jazzbo

Hey, I reportedly used to try to go into the bar on one corner of the block, The Red Rooster (still wonder if this is the place that apparently Tyner and Coltrane both appeared at) when I was very young. . . . And would be turned away. I know it must have had one big ass jukebox. . . you could hear it a few houses away when the doors were all closed! Was good stuff.

Jim, IF you find writing reviews as frustrating and spiritually draining (when the editorial guidelines go against your grain) as I do then An extra one for the perserverance and grunts.

I found it exciting to listen to these. Thanks for all the work Dan, and Jim!

My grandfather playing banjo and piano, my grandmother playing piano and organ, my dad's collection of Gershwin and swing lps and also corny stuff he had from HIS dad like the Hoosier Hot Shot 78s. . . . And then Philly soul on the radio when I was about nine to eleven.

I own a car and a motorcycle, both of which are just resting, unregistered. I love motorcycles; fifteen years ago my wife (then fiancee) pretty much told me she wouldnt' be around if I continued to ride my cycles; I sold my BMW R65 and kept my then retired BMW R90 in the garage where it still resides. For about a decade before that I had only had a cycle and never needed a car until I started playing in bands when I picked up a 1966 Belair wagon (straight six, three on the tree!) to haul drums and band members around. My wife and I used that for about seven years until we bought a house and both the car and the house began to need a lot of attention, and we decided to see if we could retire the car and save up for a new one. Well, we kept saving, we kept doing house repairs etc. We found we could get by quite well without a car, and so began to make extra payments to the mortgage instead of car payments. We bus to and from work, walk to the grocery store, etc. and take the occasional cab; lots cheaper than car payment, insurance, etc. And we're reducing the length of our mortgage by about oene half. PLUS my wife is the very worst driver imaginable; anytime she would drive off I would get this sinking feeling that I would never see her again. Having a car for a long time that she hated to drive, and then having no car at all, is a more relaxing situation! I admit I was never into cars after I couldn't keep my 1964 Alfa Romeo Spyder 1600 going way back in the mid-seventies, and started riding motorcycles. . . . Honestly I don't miss cars and traffic and wrenching and paying insurance and garage repair bills and parking fees. . . . And after so many years when I see SUVs flying along with drivers gabbing into cellphones or applying makeup I just think how silly they are and try my very best to stay out of their way. I'm happier not having to deal with traffic; I read a book and have a nice rejuvenating walk instead. We're well situated for public transport and neighborhood shopping and entertainment and make the most of it. Now if they just hadn't built 500,000 homes right across the street from us!

The French lps of the RCA Hawkins Orchestra are really cool; I've got those in the Jazz Tribune series.. . . this was a fun band. I don't QUITE see those more contemporary referrences, but that doesn't matter; stands well on its own. Those guys seemed to have FUN.

Great stuff! I have the two Fantasy cds and need to blow the dust off them and spin them again soon!

It's alright Mark. You know the last year and a half or so I think of my pal Freddie and I smile. I miss him, but I smile because he was a great person and a joy in my life, and I know he wants me to think of him that way.

I had a really good friend who passed away nearly three years ago now named Freddie Myrick. Everytime I see Bert Myrick, I think of Freddie, who until he came down with cancer was the warmest and most smiling person I ever knew. I miss him! Wasn't a musician. . . but he loved music. Especially gospel music.

He is very Caetano-esque at times, admittedly. But he's got his own thing too, and it's a good cd!

This one on ebay also looks as if it is going to be expensive as it needs repadding. . . . Graftons if my memory of a bunch of webpages about them that I sifted through a few years ago is correct don't use standard pads.

For everyday use, I find that the Velocity cdrs from www.amazon.com are pretty decent. . . you can get them for about 14 cents each if you buy enough to make the free shipping; sometimes they are on sale and you can get them even cheaper.

Not exaclty "hard bossa," but has anyone been enjoying Celso Fonseca? I got on to him from the new Paula Morelenbaum cd "Berimbaum" (which I adore) and picked up which I really enjoy!

Many more happy ones all in a row!

Yes. . . it has bits from a Ford Jazz Hour (I think that is what it is called) tv show that has awesome playing from Charlie Shavers, Pee Wee Russell, Lester Young and more, and it also has a tv segment called "After Hours" that has some hokey narration and plot about an after hours jam session, but has great music from Hawk, Eldridge, Cozy Cole and others . . . . Nice dvd. About 35 to 40 minutes long.

Hey, I used to be a drummer. . . . I kept my eyes open and watched the dancers (assuming there were dancers, there were 90% of the time). I sort of fed on their participation. And watching people dancing is calming and pleasing (I was usually pretty nervous at the beginning of any gig). And in rehearsals in one band that represented more than half my experience I always watched the pick hand of the guitarist that wrote most of the material and felt he was the boss. He was a stickler for perfection and he had these intricate arrangements with stop time breaks etc. that sort of nettled me. . . (I wanted to GROOVE). By watching this pick hand I somehow was cued in more as to where the song was and was going. I know few drummers who play a lot with eyes closed!

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To me on my system the whole set sounds thinner and "more tart" than the separate cds I have. . . .

I would agree with Chuck. That is not Wayne. I can't see Bu letting a sideman be featured without him on a cover either.

I have these. . . I like them a lot. . .I wish I had MORE. . . I think for once the 'Stards get the description right! Andrzej Trzaskowski Sextant with Ted Curson -- Seant -- Polish Jazz Vol 11 Andrzej Trzaskowski -- Polish Jazz Vol 2 (Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet/Sextet) Krzysztof Komeda -- Polish Jazz Vol 3 . . . Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet -- Go Right Zbigniew Namyslowski -- Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet -- Polish Jazz Vol 6 Krzysztof Komeda -- Polish Jazz Vol 5 -- Astigmatic (even though it's also on Vol 3! Came with the booklet for the Komeda box for the cost of a cd)

Oh how I remember how thrilled I used to be to have a Mosaic booklet in my hands and spin disc after disc of a set. . . . I'm so jaded now! No, I have more demands on my time and less interest in just sitting and pouring through discogrpaphic information and someone else's impressions of the music. I just breeze through liners now and I listen to the music. . . . I love to get a Mosaic set and spend a week spinning the discs. . . . It's still a big deal!

I've read these before. I think it's quite interesting in a number of ways. Sometimes he heard the INFLUENCES in a player but didn't know the player. And I found it fascinating that he knew it wasn't Duke on the piece with Hodges and Webster. This was during his "no one done Bird right yet and Ornette is gonna rock everyone's world" phase! I'd have loved to see him at any time, but especially around this time Ray!