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A few years ago Rocco (original bass player) and Dave Garibaldi (original drummer) rejoined the band. Made the sound of the band (at least live) pretty slammin'. Good trumpet players, some tenor guy still trying to fill Lenny's shoes, and Doc Kupka still farting away. Add a singer who can get the crowd going, and the whole package is pretty much there.

Nah, there are some mint condition, vintage Selmer tenors that sell in the $10K range, but sopranos like this might go $3-4K. No telling what kind of condition it's in. If it was his "road horn" it could have quite a few miles on it. No doubt, the KG provenence will be attractive to someone. They'll bite. KG sure does.

I picked up an H4 on eBay, and so far it's been pretty good. I've only used in to record some practice at my house, not out on any gigs. I was lured to the H4 over the H2 for the ability to use XLR cables to plug in higher quality mics (even though I don't actually have those better mics yet). Other than that, I think you'd be fine with either one.

Oh, they met a long time ago. IIRC, the G man was one of the original investors in Starbucks. Seems to have been a pretty smart investment.

Just getting to this part (here in the Mountain Time Zone). You forgot to mention "in the role of Sam Butera" Dave Koz.

Purty fancy! He also has a clip of himself playing Coltrane's

There's a George Shearing record called "Out of the Woods" featuring a bunch of compositions by a very young Gary Burton; kind of "chamber music meets jazz" stuff. Includes "The Great Fugue", "Drum Fugue" and "Improvisation on Fugue X".

Oops. Missed it yesterday. Thanks...

Classic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPgcQydWWeE

You might also try contacting Fred Hamilton at North Texas. He leads a guitar ensemble there, and I'm sure has quite a book of charts. Don't know about their availabilty.

Which album(s) of hers do you have? I don't have any, but from checking the extensive sound clips on her website, I'd have to say, of the three CDs represented, I like the tone/articulation best on the "A Strange Day". Her sound seems a little more open, less "held back" and more similar to what I hear on the live video clip of the tune "Dance of Mind". I'd say that clip ( here ) is my favorite of the lot. As for the sopranino, she sold me a lot more than I would have guessed. The idea of hearing lots of Trane-isms on sopranino didn't seem like a good one, but she pulled it off. I'd like to hear her on soprano.

Yep, the pacing of TH's solo is a thing of beauty. And one of the things that makes it work for me is how good the rhythm section feels (and the band as well). Sometimes, playing tenor solos with a big band, you stand up and blow just because the chart tells you to. You "fill the spot" in the chart, sit back down and everybody moves on. Other times (and not as often as one would like) the band feels so good that you want to get up and play. And when you're in that place, you're less likely to "fall back" on playing a bunch of licky stuff. Interesting conversation here between Tubby and Sal Nistico. Among other things they talk about the role of the big band tenor soloist, getting stuck in your own "bag", etc.

Rat Bastards! Sorry to hear about this, Joe.

Thanks for those links. Great playing from everybody. Tubby Hayes! Where the hell have I been? Pretty sure there is no TH in my collection, and I need to remedy that, pronto. A quick check at Amazon shows several titles. Any recommendations? Edit: to say that a search of our fine board turned up this thread and this other thread with some Tubby recommendations. So I have plenty of info to wade through. But of course, any further recs are welcome.

$.53(.3333) per.

Of the 150,000 records, "only" 20-30,000 of them are LP's. More than half are 45s, and another 30K are 78s. I know the market for 78s isn't all that great. Is the market for 45s any better? I'd like to see: "Here's a real treat – my "Odd-itorium" photo gallery, featuring strange, unusual, unique, "awful" and very cool records and record covers, sorted into more than 60 categories! Includes many great jazz LPs and wonderfully odd Christian LPs. So far there are about 2300 LPs posted on the site. As far as I know, this site features the largest and most diverse collection of this genre anywhere! This is an increasingly-popular genre. Just do some searching on the Internet and you'll see! Included in this sale are the records and the gallery itself. Please contact me through the link below for further details."

RIP. She was a favorite. I liked the smokey voice of her younger years. It started to get a little too smokey later, putting her creepily in that Bea Arthur, Maya Angelu, Carol Channing area. But still...

Watching ESPN for some of the pre-game NFL hype, and saw a commercial for the: Denny's PBA Tour Motel 6 Dick Weber Open Perfect!

The report I heard said the mitigating circumstances were high blood pressure and emphysema. I'm thinking that maybe a stimulant that you inhale may not have been the best choice for Ike's recreational drug.

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OK, my interest the "Down Home Blues" stuff is piqued enough to seek some of it out. Looking forward to checking it out. But: I gotta say I think the title, as it showed up on the list, is a much more attention-grabbing headline.

Incorrect comma placement , today your sentence illustrates . Six more guys like you and we'll have one of the categories covered.

YES to Cannonball. YES to Radio Nights. I love the spirit of Cannonball's performances. The idea that he was "presenting" the music to the crowd; inviting them into the experience with him and the band. Everytime I hear one of his spoken introductions to a tune, or the monologues from RN, I imagine how cool it would have been to be a Florida school kid in the early 1950's, and have Cannonball as my school band director!!!

Something new today, I learned!

Yeah, but at least they were up front enough to cop to being a record label, user name "Utopia Record" instead of doing one of those ultra slimey "street team" things: "Hey everybody! Lately I've been really grooving to a super great saxophonist! She's really smooth, kind of a cross between Richard Elliot and Paul Desmond, but with a little Charlie Coltrane thrown in. Check out some of her sound clips at apoijalkjn.com. Anyone else into her?"