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kh, I've always enjoyed that one. Not the greatest, but very solid. PS - As I recall, it was issued after Groove left Prestige to rejoin PJ, and it kind of slipped under the radar.

Hope everyone has a great day! I did a great deal of relevant reading this Lent, and I have a greater appreciation of it all.

Mark Murphy - Beauty and the Beast (Muse) 1985 and 1986 Mark Murphy - This Could Be the Start of Something (Pausa) 1960? Lani Hall - Sun Down Lady (A&M) 1972? Various - A Random Sampler (Random Radar) 1977 Random Radar was a short-lived Washington, DC, label specializing in prog rock and electronica. The album includes tracks by Fred Frith, Lol Coxhill, Steve Feigenbaum (of Cuneiform Records fame) and The Muffins.

I'm with you on that, JL. I never watch TV. I have a few DVDs of mysteries like Peter Gunn, Mr. & Mrs. North and Dragnet. I spent an evening watching them not long ago. One day when the credit cards are paid off I'll get the Danger Mans. I'm jealous!

I went to see Dick Dale in Atlanta about 1987. After the show he mingled with the crowd a little bit. So I shook his hand, and he autographed the t-shirt I was wearing! My friends and neighbors at the time were too young to appreciate him. They thought I was a crazy old dude.

Any recommendations Jim?

Mark Murphy Sings Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman (Audiophile) 1977 Mark Murphy - Living Room (Muse) 1984

The Lions released Bobby Singh yesterday. It appears to be a salary cap move, but he was injured and missed six games last year. The Bombers have indicated interest in signing him. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/BC/...3926142-cp.html ***** Ricky Williams' agent announced today that he has filed for reinstatement with the NFL. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Of the various fast food restaurants, I like the relatively new McDonald's coffee the best. But that is only before noon. I find that everybody lets the coffee go stale after noon except Burger King. BK has a machine that always makes a fresh cup, so I like it best after noon. The worst IMO is Hardee's, which is too weak.

Well, I love The Four Freshmen, so you know I'm going to give thumbs up to the Beach Boys! I've slowly obtained all of the twofer CDs up to Surf's Up. Other than Pet Sounds, Today may be my favorite album. Having grown up with their music and listened to it a great deal between 1985 and 1995, I've grown a little tired of just about all of it. But that doesn't mean that it isn't great. Guy, if I were to recommend only one CD it would be the compilation Endless Summer. But at Your Music prices, you might as well load up! By the way, I bought their Brother Greatest Hits LP twenty years ago and enjoyed it. I think it's better than their post-Friends Capitol albums, but I can't comment on any particular Brother LP.

I'm old enough to remember when baseball was king, and the World Series was the biggest deal in sports. In the mid-60s Tom Moore was the President of ABC, which was the third of the three television networks. He was quoted saying that Baseball should shorten its season and only play on weekends. This was often reported in the press, with the accompanying jibe by the Baseball execs that his opinion was worth nothing because he was "third in a three team league". I've often thought of that, because I believe that if Baseball had taken his advice their television ratings would be much higher and their franchises would have grown in value the way the NFL teams have. Here's his obit from today's LA Times: Tom Moore, 88; former ABC president By Meg James, Times Staff Writer April 5, 2007 Tom Moore, who helped define the business of TV and give prominence to professional sports broadcasts, has died. He was 88. Moore died Saturday of congestive heart failure in Palm Springs, his daughter Jean Edwards said. His career in television spanned four decades, from 1952 to 1983. He won at least six Emmy Awards for shows produced by his company, Tomorrow Entertainment, including "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," "The Body Human" and "Lifeline," which profiled the work of surgeons. Perhaps Moore's most lasting contributions to the industry came while he was president of ABC Television from 1963 to 1968. When he took the helm, ABC lagged far behind titans NBC and CBS in the Nielsen ratings. CBS had such popular shows as "Gunsmoke" and "Father Knows Best," and NBC aired "Wagon Train" and "Bonanza." Moore and other top ABC executives determined that although the shows on rival networks pulled in enormous audiences, the viewers tended to be older. In the mid-1960s, ABC lobbied Nielsen to provide more information, including ages, for viewers in its sample audience. The network then pressed advertisers to pay more money for commercials in programs that appealed to younger viewers. At that time, baby boomers were on the cusp of adulthood — and ABC and Moore saw those younger consumers as their ticket to the top. "Probably his greatest legacy is that he changed the whole basis on which television time is sold, and thus, how television is programmed," said TV historian Tim Brooks. "ABC basically introduced us to the concept of demographics. And ever since, we in the TV industry have been appealing to 18- to 49-year-old viewers." To capture those young adults, ABC came up with edgier shows such as "77 Sunset Strip," "The Untouchables," "Peyton Place" and later, "The Mod Squad." While Moore was in charge of ABC programming, the network aired other fan favorites such as "McHale's Navy," "My Three Sons" and "The Flintstones." Moore also played a pivotal role in developing ABC Sports into a network jewel. Moore hired sports producer Roone Arledge, who would become a legend, and helped create "ABC's Wide World of Sports" and "Monday Night Football." "That was all done under his tutelage," his daughter said, adding that before her father, ABC's sports programming consisted largely of bowling telecasts. "He brought mainstream sports to network television." He was born Sept. 17, 1918, in Meridian, Miss., the son of a cotton buyer and a schoolteacher. After attending the University of Missouri, he served six years as a Navy pilot during World War II. Moore started his TV career in 1952 at CBS, where he rose to general sales manager. In 1957, he joined ABC in sales and, the following year, became vice president of programming. In April 1963, he was named president of the ABC television network, a job he held for five years. After helping ABC become a viable network, he left and in the 1970s, he ran Tomorrow Entertainment. After retiring, Moore and his wife, Claire Stirrat Moore, split their time between Palm Springs and the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, where they owned a 100-acre vineyard. He helped found the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Fla., and the Palm Springs Air Museum.

That's great! Congrats Mark!

Hi Danielle! Do you have any plans for Easter? I got my ham yesterday. Saturday I'll buy two dozen eggs and boil them, and then color them. Nothing fancy. Glad to see that you've started the clarinet. Phil Woods said that the clarinet was invented by three guys who didn't know each other! I got a clarinet record this week by a New Orleanian named Alvin Batiste. I'll post about it early next week when I have some time. I think you would like its New Orleans beat!

I went to the NO Jazzfest in '90 and '91. They may have changed their modus operendi since then, but I doubt it. They had a jazz tent where nothing but modern jazz was played, continously for all four days. If they have many other tents featuring non-jazz ('91 had the Indigo Girls!), so what?

Happy Birthday LV!

Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Marching Song, sides 3&4 (Deram) 1969 The Ventures - Walk Don't Run (Dolton mono) 1960 The Lounge Lizards (Editions EG) 1980 The Best of Wes Montgomery (ABC Riverside) The Ventures' first two albums were their best IMO. They introduced a lot of kids to musicianship.

You're welcome, Mark! Has anyone seen any PJ titles that look interesting?

For a few years I was a big fan, with the Mosaic box, a Capitol LP, cassette and CD, a Concord double CD and a Mack Avenue CD. But then suddenly I became somewhat tired of him. I still listen to everything I have of him at least once a year.

MG, I always liked the Skyes except the Armando Perraza. I don't believe that I recall the one you mention by Chuck Rainey. I would compare Skye to Verve. Production values were excellent. I never heard anything that would turn people off, so maybe you would consider them all to be "lackadaisical", but I believe that almost everyone here on this board would like them when in a mellow mood. They're solid jazz. At the prices dccblowout.com is offering, how can you go wrong? edit for typo

I have read that it was Milt Jackson who first put the motor on a very slow setting. MG, my favorite Tjader album has always been Plugs In. Although as I recall Armando Peraza is on congas, it does not have the Latin feel that most of Tjader's albums had. I think you would like it. See my post above from last week about my ordering a CD copy of it. As I stated, there is a $25 minimum order, so you might as well get all three of his Skye albums (like I did) while you are at it.

Thanks for that story Lush Life! Flutie played for the Argos just two years, '96 and '97; and led the team to Grey Cup wins both years. So I guess the Argos were justified in keeping him happy! edit to correct years

Happy Birthday Claude!

Robert Wyatt - I'm a Believer (4 track 12" 45rpm EP on Br. Virgin) 1974, 75, 77 Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Marching Song, sides 1&2 (Deram) 1969

There is a post at AAJ today which says that http://www.ejazzlines.com is selling their entire stock of Toshiba Blue Notes for $10.00 each. I'm not the Blue Note devotee that many of you are, but that's a good deal, isn't it? Here's the link: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=20396

OK, you guys have convinced me. I've added it to my Your Music queue.