Pete C

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight MacDonald Dweezil Zappa

Louis L'Amour Max Brand Oscar Brand

I think there may be two albums with that lineup, as well as two with Evan Parker, Barre Phillips and Tony Oxley, and both of those Eicher-assembled groups leave me cold. I just don't think they gel.

Darryl Strawberry Louis Armstrong Fats Domino (they both found their thrill on Blueberry Hill)

Marky Mark Melle Mel Milli Vanilli

Dara was a fabulous trumpeter. Lousy blues singer, IMO. For me one of the great lesser known Messengers lineups is the one with Joanne Brackeen and Carlos Garnett.

Not Two, Not One, on ECM, with Peacock. IMO, easily one of the 10 greatest piano trio albums of all time.

My two favorite Nutcrackers are Duke and Stokowski.

Altschul and Motian are both very different drummers, and both perfect for Bley. I don't find that the Bley/Oxley combo really works, and I'm pretty sure that was Eicher's idea.

Knucklehead Smiff Jerry Mahoney Paul Winchell

Yeah, that's why I singled him out. A search shows that Donna Mills was on a show called Love is a Many Splendored Thing.

Manfred Mann The Mighty Quinn Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Nanette Natal Nanook of the North Oliver North

That's why I mentioned him!

U.S. Grant Gary U.S. Bonds G.I. Lovemoney

Maybe he was anticipating this thread.

Zoot Sims Serge Chaloff Herbie Steward...

My older brother was, and I followed both for a while in the John Beradino & Erika Slezak days respectively (I think Luke & Laura was the tail end of that period). That woman from Who's the Boss was on One Life to Live, IIRC. Was Tommy Lee Jones on GH or another show? And Donna Mills?

Since this was in Misc. Music I thought it was going to be about Glass, Reich, Riley, etc. But for jazz minimalists, Paul Bley at times, Mal Waldron (not as much space as repetition), some of Lacy's solo stuff is minimalist in an analytic/deconstructive way. Check out Keith Jarrett's Vienna Concert--it's the antithesis of most of his solo concerts.

St. Francis St. Benedict St. Dominic

Yeah, clearly he wouldn't allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good. Much of Schubert is sublime, but it would probably take a special interpreter to make it funky.

I remember how big it was when I was a kid/teenager. I think it was bigger with girls. I never watched a full episode then, but I tried one on Netflix. Amazing how relatively crude the production values were back then. Not my cuppa. Tracy Morgan, but Kevin Mahogany is dubbing the vocals.

Bob Mover Bob Mintzer Billy Mintz

I guess they're trying to make up for all the phone business they've lost over the years.