mjzee

August 31: Edgar Sampson, sax, 1907 Wilton Felder, tenor sax, bass, 1940

August 30: Kenny Dorham, trumpet, 1924 John Surman, sax, flute, 1944

Looks like the Times has been cribbing from the Journal. This is from the 7/23/10 WSJ: Lost In Translation

Very good!

I don't think people value music any less - I always see people at their desks with headphones on, and music plays in every restaurant and coffee shop. But people now see music as akin to a utility - you turn on the faucet and the water just flows, same for music, and they give no thought to the economics behind it. Minds smarter than mine are puzzling over how to monetize that stream.

July 29 (what a bourgeois concept that a month needs to be called August just because everyone calls it that!): Charlie Parker, alto sax, composer, 1920 Dinah Washington, singer, 1924

July 28: Phil Seaman, drums, 1926 Kenny Drew, piano, 1928

August 27: Lester Young, tenor sax, 1909 Sonny Sharrock, guitar, 1940

August 26: Jimmy Rushing, singer, 1903 Branford Marsalis, tenor and soprano sax, 1960

Oberlin

August 25: Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano sax, composer, 1933 Pat Martino, guitar, 1944

This is the silhouette in question:

August 24: Claude Hopkins, piano, bandleader, 1903

Rihanna?

August 23: Martial Solal, piano, 1927 Bobby Watson, alto sax, 1953

August 22: Bumps Myers, tenor sax, 1912 Lex Humphries, drums, 1936

Nothing at all wrong with enthusiasm - life wouldn't be worth living without it. For myself though, sometimes the enthusiasm of collecting overwhelms my listening. It can be difficult to keep both of those things in some sort of balance and perspective. Agreed. And then there's the space issue - where to put all of it?

IMHO, there's nothing wrong with enthusiasm. It's the impetus for buying records, which keeps the industry alive.

August 21: Count Basie, piano, bandleader, 1904 Art Farmer, flugelhorn, trumpet, 1928

I agree. The Flo & Eddie band was firing on all cylinders. I saw them about a year before the Fillmore East album; it was a great show. I think they inspired Frank to do some great writing (didn't they get a credit on a Zappa album for contributed material?). "Eddie Are You Kidding?" is just a perfect song. "I'm coming over shortly/because I am a portly/You promised you could fit me in a 50-dollar suit/What!/Eddie are you kidding?/No! No!"

August 20: Jimmy Raney, guitar, 1927 John Clayton, bass, bandleader, 1952

I think they were both into Transcendental Meditation.

Jeez, I did that in grade school...sometimes I used my thumb.

August 19: Eddie Durham, guitar, trombone, 1906 Jimmy Rowles, piano, 1918