Dan Gould

That was pianist Johnny Griffith, whose Workshop Jazz album, "Jazz," I recently acquired. He was a mainstay of that label, also appearing on singer Paula Greer's two releases and another one by Lefty Edwards.

WHAAAATTTT!!! For real? Here're the details on Groove Note's Concord SACD licensing. Gene Harris Trio + 1 is scheduled for a September release. http://www.groovenote.com/htm/news1.htm

There was a link on that forgotten BB to a Left Bank site which listed all of the concerts they sponsored. Mobley was there many times, and there was lots more that you'd hope was of releasable quality. So here's hopin'!

Amazon has it for $17, Barnes and Noble has it for $14, but I'll be you can find better deals on line elsewhere. I also think there is an SACD/Hybrid issue that's on the schedule in the near term. Don't tell Greg but I just might give that hybrid a try, at least to hear the CD layer

ABSOLUTELY! To me, that album is a desert-island disc. So soulful, so blue (the original session, especially) ... I find it especially great when listened to in a dark or darkened room-it brings out the deeply blue feelings, for me. By the way, if its the so-called "snooze" factor that keeps this date from working for you but you'd like to hear Gene and Stanley really wail on some blues, then I absolutely recommend their Concord release "Gene Harris Trio + One" which was a live date at the Blue Note in New York, and Harris and Turrentine tear it up, big time, with the superlative support of Ray Brown and Mickey Roker.

To each his own (ears) but obviously yours are defective if you cannot hear or appreciate the interplay between Harris, Simpkins and Dowdy or the extraordinary blues sense of Harris. What's lamentable is that you refer to The Three Sounds as "pop jazz". Yes, they were popular. But they were pure jazz.

Same here.

GoM, Black Orchid was the other title that saw domestic reissue so it might be easier to track down. It's another solid date, like all of the sessions put out during their first run with BN. If you are willing to go the import route, the number one CD to find is Moods, in my opinion. If you want the much more funky side with only Harris left from the original band, you can try the "Live at the It Club" dates. As for the Mosaic Select, from the last conversations reported by Brad, it sounds as though Michael is considering two volumes, presumably in order to get out the entire output of the band from the '59-'62 period (or whatever the original run was).

All this schtick but you can't manage to mention the label?

What? Nobody else knows or enjoys this film?

As the former Gene Harris Fanatic, I applaud anyone who wishes there could be a Sounds Mosaic. However, it appears that the large number of sessions precludes a Mosaic because Cuscuna views it as too expensive. Nevertheless, he is known to be actively considering the possibility of a two volume Mosaic Select set, which is great to get the music out again, however, since I own these dates, I would re-buy them only if it came with the full Mosaic treatment including the booklet with the exhaustive essay. Guess we can't have everything. As to the issue unissued material, it was suggested once that Mosaic could put out a "Complete Unissued Sounds" set but again Michael shot that down on the basis that these unissued tunes were regarded as lesser efforts than the issued sessions and therefore not really worthy. It is true though that a significant amount of this material has come out on Babes Blues, Standards, and other regular Three Sounds reissues.

I had a strong feeling it would be ducal time. Wonder if Heaney has his ducat for it yet

For what its worth, I have an Emus pressing of Count Basie/Joe Williams, Just The Blues and it is, by far, the very nicest sounding album I own.

I have no idea on the Ray Charles, Ghost, but this is a nice one if you can find it:

And worst of all, he was an unabashed capitalist.

The funniest misheard lyrics comes from Dave Barry's book about rock. From "Help Me Rhonda": "Since she put me down I've had owls pukin' in my head"

Because so few people would choose opt-in, business always pushes for "opt-out" because that requires negative action on the consumer's part. My newest approach to telemarketing calls is this: When I hear that pause before the call gets shuffled to the next rep, I know its a telemarketer, and I simply shut up. No "hello", no nothing. They'll keep saying "hello" for a few seconds and then hang up. Once though, the guy said "I can hear you breathing" but I managed not to start laughing. Another approach that a friend has used if he's really bored is to listen patiently to the pitch, express great interest in whatever is being sold, and then, when they ask for the sale, say, "no, I don't think so" and hang up.

So, what are y'all planning to do to celebrate American Independence? I may actually be stuck working but one thing I always do-the New York Times reprints the Declaration of Independence on the back page of the A section and I always like to read old Tom's words. Thank you, Mr. Jefferson!

I'm afraid everyone's gonna go for "Blues March"

I'm not a Baker fan but I am definitely interested on account of the Dameron involvement-one of my all time favorite jazz composers.

Very hard to choose, of course. Washington probably carries the least amount of baggage, though I am inclined toward the under-recognized Madison and Hamilton, whose vision of American government and the American economy continue to endure.

As the 4th of July draws near, thought I'd bring up this classic film with William Daniels as John Adams, Ken Howard (who knew he could sing!) as Jefferson, an excellent Howard Da Silva as Franklin and a very young and hot Blythe Danner as Martha Jefferson. Guess I was mighty bored this morning, because I started to think who among us could be cast in which roles, and I came to this inescapable conclusion: Johnny IS John Adams, with his tenacious biting at the legs of the rest of the Congress, so cocksure that he is right. And he certainly fits two of the best numbers-the opener, "For God Sake's John, Sit Down!" and "But Mr. Adams"-"But Mr. Adams, dear Mr. Adams-you are obnoxious and disliked that cannot be denied" (here's a link to a page of lyrics.) I'd also nominate Weizen as fun-loving, partying patriot Henry Lee. Anyone else enjoy this film as much as I do?

Isn't that the old Leona Helmsley Suite up in Danbury?

Those covers ought to bring Aric back out into the open.

Looks like a cool store, and you know, the way used record sellers work-they pay maybe 20% of what they think they can sell the album for, so there's a lot of profit in every sale. Still, $225,000 is a helluva lot to pay for that inventory so there goes your profit, at least for a while. Nevertheless, owning a business like that-no more complaining about not having enough listening time!