[Dixielandjazz] 700 Sundays

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Jerry my friend:


How could you say that , go wash your mouth out with soap young man, as 
my gramma would say.

Read only chapter 3,  that is like saying go see Jerry's band but don't 
stay for the washboard solo,  :))  ha ha

Billy is a funny cat and has taken the time out to give us the 
opportunity to learn more about him and his family and where he came 
from.

Some of us do enjoy life and things beyond OKOM and just Dixieland 
music. :))

Some have even been known to be astute scholars of Purely educational 
Pornographic literature so I have heard anyway :))

Personally I always thoroughly enjoyed the editorials and articles in 
Playboy, but my brother  wow was he into the pictures and cartoons :))

cheers,

Tom




-----Original Message-----
From: jerrygordon at juno.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] 700 Sundays

    Recommended reading: "700 Sundays," by Billy Crystal (Time Warner 
Book
Group, 2005).

This is not so much an autobiography as it is a memoir and tribute to 
the
family and friends that made him what he is today.

Actually, all I really recommend is Chapter 3. Billy's father ran the
Commodore Music Store and his uncle was Milt Gabler of Commodore 
Records.
Chapter 3 is his view of the NYC jazz scene in the '40s and '50s. It
tells of his relationships with the likes of Billie Holiday, Willie "The
Lion" Smith, Zutty Singleton, Roy Eldridge, PeeWee Russell and a host of
others. Very interesting.

He drops similar names throughout the rest of the book, too, but Chapter
3 is devoted solely to jazz.

Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Webmaster for
http://SwingtimeJazz.org     http://APlaceForJazz.org

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