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I was in Walmart today, and saw a number of different titles in this series. So it's not just Miles.

I love how the first season theme song doesn't mention him or Mary Ann...the chorus just sings "...and the rest...here on Gilligan's Isle!"

Sometimes that's enough.

Thanks for posting that, Larry.

http://youtu.be/3qkxo6WIWuM

Well, Jews have been on the receiving end of that sort of "analysis" for many hundreds (thousands?) of years now, usually with genocidal results. Thanks, but I do prefer to be on the lookout for these sorts of sentiments, and to judge him accordingly. Maybe others have the luxury of judging him by other criteria, but I don't think we do.

I first read the short story "Slow Tuesday Night," by R.A. Lafferty, in high school. I am amazed, astonished really, by how well he predicted our current reality, almost 50 years later (the story was first published in 1965). Not a week goes by without my reflecting on this story. He has kind of a knotty writing style, but you'll get it the longer you read, and the story itself was only 9 pages in paperback. Ignore the introduction, which was tacked on by the web poster. Slow Tuesday Night

This is the problem I have with him, his work is forever tainted by his descent into the vile bile of anti-semitism. As a European, with our history, we need no excuse from poets or anyone else encouraging this. For that reason I am totally turned-off from exploring the works of Baraka further. Which is probably a shame, because I see a lot of positive comments on here, but he strayed too far from the spirit of jazz and the light for my comfort. His main legacy was his capacity for making liberals very uncomfortable. "Strayed too far" is exactly why he is so important. Really? Let's follow his logic: Jews (because Israelis, after all, are Jews, and Jews run the government) found out early (how early is unclear from Baraka's hateful rant) that planes were about to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. When they found this out, they didn't notify the U.S. Government; instead, in an act of utter depravity, they notified only the Jews who worked in the WTC (Baraka also doesn't say how they were notified; perhaps it's on the special Jew-phone that all Jews are issued?) to leave the WTC or not arrive, knowing full well that huge numbers of people would die when the planes crashed into their destinations. The plane traveling to the Pentagon would also disable the U.S.'s defenses when it crashed there, but somehow (in Baraka's twisted, hateful logic) that wouldn't bother the Israelis. So in Baraka's mind, Jews are capable of the most stunning acts of depravity. And after all, what's the difference between Israeli Jews and American Jews other than geography? So he must believe all Jews can think this way. Do you really want to "learn" anything from someone like this? It should make everyone uncomfortable, not just (as you say) "liberals." He sounds rabid.

Do any of you know what is the overlap between this set and Membran's 100-CD set, World's Greatest Jazz Collection: Bebop Story? I found little discussion about this set on Organissimo - someone had provided a link to the track listing, but the link no longer works and I have been unable to find any detailed track listing for this set, which sells for $89.99 on Amazon. Here's the listing for Bebop Story, if you have the patience to go through it: Bebop Story - Membran

"It was while acting as poet laureate of New Jersey that Baraka wrote his poem about the attacks of 11 September 2001, Somebody Blew Up America, based on the suggestion that information about the forthcoming assault was known in government circles: "Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed / Who told 4000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers / To stay home that day / Why did Sharon stay away?" Accusations of antisemitism flew at once, and the governor of New Jersey, James McGreevey, demanded that he resign as poet laureate. When Baraka refused, the governor abolished the post." This is pure disgusting hatred. The guy was a creep.

I recall it being very "happy." Every tune is a happy tune. Bah, humbug. New York - February 12, 1962 Joe Carroll (vcl) acc. by Connie Lester (ts) Specs Williams (org) Grant Green (g) Lee Ainsley (d)

One other point: When these Bird albums came out, it's possible they filled a real need because the material wasn't otherwise readily available. But with the passage of time, superior releases have come out (the Savoy live package, the complete Dial & Savoy studio box, the corrected Rockland Palace, etc), so this Charlie Parker Records box now isn't a great way to hear this material.

No, neither am I. I thought the jazz dates are worth the box (assuming you bought it at a good price).

I bought the Charlie Parker Records box when it came out. It's certainly an odd duck. Some of it is good jazz, some of it is lounge singers and borsht belt comedians circa early '60's, some of it is from other labels, and then there's the Bird stuff. These are all pretty good to very good: Cecil Payne "Performing Charlie Parker's Music" Cecil Payne's "The Connection," Duke Jordan's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Duke Jordan and Sadik Hakim's "East and West of Jazz," Mundell Lowe's "Satan in High Heels," Yusef Lateef's "Lost In Sound," Cozy Cole's "A Cozy Conception of Carmen" (this one's an odd one), Slide Hampton's "Two Sides of Slide," Barry Miles's "Miles of Genius," Pete Jolly "Gasses Everybody" (another odd one - jazz accordion? but not bad), Ray Barretto & Brock Peters's "Mysterious Instinct" (another really odd one), Ray Nance's "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing," Red Norvo's "Pretty Is The Only Way To Fly" Barney Kessel - El Tigre Teddy Wilson - On Tour (rough sound quality) Lester Young - Pres (Savoy Ballroom, NYC, 2/22/50; Jesse Drakes, Pres, Kenny Drew, Leroy Jackson or Aaron Bell, Jo Jones) Lester Young - Just You, Just Me (4 tracks from Royal Roost, NYC, 3/19/49: Jesse Drakes, Jerry Elliott, Pres, Junior Mance, Ted Briscoe, Roy Haynes; 3 tracks from Royal Roost, NYC, 12/4/48: Jesse Drakes, Ted Kelly, Pres, Freddie Jefferson, Ted Briscoe, Roy Haynes) Lester Young - Pres Is Blue (Savoy Ballroom, 2/22/50) These are from other labels: Art Pepper & Marty Paich Quartet Art Pepper & Shelly Manne - Pepper Manne Oscar Moore - The Fabulous Oscar Moore Guitar Miles Davis - Many Miles of Davis (Dial material) These are lounge singers: Jerri Winters - Winters Again Alice Darr - I Only Know How To Cry Joe Carroll - Man With A Happy Sound Ann Williams - First Time Out Allen Keller - A New Look At The World (ugh) Kevin Gavin - Hey! This Is Kevin Gavin (ugh) These are anthologies of tracks taken from other albums ​in this same box: Best Plucking In Town An Odyssey of Immortal Jazz Performances Oddities: The Orioles - The Modern Sounds of The Orioles (doo-wop) Beatrice Kay - Having A Party (unfunny comedienne) I've detailed the Bird discs in another thread.

I've been meaning to post some thoughts on the CP Records box, since I've owned it for 1 1/2 years. Here are my notes as to the Parker sides: Disc 17: Bird Is Free. Rockland Palace 9/26/52. Not at correct speed. Disc 18: The Happy Bird. 3 tracks (Happy Bird Blues, Scrapple From The Apple, I May Be Wrong) are from Christy's Restaurant, Framingham, MA, April 12, 1951. Howard McGhee, Bird, Wardell Gray, Nat Pierce, Jack Lawlor, Joe MacDonald. 1 track (I Remember April) from The Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, December 8-12, 1952. Joe Gordon, Bird, Bill Wellington, Dick Twardzik, Mingus, Roy Haynes. Disc 19: Bird Symbols. Dial material with some fake echo. Disc 20: Live At Rockland Palace. Speed issues. Disc 21: Bird At The Apollo. August 17-23, 1950. Complete concert is on Philology volume 10. BATA also has 2 tracks by Stan Getz (Four Brothers and Early Autumn), perhaps from the same concert. Disc 22: West Coast Time. Dial material with some fake echo. Disc 23: Birdology. Royal Roost material, circa 1949. Probably all on the Savoy box. Disc 24: Fragments. Sly Mongoose and My Little Suede Shoes are Rockland Palace. Cheryl, Barbados, Anthropology, Tunisia, and Salt Peanuts are probably Royal Roost material. Perdido and Little Willie Leaps might be Birdland 5/17/50. Disc 25: Parker Plus Strings. Most of this is Apollo Theatre, NYC August 17-23, 1950. 5 tracks are Rockland Palace. Disc 26: Charlie Parker All Stars. Most of this is Royal Roost material. Two tracks (Barbados and Anthropology) may be from Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NYC, 3/5/49. Bird, Dorham, Lucky Thompson, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach. Disc 27: Historical Performances 1. 5 tracks from Royal Roost, 4 tracks from Birdland 5/17/50 ("One Night At Birdland"). Disc 28: Historical Performances 2. Mostly "One Night At Birdland"; one track from Royal Roost. Disc 29: Historical Performances 3. Royal Roost. Disc 30: Charlie Parker - Lester Young. I don't know what this is; it might be an amalgam of tracks from other CPR albums. It does not appear to be 9/18/49.

I have a fondness for Sonny's Milestone output. I think he was really trying to reach the people. He's spoken in interviews about how he can sense that the appeal for "the great American songbook" is waning in his audiences, that most listeners don't even recognize the songs. There's nothing wrong with getting a sense of what people are listening to, and trying to make music using that language. I know that when "Don't Ask," for example, came out, people were ragging on Sonny and making fun of the music ("Hey, Sonny, why did you make that record?" "Don't Ask!" yuk yuk yuk), but that album sounds better and better to me as time goes on. I think Larry Coryell was an inspired choice as an accompanist. The tunes are good, and even his attempt at disco ("Disco Monk" no less!) is very listenable. If I would fault anything about those Milestones, it would be the studio they were recorded in (Fantasy studios), which made everything, especially Sonny's tenor, sound flat. If anyone is interested in checking out Sonny's output from the '70's to the mid-'90's, I highly recommend this two-disc anthology, which cherry picks the best tracks from those albums.

This is now getting off-topic, but back in 1998 there was a Gershwin 100th anniversary program at Carnegie Hall with Michael Tilson Thomas and the SF Symphony, abetted by guest performers. Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes-Mitchell did a medley of Porgy & Bess tunes that was outstanding. I found one clip on YouTube: I found a CD release, but this may be a studio recording. There was an encore in the show of It Ain't Necessarily So that's not on here:

The Dexter Gordon, the Stan Levey with Dex, and the Howard McGhee come to mind. I especially like the Levey.

My wife and I are both die-hard, long-time coffee drinkers. For years, we've used a Saeco coffeemaker that has a 10-cup thermal carafe. Sadly, the carafe has broken, and Saeco no longer makes coffee machines (apparently they're now owned by Philips and they only make espresso machines). We can't get a replacement carafe (we've tried), so we're now in the market for a new coffee maker. Our only real requirement, besides that it makes great coffee of course, is that it use a thermal carafe. I see that Cuisinart makes a 12-cup thermal (DTC-975BKN) that's received some nice reviews, so that's a maybe. Can anyone else recommend a coffee maker?

Thanks. I got tickets for both.

I highly recommend the Turrentine Mosaic, which would be right up Milestones's alley since it has no organ dates. The Mosaic box is still in print; there's also a really inexpensive (legit) mp3 version available through Amazon or eMusic. I also like the dates on the Horace Parlan Mosaic box which feature Turrentine, actually much more than I like the Parlan trio dates. I agree with a lot of the recommendations mentioned above (Minton's, Blue Hour, etc.); still need to explore the CTI's. Finally, Stanley released some nice dates in his later years on MusicMasters - check out "If I Could," which has a great version of Caravan. Although, if anyone wants to discuss "Pieces of Dreams" (Stanley Turrentine, pop star!)...

I actually have two pairs. One I use with my desktop (and I have never upgraded my sound card); the other pair I use in my bathroom connected to an iPod! In the past, I've connected them to my TV (it sounded pretty good!).

I've used these for years (Altec Lansing FX3022), and highly recommend them: They have bass cones built into the base, pointed down, so they give a nice, smooth response across the audio spectrum. They also look good on my desk. Amazon.

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I liked browsing a lot more when I had more time to indulge in it.