Spontooneous

I'll fix soon. Maybe I can guess some of these before Jeff does.

LOTS of evolution over a short period. This band moved fast. The change in the drum chair, from Terry Chimes to Topper Headon, provided some fuel for the rocket's brief flight. Topper schwings, indeed.

Wow. Any satisfaction I might feel from identifying Bobby Bradford on 18 is obliterated by the feeling of stupidity for having missed Buster Smith, whose alto is on display at the club I visit most in Kansas City. I'll be ordering some of your CDBaby finds, and trolling around for that Leo anthology.

Don't forget that Dolphy's involved in the Colpix sessions of Lewis' Orchestra USA. Discography here.

Since my buddy Dick Nixon liked it so, I'm in. Download is fine. I remember all those Sunday afternoons we spent in San Clemente, listening to his collection of Saturn sides.

She was more versatile than she gets credit for. Hear her on Nels Cline's "Angelica." She was also a generous interviewee, I was pleased to discover. RIP Stacy.

Don't forget the version of A Train on Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird that counterpoints the two themes.

And may I add that 10 and 15 continue to drive me bats.

Track 1 was right under my nose, so of course it took me three days to figure it out... It can be found here.

Another Blindfold Testee encouraged me to jump in since so few tracks had been ID'd. I, too, am outfoxed by this one. The only tracks I can ID (3, 12) have already been ID'd. Even my big clever remark has already been made by someone else: I love the way the drummer finishes 21 by alluding to Vernell Fournier. A couple of stabs in the dark: 14. Is that Ricky Ford? 18. Bobby Bradford? I'm having a great time with this, and I can tell it's going to cost me some money if some of these discs aren't already in my collection. Thanks, Joe!

The original pious memo was sent first to my supervisor, then to me. I'm sure that the memo I sent back to the copy editor, through his supervisor, was equally pious. A couple of days later, the paper ran a correction, beginning with the words "Because of an editor's error..."

Back when I was trying to be an upstart young journalist, I wrote something for the local newspaper that referred to Houston Person and Etta Jones. A senior copy editor "corrected" the name to Etta James -- and then sent me a pious memo about how careless mistakes like writing "Etta Jones" will damage my prospects for a career in journalism.

What a ridiculous public wank this review is. But I can say from experience, it has something that newspaper editors value highly: Pop culture references!

Very fond of 6. I might be the only one who feels this way. Also 4 and 8. And I mean to spend more time with 14 and 15.

Yeah. I just wish it had happened years earlier. Even just five years earlier. Even just two years earlier. Because the two 1993 shows with Ornette guest spots are just too little, too late.

I can't for the life of me understand why the Blomstedts are so highly rated. To me, he seems to miss a lot in this music, especially the humor. But his San Francisco set is much better than his first one, for EMI.

Stefan's right. Impressive performances. I'm especially fond of the Fourth and Sixth in this set. The Regis remastering is an improvement over the earlier CD mastering on Unicorn.

Ordered 30 from Oldies. A box of 20 arrived 11 days later. Now I get to sit here and wonder about the 10 backorders.

You see, Ken bought duplicates because he confused the Duane Tatro OJC with his many other Duane Tatro CDs and LPs. It's a simple mix-up, really.

Just about any sentence with "dongle" in it is going to sound vaguely obscene, or worse. Welcome back, MG!

Mo' Arugula, Please

Potato Head Blues was already taken.

Read about it here.

No Room for Geometric Concepts Gerundin' I'm Tryin' to Get My Dropped Gs Back Cecil Taylor Plays Pretty Just for You

In the face of Joe Jackson's domineering ways, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine made a brave but somewhat misguided attempt at rebellion.