Man with the Golden Arm

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That "Magic Drawing Board" was my favorite part. And what do Herb Pomeroy and Mike Mulligan have in common?

A buddy's Web Service was featured in USA Today's tech section. Actually fun stuff! www.greatnameforaband.com

A good question, re: Sound of Jazz, and I not being a 'vet' can't say, but I do have in my LP collection an original vinyl. It was my Aunt Toots'. So it must have made some kind of impression to quite a general audience when someone living in the Delaware Water Gap and who always set the table with waaay too much silver-ware, IMO, went out and got the soundtrack! There was not much of it's kind on the few channels in them days, so this must have been quite the coup at the time. Love to hear comments as well.

Right around the corner and about nine years prior is: "Prospect Street" Edward Hopper I can assure you that Gloucester does not look like this in any way today.

Our first was born nine years ago yesterday. She was not the best sleeper either but is as un-wakable as a teenager now. We had one of those Rykodisc "Hawaiian Rainshower" CDs. 5 to 6 PM or there abouts was her real finicky time and we'd just set her down between the speakers and let it wash over her. I think the white noise / womb sounds of the "rain" did the trick. It became instantaneous and the disc never left the player. By the time she was three we were dancing around to "Let Freedom Ring". Today she showed me how her piano teacher has her doing a little bit of "stride" w/ her left hand. It gets better all the time! good luck!!

Isn't Steve Lukather the guitarist for EVERYONE!?

...in the words of R. Crumb... Eggs Ackly!

Might be prejudiced, but pick up the first or third Masada Quartet discs. Always reasonable on eBay these days. His playing on those is stunning and if you grab a couple you can cull out the wacked-out overtly bizarre klezmarishness and get down to some incredibly rewarding stuff. Some others here would know better of his solo outings. I think a new one w/ Frisell and Caine is out soon? davedouglas

Look for any BullMoose Records up in NH. I bet Kevin Bres knows the deals and where to find them. But they are all around the SE corner of the state. It's supposed to be another single digit weekend up here (I'm just down the coast). Time to spring for some silk long underwares. It's up to around 30 right now but the moistness makes it all moot. Up in ski country it'll be quite nasty.

"TRACK 5 - People seem to think that this is a "Europen" band, but frankly, I don't hear that. Maybe superficailly, in the drumming, but not really. Whatever, it's an absolutely gorgeous tune, and the tenorist who plays the melody does so superbly. The tenor soloist is telling his story his own way, too. Definitely nothing innovative, but definitely a truly personal expression all the way around, and that means a lot to me. Can't wait for the identity to be revealed!" JSngry's post... Boy next thing Jim will be tagging cars in Singapore. Go out and pick that switch now, man!!! I gotta start reading the rules, here.

Thanks for that editorial review Nate. I will put that on the list. Anxious to hear Taborn in this kind of setting. As for his more big band-y work, any thoughts on the first, and best, of the two New York Composers Orchestra albums that were on New World. I love that first one. A bit too much Weiselman for me but the Ehrlich solos on there are just fabulous. The players are right on through-out that album.

You know if the body can transmit sound like this then someone, like say, ah, Hugh Grant, could strap on a big old pair of Grados, and then would....?

Hey Brad, While your at it make sure to have him put the Pullen / Adams Select he promised me in the que before this one!

Cap Toys did this with lollipops a few years back. They really did work. It was a sucker holder / FM radio that transmitted the vibe through your teeth. I guess the louder you wanted it the more cavities you got. There is also a pen you can nibble on from Hasbro right now: Can't wait for a big ol' Multilayered Hybrid SACD Dagwood sammich!

Not being a musician myself, but...go find yourself Marty's "Pliant Plaint" w/ Stan Strickland. Beautiful stuff but might be a bit hard to come by these days. Boy, I would loved to have seen him fronting w/ Byard. Yoww!

I recall a BNBB resident poster Nathan of "all things in that ny downtown groove" liking this an awful lot. I meant to make it down to an installation at Harvard that I believe this piece was based upon, but alas, never got there. I think this was an obscure import that could be had from DMG. I'm sure ol' Bruce down there loves it! No help I know but myself would be interested in hearing any comments on Marty's "Line On Love" release.

Thanks again John! I've listened hard to this set and always find something new (obviously since it still is new, duh) everytime. Lots of new avenues down which to proceed. (And the thugs in your alley will no doubt steal my wallet-full of PayPal and drain that baby quick as quite a few of these have been ear-marked not even knowing what they were until now.) Most especially Jim's QO selection. I laughed out loud when you revealed Track #5. Worried of what my comment might have been, it is now completely perfect :" 5) I really do know this song but it ain't coming to me... That's what I get for trying to enhance the musical experience during those formative years." Obviously Mancini with a different kind of "twist"! I've listed that link to the Fontella w/ AEC as seeking the obscure. I really did think that was Leena Conquest from the get go. It's amazing when one finds the roots. I am hoping that Mr. Nessa might weigh in here regarding that session. My comment about the 'bombastic' as unwarranted is now moot- this is AEC dinner music! This one is en route as we type. If anyone has not checked out Ms. Bass with that whole legion of "downtown northwesterners" on No Ways Tired, this should be done despite AMG's errant rating. Or even this one with David Murray. Beautiful stuff you might find real cheap. Now that you have revealed your sources I'll be off on another hunt to quench my own little jazz head knowledge base. While I can't hold a candle to most of the discussions and revelations from posters throughout this board this BFT thing is a real treat. (thanks DG) You all will get the call someday to front my innervention when it is finally revealed that I am consumed by obscure jazz roumminations (that's how couw's spell it). ...and I do rather like 'vint' with the golden arm'.

Thanks for that article. Been thinking about what new British Soul might be on the horizon. Great to have some other names to watch out for. (Just hope that Josh Stone comes up with something new as her take on all of this is certainly based on some weird producing for the moment.) And I must confess that I'm a sucker for some good sultryness and Norah ain't got it for me. I've been on a bit of an "acid jazz" (how I hate that moniker) tip lately courtesy of some cheap comps I've listened to. Any of you Londoners have some guidance to offer based upon this article? Please! Like telling me whatever happened to some great singers like N'Dea Davenport, Martine Girault, Dyanne Fearon, Marcia Johnson, Carleen Anderson, Shara Nelson, Caron Wheeler, Juliet Roberts etc... Or making some suggestions as to some truly great females to look out for. And certainly not coming from that Macy (my hometown girl) Gray, Badu / everythingbutthetrickyportisheadfrapp vibe.

This is a great choce for AOW. While it seems to be so the norm that maybe no one will step out of bounds here. Listening to this at the same time as the BFT5 is just like bein' over at couw's w/o libations. I much prefer this era of Lou to any other. His post bebop stuff always seemed to exercised.(He was in good shape, no?) His soul jazz or rather some of that post soul jazz was obviously the main appeal. To me it's those sides with the conga that do it! Mind you not all of his song selections were great but those originals he penned are some outstanding pieces. I was puzzled by this quote off of the Mosaic website: œ"Solid, enjoyable, uneven--- There is a lot a enjoyable music here. The second reviewer's suggestion to mix quarters and other sessions is a good one, for variety and interest. There is ?too much conga for my ears on these sessions, it flattens the music.? For best Donaldson, you should look elsewhere, particularly to his sessions with Jimmy Smith."œ It really now helps to have read Lou's decision, from the quote above, on bringng in 'hard hands' just to simmer it down into that swanky-ness that he does so well. There's still a bit of dirt when Lou goes down south that I really love. Not really a care to hear Lou do up a standard but his pieces as well as Best's "Move" are shoe-ins for turning any neo into a hipster. I sure do hope that mikeweil levies here!

Hey deus62, Do have that Spectrum and the previous. Specifically for the work of a good friend I used to work next to for years. His piece is on page 94 of #10 and it's the train titled "Flash Gordon's Rocket Locomotive". This guy is a god in his own right! Used to work up in Hi-Brow at American Geetings just after the R. Crumb days. That train is completely hand crafted. Guy can paint like a son of a gun too. I used to change his blackened water-crock cause it drove me crazy watching him get pristine hi-lights out of his dipping swamp.

Chat le Krylon!! ...and she doesn't have to outsource for models! FAFI

Goddess of G-5! Kirsten Ulve

God of INK! Heinrich Kley

deus62, I've almost picked up that 'popbot' series. Is that the same Foster you linked. Have to explore further! Looks a bit like the stuff by Rick Berry w/o the heavy strokes. The David Ho reminds me much of John Jude Palencar's work. As for the precursor to this type of illustration, here is an easy trivia test: what illustrator that had many editorial pieces across the board in the eighties and nineties did the cover for a now sought after Collector's Choice CD??? As for my most favorite of all present day magazine illustrators- Peter de Seve