paul secor

Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray: The Master Swingers (Black Lion/Trio Japan)

Elmo Hope Trio: Here's Hope! (Celebrity/VSOP)

Peg Leg Bates Norman Bates Dave Brubeck

Tony Montana The Oklahoma Kid Georgia Sam

To those of us who have visted Sally's Place in Westport, Ct., this will come as sad news: http://06880danwoog.com/2013/07/11/sallys-place-to-close-a-westport-era-to-end/

Getz/Gilberto #2 (Verve France)

Dizzy Gillespie: Oo Pop A Da (Affinity)

Art Tatum: God Is in the House (Onyyx)

John Coltrane: Sun Ship - The Complete Session (Impulse) Kip Hanrahan: At Home in Anger (American Clave/Enja)

Cristina Garcia: Dreaming in Cuban

Jo Jones: Papa Joe and His Friends (Denon) Has there ever been a more subtle and more inventive drummer in the history of jazz than Jo Jones?

All the best to you, Tom! Happy Birthday!

Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! = 5 Flies Apparently it is a real restaurant, however. I'm not sure I'd want to use flies to help advertise a food service venue though. It is (or was?) a restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I was a dishwasher there in 1968. Kewl! I was a dishwasher too — my first real job as a music school dropout. fly.jpg But, getting back to Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! ... I finally picked up the new remaster. Incredible sound, and the music is wonderful. It's a Taylor record that even Taylor-haters could get into (I think). For Taylor fans, it's like being wrapped in velvet (with drink-of-choice in hand). I purchased my copy directly from importcds. According to Four Lives in the Bebop Business, Cecil was a dishwasher at one time.

Art Pepper: So in Love (Artists House)

Howard McGhee: Maggie's Back in Town

Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim Tiny Montgomery

Howard McGhee: The Sharp Edge (Black Lion/Trio Japan) (Couldn't find an image that matched the cover of my copy) Some beautiful playing by Howard McGhee on this one.

They're similar to the idiots who try to climb mountains they don't have the ability to climb and then expect others to rescue them.

Am I the only person that finds the "etc" in the title intriguing/redundant/lazy? They couldn't think of other otherworldly entities? or they didn't have space on the sleeve? Blame Sadik Hakim. He titled the tune.

I don't buy his records, don't go to his concerts. don't listen to his music, so I have no problem with him.

Gummo Zeppo Harpo

Sadik Hakim Trio: Witches, Goblins, etc. (Steeplechase)

Happy Birthday!

HB! EKE BBB!