paul secor

By genre, then alphabetical order, so it's not a problem finding things even if the spines aren't showing. I have a friend who stores strictly in alphabetical order. He says he likes seeing Eric Dolphy next to Fats Domino.

For me, LOTS of duplication, but it should be a treasure for others.

Does Walt Williams play on that one? (Inside joke for old baseball fans.)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Put my contribution in the mailbox this morning. And another thank you to Jim.

Can the two Howard Rumsey RIP threads be combined?

Have they declared what he does legal or are they just letting it go? It will be interesting to see what happens if another team files a protest. I bet that will happen.

If I were an umpire, I'd call a balk or illegal pitch and let the leagues and the commissioner make a decision. And they would have to.

Simenon: Inspector Cadaver A very nuanced Maigret

I agree. It could be an interesting thread.

Sadik Hakim

I don't see much mention of either Walter Bishop Jr. or Lou Levy on these forums or elsewhere these days. To me, that makes them overlooked. Just my opinion.

Walter Bishop Jr.

Lou Levy - even though he recorded with many other musicians, I think he's overlooked.

Bud from 1959 with Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke

YES!

All I was referring to was a part of the interview where a customer complained that he wasn't playing a tune - I believe it was "Here 'Tis" - the way it was on the record. Lou learned the recorded solo and went back to the club to play it exactly as it was on the record and make the guy happy. If that's what Lou and the customer wanted, fine for them. As for Trane's record sales, he certainly had steady sales while he was alive and was under contract from 1961 until his death. I've read that Coltrane's record sales helped to carry Impulse as a jazz label. Lou can say whatever he wants. It's all just entertaining b.s. to me.

I remember well where I was. I was driving home from a hospital where a friend's first child was born and I heard the news of John Coltrane's death over the car radio.

Somehow I have always been under the impression that Lou Donaldson constantly played in a style of jazz that went BEYOND that, so .... ? Besides, just looking at the excerpt in the opening post: If you just take the core of one man's opinion and observations from his presence on the scene and even take them with a bit of salt, there STILL is a grain of "emperor's clothes" truth to it after all. Acquired wisdom (of what one - at large - is supposed NOT to disagree on) isn't always where wisdom really is. Lou Donaldson did play in a style that went beyond swing or jazz influenced r&b in the 1950's, but his playing regressed (in terms of "modernity") after that, and it seems that he was happy to play only what people wanted to hear - even to the point of memorizing a recorded solo so that people would hear exactly what they were used to. That's fine for him if that's what he wanted to do, but why put down others who wanted to play something new? As for his putdown of John Coltrane, someone should tell Lou that Trane's records have probably easily outsold his over the years, so what does that say about his theories of music and popularity?

We returned home yesterday to very pleasant weather - 70s, low humidity. It's supposed to warm up today and tomorrow - mid 80s - then 90s over the next several days, so I'm enjoying what's here now.

Thanks so much for posting the link, Joe.

Towering songwriter? I guess towers are lower these days.