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I hear the drums and cymbals fine on the 95 legacy box. I often find myself focusing on the cymbal work. I do tweak the mids and treble frequencies upward a bit with an equalizer to compensate for old ears.

My second to last order, the 7 cds, was shipped by DHL, not FEDEX FICP. That order was made 2 months previous to my last order. DHL still retained the shipping details in its database (I can access this information by using the tracking number on DHL's website). That shipping information indicates that the US customs clearing process can, and in that case did, start in Japan when DHL received (or even before its receipt of) the shipping information from CD Japan: "Customs clearance status updated. Note - The Customs clearance process may start while the shipment is in transit to the destination. - CINCINNATI HUB - Ohio - USA".

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Thanks. I didn't think cdjapan was adding anything for tariffs, and I expected shipping prices to go up for the reasons you mentioned. But I expected the "customs clearance fees" to be a percentage of the pre-shipping total...i.e. I figured tariffs would be collected. Your experience is positive IMO, as you didn't pay tariffs, just hassle fees. I'm still not confident enough to order. It'd be just my luck to get nailed with customs fees/tariffs, or have the shipment impounded by Customs, or some damned thing. 😨 Although cdjapan sent out a coupon offer yesterday.

Just to be clear, I don't think CD Japan is adding monies for tariffs-it is the job of the US Customs office to impose that. Yes, CD Japan's shipping charges have gone up because, I think, the shipping companies, e.g., DHL, FEDEX, are charging more money in anticipation of additional hassles relating to the imposition of a tariff, whether in fact a tariff is imposed. My cost for shipping for the 4 items in my latest order (my smallest order in years, perhaps ever) was essentially the same cost for my previous order of 7 cds. And, the "customs clearance fee" was a set price, 1300 yen, whether I bought 1 or 4 cds, which influenced my decision to buy more than 1 item this time.

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https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/r/renotte-pièces-de-clavecin More for harpsichord specualists like me, I guess. But the second suite here is rather charming music. Renotte was from Liège in Belgium, and his music shows more modern Italian and German influence than French. He who likes Haendel's suites will probably have a taste for this.

Yes, don't bother with the Lee book. This is the Kenton biography to read.

No, I think it's just that tariff business. But I am curious if it will affect everybody.

I have only heard of the US having tariffs being added to Japanese imports. Is the EU adding tariffs to Japanese imports too? I hadn't heard that.

Will this touch us Europeans or is it just affecting Americans?

Jaki Byard - Sunshine of My Soul: Live at The Keystone Korner (HighNote, 2007) Recorded 1978

October 9 Kenny Garrett - 1960 Saw him for the first time live with Miles Davis in Hamburg July 30, 1990. The concert is documented here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7We-LBEr-c and twice in Göttingen ...

👍 - on my shelf!

Here is another one : small group and/or 'orchestra' ????? Verve UMV 2686 (Japan 1980) - Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra " Rocking Chair" - rec. 1951 As listed in Tom Lord's Discography: Roy Eldridge (tp) / Buddy Tate (ts) / Teddy Brannon (p) / Claude Lombardi (g) / Charlie Smith (dr) Note: the liner notes of the LP list as rhythm section Oscar Peterson (p & org) / Barney Kessell (g) / Ray Brown (b) + string section dir. by George Williams on the following tracks: Basin Street Blues/ I see everybodys baby /Easter Parade and I remember Harlem.

Regarding "orchestras" in jazz: It's a duo album.

Thanks, that's useful info. I always thought the breakeven/crossover point for Japanese imports from cdjapan vs DG was about a 4-CD order. My last 2 cdjapan shipping charges, pre-tariff, were 3864 yen for 9 CD and 4042 yen for 10. I've always received orders very quickly, even within 2 days of shipping, so that appears to have slowed (though still reasonably fast). Don't have time at the moment, but I'll have to make some test carts and try to back out the formula for "customs clearance fees" vs regular shipping. Maybe also compare Fedex and DHL in that regard.