MartyJazz

Would love to see those photos. As for the art work to "There Will Never Be Another You", never dug it for it represents what Sonny looked like in the early and mid '70s, a decade after the MOMA concert which took place in June '65. Again, the music is fabulous and as for Sonny's wandering on the stage off mike, that occurs primarily during the 2nd half of the concert (side 2 on the LP).

Shame about Sonny's attitude towards the live album because it's really prime live Newk from the mid '60s and a great rhythm section that includes Tommy Flanagan and two drummers, Billy Higgins and Mickey Roker. I've made a CD-R from my LP copy that I frequently listen to when driving.

Unlike a rabid Red Sox fan we know who gave up on his superior team barely 13 games into the season, a full 1/3 of the season has now passed and I can say that it is obvious to all but the most die-hard that the Yanks are truly done for the season. Yeah, pitching staff injuries - the latest to Joba is a real killer - are a factor, but what is most apparent is the lack of clutch production (with the exception of Granderson and Texeira) and plate discipline throughout the lineup. Case in point, Cano was truly pathetic last night with the bases loaded and the dire need to get more runs with only a 2-0 lead. He swings at the first pitch from Beckett and produces the weakest pop foul inning ending out to the 3rd baseman that I can ever remember. And the mental errors, e.g., Gardner refusing to move from 3rd base on a wild pitch to the backstop the night before. BTW, I've never been one of his fans. He doesn't utilize his speed enough on the basepaths, waiting 5 or 6 pitches when on 1st to even think of attempting a steal, getting thrown out far too often this season, takes too many pitches for strikes, and if a pitcher can get a curve over the plate when there are two strikes on him, he'll always freeze for a called strike 3. Did I mention that he rarely bunts safely when the situation calls for it? How about all the physical mistakes this team makes? Cervelli is the latest example, his throws attempting to nab base stealers the last two nights, truly pathetic. Here's an idea, if Russell Martin has to be out with a bad back, how about letting Posada catch occasionally? He may not nab the guy going to 2nd anymore, but at least the runner won't be going to 3rd on the same play. Jeter, A-Rod, Cano, Swisher, etc., the production simply is not up to par this year. Pitching? I'm all for having some. I'm done. RIP.

Well, certainly not my kind of critic. "Family Plot" is a decidedly minor Hitchcock work. "Network" was by far the best film that year, a very prescient work, and Sidney Lumet should have been chosen Best Director, an award he never received. The Oscar mavens however chose "Rocky" (ugh!). Back to Woody. I've tried twice to see "Midnight in Paris" this past week and both times, our local theater was sold out.

Looks like a side-armer to me. Definitely not over the top. Wonder how successful he would have been in the modern era. Of course, I tend to look somewhat askance at all baseball records before 1947 for obvious reasons.

I think Andruw should be in the starting lineup in place of Swisher. Swisher will not be a Yankee next year, guaranteed.

I'm old school. When a guy is pitching a shutout, and a dominating one at that, and has only averaged 11 pitches an inning through 8, he deserves to be allowed the opportunity to finish it. One walk or base hit, bring in Mariano, otherwise, Girardi severely overmanaged and cost his best starting pitcher to date a well-deserved win.

Following the Yankee-Oriole game on the net. Seems like Girardi has overmanaged again. Colon had them shut out through 8 innings on only 87 pitches. So why not let him pitch the 9th? Rivera as great as he's been has blown a couple of saves this year, and sure enough, blows this one as well. Unless Colon asked to come out or indicated he was bushed, he should have been allowed to close out the game. It's criminal how little the Yanks have supported him this year. He's been the best starter we have by far. One last point, who's Noesi? Whoever, he obviously did a great job, 4 innings of shutout extra inning ball.

Some 25 years ago, give or take, a friend had moved to Seattle and was working as a waiter at a bar/restaurant when he spied Killebrew with a party at a nearby table. He went over and politely asked "Are you Harmon Killebrew"? Apparently bugged by the intrusion, Killebrew responded with annoyance "And what if I am"? My friend saved the occasion by replying, "Well then you'd be one of the greatest home run hitters who ever lived". Killebrew smiled and was quite gracious after that. RIP.

I remember Tom from when I lived in Brooklyn. Really nice guy and yes, very big on KD. How's he doing?

You are certainly correct about that. I have the original gatefold LP which has magnificent fidelity. Sadly, I sprung some years ago for the Black Lion CD of the date you mention and it sounds absolutely horrible. Now that I have a CD-R deck, I think I'll make a copy directly from the LP for car and I-Pod purposes.

Meanwhile, Swisher is not long for this team if he keeps up his anemic hitting. 35 HRs already by the Yanks and nary a one by Nick. Jeter is getting a lot of heat but the spotlight will fall eventually on Swisher if he keeps this up.

Thanks. Enjoyed the tribute to his life-long friend by Amis. Hitchens can be maddening to some like me (e.g., his unwavering support for the war in Iraq), but I have always enjoyed his writing, wit and debating skills, having read "God Is Not Great", "Hitch-22", and viewed several of his debates via the net. And Amis is a highly skilled novelist - I loved "Times Arrow". I wish Hitchens all the best in his fight for continued life.

Meanwhile, with all those Yankee HRs, nearly two per game for 15 games, Swisher has none. What's up with his dead bat?

I was listening to Vin Scully 55 years ago when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, and while a crazed young Yankee fan, I would watch and listen to any baseball game that was being broadcast. No more Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Russ Hodges, etc., but Scully lives on and is still announcing. A real treasure!

Can't believe Lackey gets the win , he SUCKED. Friggin' Eck kinda gave him props? was he watching the same game? He SUCKED The Yanks are the most amazing team in the world ,cause I always think they suck ,yet they win a lot. I don't know how they do it ..... Not only did Lackey get an undeserved win, but Bartolo Colon, the best pitcher on the field today to have pitched at least two innings, gets a thoroughly undeserved loss. Even if Tex's error had not led to an unearned go-ahead run, Colon would have been the losing pitcher of record anyway once Gonzalez beat the shift with his bunt single to the left side of the infield. Gonzalez came around to score once Logan got into the game.

Boy, you got that right with that "Dude-I-wish-two-strikes-made-an-out" comment. Even when Hughes is on, he does not by any means have an out pitch with two strikes on the hitter. I found it painful watching him pitch most of last season, particularly the latter half of the year when hitters would foul one pitch after another before either walking, getting a hit, or making a hard out.

You gotta be kidding. The Yanks are coming, and you want the Sox to lose??!!!!! Very hard to believe. I'm sure once you tune in, your heart will displace your intellect. I'm concerned that Hughes, the man of the rapidly vanishing fastball, is on the mound today. Obviously I'd like to see the Sox break all the negative opening season records for a pre-season pennant favorite. Another point, "something different to do in the summer"? It's always summer where we live.

Who put this discography together? While this is a large list, there is a significant number of dates omitted for which I own CD-Rs that have been made from personal private tapes and private open reel tapes that have yet to be transferred to CD-R. I can give more information re personnel, tunes, timings but so far I see there is no mention of: 5 July 1973 Newport JF in NYC 22 July 1976 Ravenna, Italy 13 October 1977 Rome (with Lester Bowie) 12 May 1978 Public Theater, NYC 7 September 1978 Ann Arbor JF, Michigan ? October 1978 Zurich JF 23 September 1979 Detroit Institute of the Arts 9 November 1980 Stadthalle, Freiburg Ger On a minor note, the specific date for the Molde JF in 1980 is August 4th. I also have a couple of dates from 1981 but I see the discography ends the previous year. But if that information is wanted, let me know.

I did a BFT some time back and one of the tracks I used was "Bleep" from PERK UP, a wonderful Mike Wofford homage to Monk. This was an excellent Manne group, love Strozier's work in the '60s. The JAZZ GUNN I have on LP, will dig it out and give it a listen.

"Holy Grail" '60s Sonny always remains for me the ALFIE soundtrack (Impulse). Fabulous playing in super fidelity. Thereafter, his variation on "Three Little Words" from ON IMPULSE! Move on to the two wonderful late '60s videos on the Jazz Icons DVD, and top it off with the extended trio version of "52nd Street Theme" from a '64 Victor date. There are more gems from the '60s halcyon period ("John S, "The Bridge", etc.), but the above come readily to mind.

"Scoop" is a very predictable film and a horrible waste of celluloid. "Match Point" however, is a terrific drama/thriller, well worth seeing and one of Woody's best.

Maybe she pushed him off the balcony.

"Never" is such a big word... one that, say, Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams must never have heard, or at least not believed... Besides, I would counter that any honest music that is not simply re-creative in nature cannot avoid bringing any number of "cultural flavors"...that's what helps make it unique. So maybe the problem is not that white players can never "play black" authentically, maybe it's that Murray and others of his trip can't "hear white" (or Latin, or Indian, or etc.), and whose fault is that? Certainly not the players'. Anyway - this is all rumblings of a "world" whose death is well underway. The "real people" making the "real music" of today are past that, not because they've argued the point to a successful conclusion, but because they've realized that the argument is one that is at this point nothing more than game for suckers & have just moved on to leave the dinosaurs to argue amongst themselves. But back to Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, the argument could be made that "first language" and "second language" and all that are very much a product of environment, and to the extent that race in America determines environment, well, make your claim, but that extent is wholly man-made/artificial, and should no way be construed as being Natural Law. So, isn't Albert Murray dead already? His undeniable eloquence in expressing why he liked (likes?) what he liked is one thing, but thinking that he should "make the law" for anybody besides himself and those who like the same thing for the same reasons is just plain wack. Your mention of the late, great Pepper Adams reminds me of a discussion I had many years ago with a black co-worker in the record shop where we were both employed. He insisted that no matter how well a white musician could play jazz, there would always be a segment, however minor, of the black jazz audience that would dismiss the efforts of that musician. So I bet him that I could name a white musician who was liked by all modern jazz listeners, regardless of color. I gave him all kinds of clues as to the musician's identity, but he couldn't guess who, and then I finally gave the answer, "Pepper Adams". He smiled rather ruefully, agreed that Pepper was loved by everyone he knew (including himself), and paid the bet.