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PM sent on the following: 8 Ornette Coleman Town Hall 1962 (ESP) 2000 remastering 12 Teddy Wilson The Impeccable Mr. Wilson 6 Woody Herman Road Band 5 Marion Brown Quartet (ESP Disk) -- CD is scuffed but still plays ok

Up 21-7 with 46 seconds to go, and after taking a knee on the previous play, USC throws deep against UCLA for a touchdown -- then celebrates jumping around like clowns on the sidelines, with Carroll leading the way, as if they actually just did something cool. Harbaugh's got nothing on Pete Carroll. Man's got about as much class as a gnat, in my book.

Happy birthday!

All we want are the facts.

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So it turns out Tiger's human after all. Pretty nasty stuff if true, though. Chasing someone with a golf club is basically assault, isn't it? And driving while under the influence of pain killers is ... driving under the influence. I'm sure the authorities will treat them just as they do regular folks who find themselves in these kinds of unfortunate situations. There's a power PR firm in high gear somewhere on this Saturday morning.

29/38 Missed Getz, Jimmy Smith, MJQ, Mahavishnu, Return to Forever (brain lock on that one. I knew it), Stanley Clarke, Metheny (brain lock there, too), Cobham and Brecker. I believe Getz is the only one of these lot I have a recording by.

Earl Hines -- "Paris One Night Stand" (emarcy) Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington" (New World) Earl Hines -- "Tour de Force" (black lion) "The Complete Atomic Basie" (blue note)

That's an interesting/provocative statement, when one considers where some of the free players have taken the saxophone, with circular breathing and micro-tonal techniques. But certainly the playing of a guy like Henry Grimes would lend support to your view. ... The bass wouldn't have been the first instrument I'd land on when thinking about this, but you may very well be right.

Great thoughts Allen. You've put into words some of what this listener, at least, hears in this man's playing. It is so unique, and so "real," so authentic, that it's difficult to categorize in many ways. A beautiful set of music, more so with each spin.

Really entertaining game. The Longhorns look pretty unstoppable. Assuming things play out, it'll be interesting to see that high-octane offense go up against one of those stout SEC defenses (Florida or Bama). Florida doesn't appear to have the offense to hang with the Longhorns in a shootout. Don't know about Bama. So it's probably going to come down to whether either of those two defenses can stop 'em. Won't be easy. Aggies gave them a great fight tonight though. edit for typo

Similarly, my mom always froze the Christmas turkey corpse for making turkey gumbo in New Years' Day. Not exactly an item that New Orleans is famous for, but mmm mmmm GOOD! She had a stroke back in late July, is still recuperating (she goes home in a week or two, hopefully) & will probably never cook again. It's a loss for all of us in a lot of ways, but we had Thanksgiving today at the Luby's Cafeteria (home of the LuAnn Platter, and yes, that is for what the character of King Of The Hill was named) in Longview. The food was actually pretty damn good, not homemade, but still far above and beyond "typical cafeteria fare" (if you're from East Texas - and who here isn't - you'll know what I mean), and Mom ate more there today than she ever did when she made it all herself. She put it away! In spite of all the other realities at play, it did me good to see her be able to enjoy somebody else's Thanksgiving work for the first time since...I don't know when... I'll be 54 in a few weeks & I don't know that I've ever seen her not fix Thanksgiving dinner. If/when she gets up to making the trip into the DFW area, and if/when my sister & brother-in-law can get into making the drive & bringing her along, LTB is more than ready, willing, and able to step up and hit the home runs. Until then, all of you who have the ongoing holiday dinner traditions firmly ensconced, treasure them, because like everything else in life, they won't last forever. Sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

A lexicographer friend of mine notes that "stuffing" is Northern and "dressing" is Southern. My question for you is: does this include the verb? Would you say, "I have dressed the turkey?" Why? The purpose of dressing is to not stuff the turkey. You "dress" the meal itself, the "turkey dinner". At least we do. Do you then "stuff" the dinner? Or is that too personal a question? If that presents a lexicographical quandary, all I can say is that, hey, lexicographers exist to interpret, not to invent. Just pass the freakin' gravy, will ya?

Booker Little -- "Out Front" Julian Priester & Walter Benton -- "Out of This World"

I'm right there with you. Will be heading into work later. I think there will be a little spread there of turkey and stuffing, green beans and such. Should be dozing off at the keyboard around 10:30. -_-

And to you, GA. Happy Thanksgiving.

PM sent on the following: George Lewis and The Easy Riders Jazz Band (GHB) $5

You can say that again.

Just ordered my first Sun Ra disc, "Sound of Joy," a rec from the Delmark thread.

Montreal - 35 points

Sam Rivers -- "Contours" (blue note) Steve Swell's Fire Into Music -- "Swimming In A Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow" (RogueArt) edit to add: Ernest Dawkins -- "Mean Ameen" (delmark) Sun Ra -- "Sound of Joy" (delmark) Sam Rivers -- "Fuchsia Swing Song" (blue note) Mike Walbridge -- "Crazy Rhythm" (delmark) Bud Powell -- "Birdland 1953/Complete Trio" (fresh sounds) (budget's now really blown for the month. Lots of good stuff on the way )

Les Miles apparently said he thought the timeout had been called, and was not aware that it hadn't been until the clock ticked down to 9 seconds. ... Doh! From what I saw (admittedly, not much) they didn't really deserve to win that game anyways. And what's up with No. 80 for the Tigers? Anytime a defender brushed past him he was throwing his arms up in the air crying for a flag. It's football, dude. What was the teary UConn coach saying after their win over the Irish? (I had the volume off). "We beat a pretty crappy Notre Dame team today in one of the greatest wins in UConn history."

Don Byas -- "Complete American Small Group Recordings" (definitive) Extremely pleased to have found this one at a good price.

Snagged a copy of "The Complete American Small Group Recordings" (definitive) tonight for what seems like the quite reasonable price of $49.99 from an amazon seller who says the set is in mint condition. Quite pleased, as I've had my eye on this one for a while to bookend the later "Complete 1946 - 1951 European Small Group Master Takes" (definitive). Personnel: DISC ONE: 1) Don Byas Orchestra: Charlie Shavers, Clyde Hart, Slam Stewart, Jack Parker. 2) Don Byas Orchestra with Rudy Williams (as) added. 3) Don Byas All Star Quinter: Joe Thomas, Johnny Guarnieri, Billy Taylor, Cozy Cole. 4) Don Byas All Star Quintet: Buck Clayton, Johnny Guarnieri, Eddie Safranski, Denzil Best. 5) Don Byas All Stars: Kenny Watts, John Levy, Slick Jones. 6) same as previous band, add Big Bill Broonzy and rename as Little Sam & Orchestra. DISC TWO: 1) Don Byas All Star Quintet (same as 4 above with Buck Clayton). 2) Don Byas Quartet: Erroll Garner, Slam Stewart, Doc West. 3) Don Byas Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri, Slam Stewart, J.C. Heard. 4) Don Byas Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri, Sam Hall, Sid Catlett. 5) Don Byas All Star Quartet: Johnny Guarnieri, Eddie Safranski, J.C. Heard. 6) Don Byas and His Orchestra: Jimmy Powell, Hal Singer, unknown piano, bass, and drums, Rubie Blakey vocals. 7) Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Sedric, Sammy Price, Leonard Ware, Oscar Smith, Harold West, Albinia Jones vocals. DISC THREE: 1) Don Byas Quartet: Garner, Stewart, West, same as previous disc. 2) Don Byas and the All Star Rhythm Septet: Gene Schroeder; Tony Gottuso, Slim Durham, Johnny Blowers. 3) Don Byas Quintet: Benny Harris, Jimmy Jones, John Levy, Fred Radcliffe. 4) Don Byas Quartet: Teddy Brannon, Frank Skeete, Fred Radcliffe. 5) Don Byas Quartet: Sanford Gold, Leonard Gaskin, Max Roach. 6) Don Byas Quartet: Beryl Booker or Tony Scott, John Simmons, Fred Radcliffe. DISC FOUR: 1) Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra: Ray Nance, Aaron Sachs, Eddie Heywood, John Simmons, Shelly Manne. 2) Emmett Berry Five: Emmett Berry, Dave Rivera, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard. 3) Hank D Edit to correct title of European set.