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I don't think it's a surprise that teens and recent teens prefer the new way of doing things. What surprises me is that adults have abandoned the CD. A very important aspect of owning physical media (books, CDs and DVDs) to me is that they go out of print. The fact that an album is available for streaming today does not ensure that it will be available tomorrow. Owning the physical media allows you to know that it will be there when you want to enjoy it.

Watched North by Northwest (on 70 mm!) yesterday afternoon, then followed it up with an evening screening of Wake Up Dead Man.

That was true 10 and maybe even 5 years ago, but no longer. I had to pay extra to get a computer with a CD/DVD bay in it, as this is definitely no longer standard.

Chico Hamilton, Ellington Suite (World Pacific)

I like that they're advertising Boyd Raeburn as being "modern" before both Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. That's accurate!

Stunning indeed. Quite a legacy, probably cut short. Sad. Sad

I'm looking forward to this release. Yes it's probably all available in various public domain and commercial releases but a lot of that is pretty chaotic and I despair of obtaining all the discographical details on some of those things. Mosaic does a good job of finding the best sources, cleaning up the sound and organizing the discography in a consistent manner.

An older friend of mine has a collection of LPs and a pretty decent turntable, amp and speakers. He was interested in playing some cds he had been given so I found a Sony DVD player which also plays cds and got it for him. The player cost $33 in 2021 and now goes for $44. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007F9XHBI . It's not a top quality device but it worked pretty well; this indicates that the cost of entry for working with cds is pretty low. Most PCs will play CDs no problem...

Yea, I don't see that a CD comeback is in the cards. They will be collected by some only as artifacts, and the huge supply of many of them will keep prices low. With LPs, you have analog sound that some people still value, as well as attractive packaging. With the capacity of hard drives and computers so high, CDs no longer have much value as a storage of sound. People can talk all they want about their perceptions of "real product," but the bottom line is that real product is sound in this case, plus information that can also be digitalized.

They don't really do extra material now. They are doing mostly LP reissues. They have only been releasing what was on the original LP unless they decide to go with a "complete" version. like they've done with a few sessions like Trane's "Blue Train", Rollins' Vanguard or Burrell's Five Spot material.

I just don't see this in my area. CDs are dirt cheap and plentiful in every store I go into. If they were gaining any traction, I doubt I would see so many rare CDs sitting in these bins with $5 price tags on them. I guess you could say that Jazz CDs are rising as a way for someone to acquire a large collection cheaply, but that doesn't seem to be the way it's going. FWIW, the argument that today's younger music fans aren't willing to buy equipment and have an actual stereo setup doesn't hold water when you consider that they are also the generation that has supposedly caused a resurgence in LPs.

Got a good price on Cecil Taylor in Berlin 88 box set. So the request above is no longer valid.

Dominik Schürmann Trio feat. Max Ionata - Moons Ago (Mons Records)

Word. But I'll ride it out and see what happens....

Wife likes Chet, don't mind if I oblige

Stunning news last night (not sure if the news one will be accessible, there was no link to "gift": https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/15/us/rob-michele-reiner-dead/rob-reiner-home-bodies?smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/movies/rob-reiner-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.808.kTpp._C9XZSl67Blz&smid=url-share His streak of films starting with Spinal Tap in the 80s-90s is pretty remarkable (although I only hate-watch A Few Good Men - a minority opinion but so much of that movie is just awful IMO.)

Caligola Records is a legitimate label; this is not a pirated release. I agree that the two artists found a safe meeting point by choosing standards rather than original compositions, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the duo was formed at the last minute. This is, however, the only collaboration between the two on record, and therefore an important historical testimony. A physical CD or vinyl edition would be desirable.

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New day, wipe the slate clean

Ted Fio Rito normally is outside the jazz field but was BIG among the sweeter big bands. Clyde Lucas - apparently one of the many jazzwise nondescript hotel bands catering to the "sedate set" and doing his patriotic duty on these V-Discs. Bill Heathcock (not even listed in Simon's book, not in Leo Walker's Big Band Almanac, so a maximum obscurity ) has some interesting names in the lineup of V-Disc 619, and "Late at Night" would be one I'd find interesting to explore. Randy Brooks was a fairly big name back then and from today's listening perspective he should not put off anyone who is into the likes of Glenn Miller or the Dorseys. Johnny Blowers admittedly IS obscure as a bandleader (his was one of those "sidemen-turned-bandleader" outfits, but apparently only briefly) but as a drummer he was present on many Swing sessions. Mal Hallett (the chapter on him in George Simon's Big Bands" book had me intrigued when I first got hold of that book more than 40 years ago) seems to have had his heyday in the pre-Swing era years and recorded fairly little during the Swing era, and reissues of his recordings are very, very thin on the ground. Tony Pastor, OTOH, recorded a lot; he had a very swinging and enjoyable band IMO, not least of all thanks to his hip (or should I say "offbeat"?) vocals which place him not too far away from Louis Prima, right down to some overlaps in their repertoire. Some of his V-Discs were reissued before on vinyl. However, I'd sure like to hear V-Disc 275 by the Tony Pastor band and his recording of a tune titled "Schickelgruber"! Pity it's not on that Mosaic set. Now THAT would be one "period piece"!