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I wonder if I'm the only one on the board who downloaded "Concert in the Garden". I was feeling antsy on Sundy so I ordered 2 earlier cds along with the download so I could listen to "Concert" right away. You also get all the packaging which turned out pretty good. I've burnt a disc and am listening to it while I put together the album brochure. I really like the title piece.

Didn't Raksin also write "The Bad and the Beautiful"?

Provided your computer can play and burn discs you don't need any other player. I presume that i-Tunes software can be downloaded from the Apple site.

There are 2 cuts of him playing alto on the Atlantic "Last Giant" 2 cd box set. One from 1946, one from 1952.

I just got "100 Years from Today" (the recording from Monterey in '63) because of recommendations on this board. Another good reason for being here. And since I'm sure that the story Big T tells is true, do he and Glenn Miller ever get credited for writing the lyrics to Basin Street Blues?

I saw that trailer with Bourne Supremacy. It followed the trailer for Collateral (also with Foxx). As soon as they started playing What'd I Say? my daughter turned to me and said "You're going to see that, aren't you." To which I replied "You bet!"

Have a smoked meat sandwich for lunch. Either at Ben's or Schwartz's Montreal Hebrew Delicateson on "The Main" (AKA BLVD St. Laurent, AKA St, Lawrence Blvd.)

Where'd you see this? BTW When the i-tunes store first opened they asked for suggestions and I suggested this. Never got a reply and I don't even know if they really read it and I'm sure others also suggesed it, but I'm happy to take credit anyway. Now if they'd just ofer some of those Mercury Gerry Mulligans that have never been on cd.

The Apple Music Store has a new section called "Verve Vaults: out-of-print albums". They've got 15 offerings this week including albums from Woody Herman, Basie and Anito O'Day with the Three Suns. I can't tell if they were all originally on Verve or if any are from other labels controlled by Universal and now issued under the Verve label.

My favorites is one of the many jazz versions of West Side Story: Manny Album's. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to come out on cd. (Though it was issued a few times on Lp.)

Me too. I think I've played it more than any of my other 300+ Ellington cds. It may just be because it was one of the first Jazz Lps I ever got. (From the Columbia Record Club when it first came out.) I'm still waiting for the deluxe editon of Indigoes on cd: one with all of Autumn Leaves and any extant alternate cuts .

I bought a copy of his new solo record playing war time tunes and there was a bonus disc with a one hour interview by Walter Cronkite about Brubeck's war-time experiences. Really interesting.

--from Worlds Records e-mail There's been a lot of discussion on the Duke-Lym list-serve about this sound quality (or lack there-of) of this latest release. Complaints of too much compression. I haven't heard it yet so I can't comment.

BTW Did HoLland play both acoustic and electric bass throughout his stay with Miles?

Who's name is that session under?

I've been listening to the couple of cds I have of "the Lost Quintet" from 1969 and thinking about how revolutionary (or perhaps off-putting) the group must have sounded to their audiences of that time. In their July performances they're playing things from Bitch's Brew though even In a Silent Way hasn't been released yet. By October they're even further out but Bitch's Brew has still not been released. Actually on both cds the audiences seem quite appreciative, but surely some people were shocked when what starts as 'Round Midnight ends up out there in the ozone somewhere.

Uhh.... What original movie? Les Liasons? There's a different video release?

Keven: You obviously know a lot more about the Prius than I do. One question I have: The "B" setting for driving(about which very little is said it in the instruction manual)-- is it basically just a lower gear and should one use it as such. Right now I only use it when descending very steep hills.

I just saw this on the Jazzmatazz upcoming releases list. Anyone know anything about it? John Coltrane - Live at the Half Note (Impulse) Aug 24 — from 1965

I've got a Prius. I love it. But I sure don't get 60 miles per gallon. More like 42. I've got the first model. I bought it because I test drove it when my daughter was buying a car. (She ended up with a pick-up.) It's fun to drive and has a great turning ratio (if that's what it's called. ) It's fast enough for me to have gotten a speeding ticket already. I think the new models are slightly bigger. I've read somewhere that they get better mileage than mine but I met someone who's owned both (he obviously likes them) and he said he got slightyer better mileage with the old one.

And then what they actually play is some Mingus.

Ditto for the Billy Eckstine band.

I agree. Name calling isn't appropriate. The "nut" word wasn't in reference to his religion, but rather, that he may have supported the murder directive of Rushdie. Frankly, it was always my understanding that he agreed with the "fatwah". So, it's good to know that he didn't and, moreover, that he apologized for any confusion he may have caused. Thanks for the article, John. Maybe Yusuf wouldn't mind making a little cash? I happened to be in London and saw that interview. I thought it was a good example of the difference between US & UK interviewing styles. (Well, some anyway.) AsI remember it the interviewer didn't argue with him. He just let him hang himself. (Even though there was an audience the interviewer didn't seem to need to show that he was on the side of the righteous.) And (again as I remember it) the artist formerly known as Cat, agreed with the fatwah but said he wouldn't necessarily carry it out himself even if he had a chance. Wierdly enough the other day I found myself arguing about this with a woman who turned out to be Rushdie's ex-wife. She thought he'd made too much of the fatwah and had played into the hands of UK racists.

Big Stuff! Bernstein kept bringin her back into the studio to get it "right"!. They all sound pretty good to me. Interesting to see the results of his work here and listen to him talking to Miles Davis on the recordings of "Sweet Sue" on the Miles/Trane box set.

Right on. I'm not sure, but I think Take One was released first. Usually it's a later take that becomes the "master" take. Which getes confusing since they'e often now sequenced chronoligically. Which makes the "alternates" the earlier takes. (Or maybe I'm just easily confused. )