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By the way. . . I've been sort of ignoring Motian on this one. . . he seems to be just the tiniest bit out of synch with everyone else, as if he's just a bit rushed while the others are laying back. . . . I sort of wish another drummer had been given the call, but he's not hurting it much and he's easy enough to just not concentrate on.

Thanks! I've big hopes for next year.

Oh yeah, of course, twice.

That bucket of stagnant water looked a little smelly too! If you use HIS OTHER NAME you get some more choices. Could this be our man? Or Or why is this fella Testa?

I can't say that I smell him, but sometimes his avatar makes me thirsty (but not for beer).

I'm not believing in either place so I'm not able to respond. I have heard a few sides by the Rev. and liked them. . . probably need to hear more all in good time!

Anyone have postcount stress disorder?

NOT surprising! Touche. Actually wasn't going for funny. Was going for post count.

Or not. . ..

BUT it may be a good thing if he gets there first.

Or not.

Yeah, I'm hoping to hit Antidisestabishmentfunkamentalist one of these days, but I KNOW Sngry will get there FIRST!

Or does it. . .

Doesn't matter! B-)

Wait: did I get that right?

Ah, thought so!

You DO want to be congratulated don't you?

Congratulations.

Yeah Matthew, the stereo road is another one. . . . Decware is like this board and the BN board to me, I have had to get their stuff. . . I now have an all Decware (and PS Audio system power conditioning, cords and interconnects, and Mapleshade rack and isolation components) and LOVE my listening! But it was an expensive road to travel down! That player is sounding better day by day. . . .

There's been a LITTLE discussion of this material on the board, not much. I preordered this set and really like it. I'm a Wingy fan and a Pee Wee fan and it was a must. I actually had nearly all the material on other cds, and got the set anyway. . . I'm loony like that. The music is GREAT if you like the early material, if you like Pee Wee. . . . The stuff with Pee Wee IS my favorite Prima stuff, though I like some of the stuff before and after as well, I like Prima up through the thirties fine, very jazzy, very New Orleans-y. The Wingy stuff is great as well, some wonderful sidemen and I'm a fan of Wingy's singing and playing. The pairing of these two groups of recordigns WORKS in my opinion. On top of that, the sound is very good. When I first got it I felt that the sound was a little bright. Since then my system has changed and that is not a problem.

OUCH! Sorry to hear that.

I may be different but I really love the work the Bros. did before they joined together for their first band; I'm not sure that is what you are looking for though. These are my favorites, all in great sound by J. R. T. Davies: Just great early white jazz and hot dance! There is also another favorite, the HEP cd "Harlem Lullaby" which has a fine collection of the recordings of their first band . . . including Mildred Bailey, Lee Wiley, Mae West, Bing Crosby, Ethel Waters, Bunny Berigan, Joe Venuti, Dick McDonough, and more. . . . Also with J. R. T. Davies remastering, great sound.

Well, it's because I don't have a car that I've been able to spend too much on cds helped by this board. . . .

Thanks Cary! Enjoy those VIBES!

Yes, I guess a machete and a fire axe were involved, according to Tony Scott! More about Tony on the subject of Duke's bandleadership and bandmembers: Duke had that ability to evade issues. If you had to face the issues he faced you'd be a raving maniac. He had 17 men continually pulling in different directions, and the three months I was with the band it didn't swing. They were looking for a drummer and I almost put in Philly Joe Jones but he didn't make it, he got hung up, and detained involuntarily in Philadelphia, because of mistaken identity by the narcotics squad. Philly threw his drugs out of the window. He was put in jail for his needle marks. Ellington could make everything into a purple ice-cream soda. he had all these guys grumbling. He was sitting in front of the bus, imagine these eight-hour trips, sun comes up he'd be the first one the sun hits his eyes. Part of his genius, if not 90 per cent was travelling. I did three months of it and I had a tic in my eye. Duke and his band, it was like being around a man and wife who're always nagging at each other but stay together. They owed him and he owed them, and they couldn't really settle the bill. When I first started with them I couldn't find numbers. Quentin Jackson called out numbers for me because when Duke started a number he never announced it. They all knew them. Quentin. Clark Terry and Britt Woodman were the only ones who were nice. They told me 'When we go South, be an Ethiopian.' we'd stop at a place to eat, counter service, and we'd order hot dogs hot dogs hot dogs. I said, 'I'm not gonna eat a hot dog. I'll wait till we stop at a restaurant and eat' I get on the bus and say, 'Hey, when we stop and eat?' and somebody says, 'That was it, man' Hot dogs! Now these are jazz musicians that you hear hitting high notes and strong solos and all, and you say WOW -what ENERGY! and they 're doing it on hot dogs, right. I say, 'That was it?' and Jimmy Hamilton says- 'Yeah, man, it's every livin' ass for himself down here.' So I run into the white section and grab me two apples and a chocolate bar, run into the bus. Jimmy Hamilton sees the apples - 'Hey, gimme an apple, man' - and I say, 'Man, it's every livin' ass for himself down here.' I learned quick. I got in an argument on the bus with Mingus one time. He says, 'You white people are always telling us how to talk.' I turned round and said, 'I'm darker than you are, Mingus.' Mingus is about my colour, I'm Sicilian and he had a lotta white blood in there more than I had. He was trying to prove he was a black man, and I took his negritude away. he came up behind me - I had Bebop glasses on - and he strangled me, one hand around my throat and one over my eyes. Britt and Clark pulled him off. Britt wouldn't look at him after that, and Mingus said, 'Man, I must've stepped on my dick. My best friend won't look at me.' I was there when Mingus had that big to-do with Juan Tizol - it's in Beneath The Underdog. Juan with a machete, Mingus with a fire-axe. Duke had to fire him. Duke said to Mingus 'Look, Juan Tizol is an old problem. Why don't you resign? You're a new problem.' ©Tony Scott: Lady, Bird and Me