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LJazz

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  1. Why do you need lossless? Its overkill and I would bet essentially 100% of people couldnt tell the difference etween lossless and high bitrate mp3, especially on a portable player.

    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.

  2. Yes, the musicians are great and the set list looks very promising. But the results are dull and uninspired. Perhaps I should have given it two stars but it is definitely a weak effort. Put it on next to some of the 1963 concerts, say Japanese Concerts or Dizzy's Business, and tell me with a straight face that this is on the same level.

    Sorry but Cannonball sounds bored. Not every performance by every great musician is stellar.

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Well, I wasn't going to do it, but I caved. Just ordered the Elvin set along with the JJ Johnson single. :w 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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