paul secor

Late wishes, but I hope you had a GREAT BIRTHDAY!

I guess we can leave the reality out of it. Richard Benjamin couldn't - no humor there for him.

Schuller's Early Jazz is a book that will help you to think about your listening and Bud Freeman's Crazeology contains some good stories. I recommend both.

Whatever Mr. Rollins is doing, I just hope that he's enjoying his life.

Paula Prentiss also had some mental illness issues, though obviously not to Ann Prentiss' extent.

Hendrix, Joplin - Just says to me that the Post Office will do anything to sell some stamps - especially if people save them and don't use them.

Abbey Lincoln Abe Vigoda The Kingfish

Another for the Rega. I have a different model but, judging from it and from reviews, they make good sounding and well made turntables.

Phillip Wilson (w. Olu Dara): Esoteric (Hat Hut)

Betty Carter: Social Call (Columbia) Listening to this, I heard a complete mastery of rhythm and tonality, along with a lack of emotional involvement. Perhaps that lack of emotional involvement is on me - perhaps it's on her.

Norton Trixie Alice

"If a work of art (book, recording) has been off the market for a long time - maybe 20 years - you should have the right to reissue it on your label and pay royalties." That's your opinion. Do the laws agree? John - Route 66 (and Jonas Bernholm's associated labels) made agreements with the leaders involved and issued the records. (By the way, Bernholm could have been sued by the labels involved, though it probably wasn't worth their while to do so.) Coming to an agreement with the estates of the artists involved in the Savory collection would be a different deal partly because there was probably no one musician designated as leader. And there may not have been signed contracts - in which case, who owns that music? Certainly not you and not I and not someone who just decides to issue it. "Major works of art." Who decides what are major works of art and what are "minor" works of art? Should "major works" be susceptible to being released over any objections because someone says they're "major", but "minor" works are not? If a "major" (as opposed to "minor") writer holds the rights to his works and doesn't want them reissued, or even perhaps issued for the first time, does someone have the right to issue them because they decide that they're "major" works? Ornette Coleman supposedly has a trove of tapes of unreleased concert and rehearsal performances, plus i believe he owns the master tapes of previously released records such as Crisis and Ornette at 12. If someone got hold of those tapes (either while Ornette is still with us, or after his passing, if Denardo or someone else inherited them) would that person have the right to issue them simply because they might be regarded as "major works"? There are a lot of issues involved here, at least for me - perhaps not for you.

The Man with the X-Ray Eyes X-Ray Spex "Spec" Shea

Martin Van Buren was the answer to the first question on final Jeopardy about a month ago. I didn't know the answer, but my wife did.

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and the Muse Allstars Live at Sandy's (Muse)

If a 50 year limit sounds good to you, work to get the laws changed to that. To my mind, there's more than enough music readily available to keep people occupied for years and years. I doubt that most folks know the music in their collections thoroughly right now. I know that I don't. If the music becomes available, fine. If not, I won't lose any sleep over what I'm missing out on.

Heirs are heirs, whether they are spouses, children, or whoever is an heir under the law.

If descendants of the musicians involved don't want the music released - whatever their reason(s) - that's their right under the law. You and I don't have the right to own and listen to recordings of the music just because we might want to. In a civilized society, no one has a right to something simply because they might want it, even if that goes against the beliefs of the "internet generation".

Ridiculous story about Hat hut and the Ne Plus Ultra Tape. If you don't know what to do with a tape, you don't destory it. Pure craziness. I don't know if there should be repercussions. That's your call. Looking forward to the Daley release.

The thing that I think about is that he died at age 23. Hard to imagine where his playing might have gone had he lived.

La Lupe Celia Cruz Graciela

When Letterman started out, I could see that he used a number of things that Steve Allen used on his early 60's late night show - and not as well, to my mind.

Robert Plant Vegetables Brian Wilson

Mamma Mia Mia Farrow Old Blue Eyes