Dan Gould

I don't know John, "HATE it" is a lot more visceral to me than DKDC(tm).

Well my friend John did not disappoint, at least in terms of making a gear-grinding change from the November BFT. As we've established a while ago, John and I only occasionally agree on this wide-ranging thing we call jazz, and because I usually suck at IDing, I've decided to change my approach and comment based on Did I Hate it? Or Did I NOT Hate it? (This is also a bit of a play on my last BFT's WWFL approach to some programming.) So with apologies in advance, away we go: TRACK 1: I do NOT hate it. But not sure if I'd hang out for an entire album's worth of this PAR-TAY. TRACK 2: Certainly of it's time, and even more so when I see the titles of the tracks via discogs. I didn't start out hating it, but I unfortunately got to that point somewhere around Joe's over-blowing, and the violin. TRACK 3: I do NOT hate this. I thought the singer got a bit over-mannered at "BLACK ...... coffee" though. Scatting didn't help and I would have liked it more without the strings. Hard shot knocked down by the SS but a single all the way. TRACK 4: Don't Hate/Don't NOT Hate. Love the drummer, don't love the sax. TRACK 5: Same as #4, with a little more emphasis on "Don't NOT Hate". I think 20 years ago or so I'd dig this a lot more, but it reminds me of why Eric Alexander is not so special to me anymore ...mindless note-running. Notes and more notes, for notes-sake. Liked the rest of the group though. TRACK 6: Do NOT Hate ... at the start. I've always dug this tune and the trumpet is very fine ... but that saxophone and his note-running. Ugh. It's like a double, then called out on the hidden-ball trick. Major missed opportunity, for my tastes. TRACK 7: Do NOT Hate this. But I like the sax more than the singer. TRACK 8: Do NOT Hate this, and I say that without reservation. Singer has more appeal than #7, for sure, and I dig the bass. TRACK 9: All I wrote down is HATE it. TRACK 10: Don't know what to say about this except ... mercifully short? Having seen the answers, I am left to wonder whether I would have independently recognized Richard's multitracking vocals technique or not. TRACK 11: HATE it. Shortest duration before I bailed. TRACK 12: HATE it. Only reason it took longer to get the Gong Show treatment was that it took a little longer for the sax to show up. TRACK 13: HATE it - and with those effects, I am afraid we have to wrap up with the dreaded REALLY HATED it. I kind of hope others will adopt my nomenclature. So much more direct and honest than Don't Know Don't Care. Still, always a pleasure John. Hope you get a lot of traffic like last time, you are certainly off to a good start.

Yeah, Michael talks about one mistake sinking them, what if ownership shows up after release and its someone deep pocketed enough to wipe them out?

Both of Jeff's parents died during the month of February 2020. If you go to his profile and search for his content, there's some randomness to the list at first, and then it goes chronological as you might expect. I saw no posts at all indicating any upset with the board or any board member, going back thru most of 2020.

Now looking at some of these Wiki pages, most of my sources are from the website which they may or may not accept for reliability. Who knows if they even think PF is worth of a Wiki entry. I think I'll get to this when I get to it.

I have not but I have been intending to create a Percy France entry from all of the info and knowledge I have garnered in the last 2 years or so (and would be another way to make people aware of percyfrance.info ). So I am wondering about the process: Do you have to be a donor to Wikipedia? Is it truly a matter of writing something up adding footnotes and submitting? What is their process of approval/publishing? I know its supposed to be collaborative but what does that mean when the rubber meets the road? Thanks.

If you're referring to Wilson that was a soccer ball not a coconut, and lost at sea, to boot.

Yeah it felt like BFTs were on life support for a period there but some new blood has really goosed them nicely and they are still going strong. Felser has December and I have January, just so you know.

Keeping Seager out of the Bronx is a godsend. I think this increases the odds of keeping Rizzo, though. Meanwhile the Red Sox first move is ... 1 year for Michael Wacha? At his best, which he hasn't been for years, he might replace E-Rod. Right now about all you are assured of is league average and injury prone. Ugh. I wonder what else will happen today, is it true that without a replacement PA nobody can sign a free agent contract? Makes me wonder what the rest of today will hold, it feels like the trade deadline day only for free agency.

I can't help you Peter but good to see you here. Hope all is well.

Now scheduled December 10 release.

I didn't question my wife about the details she only said she looked up each item in each vaccine to try to determine if it could be risky to her. So I'll mention your info to her. Hardly matters in the end she took Pfizer so she's going to take it again in a little more than three weeks.

I've had Moderna 3X now, no bodily reaction; worst of the arm pain after #3. I do think its the best option available though the differences probably are pretty small. Update on the Mrs: No immediate reaction last night however very sore arm now and also tired, though no other flu-type symptoms. And her mother has said now that first shot 9 days before visit is good enough for her - she's welcome to go to south Florida next weekend.

I've published a few audio clips of Percy back in the summer but ran out of "free time" with the site I used and didn't want to pay for the privilege. Took me til today to find an easy movie-maker option to resume. So here is Percy blowing on his own "Early Bird", January 1982 in Belgium with the Oliver Jackson Trio:

If by "interesting" you mean "suck in a major way" then I, the former Gene Harris Fanatic, completely agree.

Happy to report that my wife (finally) has an appointment for Pfizer at CVS tonight. This is her first shot, and the final impetus for her was that her Mother/Aunt/Sister warned her that her presence might not be encouraged for Mom/Aunt's birthday celebration next month - unless she finally does something about vaccination. (We aren't sure if half a vaccine will be sufficient for them or not, she's going to find out, which will ruin the prior surprise appearances that have been engineered for her Mother's sake.) My wife is not opposed to vaccines, but she does have a history of multiple severe allergies and she wasn't, shall we say, extremely proactive about figuring it out and getting it done. And it did not help that her current (I use the term advisedly) doctor basically told her that all she could say is that there are vaccines available, and you have to decide for yourself. Getting her to find and consult with another doctor was damn near impossible, for one reason or another, usually work-related. Finally I did one google search and sent her two links: The CDC page on vaccines and allergy sufferers and a Cleveland Clinic page about the ingredients for each vaccine. She did her own research, and determined that Moderna has some ingredient related to aspirin, while Pfizer didn't. So Pfizer it is. I am probably going with her tonight just to be there in case anything bad happens in those first 15 minutes.

Well a big especially for that tenor saxophonist.

That possibility would help explain how quickly he went, actually. Or waning immunity if he got J&J early. Plus J&J had the least statistically impressive results. Anyway ... once again no brief physical response indicative of mild disease. Just a hellaciously sore arm. Maybe they misunderstood and gave me shingles instead.

Third Moderna Saturday at Publix. Since boosters for everybody is the policy now, I wonder if, for a brief time, getting appointments at Publix will be as difficult as it was for the first month or so when they made the vaccines available. It is disconcerting to hear someone had J&J and died. I know the odds aren't perfect for avoiding hospitalization, but they are very very good. Do you know Bresna if they had co-morbidities?

1954 composition, first recording 1955, Mathis hit came in 1959. Johnny Burke is the one responsible for the lyrics. No idea when Garner had a hit with it but I am frankly guessing it was a later recording after Mathis started the parade of vocal versions, which really helped make it part of the ether.

Diane agreed to accompany him to the Postmen's Ball or something like that, of course, as friends. Carla tells Cliff that "Misty" always gets her hot and bothered, so Cliff arranges to "run out of gas" then starts singing the tune.

Unfortunately, my cultural reference point for "Misty" is Cliff Claven.

OK, so, as a layperson jazz fan, I have probably heard Misty enough times to last the rest of my life. What I am curious about is why it is so popular - can someone explain in relatively simple terms the appeal to improvisers? As always thanks in advance.

So of course E-Rod waves goodbye and signs with Detroit. I guess I should be glad we won't face him too often. And sad news I missed on Monday - SS Julio Lugo died on Monday, just a day shy of his 46th birthday. I know we won with him as starting shortstop in 2007 but the dropoff from his performance as a Devil Ray before the Sox signed him made him not exactly a popular part of that team. Here's a nice remembrance about how Lugo was off the diamond. RIP. https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/remembering-julio-lugos-touching-gesture-kindness-red-sox

Yet it seems like these must have vinyl counterparts (maybe rarer still) given the license date of 1975. Where are those?