Sorry to see this news. I saw Herbie twice recently, playing wonderfully in New Jersey at the Cape May Jazz Festival (and even spoke to him at the counter of...
'morning Lisa. Enjoy your absent group. In the desert.......(America more or less 1974) Ciao James __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo!...
How funny is this? For a while there were sooooo many messages and long posts! My goodness! lol! Fortunetly I belong to some other groups and my mail box is...
Hellooooooooo is anybody out there?????????????????????? My mailbox is lonely! lol! Hi James, I know you are out there!!! It just keeps raining here....very...
Oh yes, he is fine, something to do with internet connection, I believe. As
to the rest of the group, I guess people are on vacation or something. Barb...
Well, guess I dont know what Ive done to deserve ...out of nowhere...lots of
mail in my box from dont know where,dont know why..theres no sun up in the...
Timothy Colwell
timothy.colwell@...
Jul 8, 2003 4:30 pm
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You have somehow entered the ranks of the chet baker group @ yahoo we are a
group of people who either knew, or heard, or listen to Chet and discuss
different...
A new Baker bio in the form of a novel is announced for August. Author is French novelist and critic Alain Gerber (he's already written books on Bill Evans,...
Gerd, that's really good news. I love Alain Gerber, I usually share his musical tastes and viewpoints and he has a very lyrical style of writing - which is...
Hey Lisa, as Barbra says, Cecco is fine but his computer had to be checked. I'm sure that as soon as he can, he'll be posting again - giving us youngsters a...
No Barb, I'm afraid it's in French. The title in English would be: "Comment on a Chet Baker photograph." The photograph showed a very skinny, weary Chet,...
Alex, I for one would be greatful to you to be able to read the 1969 piece...
Sounds very insightful. If you have a chance... I am an average American, and one...
In two weeks I'll be on holiday, will try to do it then, Barbra. Alex ... From: Barbra Alter To: ChetBAKER@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:25 PM...
Barbra..thanks for your warm welcome and info....nice to know where one is
(I rarely do). Ive always been a great admirer of Chet's music tho I never
did get...
Timothy Colwell
timothy.colwell@...
Jul 8, 2003 7:35 pm
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Welcome to the group, Tim. Just checked your credentials, and with a long, happy and fruitful big band career behind you you're very right to crack a bottle of...
Thanks Alex! Wow a whole floodgate of mail! I missed everybody!! Lisa Alexandra De Vos <alexandrakuhl@...> wrote: Hey Lisa, as Barbra says, Cecco is...
Tim, Your email made my day! How funny! Welcome to the group, and what a great story you have for your friends! LOL! Loved the pink panther too!!! Lisa Timothy...
Hi Alex! Eventually decided against the champers ... for the time being !
So you've checked the CV? Yes, the roving, raving , drug-crazed,alcoholic
and...
Timothy Colwell
timothy.colwell@...
Jul 9, 2003 12:34 am
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Welcome Tim, I'm a NY italian tenor, so what? Ciao James ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! ...
OOOOOOOOOOOOps!!! Hi James...nothing personal...or even racist ! You're
now gona tell me you also played with Woody?! Just in case you mistook my...
Timothy Colwell
timothy.colwell@...
Jul 9, 2003 10:04 am
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Tim, I think you're very right in your observations about good and bad improvisers. Chet definitely knew how to handle wrong notes. As Herb Geller noted on...
Alex! I should have mentioned Silence,of course! Equally as...maybe MORE
impt. than the notes? No.,I can't say the latter ...it's a totality. I think one of...
In the past few days I've made three purchases that have turned out to be excellent. The first is a Brubeck/Desmond 2 cd set which includes 7 unissued tracks ...
bertw@...
Jul 11, 2003 1:52 am
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Thanks for info on the dvd, Bert. Where did you find it? I hope it was at
Barnes & Nobel as I just received a nice gift certificate from there... Glad to...
Barb - actually I got it from World Records but I'm sure B&N has it. Bert ... From: Barbra Alter To: ChetBAKER@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:40...
bertw@...
Jul 11, 2003 7:50 pm
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I saw a copy of Lets Get Lost on EBay a few weeks ago for 24.99. It was a non-Japanese version (which I do not have) and it had a buy-it- now feature. I just...
