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My worst accident was in a snowstorm before dawn in January 1980 driving to work . . . shortly after I rounded a curve my headlights hit a trash truck in the lane ahead of me, no lights on. I swerved into the other lane, where my headlights hit a man standing in the lane looking at me with two trash cans in his arms. I swerved back into the original lane and did my best to slow down but collided with the truck pretty hard. Luckily I have alway been fond of old cars; I was driving a 1964 Doge 440 four door, the engine was pushed partway into the driver's compartment, the roof of the car came down to meet the dash. Nothing caught fire. I kicked my way out of the car and was alright---well, I had seventy stitches on my forehead and a few down by the side of one eye. . . but I was fine. I was kept in the hospital for two nights before the doctor finally decided I wasn't going to collapse in a coma, and told me I had a hard head. I had a vivid red scar down the center of my forhead for some time. . . I felt it was sort of a "Scarlet A" of some sort but I guess it wasn't as attention-grabbing as self-concious lil me thought. It faded away with time; it's there but hardly visible. I am sure the operator of the truck was glad I didn't just run him over; I've never been in contact with him. I had to appear in court and I was fined three dollars for hitting the truck from behind. The trash company was fined four thousand dollars for operating without the required lights. This really made me reassess my life in small town Ohio, and when the company I had worked for for six years closed its doors in the Reaganomic recession six months later, I started looking at other places to be, visited some University of Chicago friends living in Austin, and moved here that fall, scarred forehead and all. My whole forehead was soon sunburned red!

I'm sorry I guess I wasn't clear: the four cd collection of all the Bossa Nova sessions that Getz led or co-led. "The Bossa Nova Years."

This thread made me pull out the Bossa Nova box set again. . . I really enjoyed the material with Almeida and the live and "faked live" dates!

She appears on this Bethlehem as well I guess.

She did at least an Audio Fidelity and a VGM album as well. . . but I know little else. Maybe she married well? She looked as if she could!

I've discovered yet another eery similarity between Peter Johnson and I---I would have written the post he wrote for this topic!

On this page Parker page I found this: "Charlie Parker : The Great Sessions 1947/1948" (Jazz Anthology, France) Last Band for Bonds & '49 Carnegie Hall Concert.

You're going to run into different opinions depending on how one feels about RVGs, McMaster remasterings, etc. I have a lot of the RVGs and JRVGs from the albums in the Gordon box set and I, that is I myself, prefer their sound to the box set, but I wouldn't call the improvement staggering; the box set has pretty decent sound for a McMaster effort to my ears.

Good ONE!

I'm happy to see the Shepp, that's a cool one! Odd, two Shepps in less than a year's time!

Hell, just stick Cornell Dupree and Fathead Newman on the record! That'll flip some Noraheads!

Man, Kirby's group was always topnotch (IF a little monotonous in that there was very little variety to the instrumentation and format of the music). I've bought all the Classics and about half the material that is available on Circle Records (transcriptions in glorious sound). I can recommend also their work with vocalists Maxine Sullivan and Una Mae Carlisle. Kirby did many dates as a sideman bassist as well, and his presence means a great swinging time!

Yes, my Tower buyer also says that he talked with his Sony rep about the Pianos and Blues in Orbit and there was no release date he could divulge. BUT advance copies were coughed up! A Drum is A Woman however is just in limbo apparently!

An official and unofficial album or so with Art Blakey and the Messengers. . . . The Impulse lp with Freddie Hubbard . . . .

I agree immensely about A Shade of Difference, a wonderful album so well arranged and excecuted. . . . I come back to it time and again and am always rewarded! I need to try to find more of her work, those elusive titles. . . !

Also Wynton Kelly. . . .

Helen LIVED in Japan a number of years. I wish someone could release all those albums domestically on cd!

Yes, Blues in Orbit will contain two takes of Track 360, and Sentimental Lady and Brown Penny (one track each) which were NOT on the original album, PLUS alternate takes of Pie Eye's Blues, Sweet and Pungent, The Swinger's Jump, and Blues in Orbit! Also to be released (but I haven't seen a date) are expanded versions of Piano in the Foreground and Piano in the Background.

That information about SACD and Blue Note was also posted by Kevin Bresnahan on the AAJ board, as a quote from Blue Note. Doesn't mean that Capitol entire are not going to put out more SACDs, and Blue Note will possibly change their tune, ESPECIALLY if they get a lot of requests for Norah SACDs.

I think Monk visited the studio but I don't think he appears in the recording. But I don't know and wouldn't be disappointed if he did!

Oh I'm sure we all understood that Ubu! It took me a long time to appreciate Helen Merrill, but when I did finally. . . it was akin to falling in love! RCA should (if it doesn't) DEFINITELY add a Merrill to their "Falling in Love With. . . " series if they have any of her material at all!

Does look very interesting, and as soon as I don't have a stack of about 50 books sitting staring at me wanting to be read I'll get me a copy!

I certainly agree, that Merrill is an amazing work! BUT. .. it took me a long time to realize that and really appreciate it!

Good points Chris. Art in general yes. I guess as much as I love literature, it is a less spiritual/religious experience for me than jazz. It's more . . . worldly. David, no haven't read that one! Coltrane is definitely someone who was concerned with spiritual matters, who had had a religious transformation and it permeates his work as a leader. . . . He was a great communicator because he communicated religious and spiritual emotions and longings to many!

Agreed. Or rather I would say not all religious emotion and spirituality is of a benevolent nature. . . so jazz as an expression of religious emotions and spirituality would reflect that.