GA Russell

I pulled out my two Mariachi Brass albums today, and I was struck by the difference in their quality. Given that they are pop, not jazz...Hats Off might rate five stars. In the Mood is strictly two stars. Listening to the vintage mid-60s songs on Hats Off was fun!

Willem Breuker Kollektief - Summer Music (Margo) 1978 The Mariachi Brass - Hats Off (World Pacific) 1967? The Mariachi Brass - In the Mood (World Pacific) 1968?

Yes ! I met him briefly in 1971. What a player!

I don't recall the day when the major record labels were not driven by greed. So what's new?

Jeff Garcia signed to play for Tampa Bay and Jon Gruden today. It wouldn't surprise me if Chris Simms were found to be unfit to play because of his spleen being removed; so Garcia may be the starter. Tampa Bay also acquired the rights to Jake Plummer, but I don't see him beating out Garcia if the offensive scheme is to Garcia's liking. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

Sidewinder, is that the same Terry Smith the guitarist who was a member of If? Ray Warleigh was on the Soft Machine Land of Cockayne album I listened to tonight.

Dave Pike - The Doors of Perception (Vortex) 1970 Kit Watkins - Frames of Mind (Azimuth) 1982 The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Riverside OJC) 1959 Soft Machine - Land of Cockayne (Br. EMI) 1980 Mirage - Now You See It (Compendium) 1977 Corea/Vitous/Haynes - Trio Music, disc 2 (ECM) 1981

RIP. I remember him from the Cavett Show, which I used to watch every night when I was in college, but I didn't know that he had such experience with so many other greats.

Soft Machine - Alive & Well, Recorded in Paris (Br. Harvest) 1977 The Fourth Way - Werwolf (Harvest) 1970 Paul Bley - Ballads (ECM) 1967 Soft Machine - 5 (Columbia) 1971

Happy Birthday Garth!

USA Today didn't say that Jeff Garcia is the most coveted free agent in the NFL, but from the looks of today's paper they sure act like it. They gave him a big color photo on page one just under the words USA Today, and a second big photo in the Sports section. Nice ego trip for the guy! ***** The Saints cut Joe Horn today. Anybody else remember when he played for the Memphis Mad Dogs with Damon Allen?

Happy Birthday Al!

Happy Birthday Paul!

Brownie, by coincidence I stumbled upon my copy of that yesterday! So tonight I pulled it out and enjoyed it. Thelonious Monk - The Riverside Trios, disc 1 (Plays Duke Ellington) (Milestone twofer) The Fourth Way (Capitol) 1968 George Russell - Jazz in the Space Age (MCA twofer coupled with New York, NY) Tony Williams - Once in a Lifetime, disc 1 (Verve twofer of TW Lifetime material) Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar - Flute Flight (Prestige) Dennis Budimir - Alone Together (Revelation) 1964

Last night Bob Young told me that Jake Gaudaur has published a four-volume autobiography of his years as Commissioner with lulu. So tonight I have ordered Volume 3, which covers 1976-79. The total including tax and shipping came to $24.57. I'm looking forward to reading it!

That's not the case in North Carolina. I'm talking about going on a two lane winding country road. And when they have the opportunity to pass, they often don't. Most tailgaters here in NC want to drive 20 miles over the speed limit. When I drive five miles over it, I don't consider myself driving slow. That has occurred to me as well, because of NASCAR's popularity here in NC. I didn't realize that that might also be an issue in other parts of the country. By the way, I've noticed that plenty (maybe 40%) of the tailgaters here are women. It's not just male NASCAR fans.

Four Freshmen and Five Saxes (Pausa) Miles Davis - Friday Night at the Blackhawk, vol. 1 (Columbia) Soft Machine - Seven (Columbia) 1973 Soft Machine - Fourth (Columbia) 1971 Mose Allison - Western Man (Atlantic) 1971

Tonight I met the owner of the Ticats, Bob Young. Nice guy. I attended a presentation he made on behalf of his company lulu.com. I wondered aloud why he traded DJ Flick for Rocky Butler! I'm sure he enjoyed finding someone who cared in North Carolina.

This from Breitbart: HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A woman who told authorities she was fed up with tailgaters pulled out a gun and shot at the tires of a pickup that got too close, police said. Officials believe the bullet missed the pickup, and no one was hurt. Bernadette Headd, 39, was in rush-hour traffic Wednesday in suburban Detroit when the pickup pulled behind her, police said. Headd changed lanes and fired one round from a 9 mm handgun, police said. The driver followed her and flagged down a deputy, who stopped her and found the weapon. "She said she was tired of people tailgating her," Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said. Headd, who had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm from a vehicle and use of a firearm during a felony. She was ordered held on $50,000 bond. ***** The tailgating here in North Carolina is the worst I've experienced in my life. I was hit (my truck was totalled) a few months after I moved here four years ago. If I were on this woman's jury, I'd vote to acquit. The tailgaters are threatening violence to the innocent. I've got no sympathy for the guy whose tires were shot at. edit for typo

Great news! I'm happy for you!

I hope you'll let us know what your experience is after a while, Rooster. I've been thinking that when the time comes to buy a new computer, if I have to get a new operating system I might as well get an Apple Mac. edit for typo

Happy Birthday Noj!

Today's lot: Wolfgang Dauner - Rischkas Soul (Brain) early 70s Rolf & Joachim Kuhn and the Mad Rockers (Goody) 1968 Miles Davis (The Lost Quintet) - Double Image (Moon) 1969 Henry Cow - Unrest (Virgin) 1974 Blossom Dearie - 1975 (Daffodil) 1975 Jackie & Roy, disc 1 (MCA twofer of 50s Coral recordings) released 1982 The Progressives, disc 1 (Columbia sampler twofer) 1973 Charles Lloyd - Warm Waters (Kapp) 1971 Lennie Tristano - New York Improvisations (Elektra Musician) 1955 Chet Baker - Smokin' (Prestige) 1965?

Trevis Smith got 5 1/2 years. The prosecution asked for ten. Is anyone else struck by the fact that the press refers to him as a former player, as if he played years ago and now has gotten into trouble? The guy was bedding women knowing that he was HIV positive while he was playing! Furthermore, he continued to play after knowing that he had HIV. And the team let him do so! The team said that it is against the law (privacy rights) to do anything like cut him just because he had HIV and it was not yet made public, but I have to believe that the players to a man didn't like that idea. Think about all the cuts and wounds inflicted on the football field. No one wants to rub up against someone who is bleeding who has a communicable disease. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Sas...3474553-cp.html

Yeah! I like that one! I like just about everything I have of Mike Nock. I think it shows Maupin in a good way, dispelling the notion people might have had if they had only heard him on Bitches Brew.