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Hey, I'm married, I scored myself with real honesty, and I don't look like a slob. I don't primp and pluck and shave other than my face though, and I put some spray on my hair to keep it in place because it is rebellious and rude at heart. I've always been a polite and empathetic person and have many women friends and the best mate possible for me. I present a good appearance, but reading Krishnamurti about a decade ago made me realize that worrying about one's appearance with real weight simply contributes to your living to others' expectations, which I wanted to free myself from. I check myself in the morning and when washing my hands in the restroom at work may look again and that does it for me.

Well there's hardly a Ellington-Strayhorn-ian I don't dig very much. . . I think that is the safest thing for me to say. Juan was special with that unique sound and that elegant conception. I truly dig his recording with the Nat Cole Trio (plus). Classic stuff that shows of his special sound and style.

Here, I think he's already on the job under a nom-de-plume. . . .

Hey, I'm not really a Reid Miles nut, but I bet he could make a good cover with this shot of this Grandassa model. . . maybe for Terrence's "Bounce"?

So far I've gathered up the Bud and the Jackie, and I'm very fond of the sound of both. Nice to have all the box set Buds in remastered sound now! (I have all the RVGs, and a TOCJ Superbit remastering of the Roost material.)

Yeah, no webcam, and Marjorie has since become a very shy old lady, hiding from anything pointed at her. . . . !

Yes, I do believe that Monk stopped by the recordings session: here's what I found as personnel: 323m-1-18 Helen Merrill - Teddy Wilson / Helen Sings, Teddy Swings (Victor SMJX-10111)* Larry Ridley, Lenny MacBrown Looks like a real WINNER!

Here's the cover, this and the Monk photo are both from 1970 in Tokyo, the Monk photo mentions "from a recording session". . . . I think they're connected.

No, my cat has already been named, for thirteen years, Marjorie Bouvier Haggerty-Armstrong, because when we took her home from the pound, literally a little handful of tortoiseshell fur, she used to sit on the window sill and growl like Marge Simpson at people or animals or the occasional car drifting by. . . .

Hey I named my wife Helen! No wait a minute, that was her name when I met her. . . pure coincidence, probably. . . .

There's an album with Teddy that was a Japan only release, recorded I believe when Teddy was touring Japan, and Helen was living there. I think the picture with Monk may be from that same period, Monk may well have been in Japan then as well, but I don't know for sure.

One day I want to have her recording with Teddy Wilson. . . .

I've become a big fan too. I think as much as I love her Emarcy dates on the box set, I really love the Dick Katz collaborations more, and Chasin' the Bird in particular, and some later dates such as "You and the Night and the Music" and "Just Friends". . . . I haven't heard the Finlandia but I have it on my list. . . . I like the boldness that she exhibits to tackle almost any musical situation. There are some singers that just wouldn't dare to do half of what she does and does so very well. And the sound and texture of her voice is so unique and sensuous. . . .

I voted for Underground. A lot of variety on that disc, trio sides, quartet sides, John Hendricks' masterful appearance. The new reissue is a stone classic rechiseled right.

I like him a lot, on all his horns. I have all five of the Chronogical Classics, and I turn to these for my Ventura fix, and I have the Mosaic as well which duplicates about half of the fifth Classics. Fun stuff, and he sure was a master saxophonist!

This one I like too. . . . Just like the sort of vibe from late forties/early fifties artwork. . . .

I have always liked this one, my Dad has it from the back in the day. . .

Immanuel Velikovsky, "Earth in Upheaval."

Amen to that one Dave. I'm going to say two that I almost always say, "Ellington Indigos" and "East Coasting" by Duke and Mingus respectively.

Speaking of recent tributes or treatments of Bix items, this is a splendid cd:

There's no really bad place to start! The early stuff is stupendous, and like Catesta I love "Movin' Right Along."

The Mosaic and the Bix Restored series both have excellent sound. It's sort of apples vs. oranges as to which is best or better. . . depends on your taste and system, but both are produced with quality, accurate sound as the standard they shoot for and hit.

Yeah, I was hoping to be optimistic. . . .

Okay, I have the Paris material as an RTE, but it sounds better here, it really is a kickass 52 minutes of live Monk, everyone on and playing with spirit. And the kicker is a dvd included of Monk in Oslo. Only saw the first selection of the show so far, but it's AMAZINGLY GOOD in all ways. More Monk! YEAH BUDDY! I believe there is another in Dorn's reissue of the family's material due out soon. . . .

Yeah, well I agree with PD ultimately about the influence, but it certainly was there during his lifetime and diminished in importance afterwards. Sunbeam/Bix is going to eventually, they say soon, release a single cd of tracks featuring trumpeters that were at one time or another considered to have been Bix by some collectors. Actually, I probably have most of the selections, but it will be a fun release.