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They might. That would make a better news story than the continually sinking economy, the biggest deficit ever, more American deaths in Iraq . . . .

Moose, "My Name Is. . . " IS accessible. Go much further forward from there. . . WHOA!

Hey, I can hear you telling me Ornette before Ornette and not back away. There's a lot to that. I'm going to have to revisit some of the really late Bird because the last times I was listening to it I was hearing some Ornettish things a birthing. It could have just been me, but . . . I thought of Ornette.

It makes a good story though! And THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! The hokey pokey is the thing these days with the media.

It certainly IS different. Do you think Diz had a big hand here? Just wondering. I've no deep insight to offer. Diz was there in the studio and. . . well. . . I had to come up with SOMETHING to say.

Art Blakey 1960 set. It opened me up to financial ruin. . . .

Louis Prima/Wingy Manone.

Maybe if I tilt my head, JUST SO. . . .

Believe me, I would. And I believe you on the effect!

W, I agree with Larry one hundred percent here. Van De Leur's book is a painstakingly researched labor of love, and very revealing.

I've got that Dragon Messengers cd too. It's great!

I'll agree, I have only about five of her recordings, and I love her playing. The Maybreck Recital cd is one of my favorite in the series. As I am collecting Geri Allen and Renee Rosnes at the moment, I'll probably begin collecting Jessica too as funds allow. . . . All three of these women are players that are really amazing me.

I've definitely read it. I've even read a screenplay adapted from the biography, which would make a very interesting movie and probably will never be made. Strays was an amazing individual!

Received this reply back from my inquiring email: "Hi, yes, the Beatles CD will be released next month; e-mail Kevin Berg for date info. kberg@atl.jvcdiscusa.com Please let us know the release date..If we find out, we will e-mail you. Thanks It's a start. Allan for Helen Merrill" Yes, it's a start. I actually knew that was coming out. Not the title I'D HAVE started with. Release date appears to be March 16.

Yes, you can say it sucks badly all you want to. B) I actually sold a duplicate copy I picked up. In my estimation all that sucks is the remastering!

I believe that I have an early version of this, with a different cover, and I love it! This and a companion or two are some of the best of the most recent Shepps I've heard.

There's a lot of scholarship out there. One can spend years and years reading and evaluating if you choose and have the drive and the interest. I've done so, and I don't necessarily recommend it. . .

W, I have read many such books. I spent a good decade of my private life reading about the origins of Christianity, and about mystery religions, Judaism, the fascinating religious beliefs of Egypt, gnosticism, various Christian heresies such as Marcianism and Manichean religious belief, etc.

Berigan, that is what is happening, US imperialism. I open my eyes, that is what I see. If I call it that it's because that is what I see. If you don't see that fine. But I wonder where you're looking! And honestly this film IS a morality play, popular back when Christian imperialism was taking over the Old World and the New Frontiers of Africa and Asia. The similarities are something I see as well.

I'm not planning to go see it. I don't believe the accuracy of the source material, and I don't think I'll want to see it graphically displayed as the cat's meow. . . . It's an interesting conflict, and it sure is interesting to think of medieval morality plays in a time of Bushian imperialism, but I'm not planning on being a part of the spectacle.

They match up sound wise. There are nine volumes, the ninth recently released. They're different than the Condon concerts. They are more traditionally oriented to New Orleans style jazz, and don't necessarily suffer for that; they do suffer a little from the strong grip of the editorial hand of Blesh. And Blesh's talk and pronouncements often cause me to hit the skip forward button. . . . That said there is amazing work here from Davison, Bechet, Armstrong, Hodes, Foster and many more. . . .You can hardly get enough of those cats and there's plenty there to hear and enjoy.

I'll grant that Chuck is correct that Strayhorn influenced change in Ellington, I just think that change was good. As Tony mentioned before, Ellington was writing songs before, and Ellington had a real and serious need to have singers for songs in his band and Billy's arrangements for these were top-notch and a boon to the Orchestra which had to compete with the other bands for attention for vocalists. I also think that a lot of Strayhorn's work is largely unnoticed as his, and the contrast that he provided to Duke's music within arrangements made for strong and interesting pieces. And the individual compositions he presented are wonderful. To my way of thinking there's a chance without Swee'pea the Orchestra may never have made it into the fifties in the manner that it did, and we would not have the rich body of work we do have to study and enjoy today. Hey, I'm no fan of the AEC, and if they had had a Strayhorn-like organizational influence and more form for me to perceive I would like their work more. Yet Chuck loves these guys to pieces. So there's different approaches and different tastes. I've been wearing mine for a while, I like them, I know Chuck feels the same way.

Al, thanks for sharing. I bet I really should be saying "There but for the grace of Gott im Himmel go I". . . .

Thank goodness we had them both. It's amazing that they worked as well together as they did, and it's really hard to decipher what is what and there really is a manner in which the two combined are better than anything. . . . Even stuff that he did at seventeen is so damned sophisticated it shames nearly everyone! He's part of the reason I'm such a glutton for Ellington Orchestra material.

I really like the fullblown Strayhorn alone things tons. The four cds on Challenge by the Dutch Radio Orchestra are just amazing!