website, and all I can say is, weak, very weak.

Thanks, Chuck and Big Al (and you too, Ubu, though I really like some of Al's questions!)

Yes, but still something noticeably different about Prestige, something to mention ...

One just occured to me as I looked at an OJC: "Supervision by Bob Weinstock" Why did he prefer "supervisor" to "producer"?

Once again, however, Bev is a guy. And I think you are both off your rockers. Read what Daniel says: "Important artists and recordings ... a first introduction to jazz in general." Going exclusively with current artists completely contradicts that. At most, something current might be added at the end, as a taste of where jazz is "now". But if she wants to know where jazz has been, there is much better advice already posted.

If she wants to understand the music "intellectually" then why the concern for what music she'll like or reject? I think the best thing is to give her the widest variety possible-that Smithsonian things sounds perfect.

John, let me be the first to congratulate you, and if Sangrey's reference is a bit obscure, he's speaking of a material used in baseball to aid in getting a grip on the bat. Meanwhile, may I suggest that in order to minimize postal costs that you solicit three or even five "helpers" here in the States to cover the North American requests (and you to, Marcus!). Previously, the compilers have sent out 15 or 20 on their own to the States, but this might be quite expensive for you, so if you can take care of the non-US requests, maybe you can get enough helpers in the States to take care of the rest, and not have one or two helpers covering 15 discs each. Just a thought.

Here's the current discussion of this change, for those of you who haven't noticed it: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...?showtopic=5378

Happened to grab this one in the batch I dragged to the office this week: Moment to Moment, by The Jazztet, recorded May 30 and 31, 1983, for Soulnote.

I love it, but what would have been even better would be a typo, like "Crenshaw", followed by a dab of white, like white-out, and the correction being typed over.

Let's just say, not even close. Of course, I didn't help by labelling each question's significance as "low"-but to give "Christian Scientist" the number one slot is absolutely insane, considering the fact that I believe that any parent who harms their children by denial of modern medical care should be taken out and shot; followed by lengthy incarceration.