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Pepper Martin Martin Mull Moon Mullican

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Ernie Kovacs The Nairobi Trio Shirati Jazz

Bobby Bradford and the Mo'tet: Lost in L.A. (Soul Note)

Marie Adams & the Three Tons of Joy Randy Weston Jeri Southern

I know you were joking but, in actuality, my dentist has no interest in jazz. Just had a jazz musician and a couple of jazz related relatives pass through his life.

Eddie Palmieri: Palo pa Rumba

David Oreck Frank Perdue Orville Redenbacher

So how did Hank Williams make the cut?

Did you discuss the new set of teeth Bunk Johnson had to have to get going again? Didn't think of that one. Perhaps in six months when I have my next appointment. Having a conversation with him about wind musician's teeth might be interesting. Don't know what his experience has been, other than with Mr. Kaminsky, but I'll try and remember to bring it up next time.

As Chuck pointed out, there was much more to 1960's Blue Note than hard bop. My experience in the 60's was that I let BN's hard bop sides slip by. I found myself turned off by the BN hard bop formula. 20-25 years later, I listened with better ears and was able to hear the music inside the formula, and was able to hear that all of the music on those records didn't fit a formula. The music was always there. I just wasn't ready to hear it right away.

Yesterday I was reading George Lewis' A Power Stronger than Itself at my dentist's office. He asked me what I was reading; I told him, and he proceeded to pass on a couple of interesting stories. When he was in high school, there were twin sisters in his homeroom whose last name was Beiderbecke. The name meant nothing to him nor to his classmates, but his homeroom teacher - who was my Latin teacher several years later - made sure that she informed the class that the two sisters were related to a very famous musician. Years later, when he had established his dental practice, Max Kaminsky, who lived in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., one town away from his office, was one of his patients. Nothing earthshaking, but the stories interested me and made my time in the dentist's chair pass more easily.

Roy Scheider Romy Schneider Pat Harrington Jr.

Evan Parker Robert B. Parker Hawk

Happy Birthday, Mr. Rudd!

Never read that one. Sure sounds entertaining.

You have to be patient around here. Things tend to happen in their own time.

I read it and enjoyed reading it. I had read somewhere that John Ciardi may have had a lot to do with the book. If that's so, my question would be why is the last quarter of the book the least enjoyable (at least it was for me)? Where was Mr Ciardi then? Supposedly Sidney Bechet passed before the last part of Treat it Gentle could be completed. I'm willing to give Mr. Bechet the benefit of the doubt. He was a musical artist. He might have been an artist with words also.

"mimics" is a nice way to put it.

How 'bout Homer and Jethro? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Ja6_A8XpE...feature=related

Here it is:

I was listening to J.R. Monterose's Blue Note record this afternoon, and locked in on Wilbur Ware's playing. That man could swing a band on his own - didn't need a drummer. Even though in this case there was a fine one - Philly Joe - I had the impression while listening that Wilbur Ware was all that was needed.

J.R. Monterose (BN/King Japan)

Just be glad you've never heard him, let alone heard of him.

Bud's mid-50s recordings contain some of the most emotionally unguarded musical moments I've ever heard. I treasure them for that reason.