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Bird in Paris (Spotlite)

John Tesh Yanni George Winston

Andrew Hill: Judgement (BN/King Japan)

Just let Blue Note RIP and move on to other music. Then you won't have to worry about any of this.

Bartok: The Six String Quartets - Takacs Quartet Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Pieter Wispelway/Richard Tognetti/Australian Chamber Orch.; Kodaly: Sonata for Solo Cello - Pieter Wispelwey

How do you pronounce... Only Al Capp knows & he ain't talkin' The Jinks Michelle Weeks Anita O'Day

Clark Kent Kent Hrbek Joe Btfsplk

In Orbit - Clark Terry Quartet with Thelonious Monk (Riverside Japan)

Jimmy and Mama Yancey: Chicago Piano Volume One (Atlantic)

Guys and Dolls Guy Madison Dolly McLean

You sound like my wife. She'll lose something & if I don't find it first, I hear, "Here it is!"

St. Mary's/Northern Iowa/Cornell Great to see the some of the Big Name/Big $ schools w. arrogant/possibly crooked coaches go down in flames. Hope it continues.

I've been introduced to a lot of great music by many Board members. I know I'm leaving out a lot, but just a sampling from a quick perusal of my collection: Jeff Crompton - Percy Humphrey; New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Young Tuxedo Brass Band; Peter Bocage Jim Sangrey - Bill Perkins; Don Menza - not an introduction - I heard Don Menza play live when I was 17, but Jim turned me on to Jack Rabbit - great playing by Mr. Menza. Larry Kart - Claude Hopkins' big band jostber - Group Doueh And last (hardly least), Chuck - From his productions and label: Von Freeman; Eddie Johnson; Roscoe Mitchell (apart from the AEC); Fred Anderson; Hal Russell (I'm getting there. ) Baby Face Willette Cyrus St. Clair Mel Powell In the classical realm - any number of composers, conductors, performers - including: Jascha Horenstein, Artur Schnabel, Ivry Gitlis, Franz Berwald, to name just a very few. Chuck has helped me find an entry into this musical world. Any number of fine recordings - just a few I can remember: Billy Eckstine: Everything I Have is Yours w. The Metronome All Stars, including Pres & Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Strings for Holiday Greg Waits: ... and into the light Arvell Shaw and the Swing Legacy All Stars Apologies for all the people I've left out.

Hey, you're still a kid!

Marie Windsor Joseph Orange Michael York

Read his book, Sound of the City, in the early 70's. Not a perfect book, but it gave me some background information and a somewhat different outlook on early rock n roll & r&b than I'd had, & I thank him for that. Sorry that he passed at what seems to me a relatively early age.

Great music should be temptation enough.

I look forward to seeing them. Thanks for the heads up.

J.S. Bach: Violin Sonatas - Andrew Manze/Jaap ter Linden/Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) Albert Ayler: Slugs' Saloon (ESP)

Jo Jones: "The Main Man" (Pablo)

Happiest of Birthday Wishes to Mr. Taylor (or ten days later if March 25th is correct). He is one of the treasures of our world. I consider myself blessed that I heard him play live on a number of occasions.

Le Petomane Petuta Clark Petra Haden

Oh Yeah!!

Early this evening: Albert Ayler: The Hilversum Session (Osmosis)

Walt Dickerson: To My Queen (New Jazz Japan)