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I spew the same crap regardless of ligature.

My avatar is a rotation of pictures of Jim Pepper.

I've been using a 421 since the 80s. It is a premium general purpose microphone for live saxophone reinforcement.

Two Lane Blacktop. James Taylor and Dennis Wilson race Warren Oates across country for pink slips. '55 chev vs GTO. Vroom-vroom.

Favorite quote: ("the mechanic" to "the driver) "She's runnin'...

There is a very simple discriminator of smooth jazz - it never swings.

That is only because on lousy recordings you hear the compressor and on good recordings you don't. It is not the compressor's fault, only its application.

I'd have to say "Song for my Father". I don't know why but for me that is the least inspiring of the so-called standards. Then there is the AAB or AABA form problem that seems to occur depending on...

I love this ballad too, though if I want to play it I have to take a lead sheet for the piano player.

Art of the Duo

Jim Pepper / Mal Waldron

How about dogs eating their own p**p (or anything else)? How's that evolution work exactly?

We have a dog. It is a brown lab. The kids pestered us into it about ten years ago. It eats...

The Internet has made information free, my brother. And the validity of that information is also free, and not to be trusted in a casual way.

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Rusty's tone is quite Berg-ly and engaging.

Stage fright is directly proportional to the degree of importance that you place on the performance. In reflection it can be quite revealing about what things you consider important.

Look again - Jaco is wearing war paint. This is a clip from his band's performance at the 1982 Montreal Jazz Festival. The video of the entire show is available at the usual places. Bob Mintzer's...

Mancini and the orchestra with Plas on tenor.

I have a older 125. I can't say I like the sound of it that much (although it is certainly not bad) but it is the best playing piece I've got for the jazz standards-y types of jobs I usually do.

Wouldn't it be nice...

In fact, just disable polls altogether. Just a thought...

I had that stacked arrangement from '75 until maybe five years ago. Repaired the surrounds three (maybe four?) times. I replaced the ARs with PSBs and passed the ARs on to various in-laws, etc.. ...

Yes. This was from the movie "Pepper's Pow Wow".