paul secor

Private joke.

Cecil Taylor Sextet: One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye

Belated birthday wishes! Hope you had a great one.

Happy birthday to the prognosticator ("Cards in 6")!

U Roy: Crucial Cuts

Can't really see all of the fuss being made over Natalie Cole. She's certainly competent, perhaps better than many at what she does, but, in the end, no big deal - at least to my ears. The current state of jazz vocalizing, which Jim brought to the fore, is a more interesting subject. I'm not that well versed on jazz vocalists, current or past, but I know that others are, and I hope they'll comment -on either this or another thread.

Monk: Thelonious in Action

Who cares who gets in? The R&R Hall of Fame is a joke.

Vladimir is an honest guy. I've dealt with him a number of times over the years.

... and into the light is a fine recording - one I've enjoyed it more with each listen. Check out the clips. I got my copy from Greg a while ago - don't know if he still does that. If not, Cadence has it.

There's also some good Blue Mitchell on Charlie Rouse's Takin' Care of Business (originally on Jazzland, a Riverside subsidiary) - a very, very good record.

Willem Breuker: Music from the Film, Doodzonde

Lucky Thompson featuring Oscar Pettiford (Jasmine) - the trio tracks are magificent!

Harold Land: The Fox

Duke Ellington: New Orleans Suite

Pee Wee Russell/Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Reunion

Happy birthday! Hope it's been a great day for you.

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Very astute observation. Then start another f-ing one and I'll delete this. Otherwise, piss off. Wouldn't have expected such harsh words from a class act like yourself, Dan. I learned long ago about getting into pissing contests with skunks. It's best to just walk away. Sayonara, Danny boy.

Very astute observation.

Paul says my batting average is pretty good for him, but he has some "bummers". That's fine for him (and many others - see below) but I love all of "my babies". Bradford/Stevens was a big disappointment in the marketplace and I pressed fewer of volume 2. Not really fair to the artists to say how many. Sorry you don't like the Russell disc. I still think this was a killer "band" and think they are few and far between. The Russell records didn't sell well but the band was picked up by ECM. Might you see a pattern? I still have vinyl copies of Bradford/Stevens vol 1 but vol 2 is gone. I also have copies of Russell/Mars Williams on vinyl. No regrets here. EVER! Never thought of you/Nessa Records having a batting average. I always thought that you put out records of artists you believed in and music you loved. Most record companies don't exist in that kind of ideal world. Yours does. And if there was one record I couldn't get into, and a couple by the same artist I haven't tried, that still gives you a batting average (with me) of around .900, which ain't too shabby. Offhand, I can't think of another record label in that category with me. Most importantly, you're batting 1.000 with yourself. That's what really counts.

As far as I know, Nick Perls' Yazoo label was the first label to put out very good sounding pre-war blues LPs. Before Nick, listening to that music was somewhat dire - at least as far as the sound went. Nick Perls kept a lot of the surface noise (he was dealing with 78s as source material), but the music was always in the forefront. Blues fans owe him a great deal.

Happy birthday!

The John Lewis Album with Putte Wickman and Red Mitchell

I've been a Lakers fan since I was a little kid, but I always loved to watch Red's Celtics teams run the break. He was a great coach. Thanks for the memories, Mr. Auerbach.