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Anybody else notice that on the Mosaic site the heading for Blue Note sets is gone and the sets that were under that heading have been moved under the Modern Jazz heading? I wonder why.

No kidding. For me it's been 12 Selects and 7 regular sets all from the web :rsmile:

The DNS information is the same for two of the three sites (Mosaic, Trueblue, BlueNote), but all three have the same IP range , which could mean that they are on the same server. 64.0.20.164 64.0.20.166 64.0.20.177 Maybe one of the 1500 people that got downsized did something on his or her way out.

We're going on day two now....

Damn it. I had written both of those off.

Some discussion here

Some discussion here

Herbie Hancock donates instruments to Smithsonian Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Posted: 4:29 PM EST (2129 GMT) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. jazz legend Herbie Hancock donated several of his instruments to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Tuesday and said he hoped they would inspire others. A keyboard used to create some of his most famous hits, two synthesizers and a headphone microphone joined the museum's other musical memorabilia from jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton. "Maybe some little kid will identify with them and think that one day I can create music on a new instrument, maybe I can be somebody," Hancock told Reuters in an interview after a ceremony at the museum. "But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already. You don't need the fame to be vital. You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life." The keyboard, a Fairlight CMI Series II that cost Hancock $25,000, was the computer-based instrument he used to compose his 1983 hit "Rockit," a song famous for its use of a scratching technique. Hancock said he managed to convince the Australian supplier of the Fairlight to show him the instrument before giving a demonstration to another music icon, Stevie Wonder. A winner of eight Grammy awards in the past two decades and an Academy Award in 1987 for the film score "Round Midnight," he is best known for fusing jazz techniques with electronic instrumentation. Child prodigy "Hancock's instruments not only represent the career of one of our country's most prominent musical figures, they help us to better understand the story of electric and electronic musical instruments," said American History museum curator John Hasse. Born in 1940, Hancock was a child prodigy pianist and performed at age 11 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Brought up in a poor neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Hancock's mother recognized his talent early on and bought him a piano for his seventh birthday. It was the "magnetism of improvisation" that first attracted Hancock away from his classical roots to jazz, which he said while growing out of slavery was more about the human experience than anything else. Hancock said he had already sold many of his instruments to a company but was holding onto many of his more valuable items so they could go into his estate when he died. "I am still a jazz musician and not a pop star in terms of money and so I have to take care of my family first, then my extended family and my country." Hancock is working on a new record called "HH Project 2004" which involved a collection of artists. He declined, for legal reasons, to give any further details. Source: CNN

Suggestion to the guys with Organissimo: On April 2 delete all threads started on April 1.....

Kevin: I misunderstood what your complaint was. I agree that having to manually switch to analog mode is a pain. It takes me a few seconds to get that figured out every time I do it. I thought your complaint was that hi-rez audio was only available on analog inputs of the Denon (which as I stated, and I think correctly, that regardless of brand, all receivers must use analog inputs for hi-rez multi-channel audio).

I was under the impression that this was industry-wide. The analog-only for hi-rez audio was a demand that the content owners demanded of the hardware manufacturers in order to get the hi-rez audio format moving. If I'm wrong I'd love to see some specs that specifically say that hi-rez audio is available through a digital input.

I read this post before I listened to the disc. Even with the prior knowledge of the left-leaning mix I have to say it didn't bother me as much as I would have thought. The left channel is definitely favored, but it there's enough going on in the middle and to a lesser degree on the right to keep it from sounding too awkward.

I didn't think that this would be something that I would really enjoy, but I thought I would give it a chance. I can't say that I "GET IT" but I don't hate it. My only exposure to CT was on the recent Blue Note DVD. I didn't really care for CT's performance on the DVD. It didn't fit with the rest of the disc. The technical aspect of the performance was quite impressive, but the music didn't speak to me. Conquistador has some potential with me. It will definitely take the right mood, but at least I've gotten past the point where I eject the disc and immediately wash out my ears with Horace Silver or Hank Mobley.

Blue Note Revisited 1939 marked the birth of Blue Note Records and the birth of a new era in music. The label created by German immigrant, Alfred Lion, would soon evolve into a home for the finest in jazz music for ages to come. Looking back in 1969, label partner and photographer Francis Wolff wrote "By 1939, jazz had gathered enough momentum so that an experiment like Blue Note could be tried” and 65 years later Blue Note Records is still going strong as the preeminent jazz label in the world. Now, in the Spring of 2004, Blue Note releases Blue Note Revisited, an album containing remixes, remakes, and reworks by some of the world’s most talented DJs and producers including Bugz in the Attic, Kenny “Dope” Gonzales, Madlib, JayDee aka J Dilla, Jazzanova, Kyoto Jazz Massive, and DJ Spinna to name a few. Track Listing 1 Oriental Folk Song - La Funk Mob (Wayne Shorter) 2 La Malanga - Kenny Dope Gonzales (Bobby Hutcherson) 3 Kudu - Kyoto Jazz Massive (Eddie Henderson) 4 Lansanna's Priestess - DJ Spinna (Donald Byrd) 5 Won't You Open Up Your Senses - 4 Hero (Horace Silver) 6 Los Alamitos Latinfunklovesong - Bugz In The Attic (Gene Harris) 7 Young Warrior - Madlib (Bobbi Humphrey) 8 Oblighetto - Jay Dee aka J Dilla ('Brother' Jack McDuff) 9 The Emperor - DJ Cam Feat. Erik Truffaz (Donald Byrd) 10 Footprints (dub) - DJ Mehdi (Wayne Shorter) 11 Song Of Will - Jazzanova (Eddie Gale) 12 A Time To Remember - Osunlade (Grant Green) 13 Caravan - Matthew Herbert (Michel Petrucciani)

I was really lucky and received my 03/09 batch on 03/10. I just got the 03/23 batch today, guess things had to balance out. I'm playing Cape Verdean Blues right now. Henderson is tearing things up on Nutville. Pretty good stuff so far. I can't wait to get to the rest of this batch as it will be my first exposure to most of the music.

I really enjoy the music of Porgy and Bess. I guess I know it best from the Miles Davis version. I've seen versions by Joe Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald and know about the upcoming one from Hank Jones. Any comments or recommendations? Inspired by this thread

The Pioneer DV45-A was certainly in the mix when I made my Denon DVD-2900 purchase. I was fortunate enough to have a salesman that was willing to work with me and swap players in and out on a test system that was similar to what I have at home (which includes the Denon AVR-3300 - I agree with you 100% about it). In the end, it came down to a few factors: * the build quality (the thing weighs about 18 pounds) * my familiarity with the Denon brand * when used as a DVD player, it had one of the sharpest pictures I had ever seen * my friend bought one and I was able to really give it a good workout in a real-world environment The Pioneer was a close second and probably would have made me happy.

I've been extremely happy with my Denon DVD-2900 Universal DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player.

Having made it all the way through the set a few times I would have to agree with ralphie_boy. Discs 2 and 3 have better sound quality. I think the duets are my favorites. The rest of the set will take a while to grow on me.

I used WinAmp 5 (pro version) to rip all of my RVGs (nearly 100 discs) and it performed wonderfully. The new version has a really nice media library and some pretty cool mp3 id tag management tools.

I heard a track from this one right around the time Blue Note radio came back online. I was so impressed I ran out and bought it the next day.

Pretty sure. These things that are being described here pre-date the growing RFID craze.

I saw something that I thought I would never see.... The Dave Liebman &Richie Beirach Select has CD TEXT. I loaded up the changer with discs from both new selects and looked down and saw "LOOKOUT FARM" on the display of my player.

Mine is #104 and is sounding great. First exposure to the music so nothing to compare it to. I only had the chance to make it through the first two discs at work, but I like what I hear so far.

I've had them in cases from both internet and retail stores.