Chuck Nessa

In Zabor's defense, I read his final sentence "Beyond mere anger and modernism, this is flesh," as arguing against the automatic imputation of anger to forcefulness. But I guess that's debatable. I'm very much looking forward to this augmented reissue. Not sure why Rafi needs a defense.

Got the Swaggies, some of which are MJR recordings.

No Monk? Knew I'd miss some.

The thought of GW singing gave me the dry heaves.

Hines, Cecil, Bud, Tatum, Duke - that sums it up for me. Soft spots for James P and the Lion. Chiaroscuro is missing sales from me by not transferring everything they own to cd.

I am bothered by all the humorous posts about MG gone missing. I am worried. No indication of plans in his last posts. I hope I am proven to be a "nervous nellie".

FedEx says the shipment will arrive tomorrow. It was shipped "ground" which means some time in the afternoon. For folks already ordering, if I get them early enough they will be mailed tomorrow afternoon.

Wish I could stay up that late.

The Holiday undoubtedly from the 2001 "complete" set - no real reason to do new transfers. I think the Ellingtons are new.

Not Sony.

Train it the same way you trained the pony.

Son of a gun.

Vanessa Williams Vanessa DelRio Georgina Spelvin

Columbia/Sony has not released much of this material on cd. On first playing the sound is good. The tech credits read: Reissue producer - Michael Brooks 78 rpm transfers - Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster Digital sound restoration - Harry Coster Digital remastering - Maria Triana I view this as a preview of the complete set promised by Mosaic. It will go in the car when the Mosaic shows up.

Haven't you already sold the Gs?

I'm not fond of any wheat beer but have liked a couple other brews from the New Glarus folks.

Not me.

Which numerical sequence do they use? Does Eight hundred come before Seven hundred? Will this be reflected in ebay bids?

What style are these?

Looks interesting.

Just finished grilled pork ribs, new potatoes and onions (grilled in foil with olive oil), green beans and salad. Everything (except the ribs) was picked/dug up from Ann's organic garden today.

So, you are at Weizen's house?

How did "Georgia" miss posting this?

My introduction to jazz was in the late '50s. I lived on a farm in central Iowa and the closest record store was 15 miles away. The "jazz section" was 4 bins of stuff. I bought Armstrong Hot Fives, Ellington Columbia lps, Miles and Rollins on Prestige, Gillespie Verves, Bix and adventured on. As I understood it, this was all the same thing. By the time Africa/Brass came out I was ready for any sonic adventure and this has continued all my life. I always thought "jazz" fans were looking for the "new" and dug the past, but about 20 years ago this seemed to shift. Now people seem more interested in "styles" than music. I guess this means the music died.