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What a great show it was! I would never guess in a million years that Roy is 77 years old! He is still going strong. The show started off with Roy receiving a plaque from a Milwaukee alderman proclaiming March 31 as Roy Haynes day. Roy accepted gracefully by telling about a conversation he had with someone about how they didn't think anyone in "Wesconsin" even knew what jazz was Roy pounded on the skins for a solid 2 hours, this man has more energy than most people half his age! One cool part was when he finished one of his solos, he came up to the front mic and tapped a groovin tune on the mic with his hand, actually sounded great. Aside from Roy, I think I was most impressed with Dave Kikoski on the Piano, he certainly was fun to watch. I think I might have to find some of his recordings. Dave Holland, Kenny Garrett and Nicholas Payton also put forth a very solid performance. Roy mentioned that this was one of his last performances for awhile, but if he shows up in your part of the world, don't miss him!

Beer up the but chicken is my favorite on the grill. I'm a gas grill person, charcol is just too much trouble.

According to the March Mosaic Brochure..."This fall, we will release Selects on Paul Chambers and John Patton".

Tickets start at $35 for the nose bleed section, then $45, $55 and $65 plus service charge! I guess the Pabst Theater is a pretty fancy place, never been there. It is the fourth oldest Theater in the US so the web site says.

May 31, Roy Haynes with Dave Holland, Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton and Dave Kikoski will be at the historic Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. I'm very excited since this will be my first real jazz concert. Hope it smokes, since I paid $70 a ticket for 2nd row seats! ouch!

Why do these go so cheap? Thanks for the input, BeBop.

Just wondering what you all knowing jazzophiles can tell me about Black Lion Records. I've seen a few discs from this label by Bud Powell, Ruby Braff etc. I was tempted to pick some up but was unsure about them. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Pete LaRoca

Just d/l bebop revisited from emusic, I'm on track 3, so far sounds great! Thanks for the recommendation! Boppin and Burnin is next.

There's not supposed to be any repeats! Bob Brookmeyer is a repeat, do a shot and try again Bud Shank

Here's a list so far. Whole heck of a lot of names I never have heard of! 1. Dexter Gordon 2. Grant Green 3. Gene Ammons 4. Al Haig 5. Henry Allen 6. Art Tatum 7. Tony Williams 8. Walter Davis 9. Duke Ellington 10. Eric Dolphy 11. Donald Byrd 12. Ben Webster 13. Willie “The Lion” Smith 14. Sun Ra 15. Ronnie Cuber 16. Charlie Parker 17. Paul chambers 18. charles Mingus 19. Micheal Brecker 20. Bill Coleman 21. Clifford Jarvis 22. Jemeel Moondoc 23. Mulgrew Miller 24. Mark Murphy 25. Mel Powell 26. Paul Bryant 27. Buddy Rich 28. Reggie Workman 29. Woody Shaw 30. Sam Rivers 31. Red Norvo 32. Nat Adderley 33. Al Cohn 34. Chucho Valdes 35. Von Freeman 36. Freddie Hubbard 37. Hank Marr 38. Mavis Rivers 39. Red Rodney 40. Richard Williams 41. Walt Dickerson 42. Dave Brubeck 43. Bill Perkins 44. Pete Johnson 45. Julian “Cannonball” Adderley 46. Airto Moreira 47. Matt Wilson 48. Wynton Kelly 49. Kenny Garrett 50. Groove Holmes 51. Horace Parlan 52. Pat Patrick 53. Phil Upchurch 54. Urbie Green 55. Gigi Gryce 56. George Kelly 57. Kenny Burrell 58. Bob Brookmeyer 59. Bennie Maupin 60. Marc Ribot 61. Rene Thomas 62. Tom Varner 63. Vernell Fournier 64. Frank Wright 65. Walter Booker 66. Booker Little 67. Lucky Thompson 68. Tad Dameron 69. Dave Liebman 70. Lee Konitz 71. Kai Winding 72. Wilbur Harden 73. Harold Vick 74. Vi Redd 75. Roswell Rudd 76. Rhoda Scott 77. Sahib Shihab 78. Simone Guiducci 79. Gerry Mulligan 80. Max Roach 81. Red Nichols 82. Nat Pierce 83. Pepper Adams 84. Art(hur) Taylor 85. Tiziano Tononi 86. Toshiko Akyoshi 87. Albert Nicholas 88. Nasheet Waits 89. Walter Bishop 90. Barbara Dennerlein 91. Danny "DEEP" D'Imperio 92. David Hazeltine 93. Hank Mobley 94. Mike Zwerin 95. Zoot 96. Zbigniew Seifert 97. Sylvester Kyner 98. Steve Waterman 99. Wardell Gray 100. Gene Ammons REPEAT #3 101. Alice Coltrane 102. Chris Biscoe 103. Bobby Jaspar 104. Jon Jang 105. John Zorn 106. Zbigniew Namyslowski 107. Nick Brignola 108. Chet Baker

brownie, you need to do some self-imposed shots! Gene Ammons is a repeat! Zbigniew Namyslowski

Doesn't count, this one is a repeat. Gigi Gryce

Maybe we should make a rule of once every 5th post. Walter Davis

If you want surround sound while watching movies, you will need (2) front speakers, (1) center channel, (2) surround speakers and a subwoofer. In order to power the 5.1 speakers you will need a dolby digital/Dts capable receiver. Many are available in the $200-300 range. Check out Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon and Pioneer, they all make good budget level surround receivers. Hope this helps.

I'm tuning up my wife's and my mountain bike this weekend, the trails should be opening soon...can't wait! We just got into mountain biking last year. I have been a big road biker for years but just got bored of endless pedaling down the road. Mountain biking is a great challenge, we have some decent trails here in wisconsin with lots of stumps, rocks, trees, creeks etc. Can't wait to get out there!!!

The other night I was sitting around with a couple of buddies having a few cold ones and we started playing this stupid but kind of entertaining game...It goes like this...The first person names a jazz musician, say Miles Davis. The next person has to name a jazz artist whose first name begins with the first letter of the last name of prior response, this case a D...so Dexter Gordon etc. NO REPEATS are allowed. At first it's very easy but gets harder as go. If you can't name one, you have to do a shot! I know, we must have been really bored!! Wanna Play? Rules: No Repeats Post every 5th response at most (give others a chance) First name is: Dexter Gordon

The history of (.) (.) Now that's interesting!

damn, I guess I missed it Thanks for the tip anyway. How much was it?

I have bought many cd's from Ron, including the Hill's which I paid more than I would have liked but they are sealed and he is extremely reliable and fast in shipment. He is a great ebay seller and I will continue to do business with him. He seems to always have some great BN OOP's for sale!

So...OBI is a word, not an acronim? I initially thought it stood for something like 'outer binder insert' or something like that! Shows what I know! Do you pronouce it like the Star Wars character? I have seen some ebay auctions that describe " complete with fax obi" ....what does that mean, the fax part?

I just picked up Andrew Hill's Judgement and Smokestack for approx $25 a piece, more than I wanted to pay but after a couple of beers, it doesn't feel too bad! Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie still eludes me, anyone have one for sale? The most I have paid is $28.00 for Hank Mobley's Slice of The Top sealed, it's only money, right? Oops, forgot about the $30 I paid for Tina's True Blue, damn this is getting out of hand!

does this relate to cd's somehow? Please enlighten me! I thought OBI had something to do with Star Wars!

Just wondering what OBI means. I know it's that spine cover insert thingy but what does it stand for and what is the purpose of it anyway?