Dan Gould

Rooster, I'm curious if your rejection of most of the KC jazz scene, does this include a sax player named Jim Mair? Or have you not caught this guy? I ask because I just acquired his debut CD, self-produced, from the early '90s. I got it because its the final recording by Carmell Jones, but Mair impresses and I would expect that his playing is even better by now.

The problem with the Diaper Genie is that it picks up with the changing process only AFTER you've managed, though a combination of luck, skill, and sheer force of will, to extract the loaded diaper from the baby without hopelessly contaminating his "onesie," his feet (yes, they LOVE to flex and wriggle their legs around so their feet inevitably go right into the open, soiled diaper), your own hands, the changing table cover, the adjoining wall...well, you get the picture. Not to mention the added complexity entailed by having a little boy baby - let's just say poop is not the only bodily fluid you have to have a healthy respect for. Jim - how's THAT for graphic! OK, now how in the hell am I going to tell my wife that the idea of children isn't holding quite the appeal it once did?

You don't have to go through the website, CDBaby is stocking this. When I'm able to order, its near the top of an expanding list!

Keep an eye on the Dusty Groove website as well as Euclid Records and ebay. I know I've seen this at the Groove quite recently. Don't think its made it to CD.

Not particularly interested in this week's AOW but I am surprised to learn that Jean DuShon sings on the album. I have her two, or maybe three, albums on Argo. The one with the Ramsey Lewis Trio is pretty nice.

Why do I get the feeling Jim is about to start padding his post totals again?

I believe it was only out, briefly, in Japan some years ago. Definitely a tough one to find. EDIT: Just noticed your "Volume 3" question. The cuts on Volume 3 are on various US released albums, including the Introducing two-fer, and I think the Five Spot recordings. Nothing special 'bout it, which is why I'm glad I got it for like $8 and sold it for a wee bit more!

Board member MikeB was there this weekend, perhaps he will post about it. FWIW, I think that Euclid has surpassed what Vintage Vinyl used to be, but when I lived in St. Louis ('87-'90) I definitely stuck with Vintage Vinyl, and not just because I lived in U. City.

And what makes this a "concept" album, may I ask?

I finally broke down and ordered the Japanese import of Barry Harris' BREAKIN' IT UP from Mr. Tanno. I may do the same with some other Argo titles if Universal doesn't appear to be more forthcoming in the next year or so. GoM, you probably do not want to know this, but Red Trumpet had the Barry Harris Argo for like $15 in their recent sale.

I should clarify by saying that in my opinion, the rude, pathetic crowd I dealt with was NOT a listening crowd by any stretch. 95-99% of them were NOT a jazz crowd at all. They were a bunch of yuppies getting drunk on a Friday night and couldn't give a rip who was on the bandstand. That's why I had to get out of Tallahassee!

I have to say I disagree with the term "most" unless you are saying that the most common common general intent of jazz albums is to jam on a blues or two, a few originals and a standard or three.

To name a rock "concept" album-Tommy or Dark Side of the Moon. Something beyond, say "Ballads and Blues". Something that aspires to more than just a cohesive album-not sure that Lonely Town really qualifies, frankly. BTW, Bluesnik has been remastered in Japan. Would love to see it as a domestic RVG!

Funny, I thought he was in his "how many times can I play this note over and over again before anyone will notice?" mode. I'm just messin' with ya! Parenthetical story about this date-when I first discovered New York's Jazz Record Center, I was talking to the owner, Fred Cohen. This was the time when Toshiba was putting out LPs rather than CDs and I was happy to pay $25 or $30 for them. I asked him about these reissues and he complained specifically about Hootin and Tootin because he knew it was a title that collector's really really wanted but he was shocked and distressed that no one seemed to want to buy these Japanese repressings-they wanted the original only!

Can a non-musician give a comment about ballad playing? When I was living in Tallahassee, the jazz scene was nearly non-existent despite the presence of two strong jazz programs, and Marcus Roberts has lived there for many years. Herb Harris and Marcus Printup played a gig at a club-not sure if the club typically booked jazz; the clientele was heavily on the yuppie side, professionals who probably all worked in state government or in the capital building. So, the band hits, and they're very good (I think the rhtyhm section-or at least the pianist-played on Printup's Nocturnal Traces). They play a couple of uptempo tunes to start, and then they bring it down with a lovely ballad. And what happens? The room ERUPTS in conversation and I realized that these losers had no idea who they were listening to and didn't give a fuck about them. The band was no longer blasting at full strength and now you could talk to your neighbor, so damn near everyone started to do precisely that. Pissed me off and I swore I had to get the hell out of Tallahassee soon.

Thought about doing this as a poll but thought better of it. It came to mind now that I've picked up a copy of Benny Golson's Take a Number From One To Ten and been able to hear the three Octet, Nonet and Tentet tunes that Keepnews inexplicably lopped off the reissue. But this is a terrific "concept" album that really works well, as Golson's arranging, playing and composition talents (he wrote five of the last 6 tunes) really get a chance to shine. So what are your favorites and why?

I just picked up a used CD of McShann with the Robillard Band, and its topnotch. And I just love the discs-I think I have three of them so far-where there's an interview of Jay at the end. Usually interesting and entertaining, and he just comes across as a very warm and gracious gentleman.

Mike, I think you have not the earliest but a slightly later issue of this one. I think the earliest issue had a very weird looking cover in which the jacket opened up in the middle of the front (as in, both right and left sides were regular "spines". I just picked up a Japanese LP facsimile of this one in the Red Trumpet super duper sale ($12 instead of the original $35)

Landed another super rare Workshop Jazz album, The Right Side of Lefty Edwards and for a much cheaper price, I picked up something called Okeh Jazz which is a double lp comp of material from the label including the very first leader recordings of Little Johnny Griffin, early Arnett Cobb and Ahmad Jamal and some chick singer who had Dexter Gordon and Howard McGhee in her band.

Something Wildwith Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels was filmed in Tallahassee when I was a student at Florida State. It was very cool the first time the Tallahassee theater audience spotted the scenes that were filmed there, and I was quite shocked to recognize a Poli-Sci professor as an extra in the first few frames of the reunion scene.

Not sure if he's still active, but how's about the man who gave Bird his first profile gig, Jay McShann?

Well I'm glad I saw this as the presence of Jeff Hamilton and Red Holloway almost made me interested in this, but someone mentioned an AAJ review that compared the "singer" to Little Jimmy Scott and that was a major turnoff for me; knowing its Pesci .... I'll happily pass.,

I think that Dan meant to post the date for the Scott/Hope material as 1960. Hope's original version of "Tenderly" was released in 1950 on the Premium label and was a top 10 r&b hit. OOOPS! That'll teach me to check what I post after I click "add reply"! Yes, the Juicy CD lists 1960 as the year of recording.

Refresh my memory-didn't Tom say that there was a clip of Hank coming on stage in some outrageous canary yellow suit or something?

I checked the CD and Couw is partially right. It looks like the Scott/Hope material was recorded in 1950.