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The only thing I'll say about this Freeman guy is that I've seen enough enormous arrogance coming from this "Burning Ambulance" newsletter of his that I distance myself from it whenever I see it mentioned.

I can only speak for myself. So far I have not had any really bad experiences with publishing and shipping dates via Amazon Germany as compared to Amazon.com USA, even for books that I preordered. The last such case for a preordered book was the Don Byas bio, and IIRC my copy arrived here at about the date announced, even some time before some of the U.S. Organissimo forumists had received theirs. The only potential snag these days might be that it happens increasingly often that the (paperback/softcover) books are actually print-on-demand books. So even the PRINTING occurs here in Europe. On the one hand this should speed up delivery (it actually did in several cases), on the other there might be worries about printing and binding quality (I haven't had any problems in recent times, but "one never knows, do one?" - and I'd hate to se this happen for the first time in years with THIS book ). What worries there are may be due to the fact that this printing on demand can occur almost anywhere around here. My US-published books bought via Amazon in very recent years have been printed in Germany, the UK, Poland and France - randomly with no detectable reason of why which book is printed where. So if it is going to be print on demand this time you just don't know where it will be handled this time. But of course if what I ordered and am set to receive is a hardcover after all (the amazon site does not look like it, though) this might change things about the actual delivery date. (Because I don't think Amazon does print-on-demand for hardcovers.) But even there I cannot remember any complaints about unduly delayed deliveries for brand-new books in the past. I'll keep my fingers crossed it's not going to be a "first" now. List price at amazon.de is similar to what you quote for amazon France; my guaranteed preorder price was 49 EUR plus some cents.

I just checked the Barnes & Noble web site and it is stating the publication date in June, same as Amazon. After the book is printed there are the logistics of shipping stock to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers. Members in Europe most likely order and receive items from Amazon warehouses in France, Germany, England? Here in the U.S. many Amazon customers are on Amazon's Prime program where delivery charges are waived (FREE), and most items that I order are delivered the next day! Would appreciate knowing what members in Europe experience with their booksellers of choice? The French Amazon site lists the price as €52.43. Jim

Interesting. Even though I don't know 2/3rds of these groups, there are some folks I'd love to see (e.g. Charles Lloyd, The Bad Plus, etc.) What do you think? Anybody know any of these other names ,you'd recommend? https://newportjazz.org/lineup

Sad to hear. I also enjoy When Destiny Calls quite a bit. RIP

About that final quote you stated (rawness and grit to the sound of sax players): I'd sure like to know, then, what he thinks of latter-day Don Byas and his changes of tone in the 60s? Still Lester-Young-ish? (Which indeed was wrong from the start) Or, for that matter, all those 40s/50s honkers, starting with Illinois Jacquet and continuing to (name your faves here)? Agreed with Rabshakeh, all these statements are bad - and at least bizarre, to put it mildly. But he achieved one major goal that some scribes seem to be out for. Get talked about!! Maybe a goal they seem to be out for even more today than ever before?

Just about everything on the Woofy label

He passed this week: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/william-zarif-obituary?id=61289125

Certainly! Great one.

Now I've read it. Interesting narrative though too well known. But it's nice to have this new summary as a reminder. It covers all his history from his early bop days to his last efforts, although it says from Kind if Blue to Bitches Brew on the title. It's a nice reminder of his groundbreaking career. And this number of Mojo also reminds us of a reissue which "may be the jazz reissue of the year": Thelonious Monk, Bremen 1965, a radio broadcast. Though I'm unsure wether this is the same as what got reissued into a 2 CD package some time ago. This time its Sunnyside who's reissuing it. Last time, in 2020, it was also Sunnyside. Though I now see it was a 1964 Radio Bremen release, together with a 1975 Radio Bremen recording. I've got it. And I just looked it up

Does this count?

April 22 Barry Guy - 1947

Thank you for this information. Keeping fingers crossed now that things will work out as your publisher told you and Amazon will follow suit ASAP with their shipments ...

Okay. Those are pretty bad.

Im going to Rome next week. What vinyl/cd stores should I visit?