[2023 NFL Thread]

NFL to allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers during games (msn.com)

[Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil]

This arrived in the mail today, and I like it a lot.

No weak tracks.  Good for relaxing before getting ready for bed.

[Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings]

14 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Power trio?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_trio

Well, you're welcome to disagree, but I'm quite certain that I have seen the Coltrane recordings referred to as a "power trio."

[Happy Birthday!]

14 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Any notable birthdays falling between April 26th and 30th?  Ms. TTK is seeking suggestions for her radio show.

Thanks in advance.

April 28

Blossom Dearie - 1924

Ann-Margret - 1941

Willie Colon - 1950

Chuck Leavell - 1952

*****

April 29

Duke Ellington - 1899

Russ Morgan - 1904

Donald Mills (of The Mills Brothers) - 1915

Toots Thielemans - 1922
I remember that Dizzy Gillespie once said, "Toots Thielemans would be the greatest jazz musician in the world if he just threw away that harmonica."

Danny Davis - 1925

Big Jay McNeely - 1925

Carl Gardner (The Coasters) - 1928

April Stevens - 1928
I learned to my surprise not long ago that she had a big hit on her own about 1952.

Ray Baretto - 1929

Joe Porcaro - 1930
He might be on a Lalo Schifrin album of Ms. TTK's.

Lonnie Donegan - 1931

Rod McKuen - 1933

Willie Nelson - 1933

Zubin Mehta - 1936

Klaus Voorman - 1938 (Manfred Mann Chapter Two!, Revolver album cover, post-Beatles Lennon and Harrison, Nilsson)

George Adams - 1940

Duane Allen (Oak Ridge Boys) - 1943

Hugh Hopper - 1945

Tammi Terrell - 1945

Tommy James - 1947

That's quite a selection!

[Sonny Rollins - Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings]

I'm not a big fan of the power trio, so I imagine that I have heard fewer recordings of this format than many of you.

That said, I've listened to CD 1 of this, and I think it is my favorite power trio recording ever.

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10 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Any notable birthdays falling between April 26th and 30th?  Ms. TTK is seeking suggestions for her radio show.

Thanks in advance.

TTK, is her show's music similar to yours?  Maybe these will interest her.

April 27

Kirby Stone - 1918

Connie Kay - 1927

Anouk Aimee (A Man and a Woman) - 1932

Jim Keltner - 1942

Sheena Easton - 1959

I'll keep looking.

[Happy Birthday!]

April 26

Ma Rainey - 1886

Jimmy Giuffre - 1926

Jorgen Ingmann - 1925

Francis Lai - 1932

Duane Eddy - 1938

Maurice Williams - 1938

Bobby Rydell - 1942

Gary Wright - 1943

*****

Also a favorite of mine, radio actor Vic Perrin - 1916

[Third-Rate Actor Tears Down Mid-Century Masterpiece to Build McMansion]

On 4/24/2024 at 3:40 PM, felser said:

The long-forgotten pop group the Beatles did a nice cover of Shatner's classic "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" composition.

Speaking of William Shatner...

32 Famous Actors That Have Tried Their Hand At Singing (msn.com)

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Golden retriever puppy born with green fur is now in the viral limelight, named Shamrock (msn.com)

[Mike Pinder, RIP]

Pinder was the last surviving member of the 1964 Moody Blues.

On the other end of the spectrum, all five members of the 1964 Manfred Mann are still with us.

[Mike Pinder, RIP]

Mike Pinder, the pianist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82.  RIP.

 

[Newport Jazz Festival 70th Anniversary]

On 4/10/2024 at 12:56 PM, Dan Gould said:

Brings up a possible Poll:

Which is worse for non-jazz bookings, Newport or New Orleans "Jazz" Fest?

The Rolling Stones set to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024, opening Thursday (msn.com)

[Happy Birthday!]

April 25

Guglielmo Marconi - 1874

Earl Bostic - 1913

Ella Fitzgerald - 1917

Albert King - 1923

Jerry Lieber - 1933

Bjorn Ulvaeus - 1945

Stu Cook - 1945

Digby Fairweather -1946

 

[Happy Birthday!]

April 24

Rube Bloom - 1902

Johnny Griffin - 1928

Joe Henderson - 1937

Tony Visconti - 1944

Doug Clifford - 1945

Robert Knight - 1945

Steve York - 1948 (Manfred Mann Chapter III !)

 

[Happy Birthday!]

April 22

Yehudi Menuhin - 1916

Bull Moose Jackson - 1919

Charles Mingus - 1922

Paul Chambers - 1935

Glen Campbell - 1936

Jack Nitzsche - 1937

Mel Carter - 1943

Peter Frampton - 1950

Quite a list!

[2024 MLB Season Corner]

 

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[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

From the Klaus Doldinger 5OA box.

So Much Doldinger

[Best Live Boxed Set?]

I vote for

[Now reading...]

This is a novel, apparently serialized in Black Mask Magazine in 1939.  It reads like it was dictated rather than worked on, but it's pretty good.

[Michael Cuscuna has died at 75]

RIP.  He was a very big fish in the pond for over fifty years!

[Happy Birthday!]

April 20

Tito Puente - 1923

[Record Store Day - April 2024]

Record Store Day - Search News (bing.com)

[2023 NFL Thread]

RIP.

Rams legend Roman Gabriel dies at age 83 (msn.com)

 

[What vinyl are you spinning right now??]

6 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Recorded 1969 so - yes.

The LPs kick off with a burning version of Nat's 'The Scavenger'. There's also an early version of the tune 'Experience In E', another highlight.

Thanks!  I ask because I saw the group at The Cellar Door when they were promoting that album.  Cannonball, Nat, Joe Zawinul, Walter Booker and I think Roy McCurdy.