paul secor

I like your Organissimo name, Chauncey Morehouse. It inspired me to read more about the jazz drummer, Chauncey Morehouse. I was surprised at how he was still active well into the 1970s. Chauncey, you have lurked here for years and developed opinions about some of the posters. Are there any posters who have truly impressed you in a positive way? Can anyone who "lurks" for years be trusted? Sounds almost like a stalker mentality.

Little John Big Bertha Giant Haystacks Haystacks Calhoun Kingfish Huey Long

The Little Rascals ("Aw, raspberries") John Littlejohn Tiny Tim

Long Tall Shorty Tommy Tucker Sugar Pie DeSanto

Maureen O'Sullivan Mia Farrow Woody Allen

Stan Getz and Al Cohn sides from Brothers and Other Mothers (Savoy/Arista)

Spike Lee Reggie Miller Li'l Penny

Gerard Woodward: A Curious Earth Enjoyed this novel about a man searching for friendship and love in old age.

Don't care about influence - only about what moves me. Much of what Django played does that - very little of what Zawinul played does it for me.

Bill Evans: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Alto)

K.D. O.P. TNT Tribble

Humidity's back here, too.

I have to get that one. I should mention that in addition to the three Bowie trio tracks, there are a couple of cuts reissued from Frank Lowe's Inappropriate Choices CD, and two cuts with Bill Laswell on electronics. I don't care for the Laswells, but they're the last two tracks, and I turn it off there.

Dick Van Arsdale Tom Van Arsdale Los Van Van

"Be-Bop" from The Sonny Clark Trio (BN) The music seems to just flow out of Sonny Clark on this one. Sounds as if he could have played on and on, if he had chosen to.

Sonny Clark Trio (BN/King Japan)

The Phillip Wilson Project (Jazz Door) contains three trio recordings w. Lester Bowie, William Parker, and Phillip Wilson. "Cool" is a very fine piece of music.

Django: The Swing Sessions Volume 3 (Frog) Red Norvo: Dance of the Octopus (Hep)

He's on Fela's Black President album.

Seems to be a recording done by someone named Buddy Bolden - whoever he may be.

We don't have kids of our own, but my wife has a classroom filled with kids, so we take our vacations in the summer - at least until she retires in a year.

I grew a beard many years ago, and a friend of mine told me - some people look distinguished in a beard; some people look tough in a beard; you just look like someone the world stepped on. He was right, and I shaved it off. Gasol looks like some homeless street cat with that beard.

T-Bone Walker Sings the Blues (Imperial/Pathe Marconi)

Lots of great Blakey on Blue Note - the Birdlands, Moanin', Like Someone in Love, Roots and Herbs, Free for All, Bohemias, Jazz Corner of the World Ornette - Golden Circles - Looks like they might not be your thing, but who knows? Great music. Dexter - Our Man in Paris, Go Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib, Cool Struttin' Larry Young - Into Somethin' Johnny Griffin - Intoducing Horace Silver - too many to list Bud Powell - Vols. 1&2 to start - eventually all 5 Any BN Ike Quebec you can lay your hands on Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures, Conquistador Don Cherry - Symphony for Improvisors Clifford Jordan/John Gilmore - Blowin' In from Chicago Baby Face Willette - Face To Face Lee Morgan - too many to list And that's just for starters. Looks like you've got a lot of discovering and a lot of great listening ahead of you. edit - Hope you let us know how your listening is going, and that you join the discussion here.

James Arness Jon Arnett Roone Arledge