Hoppy T. Frog

I think it's definitely what it's been cracked up to be.

You should google the controversy in India over dredging the strait between India and Sri Lanka.

That Fremeaux website is something else. To this American, it looks like the cultural history of an alternate universe: Never mind the fact that I have never heard of the philosophers featured on the front page--what kind of market is there for 4-CD sets of philosophers discussing their work, even in France? 9 CD books? Chanson? The Complete Works of Django and Louis Armstrong? This is all just baffling to me. I assume it's an independent label--where do they get the dough to do all this? I guess you guys really are different from us!

Yeah, the dude was trying to spin some yarn about how BYG and America were the same label when I was in there once... obviously they should just stick to Tzadik. Or selling bootleg CDRs as "new" "imports" from the "EEC" for $15 a pop.

Is that Clem? I've never heard anyone, much less him, mention it. Most people on the interweb pimp their blogs without rest. (Present company excepted).

Sending PM on Non Troppo

I thought it was settled that was Central Avenue LA.

That Devilin' Tune, Vol III, Disc 8

A truly fine recording! That one's not on CD, is it? At least, I haven't come across it.

I wonder, is this the record labels' new pricing strategy for stuff of limited/historical interest? this has been the normal retail prize over here for all of these Miles boxes (except of course those with less discs, BB and IASW, mainly, JJ was almost the same as the 6CD ones). when's the european release date? Well you Europeans pay through the nose for your CDs anyway! USA USA LAND OF LOW PRICES ALWAYS WOO!

PM sent on Jelly Roll

I still think it's better than Jazzwise, as it seems JR is less corporate and has more of an individual voice.

I wonder, is this the record labels' new pricing strategy for stuff of limited/historical interest?

The general point about suburbs, since their beginnings in the 1930s, has been their dormitory status. Town planners seem to have this idea that you should section cities off into residential, shopping, factory and office areas. This has always seemed silly to me; chaos has always seemed a better option as far as I could see. So you allow people to build for whatever kind of use they see the need for, wherever they think they see the need. In this framework, town planning becomes more an aesthetic issue than an organisational issue; and this seems to be what Cerritos has gone for. And there's no doubt that aesthetics do influence property prices. Whether it works or not, of course you can't tell unless you live there. MG Well, once upon a time, separating at least industrial uses from residential made a good amount of sense in preserving residential property values and mitigating the negative environmental and health impacts of traditional industry. Now that the West is in a post-industrial age that really isn't necessary anymore, and among US planners the concept that uses must be segregated is rapidly ending. California urban planners are the US leaders in "mixed-use" planning and, as you guessed, treating zoning and planning as more aesthetic tools.

Thanks folks--I'd been intrigued but not enough to plunk down some money. The Ornette and Carla tributes seem most interesting. Also, interesting to see iTunes has all those SteepleChase albums.

What does anyone recommend of the numerous SteepleChases?

There was a great second-hand record and CD store on the second floor of a building on Narodni in the heart of town near the Magika Laterna. I can't remember the name, sorry

Seconding the Ellery Eskelin. His trio is a great live act too.

The prices are back to normal. Oh well, I was one of the lucky ones with the Sly Stone box set.

Good gravy there's a lot of interesting stuff!!! I'm contemplating taking a leave of absence from work and crashing in a student group house for the whole season!

Nice festival, never had been there before, mellow and laid back but tightly run and it's in such a pretty location. I only got to see most of Saturday, and the last two acts of Sunday unfortunately. Sonny Fortune was the highlight for me. (Pssst...I found it interesting that a member of the Board of Directors plays every year. Nothing like running a festival to have a guaranteed gig.)

I thought those books took place in Oregon/Washington. Wasn't there a reference to Mount Hood in one of them? I loved those books when I was a boy. Yes, I was kind of girly.

I've heard about this disc before. It's really expensive on Amazon! Does anyone know if the music is available elsewhere? I'm particularly interested in the quintet sessions with Clark Terry and Bob Wilber. Thanks! You know what? I don't think this music IS available elsewhere at this time, which is a crying shame! The solo live version of Lush Life, with Strayhorn singing as well as playing piano, is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

Yes, no. But seriously, I find it to be absolutely beautiful music. "Selflessness" and "Ascension" are so staggering that they are for any mood. The opening motif of "ascension" especially just makes my neck hair stand on end and my ears wiggle in joy (true! they only do that when I'm most happy). To me, Coltrane's late work evokes feelings of bliss, and arouses in me a desire to find beauty in unlikely places (not only the music). Which is funny, I guess, since I don't buy into any "John Coltrane was a spiritual guide sent by the Ancestors" hokeyness. I listen to Minor Threat's first EP when I'm pissed off.

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