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Jim, really glad to hear she's doing well. She's a terrific kid! Hope we get to see her again soon (and she can even bring the rest of the family, if she wants to. ). You did a fantastic job handling this (much better than I would have done ). Tell Alison that I was only kidding about the lawsuit . But I am always available for free legal advice should she or Zora ever need it in the future .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Hammond Not exactly the way the Trustees described it.

Herbie Nichols, "The Complete Blue Note Recordings"--all 3 discs

Personally, I'd rate the Cole Porter and Duke Ellington song books as at least as good as the Gershwin set, which was very fine. One of the nicer aspects of Ella's treatments of these songs is that she always sang the verse. It's one of the features that so excited the composers who were still living when she recorded them. As I recall, the Harold Arlen is also a great one--sorta took me by surprise the first time I heard it.

What about that guy Richard Starkey?

You'll love it. It's a phenomenal set!

Buddy Rich, discs 5-7 No Jim Nabors in this set . . . . . . yet.

Blogger?

Too late! Goober has already demanded that you return the personally inscribed photo:

Here.

One of my favs. Especially the Sergeant Carter sessions. Yes! And Goober was a nice surprise as a sideman on those. Dude, Goober isn't even on those sessions--he's on the Mayberry sessions. Furthermore, if you had bothered to read the booklet that came with the set, you'd have seen this rare Francis Wolff color photo from one of those sessions:

One of my favs. Especially the Sergeant Carter sessions. Yes! And Goober was a nice surprise as a sideman on those. Dude, Goober isn't even on those sessions--he's on the Mayberry sessions.

You mean that I'm on those recordings with Buddy??? How could I have forgotten working with such a sweetheart? How are you liking it? I've only made it through the first 2 discs so far and, so far so good. I really liked the last session on Disc 2 with Barney Kessel.

One of my favs. Especially the Sergeant Carter sessions.

I used to be proud of my post count. Then Aggie blew past me, and I realized that any fool can run up a high post count.

As I indicated previously, I've learned to manage my Caiman expectations. Today, however, I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered a fairly rare CD from them last night (they had the best price by far), and as soon as the transaction had cleared, I checked Caiman's individual Amazon listing page which indicates the quantity of the particular CD that Caiman or its suppliers pruportedly have in stock (there's a convoluted pathway you can click through to get to the Amazon Marketplace seller listing for an item you've purchased, if anyone's interested). Well, after my purchase, the listing indicated that Caiman was then sold out of the CD (supposedly meaning that I had gotten the last one). In the past, I've found that any Caiman listing that did not indicate a fairly large quantity in stock (i.e., 10 or more) would mean that my order ultimately would not be filled, and I'd have to cancel. Well, lo and behold, this afternoon I received a shipping notice from Caiman (remember that I just placed my order last night). I don't know whether Caiman has actually improved (it does appear that their favorable rating percentage has gone up to something like 93%, iirc), or this time I just got lucky.

Dude, get a life.

You mean that I'm on those recordings with Buddy??? How could I have forgotten working with such a sweetheart?

That'd be quite a comeback.

Well?

From the new site: http://www.bluenote.com/EditorialDetail.as...amp;promoId=718 Blue Note joins the 21st century.

http://www.bluenote.com/ Anyone else check this out yet? A lot more complex than the old site, and bit harder--and slower--to navigate. But having sound samples of all tracks is a great feature.

Buddy Rich, discs 1-4

Exactly! Newbury Comics goes out of their way to give exceptional service and prices. Caiman, well, does just the opposite! Too many times I've ordered and never received - only to write them & find they didn't have stock in the first place. I also like importcds.com as an amazon seller - NEVER a screw up with the numerous orders I've placed. Agreed on importcds, and of course, Newbury Comics is THE BEST. Another Amazon Marketplace seller from which I've made a lot of good purchases is Moviemars. In my experience, those 3--Newbury, Moviemars, and importcds--are the best of the large-scale Marketplace sellers, with Newbury being a cut above the others.

Yes, indeed! Re Caiman: I'll order from them only if their price is significantly lower than the next lowest reputable seller's. And then, I'll give them only a few days to ship, and cancel if they don't. That significanly lowers the Caiman frustration factor.