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The disc has been out for at least two years -- what's the point of reviewing it now? Note in the fine print that it comes from that bastion of excellent, trustworthy and knowledgeable jazz writing, Goldmine.

Jim, stay up late and catch "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" on Cartoon Network. Wait for the episode in which two-dimensional space aliens come to Earth in search of Foreigner tour souvenirs.

I stand corrected. Those records went away with my ex-wife, and I haven't replaced all the RT discs yet. But this co-worker also serenaded the whole department with "The Angels Took My Racehorse Away" and bits of "Shaky Nancy" and "Roll Over VW."

Monk's first notes almost always make a big promise. The intros to "Criss Cross" and "I Mean You" come to mind. Gilliespie's original "Manteca" and "Salt Peanuts" fit in this category too. As does Dameron's original "Lady Bird." These first-generation bop guys knew how to grab your ear in just a split second. What Leeway said about "Blue Train."

I was told to coat the chicken in buttermilk. (My, that sentence looks strange out of context.)

You've got mail! Is that the Sexual Harassment Panda from "South Park" in your avatar?

Twenty years ago, I had a co-worker who knew every lyric on this record and peppered every conversation with as many allusions to it as possible. I must have heard him sing "Smiffy's Glass Eye" at least a dozen times as he worked.

The original "Cop Out," on the Columbia "World of Duke Ellington Vol. 3" double LP set. Never been on CD, as far as I know. I'm steamed that this one wasn't included in the "Festival Session" reissue for easy comparison with "Copout Extension." And "Mount Harissa" on "Far East Suite," as jsngry said. I gotta look up that Musicmasters side.

Dreamed this the other night: Driving in Oklahoma, I discover a tiny hamburger stand owned and operated by Andrew Hill. I could see him behind the counter, looking exactly as he looked when I saw him in concert last year. I'd already eaten, so I wasn't in the mood for a hamburger. But I stopped to thank him for his music anyway. My mom was in the car, and she wasn't happy with me for stopping. (The hamburger stand looked an awful lot like the Dixie Dog in Ponca City. Anybody know the place?)

Yes, Mr. Nelson provides penetrating performances of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "I'm Sending You a Big Bouquet of Roses."

RDK is exactly right. Besides, we have so much fun ganging up on the spammers...

Another endorsement for Alabama Concerto, Lucky's "Tricotism", and "Great Friends." Also "The Fabulous Thad Jones," OJCCD-625-2. Also, all my friends get indoctrinated with Jack Walrath's "Master of Suspense," Blue Note OOP.

Potter isn't my favorite soloist by a long shot, comping on vibes doesn't do much for me, and still this group can be MAGIC. Do try to catch them live if at all possible. And hear "Not for Nothin'" and "Extensions" (with Steve Coleman) before you give up. I LOVE the idea of Holland/R. Eubanks/Turner/Perez/Haynes.

On Kansas Public Radio today: Diana Crowl.

All of the above. Plus Benny Bailey's "Big Brass." And the Coleman Hawkins-Pee Wee Russell date. Really. And the Otis Spann material, if you're so inclined.

So much for the Buddy Bolden cylinder.

Bird's alternate of "Parker's Mood." Cruel beauty.

My all-time fave album titles remain "More Songs About Buildings and Food" (Talking Heads) and "Bad Music for Bad People" (The Cramps). But some good jazz titles come to mind... Bobby Watson, "Post-Motown Bop" Cecil Taylor, "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye" David S. Ware, "Earthquation" Oh yeah, and "Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters." B)

Sad to say, that "Basie's in the Bag" cover also has a US release, on US Decca's Brunswick label.

I'm 44, not a very strongly built guy. I fail to exercise. Gotta watch my blood sugar. But I'm getting by. I'm one of those people who swallow a fistful of supplements every day. Vitamins, fish oil, some days some herbal things.

I'm gonna let my Kaycee prejudices show here by recommending the Basie jam session with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, who got so few opportunities to blow so freely on record. And the Mary Lou Williams solo recital from Montreux is a definite keeper too. Here's a hearty second to the Sarah Vaughan "How Long...?" and the Gillespie/Machito session.

In the early days of my newspaper career, I was assigned to write a lengthy obituary of a man whose last name was Boner. This was made far more difficult to carry out in a dignified fashion by the fact that Mr. Boner was a very important man in the grease and lubricant industry.

Don't know any other Disneyland sides, but I can tell you all that "Disney Songs the Satchmo Way" is worth wading through just to hear the moment when Pops sings, "Bibbidi, Bobbidi, Boo, mama!" It's on Buena Vista CD-006.

Another "Skies" fan here. Didn't Ornette get a chance to perform "Skies" again in the '90s, or '80s? Did anybody here hear it? Don't care much for "Forms and Sounds," though.

Hey, Tom, I was wondering where you were! Look on the Web, if you can, for a program called CWS Shredder. You've got a variant of a really pernicious little bot called Cool Web Search, and the shredder takes it out very well -- better than Spybot Search and Destroy. Good luck.