GA Russell

I know that Rolling Stone Mag called him The Fraud of Rock, because they thought he was dull and nerdy in real life and to look at in concert and his videos. He sounded hip but he wasn't. It struck me that his was the Lester Young perspective - put everything you have into the music itself, not into the "look" of the performance.

Every new plebe (freshman) at the Naval Academy is assigned an upperclassman (a senior) to help him get acclimated to the life there. In September of '36, my dad's upperclassman was Butch O'Hare.

ABrass, I think your idea of putting those CDs you haven't heard much away in a box is an excellent one. It occurs to me that the goal (I don't mean to tell others how to live their lives. Go ahead an be a collector if that's what you want!) is to ensure that you are a consumer rather than a collector. The LIFO Method is a method of accounting - "Last In, First Out". In regard to your albums, this means that you don't keep them in any order. You merely put what you have just played on the top shelf (or in front, as it were). So when the mood strikes you to listen to something you haven't heard in a while, you go straight to the back (bottom shelf), where all of your forgotten treasure are located! I like your idea of putting away the little-heard ones, because this will enable you to go many months without spending another nickel. As you say, pretend that you don't own them. Then once a week, pull one out. It's the same as if you had just bought yourself a new CD! You can then play the heck out of that one CD for the next week, and you will assuredly get your money's worth. After a year you will have 52 new CDs which you are very familiar with. And you won't have spent a dime! By the way, those CDs I have opened within the past twelve months, I don't keep them with the other CDs. They have their own shelf. That ensures that I get plenty of play out of my new albums. I think I forgot to mention that one benefit of the computer spreadsheet program is that it encourages me to listen to every album at least once during the calendar year. By this time of year, I have already listened to almost all the CDs I want to (except the Christmas CDs, of course). And of course on January 1 I start over! And I know just where to look for those CDs I haven't heard since last January! There is another thread here about favorite unknown albums. After just a few months of my system, you'll have your own to contribute, for sure!

Steve Marcus - Tomorrow Never Knows The first rock-jazz album. With Larry Coryell, Mike Nock, Bob Moses. It was released on CD for the first time three weeks ago.

Great post, ABrass! May I recommend the following? 1) Don't give anything away! Instead, stop buying anything for a specific period, say six months. 2) Devote yourself to listening to albums you haven't played in a while. 2a) Noj had it right when he said: I love coming across a disc I haven't played in a long time, popping it in and experiencing it again. 2b) Start storing your CDs and LPs by the LIFO method. With all your albums, you will have trouble finding a particular album. But you will be able to easily reach for an album you haven't heard in a while. That will enable you to hear things you haven't noticed before! 3) Ask yourself: Are my desert island disks the usual suspects? If so, try to appreciate your collection in a new light. Everybody is different, and with genuine appreciation your favorites will be your own, not the experts'! 4) Spend some time on albums whose songs have obvious melodies. 5) Start a computer spreadsheet of your collection, noting by year when you listen to an album. Only enter an album as you listen to it. I have found that the exercise has helped me appreciate the various styles of music in my collection, as well as albums I enjoy like an old shoe. Peace and good luck!

I prefer Art Pepper's mid-50s work with Shorty Rogers. His tone was smooth and delicious. His solo on Over the Rainbow was apparently his biggest hit, if that's the right word. It was available in Mosaic's Shorty Rogers box, and on a CD called Birth of the Cool Vol. 2, but I'm not aware of it being available now. I also recommend Pepper's work on a Rogers album called Short Stops, which is now called Jazz Planet. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=music

Even though the forum is back up, my firewall is blocking many attempted intrustions per minute still because of this.

Infinite Search is one of my desert island discs. I hope this one comes close!

You guys have great talent!

I've been planning to get Mancini's album "Combo!" I think it was recorded the year after the two Peter Gunn records, with a similar sound. But maybe not. Anybody familiar with it?

Hi Chuck! Thanks!

I have friends who are contented members. I read an article recently which stated that: 1) Netflix is so successful that Walmart has announced that it plans to start a service to compete against it. 2) The average Netflix customer rents 6 DVDs per month. Six per month seemed like a lot to me, but my friends tell me that it is not, because a family with two teenagers will easily watch that amount.

I see that this week's new selections include Sonny Rollins' The Bridge. I've been wanting that one for some time. I've read that it was his best RCA album. Does anybody recommend it?

I second the Buddy Rich Pacific Jazz and the Bobby Hutcherson suggestions! I would also go for: 1) Joao Donato 2) Don Ellis 3) post-1972 Blood Sweat & Tears 4) Manfred Mann Chapter III

Bobby Blue Bland continues to put out albums on the Malaco label. He ought to be easy to contact. I didn't know that EMI has any of his material. I'd like to know what it is!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Ed!

Thanks for this thread! I remember Sonny Criss's Prestige albums being advertised in Downbeat ("The Giants are still on Prestige!"), but I'd never heard any of them. Not long ago, I picked up the Complete Imperials cheap from the BMG Jazz Club, thinking that they are probably pretty good because they were issued as a Complete set. This thread reminded me of that purchase, so I opened it up today and have been listening to the first album's material, which I'm really enjoying.

Great find mikeweil!

Thanks! I haven't heard that in decades!

I vote against it. I find the lengthy title track to be boring.

I'll be reviewing this one for All About Jazz. The good news: It's a terrific album. The bad news: I prefer the original Pacific Jazz rcordings.

I'm listening to something now that I think fits the bill: American Dreams by Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker, Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade, with strings.

JimR, Mas Que Nada was Brasil '66's first single, and was the group's signature tune. I remember seeing them sing it when they were introduced to the world on The Tonight Show in the summer of '66. Brasil '66 made a number of appearance on The Tonight Show and the Danny Kaye Show, but they did not enter mainstream consciousness until the spring of '68 when they sang The Look of Love on the Academy Awards Show. That single made the Top 40 radio stations and was really their first hit. Their third album Look Around included that song and was released shortly before the Oscars show appearance. However, Sergio fired everyone in the band except the lead singer Lani Hall between the recording of that album and the Oscars appearance. So the group which toured the country singing that hit were different people from those who recorded it. It is my recollection that both of Lani Hall's co-singers became actresses. Janis Hansen had a recurring roll on The Odd Couple, and her replacement Karen Phillip played Lt. Dish in the MASH pilot.