Hardbopjazz

I've heard a definition of jazz today that was unique, “Jazz is a snowflake, always different.”

Allen, I can't see this being true. Can you say the bassist's name? I can tell you one. The last time Horace Silver played in NYC, May 2004, I was at one show. The band just walked on stage and then the PA system started to blast Kool and the Gags', "Too Hot"(I believe that’s the title). They were just about to start playing and had to wait till the PA got shut off. I don't remember who in the band said to Horace, "How about this tune?" Horace tilted his head up to listen. I had no Idea what he meant. Horace said, okay. Near the end of the show Horace started to play “Too Hot” in his solo, and it fit perfect. After the tune finished, Horace stood up and was handed what looked like a ten dollar bill from one of the horn players and stuck it in his pocket. I guess they had a bet if he could somehow work that tune into his solo.

How do get that from him? He doesn’t appear to be money hungry. Yeah, he has had a stella career in terms of success and realities, but goes hand in hand with being a good business man. He owns the rights to all but 3 of his compositions. He's made enough money where he doesn't need to tour.

6 days till the web site goes live. Can't wait to see what it will have.

Just wondering if anyone here has ever attended this festival. Gene Harris Jazz Festival. The annual Gene Harris Jazz Festival is a tribute to the late Gene Harris who inspired audiences and young musicians throughout his long and distinguished career. The Thursday downtown Club Night features nine venues with national and local jazz artists. Saturday evening's Gene Harris Family and Friends concert at the BSU Pavilion honors Gene Harris' memory. Student competitions and clinics are held on the Boise State campus throughout the Festival. For information on student clinics call 208-426-1772. Festival tickets available through Select-a-Seat at 208-426-1766. Boise, ID

Ouch!. Been there.

Poor whale didn't make it.

No, I couldn't get them working there either. Not a big deal, I burrnt a copy of them and that works in my car and PC. Odd.

For the first time in unknown number of years, there were probably 2 jazz CD's that had nice sales. Any idea how many the Diz and Bird CD sold so far and the Monk and Trane CD? Last I heard the Monk and Trane had sold over 45,000 copies.

I hope they don't put it down. Man there has to be a way to get it back to the ocean.

I have been a memeber of a forum that is job releated that you can't google and find. It goes through a VPN.

My mother threw out my stash of baseball cards. After I moved out in 1991 I went back later on to get them. She told me she thought I didn't want them anymore so she tossed them in the trash. I don't think I had a million dollars worth of valuable cards like this guy, but rookie card of Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Reggie Jackson to name just three would have been worth something.

This from another board. Bob Weinstock, Founder of the Jazz Label Prestige, Dies at 77 The late Mort Fega and I became friendly over the final 10 years of Mort's life. (Like Weinstock, Mort had also retired to Florida.) In a conversation one day Mort told me about Weinstock's complete collection of Prestige recordings, including all of the various offshoot labels: on several shelves were a collection of ALL of them, in NUMERICAL ORDER and in PRISTINE condition! > > Collector heaven! > > George > Makes me wonder what is on those shelves that our ears haven't heard.

I ordered from CD universe. I have to look and see if it says it is copy protected.

I believe they are CD's. Looks like all others I have bought in the past.

How about Warne Marsh. He died at the Donte's club in 1987. I believe he was playing out of nowhere.

I bought some CD's, Jackie Mclean's CONSEQUENCE and IKE QUEBEC's the complete 45 sessions. I am able to play them on my stereo at home, but when I try to play them in my car I get an error on the CD player. What would cause this?

It's working for me.

For my birthday I got some cash and off I went to the record store. I saw a Johnny Hodges 4 cd box for $25 call "Jeep is Jumpin' ". Is The Proper Box a legit label?

We could send an email to Michael Cuscuna.

The guy Niall must have kept busy everyday of the week. DUBLIN (Reuters) - Scientists in Ireland may have found the country's most fertile male, with more than 3 million men worldwide among his offspring. The scientists, from Trinity College Dublin, have discovered that as many as one in twelve Irish men could be descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, a 5th-century warlord who was head of the most powerful dynasty in ancient Ireland. His genetic legacy is almost as impressive as Genghis Khan, the Mongol emperor who conquered most of Asia in the 13th century and has nearly 16 million descendants, said Dan Bradley, who supervised the research. "It's another link between profligacy and power," Bradley told Reuters. "We're the first generation on the planet where if you're successful you don't (always) have more children." The research was carried out by PhD student Laoise Moore, at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity. Moore, testing the Y chromosome which is passed on from fathers to sons, examined DNA samples from 800 males across Ireland. The results -- which have been published in the American Journal of Human Genetics -- showed the highest concentration of related males in northwest Ireland, where one in five males had the same Y chromosome. Bradley said the results reminded the team of a similar study in central Asia, where scientists found 8 percent of men with the same Y chromosome. Subsequent studies found they shared the same chromosome as the dynasty linked to Genghis Khan. GENGHIS KHAN EFFECT "It made us wonder if there could be some sort of Genghis Khan effect in Ireland and the best candidate for it was Niall," Bradley said. His team then consulted with genealogical experts who provided them with a contemporary list of people with surnames that are genealogically linked to the last known relative of the "Ui Neill" dynasty, which literally means descendants of Niall. The results showed the new group had the same chromosome as those in the original sample, proving a link between them and the Niall descendents. "The frequency (of the Y chromosome) was significantly higher in that genealogical group than any other group we tested," said Bradley, whose surname is also linked to the medieval warlord. Other modern surnames tracing their ancestry to Niall include Gallagher, Boyle, O'Donnell and O'Doherty. For added proof, the scientists used special techniques to age the Y chromosome, according to how many mutations had occurred in the genetic material over time. The number of mutations was found to be in accordance with chromosomes that would date back to the last known living relative of Niall. Niall reportedly had 12 sons, many of whom became powerful Irish kings themselves. But because he lived in the 5th century, there have been doubts the king -- who is said to have brought the country's patron saint, Patrick, to Ireland -- even existed. "Before I would have said that characters like Niall were almost mythological, like King Arthur, but this actually puts flesh on the bones," Bradley said. When international databases were checked, the chromosome also turned up in roughly 2 percent of all male New Yorkers.

This is one show I can't miss this time.

Have a good one.

I'll be there to see one of these shows. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks Mike for post this. Good to hear he will be fine.