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I'm up to where Sonny takes to the bridge. Over much appreciated the wealth detail.

I did not know that it was Paul Desmond who turned Sonny on to Pepto Bismol!!!

Colonia7listic!

Skip Pertlenary - Nobody Says No To This!!!

EVERY household?

Byas' opening chorus remains awesome!

Dance music!!!

Definitely legal and definitely any musicians' obligation to know their business (although for some reason that's a relatively decent concept). But Lion could be a bit gangsterism about publishing. He dropped Horace Parlan because of a dispute over a Ronnie Boykins tune. There's a few other things I've heard . And AFAIK, the "junkie label" era Prestige never shared publishing. Same for Savoy, etc. It was all legal, it was all accepted business practice, and too many musicians were just oblivious to any of it. But the businesses definitely enforced their advantage in an often heavy-handed manner. One should certainly understand ill-feelings decades later.And it's not just LaRocca btw, nor is it just jazz. 50% of your money is not insignificant, no matter who you are. Leverages should be fully understood and mutually exercised.

"Gangsters" is perhaps too strong, but the practice is definitely a form of legal shakedown. And arguably predatory. Donald Byrd "famously" instructed Herbie a.o. on the ins and outs of self-publishing and Lion tried to play hardball before finally giving in. The other side is that it was frequently a low-margin business and how many copies was Basra going to sell? A business like that relies on more than just record sales and hoped-for hits Still, the lack of transparency with the artists makes one queasy. And Swallow has effectively had a 50% loss of income on this one item for 50+ years. That ain't chump change

Where did everybody go?

Yeah Jazz Times. Might have been armorial when Pete LaRocca passed?

See, that's not too much to ask, right?

That's terrible...

I saw Jay Silverheels yesterday on an episode of Wanted Dead Or Alive.

Ricky Bardello - .Mi Casa, Su Casa!!!

So many of the "fireplace" stations use blatant AI music.

Any of them.

Been around "the life" enough to recognize the con, but where I draw a line is when the playing itself reeks of con. I got the same vibe from Frank Morgan sometimes, more on ballads than otherwise It's the vibe where they explosingt you to their "vulnerability" is a tool to soften you up for the touch. And to be fair, it's not only junkies that play the game. But jeezus, Chet Baker was just so...shamelessly blatant about it. IMO, of course

Seems to me that Baker lived a life of perpetually looking for enablers, including through his playing.

Always. Which is why their sudden disappearance was a real shock, like the sudden death of a good friend.

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