DukeCity

My first "paying" gig was when I was 15 or 16. My high-school band director booked our little combo to play an office party at the local Boise-Cascade paper mill. Originally we were just going to get snacks from the party, but I talked them into giving us each a ream of paper! (think I aimed a little low?)

Vin Diesel Telly Savalas Uncle Fester

I like how the colors bring out the blue in my avatar!

Continuing the hijack: Jerry also does a pantomime of Basie's "Cute" in "Cinderfella" (Welcome back, Paul. You've been quiet for a few days...)

You can check out the Les Brown band in the big prom scene at the end of the original "Nutty Professor" where they're featured quite a bit (including Les' brother Stumpy (Shorty?). Somewhat off topic: the Basie band w/ Joe Williams appearing in Jerry Lewis' movie "Cinderfella".

Golly! I'm looking forward to some great imput from spamland...

Reginald Veale Georges Duboeuf Marco Polo (Pollo?)

That tune is in the old Real Book as "Memories of Tomorrw". Don't know about other performances/recordings by Jarrett, but the tune appears to have been recorded on guitar here and on "romantic jazz piano" here. Good luck, and God speed...

Randy Weston Jay North Donald Sutherland

e-mailed re: Diz '48, Griff, Moody, and Jackie Mac. I'll find someone a little more 'cool' to burn me all of the others...

Rex Reed Frank Lloyd Wright David Matthews

So where does Miles fit in this discussion? Sure, he was ahead of (or at least on) the curve around '59 with Kind of Blue, but he kept the way-inside Wynton Kelly trio into the early '60s [insert plug here for this week's AOTW] even as he (and Trane) are going out a bit. Still playing very straight-ahead tunes and arrangements.

MC 900 ft Jesus MC Hammer Mike Hammer

Got mine today. Looking forward to the tunes!

I had some barber college haircuts when I was a teenager. They were definitely cheap, and sometimes good. But then there were those times when we'd be about two-thirds of the way through the haircut, and the student would just freeze, with a blank/scared look on her face. Then she would say something like, "Um... I'll be right back..." She would go get the superviser, and that's when the real teaching and learning began! Teacher tries to reassure me, assess the damage, encourage the student and keep the whole thing moving so they can get the next cheap bastard in the chair. A few weeks of extra product and careful hat placement and the damage worked itself out.

There's some nice stuff on that list. If I just send you a spindle of blanks, could you make burns of all those for me...? (actually I need to check the CD budget, and grab up a couple of those)

Julia Louis Dreyfus Brad Hall Tim Kazurinski

Joe Mantegna Lord Mountbatten Jack Lord

Female stylist. Same one for several years, and she even takes coupons!

I like the 'just calling tunes' vibe of these sides, but I wonder who was calling the tunes. You would think that Joe, as the guest in the group, would be invited to call the tunes. But it sounds as if maybe Wynton called "On a Clear Day" (from the Straight, No Chaser album). Of all the tunes on the date, "Clear Day" is probably the newest, being from the Broadway show of the mid-'60s. And it sounds like Joe is really having to feel his way through the head. He is easily able to 'hear' the chord changes, but it doesn't sound like it's a tune from his regular repertoire. In the grand scheme of this date, it's not that big a deal. But it does make me wonder how this gig was conceived of by the bookers, or by the musicians. Was it a Wynton Trio date with a bonus player (Joe) contracted? Was it a Henderson date, with a contracted rhythm section (that just happended to be an amazing group in their own right)? Did the folks booking at the Left Bank have the complete idea of putting these guys together? Anyone on this board happen to see this performance in 1968? How was it advertised/billed?

Frank Lloyd Wright Robin Wright-Penn Hoss Cartwright

Park Overall Parker Stevenson Parker Posey

I vote yes. I certainly understand that her humor is not for everyone, and trying to explain to some why she's funny is futile. But in moderate doses, it works for me.

Santa's Little Helper Brian Dino

Don't know if I'll be getting the Nelson box. I don't own many Mosaics, but I first came to know about them through getting the Thad/Mel and the Live Basie, and later the Maynard box. So I actually thought of Mosaic as a big band label. Obviously not accurate, but that's how it was filed in my little pea-brain...