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On a recent family trip I was listening to Miles Davis Vols. 1 & 2 on my MiniDisc player. Just for fun I put the headphones on my 2 year old niece. She got up started dancing and walking around the room with me trailing behind her with the player in hand. Every time I tried to take the headphones off she looked up at me and said, "Music!" This went on for about twenty minutes. Long enough for here to hear: Dear Old Stockholm Chance It Donna Woody 'N' You Yesterdays How Deep Is The Ocean? I think 'Donna' was her favorite.

Here's one: 10% off total purchase 11/14/04 - 11/20/03 Not much, but it's better than a kick in the pants.

I ordered both of the upcoming Mosaic Selects based on the strength of my past experience with the wonderful music Mosaic puts out and my desire to try out new artists. I was totally unfamiliar with Curtis Amy and had only heard a few things from Duke Pearson. The same was true for most of my other Mosaic Select purchases with which I have been very happy. I'm listening to the clips on the Mosaic site right now for both of the upcoming selects and can't wait for them to arrive. I have all of the Selects so far and based on what's come out I would consider signing up for a Mosaic Select subscription if they were ever to offer such a thing.

Not sure if this was posted elsewhere, but the upcoming Curtis Amy and Duke Pearson selects are now set for an END of November release instead of mid November according to an email I received from Mosaic. updated: I just looked at the Jazzmatazz site and the Selects were on the November 25th list. We'll have to wait a bit longer.... The GOOD news is there are now soundclips on the site for both selects and the Eldridge.

I've never seen that Jimmy Smith either locally. I did however buy 'Jazz Immortal ' brick & mortar. I'm also having a bit of trouble catching 'My Point of View' and 'The Prisoner' - easy to find online, but not in my local stores.

Thanks for the question and the comments. The Elvin set is on my short list. I love, "For All The Other Times" which is one of the sample clips available on the site. That track kills! For me, the set that may edge out the Elvin is the JJ Johnson, especially if it hits the Running Low list. I haven't heard any such rumors, but based on it's catalog number, it seems logical for this one to head that direction. I would also expect a run on the JJ when it does hit the endangered species list.

I watched the whole thing last night in 5.1 The surround mix is nice and sounds natural, no instrument placement gimmicks. I really enjoyed most of the performances - it was interesting to SEE the music. I think my favorite tracks are Moanin' and Summertime. I was cracking up at Charles Lloyd - the way he was flopping around. I liked the intros between tracks, I thought they were really well done. Does anyone know the name of the guy who did the voiceovers? Sounds like the voice of the old Blue Note Radio. I couldn't find his name anywhere in the credits. The extras were ok. I've got the cover art books and Wolff's photography book so there was really nothing new there. It's still great to see that they took the time to add extras. The only drawback for me is that they decided to end the DVD with Cecil Taylor banging random piano keys for twelve and half minutes. For me the concert will always end with Turrentine, Smith, Burrell, and Tate playing "Scratch My Back." Based on this effort, I'd like to see more DVDs from Blue Note.

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Thanks Rooster, JSngry, relyles, and DrJ for the recommendations. I just ordered Grass Roots. I heard a few clips over at Amazon and that's the kind of Hill I was looking for.

I wouldn't consider myself an Andrew Hill fan. Although prior to Passing Ships my only exposure to Hill was Point of Departure. I am really enjoying Passing Ships, especially the title track. What would else should I be checking out? (more like PS and less like PoD).

I ordered Sonic Boom along with all of the other Conns in this set. Most of these discs were new music to me and I was honestly expecting "just another Morgan date." I now realize my folly in ever combining "just another" with "Morgan date." There is some very beautiful playing by Morgan on this one. I also like the missing piece of The Procrastinator--which I put off buying for the longest time . I am going to play them back-to-back when I get home.

Sorry about that Soul Stream. I'm sending speedy restock and shipping vibes your way. I received my package of all 6 today. I placed my order on 9/13. Do you know when you got yours in? Could it be there are more of us out there than we know? Are we growing in number? Can we rise up and one day retake our rightful place at the top of the music world..... B) Or are we just the poor forgotten minority who has to fight for the few scraps that the retailers see fit to throw us...

Sorry, nothing for the Conns, but Borders does have an in-store promotion going on: 20% Off Selected Jazz - Offer valid 9/29-10/26/03, in stores only. This seems to include the RVGs and the Verve Digipaks.

Has anyone ordered from Daedalus Music? Are they good, bad, or ugly? And from reading the previous posts I didn't see much on the Past Perfect single discs. Do they vary in sound quality from disc to disc or are they uniformly good, mediocre, or bad?

The one I have is called, "Strange Fruit". Don't have the label details handy but the tracks are: 1. Tea In The Sahara 2. Exp 3. Sureal 4. Consider Me Gone 5. Strange Fruit 6. All Over 7. Little Wing 8. There Comes A Time 9. Tribute To M.

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To continue the "I'm too lazy..." concept from another thread. Here is the complete list as posted in Kevin's post over at AAJ: February Sweet Honey Bee / Duke Pearson Ready For Freddie / Freddie Hubbard At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 1& 2 / Donald Byrd (Double) Rockin' The Boat / Jimmy Smith Goin' West / Grant Green Right Now / Jackie McLean March Newk's Time / Sonny Rollins Never Let Me Go / Stanley Turrentine The Cape Verdean Blues - Horace Silver Free Form / Donald Byrd Conquistador / Cecil Taylor Prayer Meeting / Jimmy Smith * * This was originally scheduled to be Breaking Point / Freddie Hubbard The following titles are scheduled to come between May and August of 2004 Breaking Point / Freddie Hubbard Dexter Calling / Dexter Gordon Home Cookin' / Jimmy Smith Inner Urge / Joe Henderson The Sixth Sense / Lee Morgan Destination Out / Jackie McLean Buhaina's Delight / Art Blakey Free For All / Art Blakey Blue Spirits / Freddie Hubbard The Thing To Do / Blue Mitchell The Night Of The Cookers Vol. & 2/ Freddie Hubbard (Double) Serenade To A Soul Sister - Horace Silver Action / Jackie McLean Andrew Hill / Black Fire Doin' Allright / Dexter Gordon One Flight Up / Dexter Gordon In 'N Out / Joe Henderson Tender Moments / McCoy Tyner

My order arrived today. I got the Mulligan (#99/7500), the Chambers (#492), and what should have been the Patton - but got a Bennie Green instead (already have it) I called Mosaic right away and they were very apologetic and said they would immediately ship the Patton and send retun postage for the duplicate Green. I was a little disappointed. Until now I've had a perfect record with Mosaic. I'm happy with how they responded though. Of course with the Chambers and Mulligan sets I'll have more than enough music to hold me over for the replacement Patton to arrive. I'm listening to the Chambers right now and it's got some great material I'm hearing for the first time.

Stone classic. Buy it YESTERDAY. I bought it today, is that ok? Let me answer my own question. It's more than OK. It's pretty dang good. Nancy Wilson has a great voice and the Adderleys (yep, brother Nat is there too) are in fine form. The first 7 of 12 tracks have Nancy Wilson and the rest have: Cannonball, alto Nat, cornet Joe Zawinul, piano Sam Jones, bass Louis Hayes, drums

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I'm ususally not crazy about the jazz "with voices" genre, but there is something about Byrd's A New Perspective that gets me every time. Does anyone have any comments about I'm Trying To Get Home Here is the AMG review (2 stars): A follow-up to trumpeter Donald Byrd's hit A New Perspective, this LP (not yet reissued on CD) also features an eight-voice choir conducted by Coleridge Perkinson and arrangements by Duke Pearson and the leader. The vocalists have a larger role than in the earlier date and Byrd's quintet (with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and pianist Herbie Hancock) is augmented by organist Freddie Roach, guitarist Grant Green and a dozen brass players. But despite some strong moments, the date (which resulted in no real hits) does not quite reach the heights of A New Perspective although it has plenty of interesting moments. — Scott Yanow Does anyone know where I can find some sound clips of ITTGH?

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