Film Noir Buff Style Forum / Groovin' at the I Spot -

Just Jim · 2010-03-15 03:23:03

- My, that soothes the soul on a Monday morning - Good call, Sir.

I latched onto Trane early on & he became a bit of a benchmark for me... And probably that's a blessing & a curse...

John Lally told me that Trane suffered from gingivitis. Made no difference, did it? Just like Chet with that missing tooth he was scared to replace in case it killed his vibe...

Maybe they should have both gone to Miles' Dentist Dad?

Or not.

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-15 12:17:51

One of the problems after Chet got his teeth kicked out and he ended up pumping gas - literally in the late '60's - was that they didn't have a cast of his teeth with the missing front one. They gave him perfect dentures, but he couldn't play, as he needed the missing tooth to replicate his sound.

It took him about 18 months to get embouchment, or whatever its called back.

ScarletStreet · 2010-03-15 13:11:13

Embouchure. I believe Trane had problems with his as well because of all his teeth pain.

Just Jim · 2010-03-16 04:24:08

Nina again today. Because Elaine insists.

Sad news for me today - I lose Elaine soon as she has a job with Tesco which (quite rightly) she sees as being the future for her, instead of hanging round my flat & various pubs in Clifton...

I shall miss...

... All the fun.

Just Jim · 2010-03-17 03:41:50

E. is back on Nina again and has just asked about a track called "Sea Lion Woman". It took me a while to work out that it was See-Line Woman...

I shall miss that little imp when she goes off to Tesco...

Hard Bop Hank · 2010-03-17 03:56:33

I got it on the same LP as "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", right? Broadway, Blues, Ballads...

Just Jim · 2010-03-17 03:57:22

Kingstonian · 2010-03-17 05:49:36

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Hard Bop Hank · 2010-03-17 06:00:28

Just Jim · 2010-03-17 07:08:43

E.'s off out now down to the Post Office so I can play this at last:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1165/1235316203_181aed5ee0.jpg?v=0

Lovely stuff from '61.

Time for a cigarette... I shall open the kichen windows and crawl out onto the balcony there & dangle my feet over the edge as if I was in Paris amongst all the pots of Basil & the Geraniums...

Next month I return to Paris after almost a year away. I intend behaving very badly.

Taylor McIntyre · 2010-03-19 04:18:18

This:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l7eN31qKPQU/RxqO1BZD91I/AAAAAAAAALs/1Wd2-A-HTLI/s1600/soul+junction.jpg

'57.

E. is off ill after our binge in The Smoke yesterday... Top!

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-20 02:35:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2OwMAtoy4

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Three for Four

Taylor McIntyre · 2010-03-21 01:03:29

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/images/B0002BK9MQ/sr=1-1/qid=1269154662/ref=dp_image_0/182-2699910-2856143?ie=UTF8&n=916514&s=music&qid=1269154662&sr=1-1

Coffee... Ciggy... Seagulls squawking... Nice breeze coming in through the window...

You?

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-21 12:29:13

Inbetween bouts of CBeebies and realising that wine doesn't agree with me, managed to get 'Trane's "Dakar" in and Chet Baker with Duke Jordan - "No Problem" on the Steeplechase.

Once In The Night Garden has finished, I might get some more in, before the missis decides to watch some Russkie or Dutch television.

Taylor McIntyre · 2010-03-22 04:25:40

Chet again...

He is our Beatles after all.

(As the wise man said)

http://s4.hubimg.com/u/781323_f520.jpg

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-22 13:29:16

^That photo is from the Hermosa Beach club, The Lighthouse. I think that's Howard Rumsey next to Miles. About 1952.

If I ever get the chance to time travel, that will be the next stop after I've checked out Storyville circa 1900:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f3x20owWck

And that photo also reminds me not to purchase any of Buzz Rickson's Hawaiian shirts. What must of Miles have thought of the two little whipper snappers?

Taylor McIntyre · 2010-03-28 02:44:32

http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Art-Blakey-The-Jazz-Messengers-Mosaic-Remaster/1835776/product.html?cid=133635

slim jenkins · 2010-03-29 05:50:53

great album, Mosaic.

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-29 11:13:54

Just bought the last in the trilogy of Prestige Saint JC box sets - Side Steps. Some relaxingly swinging hard bop tracks and joy filled blues, some great stuff with Red Garland and ultra rare tuba grooves with Ray Draper.

There's good modern interview with the founder of Prestige, Bob Weinstock, on Miles and 'Trane "I just told them that Miles was not what he appeared - he was more what he wanted people to think he was. Miles was a very intelligent, sensitive type person. But he hid his personality, with all his acting. But Trane didn't hide it, he just grew. It's almost like the Nat King Cole record of 'Nature Boy' - 'there was a boy-a strange enchanted boy....'"

Big Mark · 2010-03-29 14:57:37

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-30 12:56:09

Here's some more cool, Art Pepper waxing lyrical about his best drug dealing buddy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rq9EziwPyE

This is the cool world where we all can choose to live, all you need is the right hard drive filled to the brim of Pacific Jazz and Contemporary.

Taylor McIntyre · 2010-03-30 12:57:12

The Ivy Matrix!

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-31 13:52:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS3eFlrbXf0&feature=related

Gerry Mulligan - Thruway

4F Hepcat · 2010-03-31 14:17:38

Was there ever a cooler place to be on a Sunday afternoon:

http://www.youtube.com/user/potepopo0520#p/u/140/-VgrJTUc4TE

Lighthouse All Stars - Viva Zapata!

Kingstonian · 2010-04-05 14:13:07

Following on The Larkins link from the crepe thread :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDGj1Xko_c

Not a band I followed but this was a really great song - particularly on a jukebox when you are not watching them. That said, Paul Rodgers is wearing a button down shirt rather than a tie dye T shirt.

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