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Doesn't get any better than that! I am listening to Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select 16 - Disc 1

Ha! Turn your back for a second ...

Big haul killing time in another town, waiting for the wife: Some 7.99 titles at Barnes & Noble: Miles Davis - On the Corner Miles Davis - Ascenceur Pour L'Echafaud Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Vol. 1 Django Reinhardt - Djangology 49 Oscar Peterson Trio - Stratford Shakespearean Festival At Half Price Books: George Cables - Cables Vision Tony Fruschella - Tony's Blues (Complete Session) Billie Holiday - Complete American Decca Recordings Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid Louis Smith - Here Comes Louis Smith Some cassettes for the car: Columbia and Atlantic Jazz samplers, Benny Goodman Yale Archives 1 and Miles' Porgy and the crown find of the day ... David S. Ware Quartet - Godspelized (DIW) for 5.98. The temptation to turn it around is there, but I have to hang on to it.

Yeah...that was me.

I know that, but I'll pay. I'll get them one by one, by and by. I am committed.

Me too, just now. I paid dearly for it, but it's worth it! Now onto Shank/Cooper, Slack, Richards, Pepper and Dexter!

I have noticed that the magnificent, Penguin-crowned All That is Tied has fallen out of print. There are a couple more "affordable" copies on Amazon, so I might suggest picking this up quickly if you haven't already. I can't imagine you'd regret it

Is that an original album or a compilation?

From the never-ending well of Concord cutouts ... Listening to the Bean right now. Great!

That's the one. There is one decently priced Bluebird edition on Ebay, but there is a sticker on the back of the digipack. I'll probably just have to let that slide ...

The OOP Bluebird edition of this goes for big bucks, but this Euro version is available on the cheap. Any reason why I shouldn't spring for this much cheaper edition? An Amazon review suggests problems, but that's just one person, so I don't know how much stock I should put into that.

Nice. I grabbed a pristine Liberty Natural Essence on Ebay recently for an un-contested 6 bucks.

Ran Blake, too.

Cecil Taylor - Love For Sale CD, $4.50 sealed on Amazon. Just goes to show that it pays to obsessively search for 'wishlist' items on a weekly basis. This disc has just about fallen off the face of the earth as of late.

I grabbed the Hill and Mulligan. The others will have to wait for now ...

I'll take one of those!

Sorry to say that the Starbucks is the best I've ever had, by far (even though that's not saying a whole lot). The next closest is Mexican Nescafe.

Not sure if this has been posted in this thread or not (I think not) but here's an interesting cover for 3 Compositions. Doesn't even look like Braxton! Maybe Chuck can shed some light: http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTHONY-BRAXTON-3-COMPOSITIONS-OF-orig-US-LP-delmark_W0QQitemZ260571868038QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item3cab4b2b86#ht_746wt_1163

The Amy set is gone.

I would say in fact that I do: Miles Davis Quintet, "If I Were a Bell" from Relaxin'-- it just doesn't get any better than that. Everything about it is perfect to me: Miles' blend of the sweet and the cool; a great simple arrangement; superb backing from PJJ and (especially) Mr. PC; great solos from Miles, Red and Coltrane (maybe the most melodic solo he ever laid down...someone-- I think it was Jack Chambers-- said that the solo was unexceptional and that Trane didn't do enough, but I think it's exactly what the song calls for, he sticks with the melody and just works on it a minute). Everything I love about jazz in under 10 minutes. What about you?

Yep. I think it's a done deal. ENJOY! Honestly though now that I think about it, how can this not cost $500+? No way could I afford that. Hopefully the pricing will be a bit more reasonable ...

Man, I wonder what that trumpet case is gonna cost. Seeing as how I only have the IASW set, it's basically the law that I have to buy it....right?

At least it wasn't 'Boob Crenshaw'

This may be a longshot, but if anyone has a copy of this LP and would like to get rid of it, PM me with details. I'm not entirely sure this is an authorized recording, but I dubbed a library LP a while back and absolutely love this performance.

I would definitely recommend that. Great variety, any of the discs at random is a good listen. Also a fine alternative to the masssive Mingus box.