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You can skip it. I tried to like it. But it just sits there. Pretty empty for the most part. Dewey caught my ears, briefly, but the rest of it slides on by.

I posted some about three years back, but nobody seemed to notice or respond.

Also Shep on the spine of "Duo Reunion," with Horace Parlan, released here on the cheapie old Optimism label.

Now you have to write a song called "Leg A Lung Time Coming." But we should all be glad that the world is beginning to appreciate Jim's ham mouth, which we've enjoyed for so long here on the board.

Think seriously about replacing that lawyer. Especially if that lawyer was recommended by your friend's friend.

In 2006, someone who writes about jazz for local publications in Kansas City reviewed a show where "Blue Monk" was played. He mistook the tune for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and enthused in print about the performance of that chestnut. Well, the first four notes are the same, but nothing else is. The guy can't even recognize blues changes, the DNA of American music? If you know what you don't know, unlike that guy, you're already well on the way. Go 'head.

But they're in such nice alphabetical order, except for Cecil Taylor being next to George Lewis. Jeez, I can't believe I noticed that. Wait. Yes I can.

Yep. (Thought it was in one of these so-called reference books sitting around the house, but can't find a citation this morning.)

In his early years, Phil hoped that music was his ticket out of the family hog-rendering business. But every time his father caught him practicing an instrument, the father would shout, "Get back to work and mill lard, Phil Moore!"

Phil Sr. did the Mercury date and had the Phil Moore Four. That's Phil Jr. with Curtis Amy, to the best of my knowledge.

Fred Tompkins (still at it, in the St. Louis area) may have issued that stuff on CD too. Lotsa discs on his web site.

It's at the Half Price Books stores in KC too. And it was enjoyed at my house last week.

Always appreciated, Mark. Takes me right back to Mel's show in Kansas City this fall, too.

Do NOT fall for that guy's praise of the disappointing, limp. soggy Valery Gergiev recording.

A really striking percentage of jazz artists I've interviewed have said that Oscar was one of their main gateways into the music. And it's not just the piano players. Gotta give him propers for that.

I used to supervise a small department, with five employees. The entire department was axed just before Christmas 1994. One of the co-workers never recovered -- killed herself in May 1995. The rest of us are alive and reasonably well. But I've never been able to feel as good about the holiday season since.

The Coleman Hawkins bio by John Chilton mentions a Fillmore East appearance by Hawk and Roy. (A friend claims to have been there.)

The seller's other listings are a total hoot. They include "I Love the Post Office" and "I Love Dimebag Darrell."

Did not know that he was using a plunger! Maybe it's just his hand over the bell. But it sure sounds like a plunger effect was intended. And I can't think of any other examples. Anybody?

OK ... but are there recordings of Freddie soloing WITH PLUNGER other than "Ghetto Lights" on the Hutcherson date?

It ain't even one of the tenors he's famously pictured playing. It's an alto.

Had a Numark for a while. It had the loudest rumble of any TT I've used in decades.

Yep.

I'm waiting for the Joe Besser Mosaic set. He's long overdue for critical reappraisal.