Ron S

Happy Birthday, Chris! I'm still waiting for you to come to Philly to show me around the Italian Market. Enjoy the day!

Sounds like some chain packages going around.

If we can get a sitter, we're going. I'll keep you posted so we can make arrangements to meet there, or even go together if you'd like. And we should make plans to meet Chalupa, also.

couw already replied, 'g' as in 'go'. And it's pronounced gh-eee! As in Guy de Maupassant (someone who wrote almost as well as our Guy).

Happy Birthday! Hopefully you can spend it in a wonderful place, like maybe Paris!

Just be sure that they don't start introducing the American Beaver:

Oops! Wrong thread for this comment... I'll go put it where it belongs! ← As long as Hans and I don't have to move the 5 posts that it spawned.

This is fantastic--but who has the time to listen to even a small portion of these?

He sure does! I just ordered his Hybrid SACD of the Sonny Clark Trio to listen to the redbook layer (no SACD player) based on recommendations here, especially Hans'. It'll be my first Hoffman, and I'm looking forward to it. ← I'm told it's OOP, so I hope you'll be able to get a copy. It's the best digital version I've heard of this album; I've only listened to the redbook layer, though, since I don't have an SACD player. I ordered it from Caiman/Amazon. They claim to have 30 copies available, so we'll see if I get it! And it's your recommendation of the redbook layer that got me to order this, since I don't have an SACD player either. Thanks!

He sure does! I just ordered his Hybrid SACD of the Sonny Clark Trio to listen to the redbook layer (no SACD player) based on recommendations here, especially Hans'. It'll be my first Hoffman, and I'm looking forward to it.

That blow-by-blow description had me on the edge of my seat.

Lucky set.

Oh ye of little faith. You're forgetting--Philly is THE organ jazz trio town.

Actually, a lot of the seats are in balconies that wrap around the theater, and it's a relatively intimate feeling room (especially compared to neigboring Verizon Hall), so it probably wouldn't feel that empty even with a couple hundred people. If you're interested, go to this page and click on "Virtual Tour of the Kimmel Center," and then in the popup window click on the arrow that brings up "Perelman Theater, chamber mode" to see a 360-degree view of the space. You never know--if things keep going the way they have been, Organissimo could play this venue some day.

I may go just to count the number of attendees and prove you wrong. Oh yeah, and also for the great music. And to hang with Chalupa and maybe Alan.

Since I am geographically closest to Alan, I have taken the liberty of appointing myself his agent for purposes of negotiating all record label deals.

Looks like this winter you'll be using THIS coffee maker:

But could you hear all of Keith's moans and groans?

Where in Philly (if you can say)?

I'm hoping to get there, but I'm not 100% yet. And, yeah, the tickets are pricey, but probably are bunch are sold through subscriptions. It's also in the smaller of the two main halls at the center (several hundred seats versus many hundreds), which has pretty good sound. (The larger hall may sound good for an orchestra, but stinks for an acoustic jazz group.) I saw Marian McPartland and Dave Brubeck in Verizon Hall, and they sounded pretty good to me! Have you had bad experience with small-group jazz in Verizon Hall, Alan? I agree that the Perelman Theater is the better of the 2 halls for this show--but it still holds a lot of people (about 650 in Perleman vs. 2500 in Verizon).

I may try to get there--have to talk to the better half.

Are those half-price tickets still available?

Anyone planning to go to this? Chalupa? Alan?

Hmmmmm . . . . . . maybe a Philly Organissimo gig should be a higher priority, huh Jim?

Leave the beer. Take the cannoli.