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The way KB phrases the melody on "I Never Knew"... one of my favorite things in all of jazzdom. There, I said it again.

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I just spoke with Bill and he's doing fine! I'll pass along the well wishes. Hey, Bill, have a great one.

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That's very nice of him, but it doesn't really clear up everything... for me, at least. Winding provided (or told him where to get) a privately produced CD? I'm not sure what that means (a limited CD run? a CDR?) Then, Kiesewetter makes the recording available through NFR... and my question is... how many NFR CD's were produced? It would also seem natural to question the legitimacy of this guy's operation (kind of odd how he altered the cover of that Collectables release), but I'm not really all that concerned about that. I just wonder how this worked logistically. Does he have an inventory that he's now going to dump locally, or what? ===== Marcus, thanks for the info... I kind of suspected that was the case.

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Can't seem to link to the Gokudo scans (problem with "dynamic pages"...). At any rate, my favorite BN covers tend to be earlier than most of those mentioned (10" LP's and 1500 series covers). I like Clifford Brown's "New Star On The Horizon", and the one with Gigi Gryce and Brownie with the yellow cover with the fish theme. I also like the Warhol cover for Burrell's 1543; "Jimmy Smith At The Organ"; Lou Donaldson's "Swing and Soul"; and the shot of Hank on 1568. From the 4000 series, "Midnight Blue" is a favorite, as well as "True Blue". I also love "Gooden's Corner", because I had a hell of a time finding that LP, and never thought I'd get a copy (naturally, the Mosaic set came out soon after I did).

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Gotcha, Jim. That's what I figured you meant... I agree that although coach K is but one coach at one university, he is doing his part to teach the game to young players, and that can only help the NBA. I guess my point is that the NBA needs something more than what the NCAA coaches have already been doing for years and years. Maybe David Stern will eventually begin to realize that his approach (advertising individual superstars/personalities/highlight reel dunks/etc, instead of addressing the decline of fundamentals and the team concept) needs to change. I know that there are quite a few ex-players (some of whom are legends, like Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell) who have been outspoken about the league's problems (and in turn, the USA team's problems). Is anybody listening? I'm sure a lot of the owners and coaches are, but I suspect that the young talents (especially those who bypass college) are not paying that much attention, and that's the root of the problem, it seems to me.

Hopefully. I hate Duke, but I have a lot of respect for Coach K. He needs to stay put and teach his impressionable students the game. Hopefully that will help get the NBA back to the basics of playing basketball. I'm not sure I follow that, Jim. If you mean stay put as coach of the U.S. team, I can see some logic there (although the NBA stars aren't "impressionable students", and our problems go way beyond who we choose for a coaching staff, imo); On the other hand, if you mean stay put at Duke... how will that change anything? At any rate, I definitely agree that the NBA players need a wake-up in terms of getting back to basics. Someone suggested to me today that "free throw shooting is not cool". I think there's probably some truth to that. Of course, that's only one part of the problem, but that was the stat (and that's the thing from watching the NBA over the last several years) that really makes me shake my head. FT shooting and defense... those would be two things that definitely need to be re-programmed into young players.

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Wow... I've always liked that photo, but never knew who took it. Goldblatt's name has been very familiar to me from seeing it on so many album covers over the years, but it's easy to take the work of someone like that too much for granted. His cover art is included in at least a couple of books ("Jazzical Moods", "In The Groove"), and I believe there are books that feature his photography, but it would be nice to see a full retrospective/compilation/biography along the lines of Manek Daver's books on David Stone Martin and the more recent books devoted to Jim Flora and Alex Steinweiss.

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"As they warmed up before Friday's semifinal against Greece, the U.S. players put on a jam session for the fans. Dwight Howard dunked emphatically. Dwyane Wade bounced the ball off the backboard, caught it and stuffed. Elton Brand jammed an alley-oop pass. Finally, LeBron James flew down the lane for a tomahawk. As the crowd roared, the Greeks lined up at the other end and shot free throws. The moment foretold Greece's 101-95 victory in the semifinals of the world championships." The U.S. team shot 59% from the free throw line against Greece. 59% I haven't played basketball on any kind of regular basis for decades, and I'm pretty sure with a few weeks of practice, I could shoot over 60% from the FT line. Unbelievable.