Son-of-a-Weizen

Thank goodness we managed to break free from the British tyrants or today we'd all look like this!! ........but gimme a pint of Newcastle Brown anyday! ....Go Pats!

That Gemini LP is a mixed bag....kinda grows on ya. Great lineup but I'm not sure that Julius adds alot to it. IMO, he sounds okay on the more relaxed tracks like 'Stockholm Sweetnin' and 'Con Alma' but trying to keep up with Spann's pickin during the 'Q's Dues Blues' intro sounds a bit ridiculous AFAIC... otherwise a decent track including his solo a bit later. I think he sounds best on 'Blues for Gemini' (Sam Jones too!!!) -- best number on the LP imo. BTW, do you still have the LP? Sounds like a left channel drop out (Spann) about 1 minute into 'Con Alma'??

Yes, Mr. James Joyce Jr., they most certainly have do it!!!!

Toward the end of regulation play, the announcer (here) said something about not having been all that impressed with Lehmann during the tournament. Hey, looked to me like he correctly 'read' every penalty kick.

Oh Jesus, now that crap starts again? Dork.

Is that Argentinian with raised arm in the picture attempting to land some sort of a blow? Looks like a little sissy boy.

SOSDE! (Same Old Shit, Different Edition*!) *w/the NEW improved formula!

Following CDs are going to be released on August 23rd,2006. Victor VICJ 41701(New)20 bitK2 Rollins,Sonny(ts) Way Out West* 1800 Victor VICJ 41702(New)20 bitK2 Rollins,Sonny(ts) Contemporary Leaders* 1800 Victor VICJ 41703(New)20 bitK2 Rollins,Sonny(ts) Freedom Suite* 1800 Victor VICJ 41704(New)20 bitK2 Rollins,Sonny(ts) Sound Of Sonny* 1800 Victor VICJ 41705(New)20 bitK2 Davis,Miles(tp) New Miles Davis Quintet* 1800 Victor VICJ 41706(New)20 bitK2 Davis,Miles(tp) And Modern Jazz Giants* 1800 Victor VICJ 41707(New)20 bitK2 Davis,Miles(tp) Blue Haze* 1800 Victor VICJ 41708(New)20 bitK2 Davis,Miles(tp) Musings Of Miles* 1800 Victor VICJ 41709(New)20 bitK2 Davis,Miles(tp) And Milt Jackson* 1800 Victor VICJ 41710(New)20 bitK2 Dameron,Tadd(p) Mating Call* 1800 Victor VICJ 41711(New)20 bitK2 Burrell,Kenny(g)& John Coltrane(ts) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane* 1800 Victor VICJ 41712(New)20 bitK2 Burrell,Kenny(g) Bluesey Burrell* 1800 Victor VICJ 41713(New)20 bitK2 Dorham,Kenny Quiet Kenny* 1800 Victor VICJ 41714(New)20 bitK2 Modern Jazz Quartet Django* 1800 Victor VICJ 41715(New)20 bitK2 Modern Jazz Quartet Concorde* 1800 Victor VICJ 41716(New)20 bitK2 Modern Jazz Quartet MJQ* 1800 Victor VICJ 41717(New)20 bitK2 Evans,Bill(p) Moon Beams* 1800 Victor VICJ 41718(New)20 bitK2 Evans,Bill(p) How My Heart Sings!: +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41719(New)20 bitK2 Evans,Bill(p) At Shelly's Manne-hole: +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41720(New)20 bitK2 Monk,Thelonious(p) Monk's Music + 2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41721(New)20 bitK2 Monk,Thelonious(p) Misterioso +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41722(New)20 bitK2 Monk,Thelonious(p) In Action +3* 1800 Victor VICJ 41723(New)20 bitK2 Monk,Thelonious(p) At Town Hall +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41724(New)20 bitK2 Monk,Thelonious(p) & Gerry Mulligan(bs) Mulligan Meets Monk +4* 1800 Victor VICJ 41725(New)20 bitK2 Pepper,Art(as) Living Legend +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41726(New)20 bitK2 Pepper,Art(as) Trip +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41727(New)20 bitK2 Pepper,Art(as) No Limit +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41728(New)20 bitK2 Kelly,Wynton(p) Kelly Blue + 2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41729(New)20 bitK2 Kelly,Wynton(p) Whisper Not + 1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41730(New)20 bitK2 Drew,Kenny(p) Kenny Drew Trio* 1800 Victor VICJ 41731(New)20 bitK2 Drew,Kenny(p) Pal Joey* 1800 Victor VICJ 41732(New)20 bitK2 Drew,Kenny(p) Harry Warren Showcase* 1800 Victor VICJ 41733(New)20 bitK2 Timmons,Bobby(p) This Here* 1800 Victor VICJ 41734(New)20 bitK2 Timmons,Bobby(p) In Person +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41735(New)20 bitK2 Timmons,Bobby(p) Born To Be Blue* 1800 Victor VICJ 41736(New)20 bitK2 Timmons,Bobby(p) Chunking* 1800 Victor VICJ 41737(New)20 bitK2 Garland,Red(p) Red Garland Trio* 1800 Victor VICJ 41738(New)20 bitK2 Garland,Red(p) Revisited* 1800 Victor VICJ 41739(New)20 bitK2 Byard,Jaki(p) Hi Fly* 1800 Victor VICJ 41740(New)20 bitK2 Byard,Jaki(p) Sunshine Of My Soul* 1800 Victor VICJ 41741(New)20 bitK2 Byard,Jaki(p) Jaki Byard Experience* 1800 Victor VICJ 41742(New)20 bitK2 Harris,Barry(p) Newer Than New* 1800 Victor VICJ 41743(New)20 bitK2 Walton,Cedar(p) Spectrum* 1800 Victor VICJ 41744(New)20 bitK2 Hawes,Hampton(p) Bird Song +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41745(New)20 bitK2 Collins,Joyce(p) Girl Hear Plays Mean Piano* 1800 Victor VICJ 41746(New)20 bitK2 Morgan,Dick(p) See What I Mean* 1800 Victor VICJ 41747(New)20 bitK2 Adderley,Cannonball(as) In New York* 1800 Victor VICJ 41748(New)20 bitK2 Adderley,Cannonball(as) African Waltz +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41749(New)20 bitK2 Adderley,Cannonball(as) Things Are Getting Better* 1800 Victor VICJ 41750(New)20 bitK2 Jackson,Milt(vib) Invitation +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41751(New)20 bitK2 Jackson,Milt(vib) Big Bags +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41752(New)20 bitK2 Milt Jackson At Montreux '75* 1800 Victor VICJ 41753(New)20 bitK2 Jackson,Milt(vib) Soul Fusion* 1800 Victor VICJ 41754(New)20 bitK2 Getz,Stan(ts) Stan Getz Quartets +4* 1800 Victor VICJ 41755(New)20 bitK2 Konitz,Lee(as) Subconscious Lee* 1800 Victor VICJ 41756(New)20 bitK2 Konitz,Lee(as) Ezz Thetic* 1800 Victor VICJ 41757(New)20 bitK2 Stitt,Sonny(as) Stitt / Powell / Johnson + 3* 1800 Victor VICJ 41758(New)20 bitK2 Gray,Wardell(ts) Memorial: Vol.1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41759(New)20 bitK2 Gray,Wardell(ts) Memorial: Vol.2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41760(New)20 bitK2 Gordon,Dexter(ts) Tower Of Power* 1800 Victor VICJ 41761(New)20 bitK2 atin Jazz Quintet + Eric Dolphy * Caribe1800 Victor VICJ 41762(New)20 bitK2 Criss,Sonny(as) This Is Criss +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41763(New)20 bitK2 Prestige All-stars All Night Long +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41764(New)20 bitK2 Hawkins,Coleman(ts) With Red Garland Trio* 1800 Victor VICJ 41765(New)20 bitK2 Mathews,Ronnie(p) Doing The Thung* 1800 Victor VICJ 41766(New)20 bitK2 Red,Sonny(as) Images* 1800 Victor VICJ 41767(New)20 bitK2 Taylor,Billy(p) With Four Flutes* 1800 Victor VICJ 41768(New)20 bitK2 Griffin,Johnny(ts) Little Giant* 1800 Victor VICJ 41769(New)20 bitK2 Griffin,Johnny(ts) Kelly Dancers* 1800 Victor VICJ 41770(New)20 bitK2 Griffin,Johnny(ts) Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me* 1800 Victor VICJ 41771(New)20 bitK2 Heath,Jimmy(ts) Triple Threat* 1800 Victor VICJ 41772(New)20 bitK2 Kloss,Eric(as) In The Land Of The Giants* 1800 Victor VICJ 41773(New)20 bitK2 Adderley,Nat(tp) Much Brass* 1800 Victor VICJ 41774(New)20 bitK2 Adderley,Nat(tp) Naturally* 1800 Victor VICJ 41775(New)20 bitK2 Gee,Matthew(tb) Jazz By Gee* 1800 Victor VICJ 41776(New)20 bitK2 Jones,Sam(b) Chant* 1800 Victor VICJ 41777(New)20 bitK2 Lowe,Mundell Mundell Lowe Quartet* 1800 Victor VICJ 41778(New)20 bitK2 Dameron,Tadd(p) Magic Touch +3* 1800 Victor VICJ 41779(New)20 bitK2 Thielemans,Toots(g,harmonica) Man Bites Harmonica* 1800 Victor VICJ 41780(New)20 bitK2 Lincoln,Abbey(vo) Thats Him +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41781(New)20 bitK2 Lincoln,Abbey(vo) Abbey Is Blue* 1800 Victor VICJ 41782(New)20 bitK2 Lea,Barbara(vo) Barbara Lea +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41783(New)20 bitK2 Pass,Joe(g) Virtuoso* 1800 Victor VICJ 41784(New)20 bitK2 Pass,Joe(g) Virtuoso #2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41785(New)20 bitK2 Pass,Joe(g) Portraits Of Duke Ellington* 1800 Victor VICJ 41786(New)20 bitK2 Vaughan,Sarah(vo) Duke Ellington Song Book: Vol.1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41787(New)20 bitK2 Vaughan,Sarah(vo) Duke Ellington Song Book: Vol.2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41788(New)20 bitK2 Peterson,Oscar(p) Trio* 1800 Victor VICJ 41789(New)20 bitK2 Peterson,Oscar(p) Giants* 1800 Victor VICJ 41790(New)20 bitK2 Sims,Zoot(ts) And The Gershwin Brothers +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41791(New)20 bitK2 Sims,Zoot(ts) If I'm Luckey* 1800 Victor VICJ 41792(New)20 bitK2 Sims,Zoot(ts) Soprano Sax* 1800 Victor VICJ 41793(New)20 bitK2 Sims,Zoot(ts) Passion Flower* 1800 Victor VICJ 41794(New)20 bitK2 Newborn Jr.,Phineas(p) Look Out +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41795(New)20 bitK2 Newborn Jr.,Phineas(p) Great Jazz Piano +1* 1800 Victor VICJ 41796(New)20 bitK2 Newborn Jr.,Phineas(p) Newborn Touch +2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41797(New)20 bitK2 Carter,Benny(as) Swingin The 20s +3* 1800 Victor VICJ 41798(New)20 bitK2 Kessel,Barney(g) Some Like It Hot+2* 1800 Victor VICJ 41799(New)20 bitK2 Kessel,Barney(g) Kessel Plays Carmen* 1800 Victor VICJ 41800(New)20 bitK2 Previn,Andre(p) King Size* 1800

Just small addition to this method - to my experience it works for 78s made of shelac and not on vinyl pressings. When vinyl is distorted it can not be safely return to its original state withour distoration of the geometry of the disc. I haven't tried it w/78s but I have experimented with LPs and this been my experience as well. We had a long thread going about this way back on BNBB (think it was about one of my Hubbard W. 63rds?) and I proceeded to go to work on a couple of crappy records. Blazing Virginia sun, glass plates, ovens, incendiary bombs, etc ...tried it all and the end result was always groove distortion central!

I tend to agree.

Happy Brewery Day! A toast!

Has this ever been released on vinyl in Japan? .....or any other format for that matter?

God God! A national emergency of epic proportion!! Throw them out of the country before they drink up the brew slated for export and we're left with nothing over here!!! From Mirror.co.uk: 28 June 2006 BEER WE GO Germans fear we are going to drink them dry By Jeremy Armstrong ENGLAND's massive army of World Cup fans is drinking Germany dry, it emerged yesterday. Breweries warned beer could run out before the final because of huge demand from our supporters. In Nuremberg, organisers revealed 70,000 England fans who flooded the city drank 1.2 MILLION pints of beer - an average of 17 pints each. Astonished bar keeper Herrmann Murr said: "Never have I seen so many drink so much in such little time." His bar at a fans' tent in the city ran out after they drained all 32 of his 50-litre (11 gallon) barrels. Herr Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of 200 pints per minute. City official Peter Murrmann said: "The English proved themselves world champs. They practically drank us dry." In Cologne, where England drew with Sweden, bottles and barrels of the local Kolsch beer ran out because so many English took them to campsites and parties. Stuttgart bar chiefs said an extra 900,000 pints were sunk last weekend where 60,000 fans partied before and after our 1-0 win over Ecuador. The Veltins brewery also revealed it has produced a record 418,000 gallons in a bid to keep up with demand. A spokesman said: "It is incredible how much is being drunk but the hardest thing for the breweries is keeping up with the thirst of the English." In Dortmund, where most fans for England's Gelsenkirchen clash against Portugal on Saturday are staying, the giant DAB brewery is bracing itself by ferrying in extra supplies to boost production.

Incredible to me that they were unable to hatch a plan to properly tranquilize a 220 lb creature. This is dumber than dumb. Fed-Up Germany Kills Its Only Wild Bear By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, June 27, 2006; Page A18 BERLIN, June 26 -- Until last month, Germans hadn't seen a wild bear in their country for more than 170 years. On Monday, they showed they still knew how to hunt. Bruno, a bear who had romped across southern Germany since migrating over the Alps from Italy six weeks ago, was shot by a Bavarian hunter at sunrise. Government officials had authorized the use of deadly force after they failed to take him alive with an assortment of tricks, including a pack of Finnish tracking dogs, tranquilizer darts and nonlethal traps imported from the United States. The bear's demise prompted an outcry from nature lovers and animal rights groups, including callers who left death threats at the offices of the Bavarian Hunting Association. Many accused Bavarian officials of overreacting and questioned why plans were suddenly dropped to capture Bruno and confine him to an animal park. "That is the stupidest of all solutions," Hubert Weinzierl, president of the German Environmental Protection Association, told reporters. "In other countries, humans and bears coexist in relative harmony. Only in Germany would he be liquidated." Bavarian authorities said they regretted the outcome but blamed Bruno for forcing their hand. They said the bear had failed to show enough fear or respect for humans and was repeatedly wandering into Alpine villages in search of food. "We tried everything to capture him alive," Otmar Bernhard, Bavaria's environmental undersecretary, said in a statement. "The shooting was inevitable, even though it was difficult for everyone." Authorities kept the identity of the hunter a secret to protect him from retribution. They also said little about the circumstances surrounding Bruno's death, except to say that an innkeeper had alerted them to the bear's presence on a mountainside in the district of Miesbach. The last straw for officials came over the weekend. On Saturday, the bear stood up on his hind legs and snarled at three overly curious hikers who saw him in the woods and tried to follow him, but got too close. Later that day, officials gave the go-ahead to a team of hunters. Although Bruno didn't hurt any people, he was accused of eating sheep and plundering beekeepers' hives. He also gave people a fright in the village of Kochel am See recently when he ambled around a cafe, sat on the stoop of the police station and snacked on a little girl's pet guinea pig. Bruno, who was 2 years old and weighed an estimated 220 pounds, was born in northern Italy into a family that was resettled there as part of a wildlife restoration program. Italy and Austria have encouraged the growth of their small bear populations and have programs to compensate farmers and others for bear-related losses. German officials said they weren't opposed to bears in principle, only misbehaving ones. "If a normal bear finds its way into Bavaria, it is cordially welcome," Bernhard said. Now that he is dead, Bruno is welcome, too. Plans are to stuff him and put him on display in a museum in Munich -- next to the remains of the last bear killed in Bavaria, in 1835.

Ron, is he still on hold???? Please ask him to try to work some magic over there and see if they can't come out with a re-mastered 'Shelly Manne & His Men @ The Blackhawk' box!! That would be sweeeeeet!

Following CDs are going to be released. * means in cardboard sleeves On August 16,2006 Universal UCCU 9266(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Return To Forever* 2345 Universal UCCU 9267(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Light As A Feather* 2345 Universal UCCU 9268(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Crystal Silence* 2345 Universal UCCU 9269(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Piano Improvisations: Vol.1* 2345 Universal UCCU 9270(New) Corea,Chick(p)/My Spanish Heart* 2345 Universal UCCU 9271(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Mad Hatter* 2345 Universal UCCU 9272(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Friends* 2345 Universal UCCU 9273(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Three Quartets +4* 2345 Universal UCCU 9274(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Akoustic Band* 2345 Universal UCCU 9275(New) Corea,Chick(p)/Alive* 2345 Universal UCCT 1167(New) Stern,Mike(g)/Who Let The Cats Out?(Imported disc) 2548 On August 18,2006 Pony Canyon PCCY 30095(New) Baker,Chet(vo)/Cool Cat 1995 Pony Canyon PCCY 30096(New) Sanders,Pharoah(ts)/Moon Child 1995 Pony Canyon PCCY 30097(New) Melvin,Brian(ds) & Jaco Pastorius/Jazz Street 1995 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30391(New) Various/Swingin Amadeus: Mozart Meets Jazz 2500 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30392(New) Coleman,Cecilia(p)/Title undecided 2800 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30393(New) Kawashima,Tetsurou(ts)/Reason Of Reeds 3000 On August 23,2006 Universal UCCM 1099(New)24 bit Peyroux,Madeleine(vo)/Half The Perfect World 2548 Toshiba TOCJ 6821(New)24 bit Sinatra,Frank(vo)/Swing Easy / Songs For Young Lovers 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6822(New)24 bit Hamilton,Chico(ds)/Blue Sands 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6823(New)24 bit Criss,Sonny(as)/Jazz Usa 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6824(New)24 bit Baker,Chet(tp)/Chet Baker & Crew 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6825(New)24 bit Farmer,Art(tp)/Modern Art 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6826(New)24 bit London,Julie(vo)/Calendar Girl 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6827(New)24 bit Brown,Clifford(tp)/Jazz Immortal 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6828(New)24 bit Marable,Lawrence(ds)/Tenor Man 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6829(New)24 bit Shank,Bud(as)/Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 6830(New)24 bit Mulligan,Gerry(bs)/Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1500 Toshiba TOCJ 66357(New) Lovano,Joe(ts)/Stream Of Expression 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 66358(New) Jazzanova/Blue Note Trip(2 CD) 2500 Columbia VQCD 10026(New) Kontomanou,Elisabeth(vo)/Waitin' For Spring 2540 Columbia VACB 1006(New) Bojan Z(p)/Xenophonia 2520 Columbia VACJ 1007(New) Simpson,Brian(Keyboard)/It's All Good 2625 Columbia VACJ 1008(New) Antoine,Marc(g)/Modern Times 2625 On August 30,2006 Universal UCCM 1100(New) Marsalis,Branford(ts)/Braggtown 2548 Universal UCCJ 3016(New) Corea,Chick(p) & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Live In Molde 2548 Universal UCCE 1077(New) Bollani,Stefano(p)/Piano Solo 2548 Universal UCCE 1078(New) Stanko,Tomasz(tp)/Lontano 2548 Universal UCCV 9277(New) Krall,Diana(vo)/Sings Standard(CD +DVD) 2800 Universal UCCV 1095(New) Krall,Diana(vo)/Sings Standard 2548 Columbia JXCC 1016(New) Nanri,Fumio(tp)/Nanri,Fumio(2 CD) 4830

That seller is pretty sharp. You go the private auction route and it keeps everybody in the game (to a certain point) rather than having potential bidders simply bow out because they cruised by and saw so & so's name --- and knew right away that their own chances of winning just dropped by 90%.

Damn straight! Just picked up a nice copy of Ronnell Bright's 'Bright Flight' from him.

Re: Bill Evans Japan releases. Why does '@ Shelly's Manne-Hole' sometimes make the 'cut' in a re-issue program.......other times not? 1999 -- 20-bit K2 paper sleeve run: YES. 2005 -- 24-bit K2/HD paper sleeve run: NO. 2005 -- 20-bit K2 jewel box run: YES. 2006 -- 20-bit K2 paper sleeves: NO. Who's nuts? Me...or some guy named Mr. Suzuki who's running the re-issue program?

Yes, decent list. I'm in for the Jim Hall and might even go ahead and pick up that 6-disc '100 Jazz Piano Standards' comp set (TOCJ-66351) w/Eddie Costa, Duke Pearson, Hank Jones, Eddie Higgins, Chick Corea, Ellington, etc. Heck, for $30, it would make a nice gift as well........2 copies might be the way to go on that.

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I feel like a fish swimming hard upstream here.....but I'll not be deterred. I'm not real big on musical adaptations and own very few, yet, I've grown to like this 'West Side Story' one a good bit. I rather enjoy Benjamen's bowed bass on "Lonely Town" as well as Flanagan's lovely spirited playing. That particular number has a lively bounce to it and is nice to listen to when you're out on your porch having an early evening glass of wine with your spouse. "Tonite" is another pleasant moderately swinging number with Elvin working the brushes and TF playing with some zip. Some excellent trio interplay imho. Side B is a good bit slower, and with the exception of the lightly swinging "Lucky to be Me" and "Glitter And Be Gay" it's definitely leaning more toward the laid-back late nite trio category --- but Flanagan consistently plays with a good deal of emotion on numbers like "It's Love" and "Make Our Garden Grow" (one track I actually don't much care for) and Jones brush work is excellent, as it is throughout the entire LP. Anyway, it was just a suggestion. I was just curious as to why it had been ping-ponging around in the Japanese jazz market for many years, but not available here. That's rather unusual for a BN TOCJ title. Here's what it looks like for those who might be curious (the LP cover is blue w/silhouette of the Manhattan skyline).

So, you DO have it in your collection then, yes? Fine that it's not your cup of tea....it is mine....and I'm sure that, in the vast universe of 'hungry for unissued material' souls out there, more than 700 could be counted on to pony up the requisite funds to have a listen for themselves and bypass your and my weighty reviews.

So a '59 trio date with Flanagan, Elvin Jones and Joe Benjamin that hasn't previously been released in the US and would be released as a BN will only sell 700? Interesting. How about the 2 riveting hours worth of Hill's solo piano that's in the works? Sales prediction on that one?

Should heads roll for this?