Daniel A

The initial post contains a link to the Thelonious Monk blindfold test which is no longer working. I may have missed that it has been up somewhere, but anyway: the BFT is quoted in full in this thread at Jazzcorner: http://www.jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/sh...read.php?t=2331

Bob Florence.

Well I have good news for those interested in the Triangle album. Earlier today I sent a mail to the address quoted on the JMS records website. I just got an answer, although it's a bit strange. It appears that both Triangle and Improvise pour France Musique can be ordered directly from JMS. The pricing seems a bit strange, 25,00€ each. The solo album is a 2 CD set, so 25,00€ seems reasonable. But doesn't it seem more than a tad much for the single CD? International shipping is 10,00€ for two CDs, "postal payment" accepted. After what I've read about 'Triangle' here, it seems as if I have no choice but to order it anyway...

As I take it, the very first post was made out of genuine curiousity regarding what other posters thought about monikers. No need for statements like this, when the benefits of posting without revealing your identity have already been described in a friendly manner. If someone decides to only read fully signed posts, that's his loss (even if one wonders how much use you'd have of a message board with that attitude).

"Today and Tomorrow" was reissued on CD at the the time that was still done under the GRP imprint. Don't you think it will be issued once again eventually?

Is a first name enough? I think it doesn't take long here to get to know more about what kind of persons other posters are. I may know someone by first name only; perhaps I know that he's playing for a living, or that he's just a music fan living in this or that country. As I imagine most other posters have, I've had more personal contact with a few board members, perhaps regarding a trade, or when looking for advice prior to a trip to a country which a certain poster is living in. In those cases I've presented my full name, which the oher part has too. I have no problem taking in the opinions of posters just because I don't know their full name and identity. I tend to make the decision of what to ignore from the contents of a post, rather than if it was signed or not.

I wonder, do they remaster anything, just for making it available as a download? For example, has Paul Desmond's "Summertime" (originally A&M) been released on CD anywhere? I have the LP, would by a CD, will not download!

In my opinion, jazz was never less alive than in 1987.

This happens to be recorded five years ago. I don't own it myself, but I've heard it once and it was a very fine set. Hersch in particular shines, but so does Wheeler.

Yes, you're right of course! Well, the initial statements about the Pearson-Henderson connection still holds, but on a more scant number of albums.

I've missed the story on this, why is it infamous? Ifamously hard to get?

Start with this:

I didn't even realize that myself!! After these sessions Duke didn't sit on Rudy's piano chair until December 7, 1966 when he recorded "Sweet Honey Bee". And guess who was playing tenor...

I agree with you, Tom. That was a mismatch of sorts. One thing I've been thinking of, which may be without any significance but I thought I'd mention anyway: When Ike Quebec died in 1963 Pearson took over his A&R at Blue Note. From that point, these are the Blue Note sessions where he played piano during the following two years: Johnny Coles 'Little Johnny C' (July 18, August 9, 1963) Grant Green 'Idle Moments' (November 4 & 15, 1963) Bobby Hutcherson 'The Kicker' (December 29, 1963) Rejected Grant Green session (February 12, 1964) Grant Green 'Solid' (June 12, 1964) Duke Pearson 'Wahoo' (November 24, 1964) Several of the non-Pearson led dates have been described by posters here as "in reality a Pearson date", or in similar words to the effect that Pearson seemed to have a lot of influence on the date as a whole. Perhaps he just took his A&R role seriously. But anyway, that makes me think that Person might have had something to say when the group was chosen for this particular rejected session as well. Therefore, it seems all the more odd that Gilmore would be picked for the sax part. Is it possible that he stepped in for someone else?

In what kind of format are these downloads available? MP3, WAV or something completely different?

I type really slow - two posts were made meanwhile! I think the confusion regarding the number of discs stems from the fact that the two concerts were initially available on two double-LP sets, and the four CD box contained one CD's worth of extra material.

The Dragon CD release (cat.no. DRCD 228-4) was always 4 CDs, I believe. Contrary to what has been stated sometimes it's still available, for example from swedishmusicshop.com http://www.mic.stim.se/cda/CDs.nsf/wwwcds/...FB?opendocument The price for the 4 CD set is 55 USD, and international shipping for 1-5 CDs quoted as rather modest 6 USD.

Perhaps not a special PC, but the success of copying - or sometimes even playing - such a disc is higly dependent on CD/DVD drive of the PC, or, for that matter, DVD player. Here's a couple of earlier threads on the subject: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...3&hl=protection http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...3&hl=protection

The two disc set Claude mentions is one of the most affecting live recordings I've heard, and I think it surpasses the Stockholm set in this regard. I have not heard the Giuffre set ( ) but I can imagine Coltrane's playing really perplexed the audience. Poster Brownie was there I believe, I think I remember his talking about the atmosphere at that concert in an old thread here.

Makovicz is brilliant, and his entry in the series is almost above average. That said, the standards are high, and there are several others which I consider as equally good. As John, I found the Cedar Walton set less interesting. However, the Hank Jones is excellent and Joanne Brackeen is terrific on the standard tunes (but I don't care much for her originals). Walter Norris is underrated I think, and his Maybeck solo are sometimes a bit similar in style to Makovicz. Anyway, it's one from the series that I think stands out.

FLAC should be entirely lossless, as long as you're not adding any options which alters the WAV file in any way before compressing it. A good guide found here: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=16146

OK, in short: what format are these downloads in?

Does anyone know what kind of compression rates and -formats itunes are offering? I couldn't find sufficient information on their website.

The thing I'm most concerned about is not the possible unability to make copies, but the risk of slight scratches making the discs unplayable, plus the mentally discomforting fact that deliberate data errors have been introduced. I have still not bought any copy controlled discs of any kind. I order my CDs from the US if I want a BN title, but I can definitely say that I'm buying less BN CDs nowadays.

This sounds odd, if you mean you're playing the audio CDs on your DVD player too. If they sound better after having been converted to WAV format it appears that your DVD player does not handle MP3s well. There might have been a thread here (probably more than a year ago) which brought up this problem.