GA Russell

In regard to the EMI catalogue, I would go for Very early Four Freshmen Julie London The Fourth Way (Mike Nock's rock-jazz band) If (Dick Morrissey's jazz-rock band)

Congratulations Jim!

Not to nitpick, but... My recollection is that Bruce joined Cream from his stint with Manfred Mann. He is the bass player on Pretty Flamingo, and about half the tracks of that album.

GA, didn't you say on another board that you worked at Borders, or am I confusing you with someone else???? Yes, I worked at the Duluth, GA, Borders for four years. It was my first experience with Gen Y slackers!

Happy Birthday Chris! What cigar will you smoke, if any?

I had long wondered about this music, but had never seen it in a store. Mosaic sent me a catalogue, and I order the Monk and Mulligan boxes right away. When I called to place the order, I spoke with Charlie Lourie, and I asked him how he got my name and address. "The jazz police." What struck me about the Mulligan box was how influential the music was for French (and probably other European) movies a few years later. It was the sound of pianoless jazz. It is my view that without this Quartet (and its popularity), we wouldn't have had West Coast jazz. Sure the Kenton alums would have made records and found Hollywood work, but the Mulligan Quartet is what made the style hip and popular. So for its influence and its popularity, I will disagree with Chuck and say that it qualifies as essential in my book.

For example, The Beatles' Second Album was their third album!

In the original L&O, I find the role of the big mouth know it all beautiful young babe to be almost repugnant. I think the current blonde does an excellent job of it.

I was disappointed by Wayne Shorter's Super Nova. Of course there's much I haven't heard, but I find it his least interesting Blue Note work, including his work as a sideman.

LOL @ Jim!

That's too bad, BFrank. I saw your post just the other day of Wayne Shorter material they have available. That was very helpful. I plan to sign up as soon as I get broadband, which is not available here yet (I'm in the country.). November is next month, so it won't be too long for them.

NBC from its inception was a division of RCA, which was bought out by GE.

Jazzbo, Universal is the largest record company, so I don't believe the govt will allow them to merge with anyone else in the business. Maybe now that Universal is owned by a French company the US govt's anti-trust laws are irrelevant, but my understanding is that the new EU anti-trust laws are similarly enforced. I imagine that a movie studio might be the best fit for a record company, in that the distribution of CDs and DVDs would go well together, both physical delivery and via the internet. However, since the future of that distribution is up in the air, what with Kazaa, etc., maybe nobody in the movie business wants to take on more of the same troubles!

1) Universal's music is not included in the deal. 2) It gives General Electric a movie studio to make TV shows for its NBC network, thus keeping the money in house.

Thanks brownie!

Happy Birthday! John Patton is a great birthday present!

Chubby Jackson's passing reminds me that I've heard little of Woody Herman compared to other big bands. Can anyone recommend a specific CD of the First Herd?

So Berrigan and Ghost are former Borders employees! I didn't know you had anything in common!

I used to live on Jimmy Carter Blvd. and shopped a few times at Eat More Records. I remember that I bought Don Ellis's Shock Treatment, Happiness is a Warm Sue Raney and three Manfred Mann singles there! This was at least ten years ago. Small world!

Congratulations Jim! I suppose beginner's piano books will be given as baby shower presents!

I like Pat Martino a great deal, but for his work with an organ I like George Freeman's output with Groove Holmes.

Schick is introducing a four-blade razor called the Quatro! My favorite blade is called in Canada the Wilkinson Protector. In the US, Schick offers the same product, but markets it only to women! It has two blades with wires to tie them down. From the ads it looks like the Quatro has the same wires.

Thanks for the link Late! My favorite is his first Orchestra album on Pacific Jazz (1966), called Live at Monterey! I first got it in '69, and bought the CD when it came out a few years ago. I also like the Atlantic Live at Montreux and the Columbia Shock Treatment. I picked up his second PJ album (1967) Live in 3 2/3 /4 Time two years ago, and I was disappointed compared to the others. I believe his best selling album was his first Columbia (1968) album Electric Bath, which one day I'll get around to buying. It got good reviews at the time, but I had the suspicion that the reviewers didn't want to be caught missing the boat.

For those who haven't tried it, I highly recommend the shaving brush with soap routine. Just about every brand of shaving soap has lanolin and other goodies to make the experience pleasant. I once read a letter to the editor in the Toronto Globe & Mail which advised never to use a shaving cream made by a maker of razor blades. The idea was that they include in their cream chemicals which will rot the blade, requiring you to buy more blades! My grandfather used a straight edge razor, with a leather strop hanging down from the side of his sink! I've never done that, but I will if I ever lose the beard.

I noticed that Love Animal is available on emusic.