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7 and proud. You kids get off my lawn.

Kinuta's right. Change vets now. If there's a specialty cat clinic anywhere nearby, try them. Years ago, I got a cat through something similar by making her a sort of t-shirt from an old tube sock. Cut off the toe of the sock, cut two leg holes, and apply to cat (a two-person operation). That mysterious kitty injury, BTW, turned out to be a burn that probably came from sleeping next to a radiator.

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OK, I'm in. If you can't spare one of these fancy-schmancy telechargements that Chas is getting, I'll take a download.

Had high hopes for this one, because the previous DDB disc was so interesting. But one listen to the promo copy has dashed my hopes. James Carter overacts on his horns. So Dee Dee overacts too. The total effect is tacky. Shatneresque. Skip it.

Somewhere in your area there's probably a society that investigates these things. Might be worth the effort to contact them. (Might not be, but that's always the risk.)

Thanks for starting this, epistrophy007. In just about all the recorded Jimmy I've heard, he's playing short solos to provide points of repose between the utterances of the bigger stars. OTOH, his solo on the Ellington Jazz Party album blows my mind. So, where can I hear more of Jimmy really stretching?

But the gold-coated LPs are better. The guys on the Steve Hoffman board told me so.

He was born in January '87. Say what you will about his music, but he is a genuine and thoughtful man, and there's no star trip whatsoever.

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I was jesting about the stepladder. Or was I? Never seen that cover. I've always seen the same one you've seen. Maybe an early issue, pulled for having an unreadable title and a silly photo?

The cover design was pulled after Lorraine billed Sonny Lester for the use of the Vanguard's stepladder.

Heard him playing in the Hodges chair, beautifully and with personal touches, with Mercer Ellington late in Mercer's life. (Circa '91? Don't remember.) That night the principal trombone soloist was a son of his, named Mohammad.

There's a slightly disturbing Doris story in this interview with Ronnell Bright. I've also heard him tell the same story, and I believe him to be a truthful man.

What if they say, "At the end of the day..."?

Can't speak to the mono mix. But I'll admit to enjoying this more on CD because of some icky edits on the LP.

Front end or back end? Left end or right end? Top end or bottom end? I checked the store directory but there's no "You Are Here."

This is starting to remind me of the sign hanging in front of a neighbor's house. Someone spent a lot of time carving and painting "Fourty isn't old if your a tree."

Had mine yesterday. If only I'd known... P.S., Something must be done about the disturbing trend in this country of spelling it "tator." Every time someone posts "tator" on a school menu board, the terrorists win.

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Track 12 can also be had on this Eckstine collection from Verve.

And everybody should know just how much ass Chuck Wayne is kicking on that Joe Marsala session. He's aggressively working on the new thing, and doing it with beautiful touch and taste.

Great of ya to drop by, Pete!

Also, if you can find it, the Victor session where Frank Newton waxed "Blues My Baby Gave to Me."

Not Woody Shaw either - way less well known. It's not quite time for more hints yet, but it will be soon.... I've heard Joe on Luis Gasca's LP, but I don't recall it sounding like this... So I have to guess Terumasa Hino, who was WAY into this Miles in the Sky bag at one time.