Stefan Wood

Listened to the first disc of the Slack Select set -- some fine music!

I've lost my mind. I ordered the Franklin/Curtis as well. 42 unreleased tracks? A no brainer.

Glorious tube sound for compressed mp3 audio! Hallelujah! It is overkill............

Again, GO NATIONALS!!!!

Jazz is the fountain of youth! Thanks!

Was that his wife or girlfriend dressed in white standing on the stage to the extreme right?

Damn that's great news!

You were there? I was up on the balcony! Yes, I agree on the sound being too loud. Great concert though!

Just saw Al Green last night. He was fantastic! New and old music!

Anyone checked out Land of the Dead yet? I'm really curious, because it has been getting rave reviews on the net.

What next, a tube ipod???? Hmmmmmmm............

The Priester is definitely on my want list. I wonder if these will be specially priced or just expensive?

Fischer Price also had a VERY limited edition of the material listed in the Mosaic Select, for their short lived "My First Reel to Reel Player," decked out in candy red and yellow. Complaints from parents and lack of knowledge (and responsibility) of how to use the machine led it to being pulled from the shelves after a few months. These suckers run for 4 figures on ebay, and let's not even talk about the music issued for this format!

It just happened to me this week on my 4G ipod. I recharge it at work, and for some reason it crapped out on me. Lost 26 GB of music. But I had everything backed up on disc, so I reloaded everything in 10 minutes. S

My ignorance!

woo hoo! Can't wait!

Listened to William Russo's "Street Music" last night, conducted by Seji Ozawa and played by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. This is fun music -- a hybrid of blues, americana, and symphony. I have the lp but I was pleased to see that it is on cd: Russo Street Music

Got the disc on Monday. The material from the cd is pulled from the same live sessions as in Footprints Live, with the emphasis on newer compositions, the exceptions being a Mendelssohn tune and Arthur Penn's "Smilin' Thru". Some might find the disc as rewarding and challenging as the previus live cd, other might not. It is definitely more cerebral -- at times the group plays like a chamber ensemble, other times exploding, playing out riffs or chords, exploring variations. What comes thru especially is how cohesive a group they are -- no soloing or harmonies in a traditional hard bop or even post bop sense. Initially I would have agreed with describing it was deconstructive, but now I don't think so -- it's definitely become more abstract. Moments of bare minimal playing, areas of color, full blown jamming. But not reinterpretation, breaking it down, and building something new. Recommended, but it won't be everyone's cup of tea. It is great, though, to see Shorter still challenging, still exploring. I heard Jason Moran filled in for Perez in recent shows -- I wonder if it is for a longer stint?

Dakota Staton - Dakota 2 lp set from Groove Merchant BTW, for those who are looking for OJC vinyl, it appears -- according to the Acoustic Sounds website -- that there is a heap of $10 reissues coming out at the end of this month. I have no idea as to the quality of the sound, but looks like Concord isn't abandoning the vinyl format.

DA BASTIDS!!!!!!

GO NATIONALS!

Well I'll be -- Take Aim! And the Pepper Adams!

The only thing I could see them doing are Selects on artists like Curtis Counce, Lem Winchester, etc., as well as a ton of Bluesville artists. But that's if, and only if Concord/Fantasy begins to delete titles.

Lots of classical: 8 Russian Revelation discs from broinc.com $3 to $6! 4 David Diamond cds on Naxos sale from Arkivmusic.com Wes Montgomery at the Half Note deluxe reissue

All of Val Lewton's movies will be reissued in October -- either as one box set for about $60, or three 2 for 1 dvd sets at $20. Can't wait!!!!!