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Following up on Walker's comment above, I just noticed on Sco's website that the trio (w/Swallow & Stewart) are appearing Dec 9-14 at the Blue Note, and that they will be making a live recording set for release in May 04. Schmokin! Also on the tour front, he'll be at the same place in a duo setting with Charlie Haden on Jan 22/23, for anyone interested (Haden's apparently doing some guitar duet thing there that week - w/Bill Frisell on 20/21st, and with Jim Hall on 24/25th). And for those of you on the Left Coast, there's a one-off at Yoshi's with Jack DeJohnette and Larry Goldings on Feb 16th - "Celebrating the Music of Tony William's Lifetime" I'd love to be there for all of these shows!!

Dan - I was paraphrasing from memory. You're probably right that her comments were post-interview, or off camera, or something to that effect. There appear to be a couple of different variations on this tale floating around on-line: 1. "During Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, he was doing an interview with Tabitha Soren of MTV. Soren asked him if there was anything he dreamt of doing. Clinton replied that he had always wanted to play sax with Thelonious Monk. Soren screwed on her best smart-girl face and replied, "And who was the loneliest monk?"" 2. "Consider the story (probably apocryphal) about MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren, covering President Bill Clinton: When Clinton, an amateur saxophone player, referred in a press conference to Theolonius Monk, Soren allegedly turned to an older reporter next to her and asked, "Who’s the loneliest monk?" " I don't recall exactly what was said, just remember the incident.

Rooster - If you have kids you've probably watched "Shrek" a thousand times. The executioner (very minor character) is named Thelonious - obviously a jazz fan amongst the creators of this film. ...and anyone remember this classic interview soundbite? Tabitha Soren: "Who's your favorite musician?" Bill Clinton: "Thelonious Monk." Tabitha Soren: "Who's the loneliest monk?"

Is there a reason for the misspelled "Boogaloo" on the cover of Alligator Bogaloo? I've stared at that a few times, and wondered if it was the fabled BN Quality Control at work, or intended that way.

The first time I read this, I assumed you were trading these in at used stores, but then did a double-take when I realized you said retail! Thinking of trying this has never even crossed my mind before. I guess if the store that accepts your trade-in is ok with it, and is able to re-sell the item at whatever price they would normally sell at, then they're not losing out, and you come out ok as well. Guess the only loser in this equation is the label or the artist? To me this is distinctly different than selling or trading discs in at a used store, at least ethically speaking.

Picked up two items yesterday: The Keith Jarrett Complete Blue Note Box, new, for €53. The store was closing one of its branches on the Konigstrasse (main pedestrian walking street in Stuttgart), so was selling alot of stock. I already had 4 of the discs that I'd picked up individually before, but this was too good a deal to pass up. The other is a used copy of Coltranes's "Live in Japan" 4 disc set, used, for €17.50. Not too bad, as I haven't seen this elsewhere. I'm assuming it's OOP.

Picked up another Sco item yesterday, that's pretty damn good! It's called "East Coast Blow Out". The nominal leader appears to be Jim McNeely, though my copy has a different cover than the one above - McNeely's name has been de-emphasized, and Scofield's name is now at the top of the list. Well worth grabbing if you see it anywhere. These are the kinds of things I'm gonna miss when I leave Germany on the 24th and return to Texas

Couple of new titles at BMG: Terence Blanchard - Bounce John Coltrane - Blue Train (Remastered) - I assume it's the RVG Kurt Elling - Man in the Air Shirley Horn - May the Music Never End Bobby Hutcherson - Montara Bud Powell - Parisian Thoroughfares Sonny Rollins - Vol. I

Anybody pick up this recent Glenn Gould double disc set, and if so, how is it?

I've been seeing a relatively new Django title from Dreyfus, called "L'Or de Django". Anybody have this one, and if so is it worth picking up? I don't see a listing for it on AMG...

The thing that's interesting to me is when they film sequels concurrently. There appears to be an assumption that the first sequel will do well enough at the box office to warrant putting out the next one. This is what happened with the two Matrix sequels, as well as the two Back to the Future sequels. Can't think of any others that were filmed this way. The LOTR films were all filmed at the same time - which is kind of an amazing risk to take on something which MIGHT have never made money. Luckily, the films have been uniformly excellent so far, and have appealed to more than just the hardcore Tolkien/fantasy crowd. Kill Bill is an interesting one also. Apparently originally conceived (and filmed) as one movie, but Tarantino or the studio decided to split it into two films due to length. Not sure I really understand that decision, but I haven't seen part one yet either.

This is the funniest thing I've read on this BB in a long time!

I have a few CTI's already - the previously mentioned Red Clay, Straight Life, Sugar, as well as Jim Hall's Concierto and KB's God Bless the Child. I like all of these titles. I can get into soul/jazz/funk, but not too much of the syrupy string stuff that some of the CTIs seem to be known for. That's about my only criteria...

Zweitausendeins has the following CTI remasters available, for €6.99 apiece. I'm not familiar with any of them, so I'd appreciate any recommendations. Patti Austin - Havana Candy Ray Barretto - La Cuna Ron Carter - Blues Farm Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond Paul Desmond - Skylark Astrud Gilberto/Stanley Turrentine - Astrud & Gilberto: with Stanley Turrentine Freddie Hubbard - First Light Milt Jackson - Sunflower Hubert Laws - In the Beginning Esther Phillips - Black-Eyed Blues Nina Simone - Baltimore Jeremy Steig - Firefly Gabor Szabo - Macho Stanley Turrentine - Don't Mess with Mister T Stanley Turrentine - Salt Song Do the Hubbard & Turrentine discs hold up to Red Clay, Straight Life & Sugar? I also noticed the Steig disc, from 1977, includes John Scofield. Is this worth picking up from a Sco-fan's perspecitive? Thanks, Erik

Organissimo I cannot avert my eyes A strange attraction Keith Jarrett "Nude Ants" This album really hits me Each time I hear it ...and two from "Gentle Giant" on Jazz Corner that I like: There is no equal No prequel and no sequel To A Love Supreme That Steely Dan riff I loved so much -- it comes from Song For My Father

Haiku is quite fun: Count all of the syllables; Go Five-Seven-Five. Hank Mobley is bad! I mean really really GOOD. But you knew that though. Frisell-Horvitz-Schrieve An organ trio setting? It's "Fascination"! These are so easy I could do this forever! But I will stop now.

C'mon Bev, surely we've given the world more irritating things, like: Dennis Rodman Tammy Faye Baker Howard Stern Barney Britney Spears New Kids on the Block, and their spawns Backstreet Boys & NSYNC edit: Adding Carrot-top and Pauly Shore

How's this one?

Bev - You clearly now French history far better than I do, so I won't challenge what you're saying. I agree that Mazarin wielded LARGE influence on his early years (even "donated" his niece to Louis), but that makes sense to a degree, since Louis ascended to the throne when he was 4 years old. And I'll certainly agree that his later years were marked by military defeats. The Revolution comment was conjecture on my part. I wish I had paid better attention during my history lessons... -Erik

The more I think about it (and the celery thing notwithstanding), my vote goes for the Sun King, Louis XIV. He reigned for 72 years (!), and turned France into one of the most powerful countries in the world. Probably set the stage for the French Revolution as well... He gets props for Versailles alone, if nothing else. 10,000 people lived at the palace in his day. Pictures don't really do it justice.

...from CNN... 'Looney Tunes' DVD ticks off buyers Fans disappointed by cartoons left out Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Posted: 9:47 AM EST (1447 GMT) LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- What's the rush, doc? That was Warner Bros. response to the backlash from some "Looney Tunes" fans who complain that a handful of their favorite cartoons are missing from the collection of 56 shorts released Tuesday. (Warner Bros. is a division of Time Warner, as is CNN.) "Looney Tunes -- The Golden Collection," the first-ever DVD release for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd, includes such classics as "Rabbit of Seville," "Duck Dodgers in the 24th-and-a-half Century" and "The Scarlet Pumpernickel." Animation fans, however, have debated and second-guessed the selection of shorts endlessly on Amazon.com and elsewhere on the Internet. Among the notable absentees: "What's Opera, Doc?" with Bugs tormenting co-star Elmer Fudd, who sings "Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"; and "One Froggy Evening," which showcased the "Hello, My Baby!"-singing amphibian Michigan J. Frog. "We held back some of the jewels for future releases," acknowledged George Feltenstein, the marketing executive who helped pick the shorts for the inaugural DVD release. "We couldn't release all the best ones at once ... what would we do for an encore?" Some fans see that response as cynical, saying they feel like their loyalty is being abused. "I would have rather never had these shorts be released than to deal with this garbage," Aaron Strader of Houston wrote on Amazon.com. "I hope it sells well enough to justify a full release on DVD of everything." Warner Home Video counters that its plan to release a set of 60 cartoons each year is not just a marketing ploy -- it's as fast as they can clean up the originals. Dorinda Marticorena, WHV's director of children's marketing, said it takes months to restore the original cartoon prints to their original bright colors. "Looney Tunes" admirers could have a total collection sooner, but it would be a DVD full of grainy, faded cartoons. The "Golden Collection" ($64.92) and the lesser "Premiere Collection" of 28 shorts ($26.99) is part of a bid by the studio to rejuvenate its trademark characters, Marticorena said. A new feature film, "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," is set for release November 14. Fans have waited nearly six years since Warner Bros. began creating the DVD of classics, so Feltenstein said he understood why they're as impatient as Porky Pig's speech therapist. He described the "Golden Collection" as "an all-star sampler," with a lot of Bugs and Daffy, and a little bit of Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Marvin Martian and the Tasmanian Devil. There is also the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon, "Fast and the Furry-ous." Nearly 1,100 "Looney Tunes" cartoons were created between 1930 and 1969, so there are a lot left to choose from for future DVDs, he added, although not all of them are created equally. "About 300 of them are excellent," Feltenstein said, "300 of them are very good, 300 are good, 100 of them are OK, and 100 of them are lousy."

Would've looked better on his c.v. had he been DIRECTLY responsible for this. Certainly it's a unique claim though. And where would the good folks of Nottingham be today without celery??

Morgana King anyone?

I just noticed that BMG now has the following titles available: Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals McCoy Tyner - Land of Giants ...there's also still a few goodies in the Clearance section: Bob Belden/Tim Hagans - Re-Animation Live! Don Byron - Romance with the Unseen Ravi Coltrane - Moving Pictures Mark Shim - Turbulent Flow

Vinyl West is probably the best place in Stuttgart for second hand jazz vinyl. They also sell used cds. The other used vinyl/cd store I frequent here is called Second Hand Records, located at NeckarStrasse 140A (telephone 0711-260404). Not a real big place - the ground floor is used (& some new) cds, and the cellar is where they keep all of the vinyl. It's definitely worth a visit as well. Not vinyl, but for jazz cds, there is a good store called "Einklang", located at ChristophStrasse 7. (telephone 0711-234-8771). Large selection of both jazz and classical discs. They also have a website - www.einklang.de.