October 8, 2003
Links, links, and more links (but not golf links - I leave that to my mom)
I haven't updated the links for awhile. There are some that I really should have added by now. I will start with Gregg, even though he made a disparaging remark about the Raiders. Of course I forgave him, since, seeing as how the Raiders have been playing, I have made my share of disparaging remarks about them (and remarks about Al Davis are always tolerated here). Gregg is in Colorado, which is a beautiful state.
Second on the list is John, who seems to be as much of a jazz nut as I am. I must warn him to watch out, though, as jazz nuttiness can lead to becoming that scariest of all creatures, the record collector. It is too late for me (I cannot pass a yard sale without digging through the box of LPs hoping for some gem), but if I can warn the rest of you before you have crossed the Rubicon, I will be doing some good. Jazz is wonderful music, but it leads to such manias as wanting every single Thelonious Monk record ever made.
The third on the list is one that everyone already reads anyway, but if anyone needs the address to
There will be more on the way, but that is it for now.
Posted by erik at October 8, 2003 9:07 AM | TrackBackHey Erik-Thanks for the link...I've only had the blog since late August and haven't built up much of a steady readership yet, so links definitely help.
As far as collecting mania goes, boy have I been there! I grew up in the '70's (I get the feeling you're somewhat younger than I am, but lately it seems like everybody is!), which were a period in which big bands were really flourishing. Maynard and Count Basie were my intro to jazz, and I still prefer large group jazz-I want to hear great arrangements AND great soloes.
Maynard, Don Ellis, Buddy Rich, Basie, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Woody Herman, Kenton, and all the rest were touring and had contracts with major labels, so I either saw these bands live (MF, Buddy, Basie, Mel Lewis after Thad had left the band), or had their albums. At one point I had pretty much everything Maynard had done in his own name, all the Don Ellis big band stuff (I'd kill to have that now!), and a good sampling of the others, esp. Basie, Woody, and Buddy. Luckily a lot of the Ellis stuff is being reissued, though I haven't gotten it yet.
Alas, financial woes caused me to sell most of my collection, which I'm just now building up again. I'm going to do an entry on my site about my current collection, later this week. Have you ever done one? It'd be interesting to read it....John
Posted by: John Salmon at October 8, 2003 9:38 PM