paul secor

Which gets you what? A chance to be one of today's top 10 posters. The top 10 poster may even be you! Offer is limited, eligible only need to apply. Been in the top 10, but have never been #1. (And never will be, even if I keep going back and forth with you on this topic.)

Which gets you what?

599,391 at present - 609 short. Maybe a bunch of posts will push us over the top. 60 minutes later, we're at 599,452. 60 posts in 60 minutes! 548 to go. At this pace, we should hit 600,000 at 7:16 pm, CST. How can you tell what the number is???????? OOoooo, I'm getting too excited MG Check Board Statistics at the bottom of the Forums Page. Don't get too excited. Wait for 1,000,000 for that.

Never heard Caifornia ..., but I've always thought that a lot of Evans' best early playing was done with Philly Joe. I'll take Everybody Digs and Green Dolphin Street with PJ over the Lafaro/Motian trio sides anytime.

Thought that Jim had 600,000 posts on his own.

Sirone: Live Ted Brown: Free Spirit John Cale: Paris 1919 - expanded edition

Happy birthday, Larry!

Haven't heard At the Prelude, but Red in Bluesville is probably my favorite Garland recording. (It's the one I heard first, so that might have something to do with it.)

Guess I'm demented. They're wild - especially "Idaho".

Yeah. Haven't listened to it in several years, but I remember liking it.

A Little Pleasure - Reservoir 109 Too bad JR's Live in Albany album is in limbo. I assume that either Reservoir or Uptown has the rights to it. It was originally issued on Uptown, but then so was A Little pleasure - originally titled ... And a Little Pleasure. Perhaps Chuck can fill us in when he returns to the Board.

Yea, I've heard some stories myself. One of the reasons that I never got to experience a live show like the one recorded here (other than the exceptional band) is that Johnnie Taylor in the 1980s often used to get seriously loaded before shows. At one show I attended, he could barely stand up. It took a lot of nerve too, as he was leading a soul revue that included Tyrone Davis, Clarence Carter, Latimore, and Denise LaSalle. A lot of people just walked out on JT. But that voice... Yeah, JT really fell in love with the pipe, up until he died. He proclaimed his "salvation" towards the end, but... The gig when I was offered it was mostly weekend hit-and-runs. You got paid $125 cash for each show, and you paid all expenses, including hotel & food. No per diem, not even a token. Cats would do a St. Louis/Chicago/Memphis hit & sleep on the bus and bring canned goods from home just to come home with something. And that bus...hardly a trip went by that it didn't break down, somtimes minor, sometimes major. It was not uncommon to be scheduled to return home on Sunday night & not get home until Tuesday morning. And while you were stranded, you were all the way on your own for room & food. JT actually bragged that he'd rather pay the IRS than give the money to his band. I actually accepted the gig when first called. Hell, I knew it was brutal, but it was JOHNNIE TAYLOR. But then LTB reminded me of the horror stories we'd both heard and asked me what we were going to do with our son when the bus broke down & I didn't get home on time, and reality struck. I called the road manager back and explained that I had spoken prematurely, that the offer was enticing, that JT was a great artist and that I'd love to make the gig, but that this was just not a good time. He kinda sniffed and said, "Oh, I see...you're a FAMILY MAN...cool, I can respect that..." CLICK. JT's gig was notorious, and not all Blues/R&B gigs at that level of exploitation. BB King's band actually has health insurance & a 401K plan in place. But the music is "rough" like it is for a good reason. For the most part, these men and women were/are tough people who came up tough, and their business is quite, shall we say, "old school". Nothing but love for all of the music and most of the people, but "fans" should know that as "glamorous" as it all seems, the reality is usually anything but. Still, there are true princes, true heroes. I worked locally/regionally with Little Joe Blue for a year or so, and let me tell you - that man is a hero of mine even to this day. Not a whole lot of money to be had, but there was dignity for everybody out the ass, and more than a few nights where I'd leave the bandstand with goosebumps. And a surething of a ride home. Thanks for posting your experiences, Jim - a bit of an education for many of us, I'm sure. I'd wondered why you quoted Little Joe Blue at the bottom of your posts a while back. Now I understand.

Thanks for posting that.

I'm confused here. Not all that unusual for me, but perhaps Jazztropic should clarify what he intended when he began this topic - 2 sax duos or sax + another instrument. Anyway - here are a few: Sax + piano: Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan: Goin' Home Archie Shepp/Dollar Brand: Duets Stan Getz/Albert Dailey: Poetry Duo saxes: Lee Konitz/Richie Kamuca: "Tickle Toe" from The Lee Konitz Duets

Kenny Burrell: Swingin'

These are 2 LP 45 rpm sets.

Thanks for posting that, SS. Very nice tribute to his passing.

Yup. Seemed like they were beating my Lakers year after year, even though the Lakes had Elgin and Jerry.

I was around back then. Wilt got the points, but didn't get rings until he cut down on his shots and let his teammates into the game. Of course, the other side of that is, like Kobe today, he didn't have a great supporting cast in his early years. And another side is that Wilt had a huge ego that tended to get in the way of the game. His counterpart, Bill Russell had an ego too, but never let it take over what he needed to do for his team to win.

That pretty much says it all.

Noah Howard: At Judson Hall

Another for Newbury.

During the interview, Boyd mentioned that when Pink Floyd signed with EMI, they had to use an in house producer - I'm not a Floyd fan, so I don't know who that might have been - and Boyd was dropped.

'cause 350 folks bought it on vinyl. I'm one. Who were the other 349?

That's right. But he founded the company that still bears his name. Red Rose Music Yeah, I think I read somewhere that he lost control of his own company and was forced out. But they still get to use his name - that's the business world.