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I had this one on my radar - Lon's review moves it up a notch or two on the ladder. Bertrand.

Printed at 1:50 PM EST. I was slow getting up! Thanks again to all who contributed. I hope our avatars don't scare anyone. Bertrand.

At this point, it's the Fantasy Orphan Box! Bertrand.

I will be printing out the thread referenced in the above post tomorrow morning and sending it off, so if you have any last minute thoughts or edits (remember this will be shown to the suits at Concord), this is your last chance! Thanks to everyone, Bertrand.

I don't have this set, but just a thought - could the master take have in fact been an amalgam of the two alternates? Keepnews does this a lot. Of course, you would hope the notes would mention this. I had a similar problem with the Monk Riverside box. There is a 3:09 version of 'Epistrophy' on Monk With Coltrane (which is actually from the Monk's Music sessions), but the box has a 1:46 fragment and a 10+ minute take - nothing in the 3:00 minute range. I know you must have resolved this for your Gryce book - was the 3:09 an excerpt from the long take? Bertrand.

There wouldn't be so many machinations in the Jazz world if people like him weren't so machinatin'. Bertrand.

David, Man, I had no idea you had all these health problems. No wonder I hadn't heard from you in a while. I'll call you soon. Take care, Bertrand.

What's a more efficient way of helping? I donated some money to the Red Cross, and intend to send more over the next few weeks. But are there places that will take food donations as well, and is that just as helpful as the cash donations? I wonder if there's anything more I can do in D.C. This is such an immense tragedy that I am pretty much speechless. Bertrand.

I have the complete Blue Note recordings of Sir John Godfrey. However, I DO NOT have the Complete Jackie McLean/Sir John Godfrey recordings; apparently, Godfrey is the drummer (no 'sir') on the Charlie Singleton side (Star 719) on which Jackie makes his recording debut (on baritone!): 'Camel Walking' and 'Hard Times Are Coming'. By the way, has anyone heard this? It looks like it may be out on some Charlie Singleton CD. Bertrand.

No conspiracy, I'm sure. Just someone low on the totem pole at Sony who fucked up and was caught. Bertrand.

Rick, First off, a big thumbs up for coming here an placing an explanation. That is what I call customer service. Plus, you are to be commended for your decision to honor the lower price - this is a very good decision. Based on this, I will make an effort to try to order some items from you in the future. I admit I have never done so, although I almost took the plunge with the last Wayne Shorter record. You had the Japanese version with the extra track much cheaper than anyone else. In the end, I decided not to get it so as not to cave in to Verve's ridiculous policy of leaving out tunes on the U.S. editions. Which is a good transition to my next point... I find it flabbergasting that Sony changed the list price. Also, if you look at other threads, there were heated discussions about their ridiculous policy of making the last batch of CDs copy-protected. These do not load into iTunes on a PC, making them useless to me. Million-dollar question: did you get any indication from Sony as to whether the Cellar Door set will be copy-protected? This is a main sticking point in my decision as to whether to order it or not. Thanks, Bertrand.

Chris, I hope we can hear the Frank Haynes one day. It's not like his stuff is crowding the bins. Bertrand.

Does Dodo Greene still 'sing' at the Anchor Bar? A Blue Note legend! Bertrand.

One of the many reasons I never go to AAJ. Bertrand.

Reminder: the thread I will print and send to Cynthia is here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=15#entry405139 This is just a general discussion thread. Bertrand.

I'll add James Spaulding to the list of people to whom youmustbe shows nothing but venomous disdain. Let's recap: 1. Keith Jarrett 2. Wayne Shorter 3. Michelle Mercer 4. Al Jarreau 5. Kurt Elling 6. James Spaulding I wonder how all these people feel about you. Bertrand.

I can't stand either of 'em as performing artists, but if it were true that they were lovers, I would not have a problem with it. Why would anyone? Bertrand.

That solves item 3, the one that is most easily solved. For 2, I checked Mike's site, and there does not seem to be that much more known stuff, so this is not holding me back. I'll wait a bit longer for an answer to 1. Thanks, Bertrand.

Just picked this up with the Borders' 25% coupon. However, it's the GRP version. Before I open it, I had a couple of questions: 1. Do we know if there is an upgraded 20-bit version in the works (haven't checked jazzamatazz yet)? 2. Are there any known unissued tracks from this date? I'll check Mike's Art Davis discography in a minute. 3. How is the music? I heard this once and was indifferent. But it's got Dolphy and Booker Little, so I don't know. How much soloing does Little do? Thanks, Bertrand.

Concerning the third unissued session, I have some info from Andrew White's memory. Stuart Kremsky at Fantasy confirmed that this session was in their archive, but either he did not have a track listing or did not give it to me. Andrew remembers that Joe Chambers is on the date, and also that there was at least one composition of Joe's, possibly called 'The Maze'. Never found a copyright for this one. Not much help for now. Bertrand.

Some of these are 'real player', nor 'iTunes'. What gives? Bertrand.

I will hold off on buying the Complete Impulse Coltrane until a 20-CD set is released in 2025. Bertrand.

A very happy birthday to one of the most incredible musicians ever to walk this planet. He is an inspiration. Bertrand.

Does your daughter's teacher offer to pay the mortgage on a house big enough to fit a piano? If my son winds up taking piano lessons and we get such a teacher, I'll have to work out a deal with the hotel across the street. They have a couple of pianos sitting around that no one seems to use... Alternatively, I'll get him started on sax instead. I had an offer by a well-known Baltimore-DC area player to bring him around and get him started on the mouthpiece. Since I already have an alto, I wouldn't need to buy anything and I can wait to see if he actually wants to pursue this. He's a big Jackie fan, so alto may be the way to go. Bertrand.

I would like to get a keyboard as well for my son. A piano is out of the question for space reasons in our townhouse (even if I ditched my wall of CDs), so I have to go the keyboard route. Considering the price of houses in the DC area ($800 K), moving is not in the cards right now. I will be interested in keyboard suggestions on this thread. Bertrand.