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I would agree with you. It is overkill for a portable. However, if you use lossless for a system at home, it's kind of nice to be able to use the lossless files for the portable as well, without having a second set of mp3 files. That's the only reason I use lossless on my portable anyway.

No argument here. Not my favorite set by Cannonball by a long shot and certainly not essential, but based upon some of the AMG ratings I've seen, 1 1/2 stars just seems a little out of whack.

WBGO is broadcating this show live from the Blue Note in NYC at 8 pm EST tonight. If you can't be ther, you can catch it on the web at WBGO. It is also being rebroadcast on October 25 at 9 pm EST.

Have to agree with Jazzbo on this. The sound is fine and the playing, while not earth shattering, is still good -- we ARE talking about Cannonball here! Bottom line is I definitely have other Cannon that I return to more frequently, but 1.5 stars is a bit harsh IMHO.

I'm not certain about this, but wouldn't anything that reads WMA also read WMA lossless? You might want to check out the iriver products. I've got an older ihp 120 (20 GB) and have loaded Rockbox software onto it (free), and now I can load and listen to Flac files on the player. There is an Iriver forum Here . There is a ton of info and very helpful folks who know way more about the products and their capability than I do.

Mulligan Concert Band Sessions Discs 3 & 4. I listened to Discs 1 & 2 last night. I've had this for a while and when I first listened to it I was luke warm. I don't know where my ears were at the time because upon listening again I REALLY like it. Just goes to show that first impressions aren't always reliable.

Up with price reduction. Will discount for multiple CD purchase.

Well, I wasn't going to do it, but I caved. Just ordered the Elvin set along with the JJ Johnson single. I generally don't like things that are too experimental so I'm not sure whether there might be a session or two that I find a bit "out" for my taste, but I generally really like Joe Farrell and George Coleman, among others on the set, so I figured there is probably more that I will like than dislike -- and Elvin is always such a tasteful player. Anyway, I'm looking forward to checking it out . I have my favorites, but I really haven't been dissapointed by a Mosaic set I've purchased yet.

Up with current status and 1 addition.

Back at ya'

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Have a few CDs from the Concord sale that duplicate music I have in some other form, plus a couple other things. Prices include shipping in the Continental US. Paypal only, please. New Sealed K2s -- $6 each John Coltrane/ Coltrane XXXSOLDXXX John Coltrane with The Red Garland Trio/ Traneing In XXXSOLDXXX John Coltrane/ Lush Life The Red Garland Quintet/ All Mornin' Long XXXSOLDXXX Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot, Vol 1 XXXSOLDXXX Other Dave Brubeck: All The Things We Are (w/ Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Alan Dawson and Roy Haynes) Atlantic (excellent condition) -- $6 Charlie Parker: Bird's Best Bop on Verve (open, but in excellent shape)-- $5 John Coltrane: Fearless Leader Box (new and sealed) -- $40 XXXSOLDXXX Please send a PM if interested.

Hey, thanks anyway for the attempt!

PM sent re: George Coleman: I Could Write a Book.

I bought a Mosaic Select set from him through the forum in early August, I believe and he seemed like a very nice, honest and straight-up guy. It took a little while for the set to get to me (about 10 days if I remember correctly), but that was solely the fault of the post office. All was fine on his end. His communication was very good as well. Hope nothing's wrong. Maybe he went on a long vacation. Hope it works out for you.

Ditto.

I'd love to see Richie Cole's "Alto Annie's Theme" on CD. There's a killer version of Jeannine not to mention a lot of other great playing.

Sent you an e-mail re: Red Mitchell/Harold Land.

I've got an extra sealed original OJC if anyone is interested. Send me a PM.

Is it possible that the license to sell these are going to expire and that they haven't actually sold as many as we think?

@#$%%$#@!!!! Damn Mosaic.

A speedy and pain free recovery, Conn.

Saw him last week. From what I could tell, I think he would hit a few notes with the left hand, but used it very little. And yeah, his set was mighty short. I think it is really physically demanding/exhausting for him to play these days, but every once in a while there was evidence of the old O.P. brilliance. One thing I did notice is that since he has to slow down a bit now, his playing seems more emotional than it had in the past.

So, to revisit this topic, what's the deal with the JSP set? It seems to be available everywhere in the US. I was thinking about getting either it or the Savoy and Dial Master takes 3 CD set. In either case I was also going to get the Verve Master takes set. Any opinions? Is everything on the Savoy/Dial Set also on the JSP set?