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Presenting Ernie Henry (Riverside Japan)

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Watched two episodes from the second season of Northern Exposure this afternoon. Far superior to most of the crap that's on the tube these days.

Read a number of poems from August Kleinzahler's The Strange Hours Travelers Keep while walking this morning.

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Charles Ives: "Study No. 9 - The Abolitionist Riots" (1943 recording) from Ives Plays Ives

I just finished reading a book of reminiscences/reflections about Charles Mingus, & started thinking about my favorite recordings. Two of my favorite three are usual suspects, but they hit me hard when I first heard them and still do: Mingus Ah Um Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus Mingus Plays Piano - Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations Mingus Ah Um was a very important record for me. I bought it and Sonny Rollins' Our Man in Jazz in late '62/early '63 when I only had a few jazz records in my collection. I played Our Man in Jazz first and was lost. I'd never heard anything like it and worried that current jazz might be beyond what I could hear. When I listened to Mingus Ah Um, I felt as if I were saved. That record taught me a lot about what music could do - what feelings it could touch. And fortunately, I gave the Rollins a couple more listens and was able to hear a lot of what was on that record too. Mingus Plays Piano might be an unusual choice. It just sounds to me as if he were playing for himself and I enjoy that sort of thing. I thought it might be interesting if people listed their favorite three Mingus recordings, perhaps with a bit of commentary. I know that three is a tough limitation, but narrowing it down can make you think a little more. Hope some of you are interested.

Happy Birthday from one Paul to another!

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Happy Birthday! Wherever you be.

Happy Birthday to a Master!!! There are a lot of folks here who love you, Ornette!

Why in the world would you admit to this, for all the world to see??? Is it a cry for help? Or a cry to locate another BAND GEEEEEEEEEEEEEK like yourself? Dude, start your own thread for crap like this....or, just say what vinyl you are spinning and let Nessa comment on it. Thanks I'm interested in what Jeff has to say. If you're not, just move on to another thread or post. Unless what you posted was an attempt at humor ... ?

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Last saw him nearly 30 years ago now as part of a double bill at Ronnie Scotts with Cedar Walton (the same venue where he tried out Miles' sunglasses ). Amazing that he's still actively performing - would be interested to hear how it goes. I'll post a report. Prof. Corey is 95, so I'm hoping for the best. Wow - I figured he was well into his 60s when I saw him. Even though he was wearing baseball sneakers with his tux ! The show was great - went with a friend & we both said we couldn't remember laughing so much. Professor Irwin Corey is well up there - his body has slowed down, but his mind is still all there. He can still rattle off those long series of non-sequitors, double talk, mixed in with pseudo-academic and pseudo-technical phrases. We were sitting next to a couple who drove Prof. Corey to the concert. The fellow said that when Prof. Corey walked out his door he said, "Man, I'm so old I went to the blood bank the other day and they'd cancelled my blood type." I caught up with him during intermission and he signed an LP from the 1970s that I brought to the concert. I don't usually do that but I figured this was an exception to be made. He still wears an old dirty tux with tails. I wonder if it's the same one all these years - looks like it could be. Dick Gregory was wonderful. He did a mix of socio-political commentary - much like what he did in the 60's/70's when I remember seeing him last, but obviously updated - with some regular comedy schtick thrown in. Gregory is 78 and he was the youngest performer on the bill. I wondered what to expect from Jerry Stiller. He did a series of reminiscences about his life and career that were funny and entertaining. His wife, Anne Meara, joined him on stage in the middle of his show. At one point she said, "I know I'm loud." Stiller replied, "Yeah, it's your second language." Glad my friend Doug talked me into going.

I can recall seeing Jackie Wilson on (white) TV a number of times before he got shot by a girlfriend shot him in 1961. He had some amazing moves. It seemed like he always did that leap and semi-split. When I saw James Brown later on - James was too raw for mass TV until he got to be so big that they couldn't avoid him - he was great, but early Jackie Wilson was always my favorite.

Last saw him nearly 30 years ago now as part of a double bill at Ronnie Scotts with Cedar Walton (the same venue where he tried out Miles' sunglasses ). Amazing that he's still actively performing - would be interested to hear how it goes. I'll post a report. Prof. Corey is 95, so I'm hoping for the best.

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Not music as such - a concert with Professor Irwin Corey, Dick Gregory, and Jerry Stiller. Looking forward to seeing and hearing Prof. Corey - one of my all time favorites.

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Clifford Brown by Nick Catalano - I'd read a lot of negative things about it but decided to give it a shot. Big mistake - one of the most poorly written books I've ever read. It did inspire me to listen to some Clifford Brown, which was a good thing, but I can't imagine ever having a desire to reread it, or even to reread parts of it.

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Heard it.

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You don't own a cell phone do you? I think at least 2 questions dealt with that which lowered my score. And here I thought maintaining a FB page and having played a video game made me so young. I'm at the young end of Boomerdom btw. Actually, I do own a cell phone. Wonder what my score would have been without that?