Jim R

This one's pretty obscure (available directly from the label in Ireland, but I got mine from Hiroshi Tanno): "GIFT" (Ashbrowne label) a quartet featuring: LOUIS STEWART (guitar) BILL CHARLAP (piano) MARK HODGSON (bass) STEPHEN KEOGH (drums) Tracks: 1. LINE FOR LYONS 2. STAIRWAY TO THE STARS 3. CURTAINS 4. YARDBIRD SUITE 5. BLUE LIGHTS 6. WHAT'S NEW 7. YESTERDAY 8. THE SONG IS YOU I would also highly recommend any of the Venus (Japan) CD's by Eddie Higgins.

Chris, thanks for that info. It's a shame that recording never saw daylight. I just recently began to discover how talented Joyce is. I knew she was successful as a vocalist, but I didn't realize her other talents, nor how long she had been around. I'm going to have to keep on the lookout for that Ogerman set.

Wow- that sounds good. Where did you hear about it, Chris? Any idea what year it's from, or what songs were on it?

I've forgotten whether or not Columbia still owns the rights to it, but the Brown/Roach LIVE AT THE BEEHIVE recordings from 1955 would be nice to see on CD. It may not be for everybody, but I'm of the opinion that Kenny Burrell's vocal album (he plays some nice guitar on it as well) WEAVER OF DREAMS is worthy and overdue. I've been hoping for (and suggesting) an Errol Garner Mosaic set for years...

Rooster, you've had some cool avatars, and I know variety is fun, but this one is easily my favorite. If you're going to rotate, at least keep this one in the mix!

These days I only run and play golf, but I was involved in sports for almost my entire life. Alexander, we'd better stick together here... we're liable to get bashed for being soccer players. I played mostly football, basketball, and baseball as a kid. I was always a quarterback in our neighborhood football games, and (if you'll forgive me for saying so ) I was good. I could run past or around just about everybody I ever played against, and I had an accurate and strong arm (I could heave the ball about 60 yards). One of my regrets, though, is that I didn't played organized football in school. I think I saw myself as too small- even in the early 70's, most of the guys on the high school football team were bigger and more muscular than I was (I was 6' and about 155 pounds soaking wet). I played soccer all 4 years in high school instead, and we won a couple of championships. When I started high school in 1970, soccer was only just beginning to be offered as an organized sport. By the time I graduated in '74, I was interested in the international game, and have been following the World Cups and our national team since then. I get more excited (and nervous) watching the U.S. national soccer team than I do watching just about any other sports team- except perhaps when the Niners are in the Super Bowl or the Giants are in the World Series... or the Warriors are in the... oh, never mind that last example. I played recreation soccer until I turned 40, and started to get too many ankle and knee problems. At least now I can play sports with my kids. Golf is a bitch, BTW, for those who haven't tried it. I've been playing more regularly over the last couple of years with my brother, and instead of improving, I think I'm gettting worse...

This thread is making me feel old. Most of the shows being mentioned are much later than the ones I would choose... I have a nostalgia for 60's-era shows. We have cable, but TV-Land doesn't quite have the variety I'd like to see. It IS good to see them airing things like Dick Van Dyke and Get Smart, though. The Hallmark channel is also offering some classics. For DVD, I'd like to see some things that are hard (or impossible) to find on cable. COMBAT!, the WWII drama starring Vic Morrow, would be my top choice. I'm actually more of a comedy fan when it comes to TV shows, but this show featured some great writing, and great acting. I used to watch it in reruns during the 70's, and I recall one local station doing a marathon where they ran all the episodes sequentially. Wish I'd had a VCR at the time. Anybody know if "The Wild Wild West" (the original TV show) has come out on DVD? Mission Impossible? McHale's Navy? How about "F Troop"?

PAGE ONE is still the Henderson BN that I return to most often. One of the greatest BN's of all time, IMO. I too enjoy some of the Verves, especially LUSH LIFE and DOUBLE RAINBOW. I agree about many of the fine dates by Joe as a sideman too. He was involved in some classics! IDLE MOMENTS, THE SIDEWINDER, SONG FOR MY FATHER... etc Of course, one of the greatest compliments we can pay him is that he had a distinct and highly developed sound. One of the great masters, to be sure.

Actually Jim, it's an L5 (but you were close ). No, it's not mine... I wish. It was put up on eBay last January, and the seller pulled the old "I'm ending the auction early" trick, and tried to sell it via e-mail bidding. Long story short, the situation got weird, and I dropped out of contention, despite the fact that this was a rare DREAM guitar. It was originally made in 1957 as an acoustic instrument, but was customized at Gibson in '59 with the legendary "Charlie Christian" pickup. Very rare bird. Kenny Burrell used one like it in the early 60s. I could go on, but that's already probably more than you wanted to know!

I've been having some technical problems here over the past couple of days. The site would either not connect at all, or the "today's active topics" page would not reload once I was here; or links wouldn't open, etc. The strangest thing, though, was that my time setting suddenly went awry. The only way I could correct it was to enter a false setting about what time zone I'm actually in, in order to get the most current thread to line up with the actual time of day...

BTW, Al, while I was surfing for info on BLUE MUSE, I came across a reference to Burrell's "MOTEN SWING" CD, where they called it "MOLTEN SWING". Run with it...

HEY! I thought we agreed that I would announce the latest Kenny Burrell releases. ( ) At least you didn't attempt any of your bad puns. (Can you tell yet that Al and I are old buddies? No? Well, Al and I are old buddies). Okay, okay, some facts (if we can trust CD Universe, that is): Track Listing 1. Mark I 2. My Friend Ray 3. On Wings Of The Spirit 4. Then I Met You 5. It's No Time To Be Blue 6. Blue In Green 7. Blue Muse 8. Solitude 9. 3/4 Of The House 10. 'Round Midnight 11. Habiba 12. Blue Guitar Blues Personnel: Kenny Burrell (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Herman Riley (saxophone, flute); Tom Rainer (piano, keyboards); Gerald Wiggins (piano); Roberto Miranda (bass); Sherman Ferguson (drums). Recorded at Castle Oaks Studios, Calabasas, California in 2000. I haven't been out shopping in awhile... I better go grab this!

I'm with Jim regarding Walton's NAIMA. It's actually Louis Hayes on drums, BTW. Anybody who digs Clifford Jordan should get their hands on that... what a group! I also concur on CONSTELLATION and TUNE UP. I almost wore out my vinyl on those, and picked them up as individual CD's back when they first came out on Muse. CONSTELLATION was recorded first, and hit CD first, I think... (slightly lower catalog number).

Sorry, my bad on the "Complete Quartets" reference.

Actually, those two tracks are also available on two other releases besides the Mosaic set. They're included in Blue Note's 2 CD set "The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark"; and also as bonus tracks on "The Latin Bit" CD.

Mnytime, In basketball, "athletecism" refers to a guy who has some combination of the following: great leaping ability; great speed; great strength; etc. The ability to read the game, shoot, pass, set screens, hone one's footwork, know positioning, etc are not associated with the term "athletecism". Don't worry, keep posting around here about sports questions and we'll get you straightened out.

"Haven't missed a beat"... Joe has FOUR rings. There's been ONE championship, for a great franchise, since Joe left. Thanks for helping to clarify the real point!

Mnytime, I think you make far too many assumptions (about the importance of Montana's team-mates; about what Dan Marino would have done in Montana's shoes; the importance of quarterback ratings; the strengh of someone's arm; etc). I don't think I'm going to convince you of anything, so I'll just stand by my previous comments.

Mnytime, I think you're confusing "greatest passer" with "greatest quarterback". Marino was a great passer, but he was no Joe Montana as a quarterback. The quarterback's job is to move the offense, get the ball into the endzone, and win games. Montana did that better than anyone, ESPECIALLY when the pressure was on. I don't understand how you can qualify his accomplishments based on what type of offense he played in. That was the system Walsh set up, so Joe didn't HAVE to make a lot of throws like Dan Marino. The 49ers did have great defenses, but without Montana they wouldn't have won so many Super Bowls. Joe's arm wasn't "weak". He didn't have a gun like Elway or Marino, but Joe could throw the long ball (accurately) just fine. Skill. Timing. Instinct. Tenacity. Leadership. 3 Super Bowl MVP's. I'm not sure what more you want from the guy...

Mnytime, although I agree with some of your other comments, I have to disagree about this one. I'm not ready to predict great things for Walton in the NBA (and certainly not right away), but your Madsen comparison is off target, IMO. It's not that Walton is "more athletic" than Madsen. He's a far more skilled (especially with the ball in his hands) and well-rounded basketball player. Madsen is all about tenacity and energy under the hoop. Walton is all about finesse (footwork, positioning, passing skill, shooting with either hand, etc), and can do things away from the basket (shooting, passing) that Madsen can't. He understands the team game very well, and he's far more talented and versatile than Madsen. And this is coming from a Stanford fan! Having said that, and as good as I think Luke was as an NCAA player, he may take awhile to adjust to the speed of the NBA game.

An artist I "rediscovered", thanks to our buddy Lon:

I voted for J.J., but might have chosen Frank Rosolino if he was on the list...

I love Z.T.'s Blues also. As far as the choices listed here, though, I think I would agree with Templejazz. I think a good reason to try Easy Walker or The Spoiler is that they're not quite so blues-oriented as some of the items you already have. Easy Walker offers a nice line-up of tunes with a variety of styles. Stanley still plays in his bluesy, soulful style, so the blues element is still there anyway. I'm also a fan of Duke Pearson's arranging, and The Spoiler also offers a nice selection of compostitions for Stanley to work out on.

Tough call, but I went with Horace.