wiseone2

The Philadelphia Orchestra recording of the Mahler First Symphony, the one that has the "Blumine" movement with Gil Johnson is one of my all time favorites. Jussi Bjoerling and Brigit Nilsson in Turandot is another one you must have. Nilsson in Salome is unreal...............stop me
Wilmer

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Be sure Brain is engaged before putting Mouthpiece in gear.
S.Suark 1951

Joe DiMonte

I received my copy yesterday and am enjoying it especially after reading the opening sentence in the preface which reads:
"An intensely creative artist and extroverted performer,Lee Morgan lived according to his own motto..."

It was Lee who circa 1963 told me that "Trumpets are for Extroverts" a tag line I've used for months.

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"Clark Terry - C.T.,as his friends call him,is not only a master of the trumpet and flugelhorn,but a master musician and a leader to the manor born." - Dan Morgenstern.

westview1900

My library purchased the book upon my request and I borrowed it today. I'm looking forward to reading it. Ask your library folks; it's your tax dollars which fund it.

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Thank goodness for music.

Joe DiMonte

Very true but may I remind those who are as the late great Lee Morgan wrote about -
a PROCRASTINATOR,the following example can be a STOPSTART moment.



Librarians in Queens do not like to talk about the scofflaws who rack up fines for late books. They prefer to call them “clients” or “patrons” who owe “extended-use fees.” Competing against a tide of video games and cable shows, they are loath to scare away anyone who wants to read.

How One Overdue Book Can Hurt a Credit Record (December 26, 2007)

James Estrin/The New York Times
Patrons at the Flushing branch; the Queens Library system is the nation’s largest by circulation.
But their patience has limits. When provoked, they play hardball.

Eleven years ago, the Queens Library system, the largest in the nation by circulation, hired a professional enforcer to collect the 25-cents-a-day late fines as well as missing library materials from books to DVDs to rare musical scores.

The gambit has paid off handsomely. The haul so far: $11.4 million, about half of that in fines. That’s a lot of quarters.

Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be reported to a collection agency and to a credit bureau, with a damaged credit rating as a result — a tactic that so shocked one Far Rockaway rabbi that he filed a lawsuit. The collection policy also has pulled libraries — places where generations of children have learned moral lessons about returning what they borrow — into the debate on just how much punishment is appropriate for failing to return a library book.

The borough library system signed on in 1996 as the largest client of Unique Management Services, a collection agency that had reorganized itself three years earlier to specialize in recovering library books and late fees. The company, based in Jeffersonville, Ind., now chases down late accounts for more than 900 library systems, including the New York Public Library, several in Canada and two in England.

The company’s muscle comes from its ability to report some library users to credit bureaus. Unique Management contacts library patrons by letter and phone with an encouraging yet ultimately threatening message: Your library wants to keep you as a patron in good standing. Contact them to return your books and settle your fees. Or we will report you.

The quest to recover lost books has left some librarians ambivalent about the tactic......................

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"Clark Terry - C.T.,as his friends call him,is not only a master of the trumpet and flugelhorn,but a master musician and a leader to the manor born." - Dan Morgenstern.

Xenoman

I'm almost halfway throught this book and it's great. I've learned much about Lee that I never knew and got hipped to some recordings that I don't own. The story of WHERE the song Sidewinder was written is fantastic. Inspiration comes in the strangest places. It also speaks to the level of talent that Mr. Morgan possessed.

Joe DiMonte

[quote=Xenoman;391867]I'm almost halfway throught this book and it's great. I've learned much about Lee that I never knew and got hipped to some recordings that I don't own.
>>>>>>>The story of WHERE the song Sidewinder was written is fantastic.<<<<<


Take note of the fact that Joe Henderson,fresh out of the U.S.Army was blazing the trails
while with Mr.Silver's band and was attracting a large following including yours truly.
Mr.Wise can attest to my love of Mr.Henderson playing/performances from my early 1990's (Page One) posts on AOL.

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"Clark Terry - C.T.,as his friends call him,is not only a master of the trumpet and flugelhorn,but a master musician and a leader to the manor born." - Dan Morgenstern.