Brownian Motion

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.

Andre Ekyan

I've heard most if not all of the 1930s European sessions of this obscure multi-instrumentalist, but I just discovered he recorded with pianist Burt Bales in the early 1960s. Is anyone familiar with these sides?

I'd like to have heard this band...

For Albert Ammons I strongly recommend the Classics CD covering the years 1936 to 1939. It gives us a chance to hear Albert's solo piano, his jumping little Chicago-based band, plus some fine blues playing by Frank Newton, JC Higginbotham, and Harry James.

Fletcher Allen Russell Procope

Lose weight. What could be more prosaic? What could be more satisfying?

I never much cared for "Begin the Beguine", but Artie was a great musician and a (usually) admirable human being.

Although Elvis already ranks No. 1 on the Forbes magazine list of top-earning dead celebrities, Sillerman said new markets and business opportunities may be available, including abroad. BECAUSE I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played At wrestling in a ring; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun. We paused before a house that seemed A swelling of the ground; The roof was scarcely visible, The cornice but a mound. Since then it is centuries; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses heads Were toward eternity. -Emily Dickinson

Hooray for Linda Cropp! Let the current crop of baseball extortionists--owners and players both--find another community to fleece.

Happy Birthday!

The Modern Jazz Quartet playing "England's Carol" (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen) has a sublime Milt Jackson solo. And Pearl Bailey does a wonderful version of W.C. Handy's "Shine Like a Morning Star", which isn't necessarily a carol but is close enough.

Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave Fri Dec 10, 1:02 PM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - A 35,000-year-old flute made from a woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday. The flute, one of the oldest musical instruments discovered, was pieced together from 31 fragments found in a cave in the Swabian mountains in southwestern Germany, the university said. The mountains have yielded rich pickings in recent years, including ivory figurines, ornaments and other musical instruments. Archaeologists believe humans camped in the area in winter and spring. Mammoths, now extinct, were large elephant-like creatures with hairy coats and long, upcurved tusks. They lived during the Pleistocene period from 2 million to 11,000 years ago. The university said it planned to put the instrument on display in a museum in Stuttgart.

Happy Birthday! And thanks for the photo!

Jo Jones Trio with Ray and Tommy Bryant.

A couple of others... Jim Hall-Concierto It's hard not to like a disc that features Jim Hall, Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, and Roland Hanna together. Ron Carter is rock-like, and Steve Gadd is unobtrusive, as he should be. After nearly a year still my late-night music of choice. "The Birth of the Third Stream" is a Columbia Legacy release two-fer, combining "Music For Brass" and "Modern Jazz Concert", and utilizing the talents of John Lewis, Gunther Schuller, J.J. Johnson, Miles, Mingus, Giuffre, and even Dimitri Mitropolos--at the time the Director of the New York Philharmonic. 'nuff said.

I'll second this. Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Joe Pass' "Six String Santa" is both holiday music and good jazz.

Trumpeter Bill Coleman was 75 when he recorded this album live at a club in France. His playing on Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" and Ram Ramirez's "Lover Man" rank among his finer recorded performances. Steady support from Rolf Buhrer on valve trombone and Doriz's Lionel-like vibes.

Thanks, Berigan. I have the first four tracks, in this case! Brownian Motion, if you see this, could you please type up the musicians? thanks, ubu Bill Coleman-trumpet & flugelhorn Danny Doriz-vibes Rolf Buhrer-valve trombone Patrice Authier-piano Henry Tischitz-bass Michel Denis-drums Better late than never. Al

Have a swinging birthday!

My favorite beakfast of fresh-squeezed oj, coffee, ham, and waffles with Vermont maple syrup became even better when I began sprinkling red-hot pepper flakes on the waffles. My family thinks I'm insane. :rsmile:

"In the late 1800s, a ``dude'' was akin to a ``dandy,'' a meticulously dressed man, especially out West." Dude. "He found the word taps into nonconformity...." Dude? "....and a new American image of leisurely success." Dude!

Wynton is the most underated of the overated His solo on "Cherokee" with the MJQ is better than anything I ever heard come out Byrd or Hubbard's horns.