Chuck Nessa

Since this is the first of my "productions" to make AOW status, let me say: If you have problems or criticisms of the music/production/etc., let go. No hard feelings - really. I will attempt a reasonable response. You can't possibly beat some of my mail. Please feel free, I'm a big boy.

More than "all the best".

Trompeta Toccata was out in the us.

The new issue omits the alternate take from the domestic cd issue.

Scabs are not an option.

I will take the other side. I did not need to see this. Keep this crap off the board.

As all know, I still have plenty of gas and matches. Bring the infidels on!

Now Grady's been canned by Boston.

Surely you've encountered the Amway Grand Plaza, Van Andel Arena or DeVos Hall. DeVos and Van Andel are the people who own Amway, Quixtar, Alticor and Access Business Group. AND Betsy DeVos is chairman of the Michigan Republican party.

I have a couple of lps by Serge Ermoll's Free Kata (with Lou Burdett, Eddie Bronson and, on one, John Clare. Are these people around anymore?

Elvin is on disc one, Nick Stabulas is on the other two. Nick is not a let-down. Don't pay big bucks for this. Buy the single disc and wait for the 3 disc set. I was in a used store in Vegas this summer and they had 2 copies - about $30 each.

I took two Aftabs before turning in last night and it didn't help.

Does everyone know there have been 3 cd versions. First Verve cd had some extras, next issue was 3 disc version and current issue is back to the lp tracks.

I checked about half of the tracks from LPM-6100 with Bruyninckx. All are available elsewhere if you can track down a bunch of (mostly bootleg) cds. My copy is not perfect, but probably better than yours. Contact me at cnessa@earthlink.net and I'll send it to you. I got the set for nothing and might as well pass it to you for the shipping cost.

If this is your understanding of jazz before bop, I don't know what to say.

So this was not a poll, but some sort of jerking off. Clean up and say good night Dan.

My first 2 choices are by Lee Konitz - An Image (on Verve) and Strings for Holiday (on Enja). A sleeper is The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt arranged by Ralph Burns.

You give 1917 'til about '45 one category. Look at all the categories you buy. How many are there? Add to that the entries you don't buy but added for the rest of us. It is a silly list with no real understanding of the art form. Ken and his trumpet playing friend would be proud. Sorry, but you asked the question and I've resisted until your query.

This brings up the question of what Dookie has in his bathroom.

The 3cd version is one of the great documents of improvised music from the 20th century. The single disc version is pretty good too.

Got Chris earlier, but "nothing but goodstuff" for Maren. Go for it!

I live about 45 miles from the home of Amway! Grand fucking Rapids, MI. Everything in the town is named after the 2 founders and the state republican party is/or has been run by one of the wives. These creeps are amazing, and the kids keep it going.

Very close, but no cigar. One week later the quartet was back at Rudy's recording "First Meditations".

No problem with the "translucent hazy finish" ones you mention, just the old clear ones. I think plastic engineers/chemists, at the time, called it "molecular migration". As stated, I switched in 1977. That was the year the pressing plant I used (as did ECM and Artist House) started importing them from Japan. As I remember, they cost $.07 each. I used them on all my pressings/repressings until they went out of business. I purchased them in bulk for my personal collection.

I have used "rice paper" sleeves on all my vinyl since 1977. This means probably 30,000 of 'em overall. Not one has ever adhered to a record in any way and I certainly used to cram them together. I did have that trouble with the poly lined paper sleeves before I switched.