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I wish I KNEW who I was seeing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festivals in the 1970s because some of the great artists of Dixieland, brass band, and boogie woogie were still living and playing! I know I saw Percy Humphrey and Roosevelt Sykes but there must have been quite a few others. I wish I had REALIZED who I was seeing.

I want to get these 2 !

Gennett Jazz on JSP Paramount Jazz on JSP (as recommended by colinmce. I concur!!) Not box sets but there are many great cds for this time period on the Frog label in the UK. I have quite a few King Oliver and Clarence Williams cds, for example.

Man, I loved African Space Program! Thanks for all the life, Mr. Brand! I play that album as loud as anything in my collection.

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We had a feeling that when Mitchell Parker came into the game against the Giants that there would be trouble! Gave up a grand slam to end the game 11-10! It was on all the highlights as the wildest game of the day!

Bed time story for my cat! (just kidding. It's his Latin lesson) http://www.npmusic.org/ad13720e-4f19-45e6-b89e-8d950a091139-1_all_1016.jpg Pepper with watermelon

Three Angels, from Bob Dylan, New Morning. What a strange song! I wonder if he ever does it in concert? I recently came across a post saying he played If Dogs Run Free very seldom in concert. Like for the first time ever in a recent concert! I wonder if he had a jazz scat singer accompanying him? (I LOVE the New Morning album!)

Just Wailin' (Herbie Mann with Charlie Rouse and Kenny Burrell) has 3 of the 6 tunes written by Mal Waldron. Really liked this album too. From 1958 on New Jazz label.

Has my favorite version of Canto de Ossanha (my version includes that among 13 songs). Slowly uncoiling. Cool! (If this is against forum rules I apologize!)

Happy trails, you old cowhand. RIP.

Prestige All Stars! Very nice blowing. I think of this when someone asks if flute ever fits in jazz past 1950. Two songs composed by Mobley, one by Burrell, one by Waldron.

Also Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors, where he wrote all the songs. Has Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Bobby Jaspar, Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor. 1957, Prestige.

Of the early Mal Waldron Trio albums I like Impressions and 4 a lot. Then later, Mal Waldron and Jackie McLean Left Alone '86.

That clip was hilarious! Ben was such a good character. I guess Aubrey Plaza saw the Laura character on Dr. Katz. So hostile! Do you remember the character Lydia on The Andy Griffith Show? She was the one Barney set up Andy with on a blind date. They were all discussing what to do on their date and she didn't like anything anyone proposed. Barney suggested Andy play the guitar and she said "I don't mind clarinet or saxophone but I hate the guitar." Take a walk? "I can't go outside, it gives me the herpes." How about a joy ride? "I can't go for a drive. I get car sick." Why don't we just stay here on Thelma Lou's couch and talk? "I hate chit chat. I don't mind real conversation but I don't like small talk." Just as deadpan as Laura and Aubrey. I watch too much TV from the past! LOL!

I've heard a lot of good things about Better Call Saul! Maybe I will do the YouTube clip route with it? I recently went that route with Curb Your Enthusiasm. I had no idea of all the stars who were either regular characters or playing themselves! The silly theme song, which David called Italian circus music, reminded me of the silly recurring music in Mr. Hulot's Holiday! Maybe it was a good candidate for clip viewing? I loved it. I also saw whole episodes of News Radio with Dave Foley, Phil Hartman, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney, and Joe Rogan, of all people! What a series! Some kind of algorithm is at work calling me up episodes of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, which was a hilarious showcase for stand up comics and deadpan comedy by Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, Laura Silverman. YouTube knows me! I mentioned on Facebook seeing Ray Romano on it before his popular TV series and he (or somebody representing him) liked that. He and Dom Irrera were my favorites on Dr. Katz. I recently went and searched for Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) on it and saw him do a hilarious routine about shoot 'em up video games. Now they say he's going to STAR in an action movie, and he talked about it like it is the pinnacle of popularity today. No Country for People Like Me, I guess! LOL!

Breaking Bad. I completely missed the original run but now I am seeing A LOT of YouTube clips of the show, discussions of it with Vince Gilligan, the creator, and interviews with the main actors. I have a mixed impression of it. I appreciate the acting and the production, the music, etc., but I am not sure what to think of the themes. It doesn't seem believable to me, or even something to hold on to or care about. I guess I prefer to see moral issues handled in a different way. I guess I am watching it more out of curiosity over it, asking what's all the buzz about it. That was the way I approached watching The Sopranos YEARS after it ran on TV. I got way more into it than Breaking Bad. Don't know why.

Loved his music! He played the loudest concert I ever went to, at the Warehouse on Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans ~1975. What an artist!

I just recently revisited Really the Blues and Turn Me Loose White Man! Learned a lot. Thanks for your work on that! A friend called me an expert on roots music and I was so embarrassed after having worked my way through those 2 collections! He has no idea.

I understand that the health care system in Pittsburgh is very good, maybe better than the DC area. My brother in law moved there just before the covid pandemic and he's happy with it. He previously lived in a Maryland suburb of DC and was born and raised here. He was tired of the suburban life and wanted to live in a city with good health care, was walkable, had big city availability of arts and culture (though I bet DC has a better arts and culture scene). He likes the ethnic neighborhoods and the blue collar vibe. It's more affordable than DC and Maryland. He's moved a couple of times already because gentrification has resulted in raising his rent. My wife and I have visited twice to catch baseball games at the wonderful MLB stadium. We were surprised that there's not much of a nightlife or restaurants in that downtown area. There was a fun foodie scene in an area of town called The Strip -- an area that used to be the warehouse district for meat and produce but has gentrified over the years and is now the hot spot of the foodie scene. I can't speak to the music scene. My brother in law mostly likes roots music -- blues, old country, rockabilly, ethnic music like Irish and Ukrainian. I don't believe he's very knowledgeable about jazz. Hope this helps!