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Don't miss out on that live Television set! If you like that band at all, it's a great recording and a great performance.

Absolutely! That would have been GREAT.

FYI - They're BACK!

It's probably the same (or better) quality as bootlegs of the same music already on the market. I think this was released in order for the band to get some royalties. Zappa did the same thing in the 80's.

Wow. Blue Mitchell has only been OOP for mere WEEKS and it just sold for $105.25.

It's pretty funny. Hard to believe it's real.........but it IS!

If you like Johnny Hartman, the first half of this album is arranged by Gerald Wilson and it really smokes. The second half is by Oliver Nelson which isn't bad, either (yet Gerald edges him out in this set)

Very bizarre that the whole "suite" of sites is down. Must be a REAL drag for Mosaic/True Blue as I expect they get a lot of their business through the web. Hope it's back up soon!

Thanks for the suggestion, Pete. I'm leaning towards the Mingus Big Band, though. It seems like something that should be seen on their "home field" and it's not that easy to see them otherwise.

That's pretty much it, Tom, with the addition of Arthur Webb (on flute) sprinkled throughout the album.

Speedball

Give me some shows for 4/28-5/1. I'll be in town. So far, looking at: Mingus Big Band - Fez Ravi Coltrane - Tonic Hamiet Bluett - Sweet Rhythm

Yes. Definitely. He's scheduled to play at Yoshi's later this month. I wouldn't want to go if it's "sad", either.

What everybody else said. I think this album is going to get him some recognition.......FINALLY. It seems like there's a lot of "buzz" about it. I don't have it yet myself, but the couple of tracks that I heard on KCSM sounded great. I've been a big fan since I first heard him on the Harlem Bush Music albums. I like the Horace Silver "United States of Mind" sets (due out as Conns later this year, BTW) as well as Stan Clarke's first - "Children of Forever" - also featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater. Look for him on the title track of Duke Pearson's "I Don't Care Who Knows It", too.

I thought I was a senior member of this board but I was born Setember of 1953! You got ME by 2 months, buddy! B)

$6.00??? What a rip! I paid $3.50 for Hendrix in '68.

Here come the "dates": Rock - Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1968 at UC Santa Barbara's Robertson Gymnasium. Jazz - Freddie Hubbard (w/Junior Cook) & Charles Lloyd - 1971 at UCSB's Campbell Hall.

Anyone notice the extra track on disk #1 of Byrd's "Half Note" set? The liner show 7 tracks (including the intro), but there are 8 on the CD. Later ... I just realized that it's a different version of "Pure D. Funk" - track #6 on disk 1.

Oh........Bacar. Yeah, it's still there. I think it's on Brannan. It's a restaurant, really. I ate there a couple of weeks ago. Really expensive.

Bruno's is still going. Haven't heard about that place on 4th Street.

I think I heard once that the Andrew Hill was not a bit seller. I thought the same for Larry Young, too. While both of these are big favorites here (and on ebay!), they don't make many ripples with the general public.

Whoa! That Fuller set sold for $200!!! Now THAT'S nuts! Also, Thad Jones went for $150! When someone recently mentioned that they grabbed one for around $75, I thought that was a little high at the time. Some serious inflation on those sets lately.

Well, he seems to be doing OK. "Jack's health continues to improve after his successful liver transplant surgery. To receive so many kind wishes has helped Jack greatly with his recovery." Today I picked up an album called "The Jack Bruce Band Live '75". This is from a version of his group that apparently only lasted a few months and up until recently there were no known recordings of them. Fortunately, this concert showed up and it's really very good. They mostly play tunes from "Out of the Storm" and "Harmony Row", which is fairly unusual. The band is Bruce, Mick Taylor, Carla Bley, Ronny Leahy (kbds) and Bruce Gary. Too bad they didn't last longer. This is a surprisingly strong set. Here's AMG's take: Live '75

Haven't been there, but it's a branch of the place on Divisadero & California. FWIW, that Divis/Calif location was the "original" Old Waldorf in the 70's, which then moved downtown to a location in an office complex. I saw some great punk/new wave shows there in the late 70's. First tours by U2, REM, Joe Jackson, etc ...

Just went to the Haight store today. What they did was flip-flop the DVD and jazz/classical sections. They also have soundtrack CDs in the DVD room. It might be my imagination, but it almost seems that they have more used jazz CDs out than they had before. There used to be a lot of "under-stock" in the old area that I never bothered to look through. The only drawback now is that it's noisier because it's out on the main floor. The DVDs are certainly better organized now.