Brownian Motion

Sonny White Marlowe Morris Ken Kersey Fletcher Henderson TeddyWeatherford Herman Chittison Ralph Burns

I started a thread about Profit on the AAJ Board. Here's a link: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread....clarence+profit

Straight man or curvy woman?

Do you have more possessions or items in your life than you can handle comfortably? Do you find it difficult to dispose of many things, even those you haven't used in years? Do you rent storage space to house items you never use? Do you spend time looking for things that are hard to find because of all the clutter? Do you find it easier to drop something than to put it away, or to wedge an object into an overcrowded drawer or closet rather than find space for it? Do you bring things into your house without establishing a place for them? Is your clutter causing problems in your relationships? Are you embarrassed to have visitors because your home is never presentable? Do you hesitate sharing about this problem because you are ashamed of your cluttering? Are you constantly doing for others while your own home is out of order? Do you miss deadlines or abandon projects because you can't find the paperwork or material to finish the work? Do you sometimes get buried in details, making projects take much longer than is really necessary? Do you procrastinate about cleaning up because you believe you must do it perfectly or you won't do it at all? Are you easily side-tracked, moving from one project to another without finishing any of them? Do you have problems with time management and estimating how long it takes to do things? Do you believe there is all the time in the world to clean your house, finish those projects, and read all those piles of old magazines? Do you use distractions to escape from your clutter? Have you tried to clean up from time to time but find yourself unable to stick with it? Does the problem appear to be growing?

Congratulations, Johnny.

Happy Birthday!

It was Wingy Manone.

No, sorry. A trumpet player but not a great trumpet player.

You're getting closer. It was a trumpet player.

Good guess but no cigar.

Who said "Here comes that Chu-boy with his saxophone"? (On record, no less.)

I think (I could easily be wrong) Condon was referring to Bix's cornet tone.

Eddie Condon speaking about Bix Excellent! But can you be a little more specific?

Meanwhile, who described what as being "like a girl saying 'yes'"?

Give a hint. Was it a musician?

Philip Larkin?

Miles to Pee Wee Marquette, MC at Birdland. It may have been Miles, but I heard it was Pres.

I'll play. Everybody knows this: Who called who "Half a motherfucker"?

Charlie Barnet played bells.

Reuss is featured with pianist Arnold Ross' Quartet on the Complete Benny Carter on Keynote.

A bunch of cilantro, chopped fine and added at the last minute, is the secret of truly distinguished chili con carne.

Haven't we done this before? Here's a bunch of older guys- Frank "Big Boy" Goudie played trumpet, tenor sax, and clarinet. Jabbo Smith played trombone. Denzil Best played trumpet and drums. Joe Bushkin-trumpet, piano Eddie Durham-trombone, guitar Bobby Hackett-guitar and cornet Ray Biondi-guitar & violin Pete Brown-alto sax and trumpet Tommy Dorsey-trumpet, trombone

In some sense all guitarists who were contemporaries of Django and Charlie Christian are overlooked, so huge are these 2 swing players reputations. One who stands out for me is Tiny Grimes, especially his contributions to the fabulous Art Tatum Trio recordings of 1944.

Is trumpeter Jack Butler still around? He was active with the Statesmen of Jazz.

If not for Eisner?s influence, Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelman might never have published his graphic novel Maus: A Survivor?s Tale (Eisner is credited with popularizing ? if not inventing ? the medium of the graphic novel with the 1978 publication of his graphic story collection, A Contract With God) and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon?s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay would have been missing quite a few Eisner-inspired tales. As talented as Eisner was, to assert that he "popularized" the graphic novel is akin to asserting that Miles "popularized" the trumpet as a jazz instrument. Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward were half a century ahead of Eisner.