trane_fanatic

Are they actual retail CDs shipped out or do they have the BMG stamp where the bar code should be?

If CDex doesn't work, there is also poikosoft, which has a 30-day trial. poikosoft

Nah, I'm pretty sure there's 71. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sigh... I give up. It's nap time. *logs off board and head hits pillow*

Nope, no Rhodes. Just Herbie on a regular set of 88 keys.

Thanks fo da laffs, guyz. But can I get opinions on 'Free Form' itself, please? It is appreciated.

I just checked through the archives and have not seen much discussion about this particular title. 'A New Perspective', 'Slow Drag' and 'Byrd In Hand' have gotten more attention. Looking at the back cover, it seems solid. A little before his funk/soul stage featuring a very young Wayne & Herbie along with Billy Higgins. What is the consensus on this album?

Thanx. The site says free shipping on $20 and over though?

Still nothing on Yahoo! *sigh*

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file...BAGKEB7KS61.DTL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Kelly -- jazz pianist, teacher at Laney - Carrie Sturrock, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, February 8, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Kelly, a well-known Bay Area jazz pianist and dedicated church musician, died Friday following a series of strokes. He was 69. Mr. Kelly taught music at Laney College in Oakland for more than 25 years, played in churches around the Bay Area and performed with his Gospel Ar'Kestra as well as the Ed Kelly Quintet. He won accolades throughout his career. Among other honors, he was inducted into the Northern California Blues Hall of Fame in 1991, received a Bammie Award in 1982 for Best Jazz Pianist in the Bay Area and a Humanitarian Award from the Gospel Academy Awards, which mostly recognizes Northern California artists. He eschewed the touring lifestyle that can keep musicians on the road for up to 9 months out of the year in favor of spending time with his wife and four children. "He definitely could have gone further if he had wanted to pursue that kind of life," said Kathleen Enright, a friend of the family. "This way, he was successful with the home life, too." The Kelly household was a musical one. His wife, Faye Kelly, who died before him, was a choir director, voice teacher and piano player. All the children sang. Terrance Kelly, who describes his father as "the best dad anybody ever had" can remember his parents putting on shows for the children and the kids doing the same for them. His father would sometimes tease his mother, playing the blues and singing about a torn pink bathrobe she liked to wear: "To' up bathrobe, it looks so bad to me." "The kids would be on the floor cracking up," said Terrance, who lives in Oakland and founded the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. "My mother would stand there with her hand on her hip." Born in Wharton, Texas, Mr. Kelly grew up in Oakland and graduated from McClymonds High School in 1953. He then studied with Ernest Bacon at the University of the Pacific, took classes at Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated from Hayward State, now Cal State East Bay, in 1969. During his more than 50-year performing career, in which he mastered not only the piano but the Hammond B-3 organ, he played with legends like John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson and Ray Drummond. Jazz fans could hear him at the Monterey and Sacramento jazz festivals, and he was once featured at the B-3 Organ Summit in San Francisco. He also played at the Good Shepherd Church in Oakland and for the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. In addition to his son, Mr. Kelly is survived by three daughters, Charlie Ann Boyd-Halston of Round Rock, Texas, Cheryl Kelly-Leggett of Athens, Ga., and Keri Lynn Kelly-Moss of Titusville, Fla.; a sister, Theresa Scales-Rowe of San Lorenzo; a brother, Rev. Adolph Kelly of Sacramento; and six grandchildren. He is also survived by a special, longtime friend, Bettye Wright. Services for Mr. Kelly will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Allen Temple Baptist Church, 8501 International Blvd., Oakland.

And oh yeah, Ashlee Simpson is "jazzed" about her upcoming tour as the lead story, yet still no mention of Jimmy Smith on Yahoo Entertainment. *shakes head*

Yep, I imagine a young Tony Williams or Paul Chambers must have gotten some verbal thrashings back then. I've read that he's actually punched Trane and Chambers. Monk and Miles have gotten into it too, not to mention the Red Garland fiasco during the recording of "Milestones" and the tension between Roach and Mingus during "Money Jungle". Anyhow, here's some more cursefests from notable names... NOT WORK SAFE Curseorama Casey Kasem http://www.rockandrollbadboy.com/audio/CaseyCasem.mp3 Orson Welles http://www.rockandrollbadboy.com/audio/OrsonWells.mp3 The Troggs http://www.rockandrollbadboy.com/audio/TheTroggs.mp3

Buddy blows a gasket on the bandstand and cusses a storm! Don't know the exact date of this though. WARNING : Do not play at work or if you are offended by profanity. http://www.rockandrollbadboy.com/audio/BuddyRich.mp3

'We Three" is sooooooo good! Forgive me for sounding like a teenybopper right now. The first track, "Reflection", is worth the price of the album alone. Phineas is just an absolute delight on the piano. You MUST get it.

Detroit fans are really DURTEE. From some of the tapes, it looked like they were literally trying to kill or maim some of the Pacers.

Random Thoughts: It was ugly on both sides. However, the incident was only between players until a beer landed on Artest. That is a form of assualt. Self-defense? Nah. For the most part, I detest and abhor spoiled pro athletes, especially one with a track record like Artest's. On his behalf, he was doing an interview and lying down on a table when he got soaked. You actually had some Pistons trying to provide security for the Indiana players. Detroit fans actually got out on the floor and started challenging some Pacers, namely Artest, O'Neal and Jackson. One thing for sure, this will change the culture of the NBA. Damn, if Ben Wallace hadn't started shoving...

Yea, the K2s were all missing the wraparound covers (I'm nitpicking), but I got a few CDs in other genres that I've wanted too.

Just got this Conn the other day. It's fun. Philly Joe is definitely not 50s' Davis quintet mode, Mobley is not in top form either, but the session as a whole has a loose and unforced swing to it that's pleasing to the ears in a quirky kind of way and I just don't think this disc deserved the bad rap it gets in the reviews I've seen.

So the other night, I walked into Streetlight Records here in San Francisco for a 25% off all used sale they were having. Mind you, I am surviving on a extremely limited amount of funds right now and tried to resist spending more than $20, maybe buy 2 CDs at the most. So what happened when I walked outta there at the end? I blew nearly $100 on the following... Sonny Rollins - Worktime (20-bit K2 remaster) Tony Williams - Lifetime (RVG) Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin', Steamin' (20-bit K2 remasters) Hank Mobley - The Flip (BN Conn. Edition) Miles Davis - Vol. 1 (RVG), At Fillmore:Live At Fillmore East (this Columbia set is really lame) Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound, Far Cry, At the Five Spot Vol.1 (20-bit K2 remasters) Art Blakey - Indestructible (RVG) Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny (20-bit K2 remaster) Bud Powell - Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (RVG) I need to get cured of IJABS (Impulsive Jazz Album Buying Syndrome), but I don't want to.

Yet another link ... http://www.muchosucko.com/video-ashleysimpsonsnlscrewup.html

Here's the funny thing. At my office, we have XM Radio. They have a pretty decent block of jazz channels. So what happens when I turn the dial to them? Nothing but rude remarks about how it's "boring" music. What do the majority of people prefer there? The "Top 20 on 20", the same freakin' annoying pop songs played past the point of tedium and looped over and over again. Aaaaaaaargh!

Ahh... good ol' American pop music continues it's decline into the abyss. The sister of popper Jessica Simpson was caught lip-synching last night when the song she has performed earlier, "Pieces Of You", came on in the second set. She ran off the stage embarrassed while the band improvised with a mini-jam session. Afterwards, she cried the band "played the wrong song". http://www.collegehumor.com/news/ashlee_snl.wmv

Thank you everyone for your kind words! I will write more when I get a chance.

everything that could go wrong is going wrong for you and you're having a string of bad luck for months on end that you wouldn't wish on anybody? I am in one of those moods right now and it seems to get worse by the freakin' day.

Richard Pryor was at the top of his game here.

Who saw this last night on PBS? Great stuff. Think the DVD comes out today. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/wattstax/index.html http://www.wattstax.com