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What's the best place to acquire these? Amazon has them for $22.82.

This one looks very interesting: "These recordings from Martino's personal collection document the easy interplay and chemistry that he had forged with rhythm guitarist Bobby Rose on their first duet tour during the summer of 1977. Both men were at the very peak of their powers during these years and we are fortunate to have these superb performances preserved for posterity."

Let's not forget double-knits.

John C. Reilly is a really good actor. Ever see "Chicago"? He shone in that.

Hilarious! That made my day. Thanks for posting. "That's got to be Eric Dolphy - nobody else could sound that bad! The next time I see him I'm going to step on his foot." "Is that what the critics are digging? Them critics better stop having coffee. If there ain't nothing to listen to, they might as well admit it. Just to take something like that and say it's great, because there ain't nothing to listen to, that's like going out and getting a prostitute."

Allow me to put in an admiring word about Jeff Daniels in Dumb & Dumber. Jim Carrey is a comedian, so pretty much acted out his persona. Jeff Daniels is a real actor; if you saw his roles in Terms Of Endearment and Purple Rose of Cairo (among many others), his performance in D&D was nothing short of amazing. Hell, he deserved an Academy Award for that performance! He must be given his props for such high moronic-ness.

Why not try contacting him? He might not be hard to find: NY Times Elements of Jazz

Forty-eight years ago this summer, songwriting spouses Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" with Phil Spector. Today, the song is No. 1 on BMI's list of most-played songs on radio and TV since the royalty-collection agency's founding in 1939. (Ascap, the other major royalty organization, doesn't track such data.) In the years since the Righteous Brothers' "Wall of Sound" hit, dozens of artists have covered the slow-burn ballad about lost love and the near-tears wish for its return. Veterans of pop-rock's golden age, Ms. Weil, 71, and Mr. Mann, 73, have won two Grammys and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Last week, they and surviving Righteous Brother Bill Medley, 71, talked about the song's evolution and how Mr. Spector (currently serving a sentence in California for second-degree murder) summoned them to Los Angeles in 1964 to write a song for the Righteous Brothers, whom he had just signed. More here: WSJ

Good catch, Jim! I did a search on Blakey Sweden Wrong Note and came up with this: Rate Your Music Now I can sleep easier. It is a very well done BN knock-off.

I've revisited the pizza place and took pictures of the Blakey tabletop. In the center of this photo is the CD I'm curious about (photo of Blakey with cigarette dangling from his mouth): This photo has the back cover. While it's a little blurry, the Blue Note logo can clearly be seen: Anyone recognize this release??

Some interesting things just dropped on eMusic: 1) Art Pepper - Complete Galaxy Recordings. 16 discs worth for $45. 2) Miles Davis in Stockholm 1960 Complete (Dragon). All 4 discs for $18.60. 3) Duke Ellington Treasury Shows vol. 16. Two 2-CD sets @ $5.84 each: Part One Part Two

There have been 3 discs released already; we'll see if there's anything left in the can. Because it says "Keystone Companions," I assume it won't include any of the studio recordings. This is some of my favorite Jerry; I once called it Grateful Dead with soul.

Reggae king Bob Marley has finally hit the big time, joining an exclusive club of superstars with a species named after them. A marine biologist has discovered and named a small parasitic crustacean Gnathia marleyi. You read that right: a crustacean, not a Crustafarian. "I named this species, which is truly a natural wonder, after Marley because of my respect and admiration for Marley's music," the discoverer, Paul Sikkel, an assistant professor in marine biology at Arkansas State University, said. "Plus, this species is as uniquely Caribbean as was Marley." More here: Fox News

Doc Cheatham, though best known as one of jazz's most enduring trumpeters, doubled on soprano saxophone at the start of his career. I once asked him why he didn't keep up with the instrument, and he told me, "The 1920s wasn't the time for the sax—seemed like nobody was playing it back then." The first great saxophonist was Coleman Hawkins, a musician from Missouri only a year older than Cheatham. At the time Hawkins made his first recording, at age 16 in 1921, there was no role model for him on the instrument. Yet by the time he recorded his landmark solo on "Body and Soul" 17 years later, Hawkins had altered the landscape of jazz and American vernacular music. He had almost single-handedly transformed the sax from an orphan horn into the very symbol of jazz itself. And that wasn't even the half of it: "Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947," a new boxed set from Mosaic Records, shows that Hawkins's greatest accomplishment was in perfecting the very concept of harmonic improvisation. The first great improvisers had shown that solo improvisations could be played with drama, personality and even a kind of movie-star charisma. But Hawkins took it a step further: Finding that playing variations on a song's melody could get you only so far, he also improvised on the chord changes. With harmonic progression as his starting point, Hawkins showed how he could extend an improvisation almost indefinitely. Not only were all saxophonists in his debt, but so were Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt and nearly every musician of the 1940s and '50s. Not until the '60s did jazzmen begin to look beyond chord changes for inspiration. Full article here: WSJ

I never noticed that before. Thanks.

I've noticed for awhile that the "View New Content" function isn't working accurately. This morning, for example, it's returning posts only from the last hour, while I haven't logged on since last night. Has anyone else noticed this?

Miles - the main riff from "Great Expectations."

Listening to Bat Chain Puller some more...I really like it. I think I'm in love with it. If this had come out in 1977 as expected, it would have really revived his career. It flows very well as an album; has a ruminative aspect to it. Makes more sense than Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - in contrast, that sounds harsher, more forced. One big difference is that Drumbo is all over this one; I think he really brought a cohesiveness. This sounds like the same artist that made Trout Mask - a little older, a little wiser, but still the same guy. A pleasure to listen to; I highly recommend it.

This was a great download value @ $3.99, even better with $2 off... Thanks again, GA!

There's really a site called Barfko-Swill? Do you have a link? It's the Zappa Family website and emporium: Barfko-Swill

My copy of Bat Chain Puller just arrived today from the Barfko-Swill site. Though you couldn't tell from the site, this is a nice package. It has an elaborate booklet containing pieces of Don's artwork and extensive notes by John French and Denny Walley, along with a heartfelt note by Gail. The disc has the 12 original tracks, plus an alternate mix of the track BCP, Candle Mambo, and an 8-minute performance by Don and Denny Walley of their co-written "Hobo-Ism." Sound quality is very good, which is to be expected since it was made from the original master tapes. The only caveat is the cost: with shipping, it came to $28. Still, I'm glad I got it.

I think Bang Bang was by Joe Cuba.