J.A.W.

Hnmmm ... tasty flame wars. What? I think Kenny is referring to "The Charlie Christian Discussion Group" (link on this page - scroll down)

Excellent, he got what he deserved. Let's hope the suspension will be upheld in an appeal.

Will do.

I'd recommend the Columbia 4CD-set, the more so as I'm not sure where the other labels got their remasters from.

Problems here too, I couldn't access the board in the last 15 minutes.

They should also look into Totti's vicious attack on a Danish player; he only got a yellow card, it should have been red. What a nasty player

The French are my favourites too, though I was disappointed by their performance against England.

I'm not sure about that. I got the impression that Advocaat was (and perhaps still is) the Dutch FA's favourite, despite his lack of real success.

Not with this manager. Their preparation was disastrous and the first match was a confirmation of the poor state the team's in. If this is the situation, why do you think he was appointed??? No idea. The ways of the Dutch FA's executives are inscrutable.

Not with this manager. Their preparation was disastrous and the first match was a confirmation of the poor state the team's in.

I don't think the Dutch team will go through. The players have a lot of individual qualities, but they don't seem to be able to play as a team. I'm not a fan of manager Advocaat, who never really seems to know what he's doing and who's never won anything important with his teams (PSV Eindhoven, Rangers, the Dutch team twice), and I hope he'll go as soon as the tournament is over for the Dutch, which, again, might be pretty soon.

I'd be happy to donate too. I wonder if Jim would accept any donations, though - it would make it nearly impossible for him to ban anyone who has donated, wouldn't it...

This set is absolutely wonderful - in small doses. Get it while you can.

Did anybody order any discs from the first batch? How's the sound compared with the "Blue Note Works" TOCJs?

I don't believe I have ever heard her. What does she play / contribute? Cello, violin and (the main reason for my dislike of the CD) voice.

Saw it too - on MSNBC and CNN. Another great artist gone.

I think I'm going to sell my copy of Lacy's Clichés; I don't like Irène Aëbi's contributions.

Hiroshi Tanno told me there's no mention of a remastering engineer on the obi or elsewhere on the outside of these (sealed) CDs.

Hiroshi Tanno told me there's no mention of a remastering engineer on the obi or elsewhere on the outside of these (sealed) CDs.

Published on the BBC website today: Bardot fined for 'race hate' book French film legend Brigitte Bardot has been fined 5,000 euros (£3,301) for inciting racial hatred in a book. The charges against Bardot, 69, related to her best-seller, A Cry In The Silence, in which she said she "opposed the Islamisation of France". Last month the former actress apologised in court, and said: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody." In her book she wrote about issues such as racial mixing, immigration, the role of women in politics and Islam. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes and praised previous generations who, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders. Bardot's comments prompted anti-racism groups to launch legal proceedings against the actress, who now campaigns for animal rights. The court said: "Madame Bardot presents Muslims as barbaric and cruel invaders, responsible for terrorist acts and eager to dominate the French to the extent of wanting to exterminate them." It awarded a symbolic one euro in damages to France's anti-racism movement MRAP and to the League for Human Rights who brought the case to court. The court also ordered a 5,000 euro fine against the head of Bardot's publishing house, Le Rocher, and ordered both to pay for advertisements in two newspapers announcing their convictions. Bardot has previous convictions for inciting racial violence after criticising in print the Muslim practice of slaughtering sheep. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/worl...ope/3794513.stm Published: 2004/06/10 14:30:01 GMT © BBC MMIV

Ditto the Carnegie Hall Concert? The Carnegie Hall concert was released separately, in a remastered 2CD-set in 1998.

From Alan Lankin's Jazzmatazz site: Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Berlin: Complete Miles Davis 1963-64 recordings - 6 CDs (Columbia) Sept — Probably Seven Steps to Heaven (studio, 1963), Miles in Europe (Antibes, 1963), My Funny Valentine/Four & More (Philharmonic Hall, 1964), Miles in Tokyo (1964) and Miles in Berlin (1964) and including some unreleased material, mostly from Antibes Jazzmatazz

Paul Chambers / Wynton Kelly #1687 Lee Morgan / Wayne Shorter #1656

Happy birthday and many happy returns!