Spontooneous

"They" say his career was in twilight then. "They" forgot to tell Monk about that. He's going at it with an intensity that the Columbia records often miss.

C'mon, Late! Give us a taste! (I'm insanely envious.)

Hey! You stop trying to trash Lennie's reputation! (BTW, Just got home with a Sal Mosca CD, found in the $1.99 discount pile at a chain store...)

Worth $10 for "Lady Bird" alone. Warning: May cause obsession with Dameron's writing. At least that's how it worked for me. And I'm glad it did.

Milwaukee. Should I laugh or cry? Others included Little Rock, San Jose, Baton Rouge ... and Sheboygan and Eau Claire! Guess I need to nurture my inner cheesehead.

I've resisted as long as I can.

"Conrad Gozzo: The Middle Years"

Go for it, Chuck! After all, the critics were unanimous in their praise for your 60-disc Ernie Royal retrospective.

Now that my state has a concealed-carry law, I'll have to look into that. I've never thought of the dollastore (as my Oklahoma relatives say) as a source for self-defense equipment. I do rely on it, however, for a nonstop supply of yummy, addictive chocolate Moon Pies.

Simply amazing. Repeat how many times? Don't leave us hanging! Details, man!

The Brendel double is a real good starting place. I wore out the LP of 960. There's a wonderful 960 by Lupu on London/Decca. 78-rpm surface noise and all, EVERYBODY should hear Artur Schnabel's recording of this piece.

Six? That's a start... (No matter how many you have, check out William Kinderman on Hyperion.)

Streetside has been bought yet again in the past few months, by an even bigger chain. The selection at the KC store has been GUTTED. It's sadder than sad.

What, no advocates for "Far Cry"? Gotta have my "Miss Ann." Gotta have my Booker Little too.

Got me there. I have no knowledge of these things. And the guy who told the story is out of town.

Here's one I've been waiting to tell: A tenor-playing friend says he overheard Dewey warming up on his tenor in Chicago. Instead of warming up with scales or patterns or runs, all Dewey did was about 10 minutes of going VERY slowly up a half-step (I think my friend said C-sharp to D), exploring the notes between the notes, exploring his ability to control fractional differences in pitch, and changing the tone color now and then. He was just getting his tone built up, getting his command of the nuances in order -- and apparently trusting that everything else would fall into place after that.

Here's another one where Dewey takes care of business and then some. It's Tutu CD 888 154:

And remember this the next time you're thinking of buying a Universal product.

Eerie similarity to mikeweil's list of Nov. 1, which I didn't see until just now: Duke, Piano in the Foreground Duke, Piano in the Background Andrew Hill, Dance With Death Miles at Birdland 1951

Gee, who's in Donnie's rhythm section? You should invite your friends at Universal to post here more often.

Wow! Less than two hours! That's why this is my favorite hangout on the Internet. MANY thanks!

Would some kind soul please tell me the original sequences for the two Solid State live LPs? That's "Live at the Village Vanguard," SS-18016, and "Monday Night," SS-18048. I'd swear I had a copy of "Monday," but it's disappeared. Thanks kindly all.

I loved that Clapton-Mobley-Simon-Jarre supergroup. I played their album "Straight No Slowhand Oxygene After All These Years" all the time.

Willie Brown, in "M&O Blues," 1930: I start to kill my woman till she lay down 'cross the bed (2) And she looked so ambitious I took back ev'rything I said.

Anybody know of any Sulieman recording since his appearance on Randy Weston's "Spirits of Our Ancestors"? I can't recall seeing any. Good to see my other favorite trumpet player, Benny Bailey, sitting just behind Sulieman in that photo at top.