Chuck Nessa

Tremendous thunder and lightning on this side of the lake.

When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air, you can never capture it again.

Thanks Uli, fine piece.

Time for a shower?

Hmmmm.

All the best to both of you.

Yes, Happy Birthday!

While in Rome we grabbed the opportunity to have a beer (and later dinner) with Daniele Porcella, aka porcy62.

Picked this up at Jazz Messengers in Barcelona. No chance to listen.

damn!

I have been checking in occasionally via iPad. In Barcelona now and flying home tomorrow. Short report to follow.

Not Robert Shy. Oops, missed lp's note.

Saw a selections of it this Fall at the Chicago fest and it was stunning. The live performance hit me more directly than the recording. Wadada was positively glowing afterwards. Catch it if you can and say "hey" from me.

Wish I still had my copy of that.

Upstairs.

Gardiner's B Minor Mass and Pinnock's Four Seasons are also duplicated from the All-Baroque set but at under $2 a disc I can live it.

Your impressions pretty reflect mine. Glad you enjoyed it.

I finally broke down and ordered this puppy:

It usually takes a couple weeks for the Printer manufacturers to make new drivers compatible with an OS release. I was working at Apple when Snow Leopard launched and it was just around 10 days before HP and the other printer manufactures provided updated drivers. What software do you use to access the complete New Yorker? It is / was a Power PC program - same as the Nikon - no longer recognized.

I found it does not support a few programs I use. I can't access my complete New Yorker and had to buy 3rd party software (for $80) to use my $500+ Nikon slide/negative scanner.

No one comes out "clean". Remember that and move on.

RSJ drives my favorite Wadada Leo Smith "Golden Quartet" - and I feel he actually leads Cecil Taylor in Taylor's

My father was a big band era fan. He heard all the bands and insisted Hal Leonard was as good as any of the national touring bands. Leonard worked out of Wisconsin, no? I think you might find better ways to spend money.

I will try a couple of vinyl reissues next year as a test. I am not sure vinyl issues "from scratch" are financially viable.

That was my response.