JETman

Eh? Off of which exit do you live? Which subway are you closest to? Or do you have some kind of MetroNorth or LLI thing happening? Let's not get into a public "thing". You know the real deal!!!

Eh? Off of which exit do you live?

It's not easy being green, eh?

I know you meant Hackensack. As a native New Yorker, all this talk of cities in NJ is making me want to hurl

Just wanted to let everyone know that today is Cindy's last day at Mosaic, which will never be the same without the exceptional customer service she provided, and the way she had of making us feel like part of the "family".

Yes, but they're much easier to do now. You can easily assemble a master take of a track digitally using bits and pieces of things. My point was digital technology allows you to obsess to a whole new level. Most jazz records, however, still seem to get recorded pretty quickly. Except for Verve recordings where it takes ages to get Herbie Hancock/Sting/Peter Gabriel etc to phone in/e-mail/upload their parts. So many of them are on such a tight budget compared to the pop releases, due to the diminished sales expectations. There's a lot of jazz stuff from the 70's that, much as I like it, could have benefitted greatly from more preparation and more recording time. Muse, Strata-East, Tribe, Black Jazz a bunch of that stuff is wonderful but in places overly ragged clearly because of the rushed nature of the thing. Consider something like Mtume's 'Alkebu-Lan' or the Muse Clifford Jordan's, and how that is so much less than the sum of the parts seemingly should be. But with the underlying economics, I'm sure that's the best they could do, and I'm sure glad they did it. Chuck could probably speak to this phenomenon well. The stuff recorded in the 70s on labels like Muse also suffered due to the rubber-bandy sound of a double bass fed through an amp, and due to poor recording techniques overall. I find that these things sometimes take away from the quality of the music, and permanently lock it into another time period far far away.

Says "Sold Out" on the Hip-O-Select website, btw. However, Amazon and CD Universe are taking pre-orders for an 11/10/09 release.

So, the 6.99 pound price on HMW was a mis-price then? Sounds like it.

The only thing I can think of is that maybe Bill's career was starting to take off at that point, and as a result, he had less time available for "sideman" duties.

Your opinion doesn't count as you probably think "One album a week" David Murray is a genius.

May not be to your liking, but check out his playing on the Masada records.

Nils Winther Thank you!!! Nice guy, btw. I had an email exchange with him last year regarding the Dexter Steeplechase box set.

It is sometimes a little TOO sterile.

The European music entrepreneurs (Werner at Hat Hut, Manfred at ECM, Bonandrini at Black Saint and Soul Note, and the guy at Steeplchase (forget his name)) will NEVER license their stuff out. They look at it as their life's work.

I got the Miles Cellar Door 6 cd box from CD Universe for $36 shipped on release date. That was my best ever deal. I did get many great deals in CD Now's pre-Amazon days using online coupons, though!!! The Monk Riverside and Miles Prestige boxes come to mind.

That USED to be a college in PA!

As a New Yorker, who is a lifelong Mets fan, I hate to say that I have that same disgusting feeling in the pit of my stomach that I had in 1996 and 1998-2000!!!

You mean: Just the facts and pass the booklet. I don't think that is part of this set- there were 3 Threadgills on that label- great sessions Punnin'. And a very nice pun it was!

Greg, Check out 'Little Pocket Size Demons' from 'Too Much Sugar for a Dime'- it swings like crazy!!!

Lon, I'm just funnin' ya. Keeps work interesting during the busy times! FWIW, I buy a fair number of these Andorran releases, and enjoy the hell out of 'em!

I mentioned this thread to her in a conversation we had today. She was very appreciative, and assured me that she'd be reading it.

Are you tryin' to start some trouble?

I've obviously been practicing the wrong religion all these years!

Could've guessed that based on your avatar. Must've missed this week's new album from him.

Could've guessed that based on your avatar.