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I forgot to mention that the CD has three alternate take bonus tracks. The first two are quite different from the master takes, enough to give me more respect for Mose.

Thanks for your efforts, tjobbe, but this is too complicated for me. I have tried the Ctl-A idea, and that gave me the address format. So I am going to give up on Thunderbird and wait till they make it easy. Why a Word document shouldn't automatically copy onto it is a mystery to me.

Sorry to appear stupid, but I don't follow you. How do I "mark all"? Where is the Paste without Quotations button?

Happy Birthday Vibes!

No tjobbe, I click on Body Text, but I have the same problem.

I recently started using Firefox, and am happy with it. It really cuts down on the spyware! I tried to use Thunderbird as follows. I have a form letter I wish to send. I did it in MS Word. When I copy it to Thunderbird, there are a couple of extra lines between each paragraph. What should I do to get the style formatted correctly, what I would call "normal"?

And I've added The Al Cohn Quintet to mine!

Thanks, Lon. It occurs to me that in addition to whatever piano date you may choose, you might be interested in a compilation of his vocal tracks Prestige issued about 1964 as Mose Allison Sings, and re-issued as an OJC as Greatest Hits. It's avaliable from YourMusic.com here: http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/22744.html

I forgot to mention that the reason I bought the LP in the first place was that it was only $1.99!! Jazzbo, I fairly often see references to the fact that Mose played with Getz, but I've never seen a Getz album with him on it. Can you recommend any that are available? Chuck, maybe it's the power of suggestion, but I believe that I can hear some Herbie Nicholls in his left hand, now that you mention it. But I still think his touch is more like Red Garland's.

Chuck, I'll listen to it again with your comments in mind.

I remember the first time I heard a Mose Allison record. It was October of '69. Atlantic released a series of Best of albums of their artists that month, including Charles Mingus, Charles Lloyd and Herbie Mann. When I heard The Best of Mose Allison I was immediately captivated by his voice. I remember thinking that it sounded like how Maynard G. Krebs would sing (pacem Bob Denver). A few months later, while browsing I found an old mono record of a Prestige album recorded in 1958 called Ramblin' with Mose. It looked like it was an original press run. It had the old black and yellow label, was very heavy, and had no flex whatever! The album was completely different from what I had expected. Only the first track was a vocal, and the remainder was instrumental piano trio. Allison is supported by Art Farmer's brother Addison on bass and a name that I haven't seen since, Ronnie Free, on drums. Both keep it swinging with a light touch. In the years since Mose left Prestige forty-some years ago, his instrumental tracks all seem to be the same song with different titles. But that is not the case with this album. I haven't heard my LP in years. It's packed away somewhere among the old LPs I never play. Fantasy recently reissued Ramblin' with Mose, so I got a copy. Four of the nine instrumentals are standards: Old Devil Moon, You Belong To Me, Stranger in Paradise and The Kissin' Bug. The remaining five are Mose originals. None of the tracks are played in the manner Mose approaches instrumentals now, and none of his five compositions are reminiscent of the one song he plays all the time. I was trying to think of who his playing reminds me of, and I have decided on Red Garland. His style is the make-it-sound-easy type, but a little more heavy handed than, say, Ahmad Jamal. That is why I say Red Garland. I also hear a little Vince Guaraldi, although I doubt that Guaraldi was an influence. Is anyone else here familiar with Mose's Prestige sides? Anybody care to disagree with the idea that he sounded like Red Garland back then? Can anybody recommend any other Mose Allison Prestige dates?

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Thanks for your help, so far! I am using a vintage monitor. I have changed the settings to 1024x768, and that makes everything tiny. Can I keep this setting but enlarge the type?

I have recently started to use Mozilla Firefox instead of IE. A number of sites, thankfully not this one, are too wide for the screen, and I have to scroll back and forth to read everything. Does anyone know how to reduce the size of the screen to fit onto my monitor?

It looks like it's not there anymore. It had links to five or six articles from Britain and I think Australia, describing the terror that tourists felt while in the Super Dome. Eyewitness accounts of stabbing, reports of rape, etc.

I'm surprised that the previously unreleased Miles with Coltrane disk has made it to BMG so soon!

Welcome to the board bichos! Thanks for your interesting comments.

Check out this frightening post on AAJ. http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=11060

Here's another Times-Picayune story. Harry Lee is very popular in suburban Jefferson Parish, and is considered a no nonsense guy. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee commandeers Sam's Wal-Mart stores Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said he has "commandered" the Sam's and Wal-Mart stores in the parish and ordered them to open as soon as possible. Lee said he took the action after he learned that a Wal-Mart store wanted to open recently but was told by FEMA officials that it could not. "I am upset with FEMA and some of their regulations," Lee said. After talking about the situation concerning the Wal-Mart on Thursday, Lee said he briefly talked to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans on Friday. He asked her to check on the situation and find out if there was a legitimate reason to keep the store closed. But because of communication difficulties, he did not hear back and took the situation in his own hands. Lee said he gave handwritten notes to Wal-Mart stores in Harvey and Kenner saying they were ordered to open as soon as possible. Lee said Parish President Aaron Broussard agreed with the decision. Lee said anyone from FEMA who tries to close either store will be arrested by deputies. "We're encouraging the businesses to get up and going." On other topics, Lee said he had 40 deputies who didn't report for duty for the storm. One who tried to return was told not to waste his time. "As far as I am concerned (he) will never get a job in law enforcement again," Lee said.

This is from the Times-Picayune's website at www.nola.com Highlights of government assistance The following statistics highlight some of the activities of government agencies as of 1 p.m. Sunday: Households receiving FEMA funding --364,000 Type of Payment: Direct Deposit -- $382 million Check -- $356 million Debit Card -- $20 million Total Assistance Provided -- $758 million Lives Saved (rescues performed) -- 49,700 People housed in shelters -- 141,000 FEMA responders -- 9,800 U.S. Coast Guard personnel -- 4,000 National Guard personnel -- 50,000 Active Duty Military -- 20,000 MREs provided (meals) -- 22.5 million Water provided (liters) -- 53.3 million U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will deliver more than 100,000 pieces of seized clothes for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Jackson, Miss., on Monday at 1 p.m. The clothes were seized for violations of U.S. trademark laws. Monday’s delivery follows similar donations in Houston and San Antonio. After tomorrow’s delivery, more than $4 million worth of clothes will have been donated by the federal agencies.

In '92 I purchased Shelly Manne's album The West Coast Sound. It appears to be a collection of 78s recorded in three sessons in '53 and '55. It's a good album, and I probably haven't listened to it as much as I should. Shelly Manne hasn't been on my to-buy list over the years. However, the many good things I've read here about the Black Hawk volumes prompted me to buy At The Black Hawk Volume 1 during J&R's OJC sale in June. I've enjoyed that album as well, so now I have his newly re-issued Son of Gunn!! Shelly Manne & His Men Play More Music From Peter Gunn. In 1959 the group consisted of Joe Gordon on trumpet, Richie Kamuca on tenor, Russ Freeman on piano and Monty Budwig on bass. Son of Gunn!! was recorded in May, with Victor Feldman added on vibes and marimba. The Black Hawk gig was recorded in September, with Feldman temporarily replacing Freeman on piano. Son of Gunn!! is a sequel to another Manne recording of Peter Gunn songs, recorded by his previous lineup. The album is nothing like Henry Mancini's two Peter Gunn albums. They had a special mood to them which I haven't heard anywhere else. Son of Gunn!! is a hard swiniging album by a West Coast jazz sextet, undoubtedly more like what you would have heard at a real life Mother's. For those familiar with the Mancini albums, the tunes are barely recognizable. Although Son of Gunn!! was obviously recorded to capitalize on the popularity of the TV show and the Mancini albums, it was not in any way meant to imitate. The album stands or falls on its own merits. It's a good album. Not essential, but a lot of good blowing here. I'm surprised Fantasy waited this long to put it out on CD. What makes the album unique is Victor Feldman's marimba. I don't have another jazz album with that instrument, and it provides a different mood than the vibraharp. Most of the spotlight goes to Gordon and Kamuca, who were at the time new members of the group. I can recommend this one to those of you who enjoy the Black Hawk albums, and West Coast jazz in general. Can anyone recommend any other Shelly Manne albums?

montg, I've gone back to highlight the names of the albums to make the post easier to read! Mack Avenue seems to be an interesting label. I don't think they put out too much, but what they do put out get good notices.

This, from the Times-Picayune: Friday, September 09, 2005 Jazz Fest will go on 8:12 p.m., Friday The 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will go on. “There will be a Jazzfest. We are committed to putting on the 2006 Jazz and Heritage Festival, whatever that may take,” said Quint Davis, producer/director of the springtime musical extravaganza and president of Festival Productions Inc.-New Orleans, which produces the festival with AEG Live, the nation’s second highest-grossing concert promoter. Details are sketchy at this point. “We don’t know when, we don’t know where, we don’t know what format,” Davis said. “There will be a Jazzfest in 2006. It will be in Louisiana. It will be as close to New Orleans as we can get it.” The producers would like to hold the event at its customary site at the Fair Grounds Race Course, but if that’s not possible they are committed to holding it in Louisiana. “We’ll be starting from the Fair Grounds and working our way out” in determining a location, Davis said. This commitment comes from all of the major stakeholders in the festival, Davis said.

My next pick shipped yesterday: Stephen Bishop - On and On: The Hits of Stephen Bishop I decided to forgo hard bop one more month. I still haven't listened to the Sam Cooke from last month. I always like Bishop. I wonder what he has been doing for the past twenty years.

I haven't read all 19 pages of this thread, so forgive me if this was posted before. A friend sent me a jpeg of a gas station price sign. The jpeg is too big to bring over here, so I'll just type what it said, and you can imagine how it looks. LOL 9/10 unleaded OMG 9/10 plus WTF 9/10 premium