GA Russell

Hey guys, I have moved to Raleigh, and have been without internet service since the first of the month. Today I'm at the library. I'll try to catch up when I get my new ISP which I hope will be in about a week. The pre-season has started, but I haven't noticed much news.

Very sorry, Ray. Best wishes to you and your family.

Belated Happy Birthday Durium!

I wonder if the Phillies baseball game was on TV in Philly last night. That is to say, I wonder how many fans were watching the Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals, and therefore missed Halladay pitch a perfect game!

Happy Birthday 2010 Bill!

How did Chicago do during the regular season?

Thanks Cliff. I saw him in Atlanta ca. 1986, and couldn't remember.

How does he pronounce his last name?

The first jazz concert I attended was Mongo Santamaria, 1967. Hubert Laws on flute was the standout!

No one has mentioned Bobby Jaspar, whom I've always liked. When I was in college, I had a couple of Prestige albums he did, including a date with Herbie Mann that took up three LP sides. No one has mentioned James Spaulding either. I've never been much of a fan of his, but there was a time in the late 60s when it seemed like every Blue Note album had him on flute.

I'm surprised that they would issue a 35-disc set this time of year. Wouldn't you think they would do it for Christmas instead, when people spend the big bucks?

Happy Birthday 2010 AB!

Happy Birthday 2010 Sundog!

I was there for that! I was a freshman in college in DC, and I figured that a Presidential Inauguration was something historical that one should attend if one is in town, so I went. It was a cold, damp day, and I don't remember anything he said. Having gone once, I won't be going to another Inauguration.

After being out of pro ball for seven (!) years, OJ Santiago has decided to try to make a comeback with the Alouettes. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Montreal/2010/05/17/13986646.html ***** John Comiskey has retired due to a knee injury. Dan Comiskey has come out of (one-year) retirement to replace him with the Stampeders. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Calgary/2010/05/19/14004921.html

Happy Birthday B3-er! Hope you're enjoying your tour!

It was announced today that the Texas Rangers will be sold to a Pittsburgh attorney. Am I right, isn't that good news to Big Al?

I can think of Shelly Berman. Mort Sahl? Was The First Family on Verve? Who else?

My copy of Stuttgart arrived today, and I put on Disc 1 right away, and loved it. Two hours later, I put it on again. One thing that struck me was that this is now the fourth Widow's Taste concert release, and in all of them the bands are terrific. It's not just Art Pepper. You don't have to be an Art Pepper fan to enjoy these discs. Back in the 60s, I respected Herbie Mann and Miles Davis for hiring young guys who were better than they were. (In rock, Spencer Davis did the same thing.) I think that Art should be given credit for finding and hiring such talented jazz musicians.

My favorite Grant Green cover was the photo of the street signs at the corner of Grant and Green in San Francisco.

It sounds like his last roommate felt the need to move to another city to get away from him!

I had no fine arts classes when I was in high school. Considering how important music was to all of us then (the mid-60s), I'm sure that we all would have gotten something out of it.

Happy Birthday Chuck!

Sure you do. It was last week. Last week's sales were the worst for CDs since 1991. Soundscan says that only 5.3 million CDs were sold. Justin Bieber was the lucky guy who sold 60,000. Carole King and James Taylor have a new album together which came in at #6 with 44,000. http://www.prefixmag.com/news/this-weeks-cd-sales-worst-since-1991/40633/

I can think of only one person, a woman, who fit the OP's description. She did not have a large record collection, and she had a dozen or so (maybe fewer) jazz albums. So I agree with the tenor of the OP. Maybe my observation is that people who are a little into music (most people) are not into jazz. And people who are into non-jazz music a lot are not into jazz at all, except for those whose favorite music is jazz.