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I had a 1969 Mustang in Germany.   I thought I was bad and fast.  One night at a stop light I challenged a guy in a Mustang called "Boss 302"   Before I could move, I saw his taillights in the far distance.  I never owned a 302 damn!  And gas was ... 
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*****   I believe its the one when you have a girlfriend who speaks little or no English .*****This is so true.   The bad thing about being in the military in Germany is that you don't have to speak German to get along.I took a class in German i... 
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***** I lived the Summer of 70 in a motel just off of Peachtree Street; was the Art Theater on Peachtree Street.*****Yes it was,  along with IBM where I worked.   I think everything was on Peachtree street.By the summer of 1970, I was in Hanau, G... 
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I remember when I saw Alfie at the Peachtree Art Theater in Atlanta.The same theater where I saw Brigit Bardot's breast.   That was big time stuff back then.Cheers 
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What a waste.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-coIXJf4s&list=RDVA44kLu_VB0&index=27 Cheers 
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Today's Listen:Clifford Brown and Max Roach  --  AT BASIN STREETwith Sonny Rollins"this is the EmArcy debut of a musician who in the past couple of years has risen to high esteem among modern Jazzmen - Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins, the new idol... 
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Got this a few days ago, finally.   Not Jazz, but kin folks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxm7g8xbE4 Cheers 
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O-10,That is a great recording of Dizzy, Stitt and Rollins. There are so many Jazz gems, we will never hear all the great recordings. That’s sad.Cheers 
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Acman3,I fell into that strange condition of being semi-conscious while listening to the 'Saxophone Colossus' clip.   Wow,  that is the best way to listen to  music.  If only we could do it whenever we wanted.Great stuff.Cheers 
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Thanks Frogman for the Rollins info.Cheers 
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O Helga Natt:Great singing by by a talented and well trained singer.   BUT, if you had not heard the song in English, would it have affected you the same.   If you don't hear 'Fall on your Knees', it's not the same.Great singing.Cheers 
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Thanks Acman3.   Very interesting.   Cheers 
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Sunny Side of The Street:Great CD.   I play it often.   I look upon Jazz musicians as like a fraternity where people are in and out, with this group and that group and as side men, leaders, just all over the place......  But, Sonny Rollins always ... 
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For those that like traditional Christmas music, I just received a good one, by one of Schubert’s ’autocrats’.THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA CHRISTMAS ALBUMS. The Philadelphia Orchestra // Eugene Ormandy with the Temple University Concert Choir.Two albums ... 
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Chucho Valdes:Good stuff.   Not for nothing is he known as the 'Pulverizer'.  I like his playing.Cheers