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An over the hill Clemens besting Beckett, a Cy Young 2007 candidate, who would've thunk it? Too bad the Yanks stunk up their last road trip, this week could have developed into one hell of a pennant race. Whatever happens, I don't want to see Kyle Farnsworth in a Yankee uniform next year.

Dan cares. He wants the AL East division title after all these years of Yankee dominance. That said, I do not think it is a slam dunk at all that the Yanks will cop a wild card. The team is too inconsistent, particularly where starting pitching is concerned. On another note, how in less than two years could the 2005 World Champion White Sox become as bad as they have? Outscored 46-7 in a four game sweep by the Red Sox, giving up double digit runs in each game. Positively shameful!

I have a Polygram VHS tape from Brazil recorded in France sometime in '89 (that I've since made a DVD-R copy of) whcih consists of a tribute to Bird. Woods is not only on many of the tracks of this all star date but he is featured with Jackie McLean on a tremendous version of "Cherokee" in which the two alto masters really show off their wonderful mastery of the bebop idiom. Anyway here are the details of the tape which is part documentary in that most of the musicians are also interviewed between performances. TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE PARKER; France, 1989; 57 mins (Verve Polygram VHS source) featuring in a variety of settings: Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Jackie McLean, Phil Woods (as); Stan Getz (ts); Milt Jackson (vb); Hank Jones (p); Percy Heath (b); Max Roach (d) Musician interviews (subtitles in Portuguese) interspersed with rehearsal and stage performances of the following titles: Steeplechase Groovin’ High The Very Thought of You (HJ solo) Con Alma (features DG & SG) ‘Round Midnight (MJ, DG, JM) Confirmation Cherokee (features JM & PW) A Night in Tunisia Yardbird Suite

Final - 18-5 with 10 ribbies for Garrett Anderson alone. Brutal. Yanks playing the Angels while Boston fattens up on the Devil Rays - not an especially good recipe for closing the gap. And what's with Mussina? Horrible lately.

As of today and with the Red Sox loss yesterday to the Angels, there isn't a team in either the American or National League who has at least a .600 winning percentage. Why such mediocrity?

I was wondering who would bring this up. There may always be debate about whether he belongs in the Hall (Marty will tell you many reasons why he should) there is no way in hell he belongs in the broadcaster's area of the Hall. I mean, that's ludicrous. I've never been sure about his qualifications as a player but there's no doubt it didn't hurt that he had friends on the Veteran's Committee. I really can't give many reasons why Rizzuto belongs in the Hall except to say that at the very moment Pee Wee Reese, Rizzuto's Dodger contemporary at shortstop, was elected to the Hall, then Phil should have been elected at that moment also instead of having to wait so many years. Their fielding and hitting skills were similar - Phil was the consummate bunter - plus Phil won at least one MVP. Head to head in all those Yankee-Dodger World Series, Phil's team won. So I couldn't understand the sentiment for Pee Wee and none for Phil.

I agree. It astounds me that on the very few jazz oriented TV programs broadcast on NPR, etc., featuring a variety of jazz artists, he invariably is invited. I cringe listening to him. I recently purchased a Benny Golson DVD off the Internet, unaware of the contents, and damn if he wasn't also included in that taped program. Watching and listening to Golson solo on his tunes, e.g., "Whisper Not" is wonderful, but the performances are marred with the addition of Hendricks.

I've had the "All Night Session" on a 3 disc Japanese Contemporary box for quite a few years, and yeah, I have to agree, it doesn't do much for me. FWIW, I prefer later Hawes, in particular the 1968 Polydor session that is now titled "Blues for Bud" on CD. (The original LP was titled "Spanish Eyes", I believe; I'm too lazy to go downstairs to the "vault" to look it up).

After watching Gagne blow two games in one weekend and watching him give up more runs in a handful of appearances for the Sox than he gave up all season for Texas, I say it serves you right. :excited: Hay Dan, wouldn't be so funny if the Mariners beat out the Red Sox for the wild card? :excited: Please. I'm trying to deal with the likelihood that the Red Sox will be looking up at the Yankees by the time they visit the Bronx on August 28th. C'mon, that's not all that likely. Give us another month at least. Meanwhile, it looks like Damon has fast become the forgotten man. Melky has solidified the centerfield position for years to come. Plus, the fact that he and Cano have become inseparable means that the Yanks would be quite loathe to break 'em up even for a great starting pitcher which is what they really need. Hopefully Philip Hughes and perhaps Joba Chamberlain (beginning next season) can become that (or those) required commodity (ies).

Good tip! I hate that magazine. You have to flip 100 pages just to get to the FIRST page of the table of contents. Then flip a few score more to get to the rest of ToC.

aloc begs to politely differ. bright moments thinks that he would rather listen to nails on a blackboard or a dentist's drill than elling! I gather you too did not attend the last South Florida jazz concert that featured Elling at the Miniaci Center on the Nova campus. I've heard enough on disc (borrowed from the local library) to know that I wasn't up for a live experience.

Brian Cashman has endured a lot of heat this year, most recently when he didn't compete for the services of Eric Gagne allowing him to go to the Red Sox. Well, if the Yanks finally do catch the Sox - we're now only 4 games back - I'll gladly credit Cashman for his decision not to go after this apparently over the hill pitcher. Is Francona now gonna trust Gagne in a close game the rest of the year?

The George Coleman late '70s to early '80s mid sized group was an octet. Coincidentally, I recently received a bootlegged PAL DVD of this group performing in Britain circa '81 which is quite fine. Back to Wallace, I have all of his commercially released stuff, the earlier material mostly on LP, the stuff onward from the mid '80s on CD. I also have some private material on CD-R, e.g., trio sets performed in Berlin (Oct '78) and Amsterdam (Nov 2004). I also recall taping on open reel Wallace in a trio at WKCR back in the late '70s - have to convert that to digital one of these days assuming the tape hasn't become brittle (an unfortunate hazard that I occasionally encounter with old reel to reel tapes).

Have and love the Miles and Konitz nonet recordings. But with all due respect, my mention of Lovano and Wallace leading nonets was not to cite these recordings into some sort of jazz historical category, as neither Miles nor Konitz entered my mind. Rather, these relatively recent recordings are not big band and not small group, they simply each consist of groups 9 members strong. As such, I think that bit of information is important for the would-be buyer. As for the "no insult" comment, methinks you protest unnecessarily.

Forgive me if this has been posted before, but here's a picture I just found of Bonds when he was a Pirate rookie

I've been partial for a long time to this relatively unheralded and unique tenor artist. Anyway, apparently taking a cue from Joe Lovano who has made a couple of wonderful nonet recordings, this disc also features a nonet in a live performance in Berlin however playing only tunes associated with one jazz great, Hawk. Aside from the obligatory version of "Body and Soul", there are smoking versions of "Disorder at the Border", "Bean and the Boys" and more. Terell Stafford on trumpet is one soloist who particularly stands out. Check it out.

And this bidder will probably hold on to the sets for at least a couple of years or so and then auction them off for at least twice the price. If not, i.e., if he's actually a newbie collector, then $1,125 is not a lot of money to get all of those LPs at once and thus save mucho time and incidental costs, e.g., traveling to record stores, tracking down all of these sides.

Meanwhile A-Rod finally got his 500th today in a Yankee win. Lost in the otherwise good news for Yank fans is that Phil Hughes got lit up, giving up 6 runs in 4-2/3 innings. Not good. If we're going to catch the Red Sox, the starting pitching has to be more than a Wang and a prayer.

Give us a link of whom you ordered it from. Thanks.

Thanks a bunch. Quite enjoyable. Didn't know that Trane & Sonny were playing with Miles as early as the late '40s. Interviews of Paul Jeffrey and Jimmy Heath were great. Wonder why Jeffrey hasn't been heard of much since his early '70s stint with Monk - caught that particular quartet on at least two occasions at the Vanguard circa 1972.

OOOOOHHHH-- BAAABBY!!!! Thank you!!!! Is this what Marty had(to himself)? I guess it is, having just viewed the YouTube clip, except my clip is a few minutes longer in that it starts with a short version of, appropriately enough I guess, "Short Story". BTW, I don't have it to myself as I got it from, without naming names, a musician who occasionally contributes to this forum.

I had no idea it was out of print much less priced at that inflated level.

I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned the wonderful Prestige CD, HAPPY DAYS, which completely combines two early '60s LPs, "Plays the Music of Jerome Kern" and "Happy Days" making for a value-packed CD. Here's a good review from AllMusic: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pfixqqhldae

Hey Jack: All the very best. Be healthy and welcome to my age (January, same year).

Many thanks for the input from all in this forum. I decided to buy the Oppo 981 unit and am very pleased. The first disc I played was a DVD-R PAL-encoded copy of a George Coleman Octet documentary that features four complete titles by the group. It played perfectly, no sudden pauses as it had previously exhibited on a KLH deck I own that is able to playback discs from any region. Great purchase!