Favoriting The Stork Club with Stork: Playlist from May 16, 2021 Favoriting

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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.

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Favoriting May 16, 2021: Clubbin' With Betty 'n Billy
Nobody's band makes it to the Stork Club stage today unless they include singer Flint, Mi. native, Detroit-raised Betty Carter (91 and counting up to infinity) or Panamanian-born, Brooklyn-raised Billy Cobham (happy 77th!)

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Shabazz (Recorded Live in Europe)  Shabazz   Favoriting Billy Cobham  Bass – Alex Blake (2) §§§Guitar – John Abercrombie §§§Keyboards – Milcho Leviev §§§Percussion – Billy Cobham §§§Saxophone – Michael Brecker §§§Trombone – Glenn Ferris §§§Trumpet – Randy Brecker §§§Written-By, Arranged By – William E. Cobham, Jr. - - recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England on July 13, 1974  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
DJ Say Hi        0:13:55 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  Panhandler   Favoriting A Funky Thide of Sings  Billy Cobham – synthesizer, percussion • Michael Brecker – saxophone • Larry Schneider – saxophone • Randy Brecker – trumpet • Walt Fowler – trumpet • Tom Malone – trombone, piccolo • Glenn Ferris – trombone • Milcho Leviev – keyboards • John Scofield – guitar • Alex Blake – bass • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas Recorded Columbia Records Studio, San Francisco, California - - ca. 1975  0:16:26 (Pop-up)
Mahavishnu Orchestra With John Mclaughlin  Miles Beyond   Favoriting Birds Of Fire  John McLaughlin – guitars • Rick Laird – bass • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion • Jan Hammer – keyboards, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes • Jerry Goodman – violin - -  Recorded August 1972 at CBS Studios, NYC & Trident Studios, London  0:20:28 (Pop-up)
Horace Silver  Jungle Juice   Favoriting Serenade To A Soul Sister  Horace Silver – piano • Charles Tolliver – trumpet (exc. track 6) • Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone (exc. track 6) • John Williams – bass • Billy Cobham – drums - - recorded (March 29, 1968) - RVG  0:25:06 (Pop-up)
Ron Carter  Einbahnstrasse   Favoriting Uptown Conversation  Ron Carter — electric bass, double bass • Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano • Billy Cobham — drums. - -   October 6 & 7, 1969, at A&R Recording Studio, NYC  0:31:47 (Pop-up)
Billy Harper  Sir Galahad   Favoriting Capra Black  Billy Harper - Tenor Saxophone §§§George Cables - Piano §§§Reggie Workman - Bass §§§Julian Priester - Trombone §§§Dick Griffin - Trombone §§§Billy Cobham - Drums §§§Warren Smith - Drums §§§Elvin Jones - Drums §§§Jimmy Owen - Trumpet --- -1973  0:39:50 (Pop-up)
Larry Coryell  Spaces (Infinite)   Favoriting Spaces  LARRY CORYELL  guitars ///JOHN McLAUGHLIN  guitars ///CHICK COREA  electric piano ///MIROSLAV VITOUS  bass ///BILLY COBHAM  drums. — VANGUARD VMD-79345, Originally recorded in 1969  0:47:52 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  Stratus   Favoriting Spectrum  Billy Cobham - drums, percussion, production • Jan Hammer - electric and acoustic pianos, Moog synthesizer §§Joe Farrell - soprano and alto saxes, flute • Jimmy Owens - flugelhorn, trumpet • Ron Carter - acoustic bass • Ray Barretto - congas. - - Recorded - May 14–May 16, 1973 Electric Lady Studios, NYC  0:57:05 (Pop-up)
DJ With the BC's!        1:06:40 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Open The Door (Theme Song) (Listen: Pop-up)   Favoriting The Audience With Betty Carter  Betty Carter - vocals • John Hicks - piano • Curtis Lundy - double bass • Kenny Washington - drums - - - (Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco)  1:13:13 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter and Ray Bryant  Gone With The Wind   Favoriting Meet Betty Carter And Ray Bryant  Betty Carter - vocals Ray Bryant - piano--- recorded May, 1955 Wendell Marshall - double bass Philly Joe Jones (or possibly Jo Jones, personnel listings are inconsistent) - drums  1:18:14 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles  Baby, It's Cold Outside   Favoriting Ray Charles and Betty Carter  Betty Carter - vocals • Ray Charles - vocals, keyboards • Hank Crawford - alto saxophone • David Fathead Newman - tenor saxophone • Leroy Cooper - baritone saxophone • Bill Pitman - guitar • Edgar Willis - bass guitar • Mel Lewis, Bruno Carr - drums • The Jack Halloran Singers - background vocals • Marty Paich - arranger, conductor • Sid Feller - producer Recorded - United Studios, Hollywood on June 13–14, 1961  1:22:23 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Jazz (Ain't Got Nothing But Soul)   Favoriting The Modern Sound of Betty Carter  Betty Carter - vocals • Richard Wess - arranger, conductor Recorded August 18–30, 1960, New York City, New York, USA:  1:26:30 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  I Can't Help It   Favoriting Out There with Betty Carter  Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon • Wynton Kelly - piano • Peck Morrison - double bass • Specs Wright - drums • Melba Liston - trombone Betty Carter - vocals • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger • Ray Copeland - trumpet Recorded - February 1958 New York City  1:28:20 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Can't We Talk It Over / Either It's Love Or It Isn't   Favoriting The Audience With Betty Carter  Betty Carter - vocals • John Hicks - piano • Curtis Lundy - double bass • Kenny Washington - drums - - - (Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco)  1:30:56 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Droppin' things (live)   Favoriting Droppin' things  Betty Carter - vocals, producer • Marc Cary - piano • Craig Handy - tenor saxophone • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet • Tarus Mateen - double bass • Gregory Hutchinson - drums Digitally recorded live at the Bottom Line on May 25 & 26, 1990, New York City  1:38:18 (Pop-up)
DJ Mike Droop        1:44:46 (Pop-up)
The Brothers Johnson  Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks   Favoriting Look Out For #1  George Johnson - Lead Guitar, Lead and Backing Vocals • Louis Johnson - Guitar, Bass, Lead Vocals and Backing Vocals • Dave Grusin - Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer • Don Lewis - Keyboards (Armand Pascettas Polyphonic Synthesized Keyboard System) • Harvey Mason - Drums, Percussion • Ian Underwood - Synthesizer • Toots Thielemans - Harmonica • Ralph MacDonald - Percussion • Billy Cobham - Timbales • Ernie Watts, Sahib Shihab, Terry Harrington - Saxophone, Flute • Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley - Trumpet • Glenn Ferris - Trombone • Jesse Kirkland, Jim Gilstrap, Pepper Swinson, Syreeta Wright - Background vocals • Paul Riser - Horn arrangements • Recorded - 1976 at Record Plant, Westlake Audio and Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles, California  1:49:43 (Pop-up)
Ray Barretto  Oracion (The Prayer)   Favoriting The Other Road  Bongos – Tony Fuentes  §§§Congas, Talking Drum, Bell Tree [Chinese] – Ray Barretto  §§§Drums – Billy Cobham §§§Electric Bass – Guillermo Edghill §§§Flute – Arthur Webb* §§§Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Eddy Martinez §§§Timbales – Ray Romero §§§Trumpet – Joseph Roman, Roberto Rodriguez §§§Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Manny Duran - - Recorded at Good Vibrations Sound Studios, New York City - 1973  1:54:27 (Pop-up)
Kenny Burrell  Love Is The Answer   Favoriting God Bless The Child  Kenny Burrell - electric guitar • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet • Hubert Laws - flute • Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano • Hugh Lawson - electric piano • Ron Carter - bass • Billy Cobham - drums • Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira - percussion • Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello • Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor - - - Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 25 , 1971  2:02:33 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  01 Solarisation_ a) Solarisation b) Second Phase c) Crescent Sun d) Voyage e) Solarization-Recapitulation.   Favoriting Total Eclipse  John Abercrombie – electric & ovation guitars • Michael Brecker – flute, soprano & tenor saxes • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn • Glenn Ferris – tenor & bass trombones • Billy Cobham – traps, timpani, acoustic piano on "The Moon Ain't Made Of Green Cheese" & "Last Frontier" • Milcho Leviev – keyboards • Alex Blake – electric bass • David Earle Johnson – congas • Sue Evans – marimba - - recorded: 1974 Atlantic Recording Studios and at Electric Lady Studios, New York City,  2:07:18 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  Last Frontier   Favoriting Total Eclipse  • Billy Cobham – traps, timpani, acoustic piano - - recorded: 1974 Atlantic Recording Studios and at Electric Lady Studios, New York City,  2:18:28 (Pop-up)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway  You've Got A Friend   Favoriting Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway  Arranged By [Strings] – Arif Mardin §§§Drums – Billy Cobham §§§Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey §§§Flute – Joe Gentle §§§Guitar – David Spinozza §§§Percussion – Ralph MacDonald §§§Vocals – Roberta Flack §§§Vocals, Electric Piano – Donny Hathaway  2:23:49 (Pop-up)
Esther Phillips  Use Me   Favoriting Alone Again (Naturally)  §§§Alto Saxophone – Hank Crawford §§§Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Don Sebesky §§§Arranged By, Conductor – Pee Wee Ellis §§§Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne §§§Bass – Gordon Edwards, Ron Carter §§§Drums – Bernard Purdie, Billy Cobham §§§Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, George Benson §§§Lead Vocals – Esther Phillips §§§Organ, Piano – Richard Tee 3§§Percussion – Ralph MacDonald §§§Piano – Richard Wyands §§§Tenor Saxophone – Maceo Parker §§§Trombone – Sam Burtis §§§Trumpet, Flugelhorn – John Eckert, John Gatchell §§§Vocals – Carl Carldwell*, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas - Written-By – Bill Withers "Strings" credit included on back cover, but with no players listed. - - Recorded at Van Gelder Studios - July, September, October 1972  2:27:10 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Owens  Put It All Togetha'   Favoriting No Escaping It  Arranged By, Producer – Jimmy Owens §§§Bass, Electric Bass [Fender] – Chris White (3) §§§Drums – Billy Cobham §§§French Horn – Ray Alonge §§§Guitar – Sam Brown (2) §§§Piano, Electric Piano – Kenny Barron §§§Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Billy Harper §§§Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens §§§Tuba – Howard Johnson - - Recorded in Joy and Happiness on March 6, 13, 1970 at the Record Plant in New York City  2:30:59 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  The Pleasant Pheasants   Favoriting Crosswinds  John Abercrombie – guitars • Michael Brecker – woodwinds • Randy Brecker – trumpet • Garnett Brown – trombone • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion, production, orchestrations • George Duke – keyboards • Lee Pastora – latin percussion • John Williams – acoustic & electric basses - - Solos: Lee Pastora, Michael Brecker, George Duke & Billy Cobham Reorded: 1974 - - Electric Lady Studios, New York City - 1974  2:34:40 (Pop-up)
DJ Kinda Cute Yusef        2:39:53 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  The Sun Died   Favoriting At The Village Vanguard  Betty Carter - vocals • Norman Simmons - piano • Lisle Atkinson - bass • Al Harewood - drums - - - Recorded May 22, 1970, at the Village Vanguard, New York City, New York, USA  2:49:07 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Star dust - Memories of you   Favoriting Droppin' things  Betty Carter - vocals, producer • Geri Allen - piano - - recorded at Mastersound on June 7, 1990, New York  2:54:34 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Every Time We Say Goodbye   Favoriting 'Round Midnight  Betty Carter - vocals • Norman Simmons - piano • Lisle Atkinson - bass • Al Harewood - drums. - — - -  Recorded December 6, 1969 at Judson Hall, New York City, New York, USA  3:07:13 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  But Beautiful   Favoriting Out There with Betty Carter  Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon • Wynton Kelly - piano • Peck Morrison - double bass • Specs Wright - drums • Melba Liston - trombone Betty Carter - vocals • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger • Ray Copeland - trumpet Recorded - February 1958 New York City  3:12:58 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Something Wonderful   Favoriting Out There with Betty Carter  • Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon • Wynton Kelly - piano • Peck Morrison - double bass • Specs Wright - drums • Melba Liston - trombone Betty Carter - vocals • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger • Ray Copeland - trumpet Recorded - February 1958 New York City  3:16:58 (Pop-up)
Betty Carter  Tight   Favoriting The Audience With Betty Carter  Betty Carter - vocals • John Hicks - piano • Curtis Lundy - double bass • Kenny Washington - drums - - - (Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco)  3:20:34 (Pop-up)
DJ Tightywhitey        3:24:05 (Pop-up)
Billy Cobham  Red Baron (Revised)   Favoriting Shabazz (Recorded Live in Europe)  Bass – Alex Blake (2) §§§Guitar – John Abercrombie §§§Keyboards – Milcho Leviev §§§Percussion – Billy Cobham §§§Saxophone – Michael Brecker §§§Trombone – Glenn Ferris §§§Trumpet – Randy Brecker §§§Written-By, Arranged By – William E. Cobham, Jr. - - recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England on July 13, 1974  3:26:37 (Pop-up)
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin & Devadip Carlos Santana  Billy Cobham Solo   Favoriting A Live Supreme: Brothers Of The Spirit (Live, Chicago Amphitheater, 1973)    3:33:05 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  Feio   Favoriting Bitches Brew  Miles Davis – trumpet • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone • Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet • Joe Zawinul – electric piano – Left • Chick Corea – electric piano – Right • John McLaughlin – electric guitar • Dave Holland – electric bass • Billy Cobham – drum set – Left • Jack DeJohnette – drum set – Right • Airto Moreira – percussion and cuica - - - Recorded Columbia Studio B, New York City January 28, 1970  3:35:13 (Pop-up)
Eumir Deodato  Also Sprach Zarathustra   Favoriting Prelude  Eumir Deodato - piano, electric piano • Ron Carter - electric bass (solo on "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"), bass • Stanley Clarke - electric bass (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)") • Billy Cobham - drums • John Tropea - electric guitar (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "September 13") • Jay Berliner - guitar (solo on "Spirit of Summer") • Airto Moreira - percussion • Ray Barretto - congas • Hubert Laws - flute (solo on "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun") • John Frosk - trumpet • Marky Markowitz - trumpet • Joe Shepley - trumpet • Marvin Stamm - trumpet (Solo on "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun") • Wayne Andre - trombone • Garnett Brown - trombone • Paul Faulise - trombone • George Strakey - trombone • Bill Watrous - trombone • Jim Buffington - french horn • Peter Gordon - french horn • Phil Bodner - flute • George Marge - flute • Romeo Penque - flute • Max Ellen - violin • Paul Gershman - violin • Emanuel Green - violin • Harry Lookofsky - violin • David Nadien - violin • Gene Orloff - violin • Eliot Rosoff - violin • Emanuel Vardi - viola • Al Brown - viola • Harvey Shapiro - cello • Seymore Barab - cello • Charles McKracken - cello. - - Recorded September 12–14, 1972 at Van Gelder Studios  3:46:59 (Pop-up)
DJ Aggie Tates DaGravel        3:55:55 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Stork:

Happy Sunday Sunday Sunday!! Welcome all!!!
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listener james from westwood:

Slightly early greetings, Stork and all!
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hyde:

hello!
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chresti:

Hi Stork and swells!
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spodiodi:

howdy, Stork and Clubfolk!
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Fuzzy:

Stork Ho! Hello Hello!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bluetiful colors !
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chresti:

Swanky marquee ya got here!
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Stork:

Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Fuzzy Spodiodi, chresti, hyde, and listener james from westwood-way!! warm fuzzies!!
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DJpeterDE:

BC and BC are a very odd couple.
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Stork:

DJpeterDE: funny, they never jammed!
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fred:

Hello Stork and patrons.
I may be wrong about this, but wasn't Billy Cobham sampled on Souls of Mischief's 93 til Infinity?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Low levels. I must turn up !...
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Stork:

Could be fred. Not familiar with that band.
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watchpocket:

Oh this is hot!
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Stork:

watchpocket! What's the Fabio Forecast? Been some days since we emailed. For those who havent heard, out dear comrade DJ Fabio was in the hospital for a spell with a slipped disc.
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fred:

@Stork: Billy Jam often uses that track as bed music
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Stork:

Thanks, RevRabb. How are the levels now. I noticed too and goosed em. still too low?
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Jeff Golick:

Cheers, @Stork!
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Jeff Golick:

And birthday greets to Betty & Billy!
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Stork:

Levels ok, Jeff?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

⦿Sun in ♉︎Taurus, Year of Earth Snake
' Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies. Vocalist Carmen McRae once remarked: "There's really only one jazz singer—only one: Betty Carter." '

⦿Sun in ♉︎Taurus, Year of Wood Monkey
' William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian-American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. According to AllMusic, Cobham is generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer. '
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Jeff Golick:

Yeah yeah! Sounding good and jammy here.
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watchpocket:

He was in hosp for 6 days, out now, much better, but still on thin ice. He has to take things *very* slowly, can only move in certain ways, still prettydifficult for him but he's definitely improving, about to start physical therapy. I mean he *has* been out and about in his car etc, but it's very dicey and he can't risk another pop of the herniated disk. Overal prognosis: improving. Which a course is great news.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I turned up - so I'm good...
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Stork:

That rocks, RevRabb! Thanks!!!
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watchpocket:

Dave Mandl and Donna are lined up as the next two fill-ins for Strength Through Failure.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Awright. Fabio Power.
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Jeff Golick:

Great to hear re Fabio's progress, @watchpocket. Thanks for that.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...even his stand-ins are incredible...
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listener james from westwood:

Excellent to hear on the Fabio front! He was so excited to be back in the studio, so I was sad to hear he'd been so afflicted and might have to broadcast from the hotbox for a while longer. Hoping he can be back at the Magic Factory and seeing movies in theaters soon!
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Little Danny:

Hi Stork, hi frenz
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watchpocket:

Don't think there'll be any more from the hotbox. He'll either be OK enough to drive over to the Factory or he'll have a fill-in. Meanwhile I'm looking forward to both Dave an Donna as we haven't heard a lot from them this year.
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Stork:

Little Danny on the scene!! Hiya hiya!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

My Rawk obsessive older brother one day pulled out Billy Cobham's 'Spectrum' LP. I've always had a thing for colors on black... Well @ that age & time I simply had no idea Musicians like that existed... Indelible impression stamped.
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Stork:

Thanks for the update, watchpocket. That is welcome news.
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hyde:

Birds of Fire and Inner Mounting Flame both still really hold up, i think
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Always plain loved McLaughlin. Yerknow the estimation of Fusion has gone thru so many backlashes & generalized defamations & phases. Right now I think the Jammers just don't care about any of that ! I mean - Jazz in 2021 ? Have Grumpy Jazz Police gone extinct ??...
Avatar 12:27pm
Stork:

Been a while since i've listened to Mahavishnu, hyde. Really incredible chops everywhere
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Stork:

RevRabb - the more I learn about Jazz, the more open to fusion I become. Most of the fusion comes from the jazz side - mostly.
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watchpocket:

Fabio sat in my living room one day -- I forget what I played for him -- but he scrunches up his nose and says ". . . It's a bit FUSION-Y" -- An iconic statement that I loved and will never forget. Fabio HATES, HATES fusion. "But why do you hate fusion?" The answer: "There's just too many notes." To him it's too precise.

Granted, there's some bad fusion out there. But as we know from what we're listening to right now, there is also great, great fusion. Suffice it to say you'll likely never hear fusion on any show of Fabio's. Just an FYI.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Haha !
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chresti:

Ha watchpocket, interesting.
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Little Danny:

I am the same re: fusion, Stork.

Also, on the rock side, prog.
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watchpocket:

Don't get me wrong tho -- he loves and has played, and will continue to play, Miles Davis. That's juuuust about as far as he'll go with playing any fusion on his show. For him, Mahavishnu is a bridge too far to cross.
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Stork:

Totally, Danny. Also, fusion tunes me in to any hint of the funk in jazz. It all works, together, man! #suchahippie
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watchpocket:

funk, fusion, jazz, it;s a threesome. they're married.
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Stork:

Herbie, Ron and Billy - This is my kinda power trio.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - I don't know anything. Just sitting here alone in NewHampshuh... One thing has occurred to me listening to FMU is that BitchewBrew is not so singular & lonely a development. Many have taken that influence aboard! Of course Genre labels are clumsy tools. Some Fusion is intense, some gnarly - & some dilutes the drive of Rawk & the complexity of the Jazzes for the worst of all possible worlds - presumably creating the space for 'SmoothJazz' to exist & flourish... As with Prog - I was surprised to learn that Styx & Kansas are even regarded as under that umbrella ! !... But I characteristically digress...
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chresti:

I like the funkier fusion, I guess. I have to hear the drums and the bass.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The good speakers like this.
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Stork:

I know whatcha mean, chresti. Though I also like Return to Forever's more mellow side. Some fusion bands are horrible ballad bands. Like, skip the slowdance numbers, folks. And vice versa, i suppose. Now, who's digressing?
Avatar 12:46pm
Stork:

WHoa, Billy!! Harper AND Cobham!!!
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hyde:

i loved fusion stuff when I was in high school, then rejected it all for decades and now am coming back to some of it.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Interesting to hear Coryell & McLaughlin together ! I believe it was Irene who schooled us on Larry when he passed? Or somewhere on the Drummer stream ?? Seemed an important compare/contrast to McLaughlin - coming reportedly from the Rawk direction early on.... Heard some Hendrix flow in there in 1969...
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coelacanth∅:

hello Stork and Wolf gang
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Stork:

Hi, coelacanth∅: - love yer avatar!
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listening out there:

Uh oh…the F word: Fusion….
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chresti:

This sounds like some of Fabio's Italian bed music!
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Stork:

OO, yer gonna looove this show, listening out there!
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spodiodi:

hi, Little Danny
aloha, coelacanthØ
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chresti:

coel with the goat ghost!
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coelacanth∅:

Stork, oh this old thing? tanks!

...so, didn't they steal this from massive attack?!
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chresti:

Hi hi spodiodi \\//
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spodiodi:

ciao, chresti! \\//
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coelacanth∅:

hey spodi and chrestì!
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coelacanth∅:

i Love spodì's and chrestí's avatars
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

en.wikipedia.org...
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coelacanth∅:

i maybe mentioned this before? chresti it always makes me imagine a slice of some kind of fruit
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chresti:

Or a twirling pie, that's what I see.
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coelacanth∅:

oh yes! ...twirl into my mouth please, pie
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spodiodi:

thanks, coel! took this thursday morning when i went outside
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spodiodi:

chresti -- i see the pie too (though i've zoomed in... i still see it most of the time :) )
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Little Danny:

Beautiful song.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

That is one thing about the centimeter of self-expression of Tars: What they look like @ this scale ! Whatever they happen to actually be... Should be a word for that...
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coelacanth∅:

it's really amazing zoomed in

spodi is it your yard? some kind of laurel?
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chresti:

It's my weekend party pie. spodi, looks like you live in a nice place next to nature!
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Stork:

Pie!!! Or as they say on South Park: PAH!
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coelacanth∅:

the hungry pie
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spodiodi:

coel, just along the side of the road nearby
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listening out there:

Saw Carter once, Cobham 3-4 times. So, today’s show is, um, okay!
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Stork:

l-o-t: :)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

What an instrument & how she wields it.
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rw:

Good morning!
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Stork:

Hiya, rw! What'll it be?
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rw:

I could use another coffee. Thanks! And maybe some Betty Carter?
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spodiodi:

chresti, there's more nature around here than in the city. lots of nice flowers, though i missed most of them (including the amazing wisteria down the street.)

and in other nature news: the deer ate most of the little garden mzSpodi had started within the past hour or so... she's bummin
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spodiodi:

my attempts at consolation fall flat
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spodiodi:

she started it weeks ago.... the attack/demise was this morning
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Stork:

That's some odd use of reverb!
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jimbrux:

Checkin in late after one HELLUVA day... This was just what I needed - thanks Stork... And hi to my fellow clubbers..
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Stork:

jimbrux - herzlich Willkommen!
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spodiodi:

i used to live around the corner from Great American Music Hall
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Stork:

Keeping the Freddie Hubbard comin after D-O today!
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chresti:

Ah yes, the deer like to eat gardens. I know there are ways to protect little gardens from deer on the web, I vaguely remember a discussion about this before somewhere.
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coelacanth∅:

hey rw, jimbrux!
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spodiodi:

chresti, i've seen people in our neighborhood who've gone to great efforts. our hands are tied somewhat, and the preventative measures she did take didn't work. i figured it was a matter of time (we live among a herd here... they are omnipresent.)
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adamdoesit:

Hello Stork and friends. I'm back from my ride in time for the second half. The way those pesky deer run up a grade is exactly how I do not. Barkeep, how about one of those famous ibuprofin boilermakers of yours?
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Stork:

One shot of OTC pain meds, shot a rotgut, shot a beer, comin right up!
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chresti:

You need a mountain lion, spodi.
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chresti:

Hi adamdoesit!
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spodiodi:

a pie lion might even do the trick, chresti :-B

howdy, adamdoesit
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chresti:

marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com...
deer barrier
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

How many eras has KennyBurrell spanned ??
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adamdoesit:

Hi chresti, hi spodi! Maybe we can do a time share on the mountain lion. Kind of a fractional cougar type deal.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...KB 1st album in 1956...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hendrix actually recorded with the Brecker Bros. Sept. 1970 such an unfortunate time to be removed from the developments of - everything...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& they're @ ElectricLady...
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coelacanth∅:

greetings adam!
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Stork:

Burrell has played on over 93 million records. I have a paltry few.
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Stork:

"Slowhand" Abercrombie over there.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...if not quite the McLaughlin machine gun, I can see it from there...
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duke:

Hello Stork and Stork Club patrons
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Stork:

Sir duke, Sir!
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Little Danny:

I have switched over to bulky headphones for the full '70s experience. Really enjoying this, Stork.
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Stork:

Good move, Danny! Get all the groovy!!
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coelacanth∅:

chrestî @206 that'd get expensive, and a healthy lettuce would outgrow it no problem.
...a 7' fence around the whole garden is usually more practical, or a 4-5' fence with other measures taken.
dogs help. apple trees help. (they usually choose the apples over what's in the garden)
bobbex is good for things you don't eat
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Doug Schulkind:

Around this time, Donny Hathaway was studying composition with Yusef Lateef. God bless them both.
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chresti:

I defer to coel who probably knows way more than I do about garden matters, spodi.
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adamdoesit:

Hi, coel!
I loved JT's version of this song as a child. Then I stopped. This version, I love it again.
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Little Danny:

Wow, Doug, didn't know that.
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Doug Schulkind:

(Yusef was playing flute on that track under the pseudonym "Joe Gentle.")
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Stork:

Wowie, Doug! I think you told me that about 50 years ago, but I forgot. Wasn't he on another record as "Little Rock?"
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Little Danny:

Did Lateef's particular musical idiosyncrasies play out in Hathaway's recordings of the time? I don't know Donny Hathaway's catalog.
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coelacanth∅:

Donny's version on his first live album is a golden unicorn of wonder
...Willie Weeks on bass; funny lively audience...Donny in superb form
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Doug Schulkind:

@Stork
The dude performing under the pseudonym "Little Rock" is actually Pharoah Sanders.
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Stork:

Such a brain you got, Dougie! Mine you could strain the lettuce through.
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Little Danny:

Those sound like they were thought up by a session pseudonym generator. "Lester Cups."
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Doug Schulkind:

@Little Danny
I think it's fair to say that Hathaway's "Zyxygy Concerto" owed a debt to Yusef's conceptual approach.
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coelacanth∅:

or it was like the porn star name formula
name of first pet + street name you grew up on
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Husky Prospect !...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Little Rock - & Lotsa Jazz ...or Arkansas... hm.
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adamdoesit:

I'm with LD on this one: it was an early AI called Yosef Deepblue.
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Little Danny:

Thanks Doug, will check!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...when you wanna disguise YuSelf...
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coelacanth∅:

but who came up with the ai's name?
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fred:

I heard that the Capitol Records vaults hold many tapes that are not identified because the cards fell off over the years. So they don't know what's on the tapes. I guess there's a dream job opportunity there, but nobody cares enough
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

fred before they sell them to somebody who'll let them burn...
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coelacanth∅:

shoot, fred i'd take that job!
'don't think i'm qualified though
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

coela - just make up good stuff ...we can clone Phil Schaaps for the future - give them something to do...
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fred:

@RevRab: They've digitized most of them. Their best guess is to detect silence on the tapes and match that to session notes on the cards, but that doesn't work well for jazz sessions
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coelacanth∅:

haha... yes, let's see, here we have a session by Doug Schulkind's first band, a psych band called The Centimeter of Self Expression...
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mauri:

what a song that was wow
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coelacanth∅:

- and this reel's by chresti's band, the Hungry Pie
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

About the speed for information & artefact authenticity these days surely.
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Stork:

@mauri: yes! despite a recording that sounded like a bootleg - recorded next to a roaring fan - her performance is so mesmerizing it doesn't much matter.
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jimbrux:

Geri Allen wow
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Stork:

@jimbrux - this piece was stuck onto a live album. it was recorded in a studio a week later, and it's the only recording they ever did together - possibly... and it's telepathic.
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jimbrux:

No but they were *made* for each other. Magical.
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Stork:

Truly. John Hicks was great with Betty, but this is just .. beyond.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

👏
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Stork:

Betty was the chance-takin-est singer ever. Annette Peacock territory, and further out maybe.
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Stork:

Jeanne Lee's more avant garde stuff comes to mind sometimes too.
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watchpocket:

June Tyson as well (he says perhhaps stating the obvious).
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...whereas here she's like Sarah Vaghaun maybe...
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Stork:

Yup - June Tyson a bit too.
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watchpocket:

And yeah, some of her performance here does indeed remind one of SV.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...a game really - all their own cities on the map - near as they may be...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

👏
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Jeff g. via app:

Cassandra Wilson was definitely paying attention.
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Stork:

Sarah Vaughan - born on March 27th. Is that on a Sunday next year? Well whaddaya know, yes it is!
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Stork:

Oh, good one, JG! Hadn't made that connect, but sure enough!
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Stork:

If ever there was a record made for headphones....
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Stork:

So happy to have all of you here for this double-layer cake b-day badabing this day/evening.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I'ma just read that Personnel over & over if you don't mind...
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Stork:

That sound like a dog barking is a cuica drum, i believe.
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Stork:

@RevRabb: right? Buncha pikers!
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Stork:

cuica played by Airto, and not by Doug in this case.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*Always* forget the name 'cuica' ! ...maybe this time...
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Doug Schulkind:

I'm playing along in my mind, though.
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fred:

Maybe Doug can pull it off for the Hoof'n'Mouth next year
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Jon:

Teo always was a good sport
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Jon:

OH I love this deodato version of this track
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Fuzzy:

McDonald's to-go soda cup = poor man's cuica
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Mark R:

I'll always think of Chauncy Gardner walking down the median of that busy street in Georgetown whenever I hear this Deodato track.
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Stork:

Hey Jon! Hey Mark R!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Fuzzy 100% ! :D
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Stork:

Wow! Forgot this was in "Being There."
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fred:

Wow, I wonder what "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" sounds like on that record
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...actually Fuzzy - I had a big long riposte your post there ...but I realized it was just a Straw Man argument...
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spodiodi:

quite a show, thanks, Stork! 🎂🎂
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adamdoesit:

Thanks for the great 2x tribute, Storkerino.
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watchpocket:

Thanks for a super-swell presentation, Stork.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ Stork !
Appreciated.
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fred:

@Stork: The track I mentioned earlier, it did sample Heather from Crosswinds: youtu.be...
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Stork!
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chresti:

Thanks Stork! Sorry, just started filing my income tax..
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