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Betty Davis Betty Page Veronica

Filthy McNasty Killer Joe Freddie Freeloader

Ima Hogg Miss Piggy Macon Fry

Just arrived: Lee Konitz: Strings for Holiday Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige Ellington/Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio Shelly Manne: "The Three" and "The Two"

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: Together for the First Time (Mobile Fidelity) Plan on picking up the 2 CD version with alternates, outtakes, conversations tomorrow. Great that there always seems to be more to hear. The down side is finding the $, time to listen, and space for storage, but those are small potatoes compared to the joy of listening.

Larry - the piece about Live at the Beehive in your book helped open my ears to things I hadn't heard in Max's playing. Thanks.

Max made so many recordings over the years that it's probably impossible to pick one particular record as the best, but I thought it might be interesting for people to pick a record that stands out for them - whether Max is the leader or a sideman. I'll start off with Introducing Johnny Griffin. Johnny Griffin is on fire on this wonderful date, and Max is there with him all the way. This was recorded when Max Roach was still co-leading the Brown/Roach Quintet, and he was at his best. I've always assumed that the yeahs and shouts/moans that come from the background when Griff is soloing are from Max.

Duke Jordan Quintet: Duke's Delight Mr. Jordan was at the top of his game on this session.

Am I allowed to say that I really like that session? Please do.

What else? House rerun.

Amen. It probably won't be closed, but I hope it just dies. If Chris cared about the Big O Board, he would have left quietly and not have created another possibly incendiary situation. Let's let this go and move on to better things.

Elmo Hope Trio featuring Philly Joe Jones (RCA Japan) - 1966 recordings

I think you will have a similar reaction/feelings/enjoyment/whatever by listening to this; I've listened to it about 5 or 6 times over the last week or so and Wilbur is amazing on this one, as is Philly Joe. Commented on the JR earlier, but it can never get too many mentions. Yeah, it's a great recording to hear Wilbur Ware on. I like his playing on that one even better than on the Mobley.

Carol King Neil Sedaka Paul Simon

Officer Pup Augustus Mutt Snoopy

Lou Gehrig Jim Kaat Mark Fidrych

Tommy Tune The Euphonious Whale Kate Smith

Nicky Hill Hilliard Greene Harriet Hilliard

Bobby Jones: Hill Country Suite (Enja)

From the Book of Chuck: I fear for America - the last century was ours (the American Century), and that may be it. After it's over, I'd rather be Sweden, rather than Rome - if you get my foggy drift. I gotta keep my mouth shut.........Oh, shit here it goes. He has a great personal tone and 2 solos. One is fast and one is slow. The musicians around him camoflage this. Money may be our least significant expense. Rather than artists, single tracks do it for me. A good example for me is Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" aka "9 to 5". This record does it for me every time. Knowledge is good, if it does not interfere with feeling. All art is about expressing feelings. Technique and "tools" are the way the artist expresses feelings, but the "audience" is already lost if they look for the "tools" to justify the emotion. If you search for the tools before "experiencing" the work, you are lost. Webern and Albert Ayler are primarily about MELODY. They have different ways of arriving there, and they deliver different melodies. That is the magic. It is really that simple. Forget what you learned. It may be of use later. I'll stick with the wine and cantaloupe crowd. Nice to have options. Mechanical engineers are not the best drivers of Porsches. The limits are discovered by other souls. Please call me Chuck. You seem to be a bright guy - keep posting Understand, I'm not a Democrat, just an anti-Republican. Probably my favorite show only aired for one season - Tim Reid's "Frank's Place". How 'bout the entire Amos 'n' Andy series. So I guess if that beautiful red hair is ever "crushed" on my chest, I'm a pervert, right. This reminds me, when Michael Cuscuna was preparing a series of Coltrane issues for Impulse in the late '70s', he made a presentation to the marketing crew, and a young exec stood up and said something like "If Coltrane is so important, why don't we do a 'direct to disc' date with him and back it up with a tour?" This board is my internet home, BUT for me it is too locked into music from '55-65'. This is fine music, but only one decade. I really don't understand the "taste limits". Music be happnin' for thousands of years, and maybe into the future. Why only one decade. Branch out folks. I would be delighted to find threads on Webern, Tommy Johnson, Billy Banks, Machaut, Berwald, Borodin, Red Allen, Tommy McClennan, Haydn, Horenstein, Furtwangler, Joseph Jarman, Elliot Carter, etc. I glaze over when discussions of early recordings center on transfers. Music first, technology after that. Dickie Wells, Sam Nanton, JC Higginbotham, Bill Harris, Lawrance Brown - in that order. So......I just turned 59! Now to figure out how to spend the rest of my 50s. I have to go with 1942 since that's the year my spectacular wife was conceived. If not for her, I would not exist. Everyone I ever met from East St. Louis had bad teeth - black or white. Yup. Anytime I see "Zero" I think of Coleman Hawkins' girlfriend. Kim Novak. I thought I had a snappy response, but........ I'm always in front of the computer. What else do you need? Thanks to all.

N.Y. Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/arts/mus...ref=todayspaper

Good Rockin' Charles (Rooster Blues-Double Trouble)

Gene Phillips and His Rhythm Aces: I Like 'Em Fat (Ace)

I'm truly sorry for your loss. From my own experience, you may find that your mother will be with you in ways that she wasn't before her passing.

Got an e-mail this evening notifying me of a PM sent this evening. Works ok for me.