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Thanx guys! I'll have a look. Cheers!

Hi everyone, over on the vdrums.com forums someone recommended the Tete Montoliu Trio. Now, I recall seeing him in Denmark in the 70's and have since lost sight of him. Quite a bit of his stuff is available through Amazon, but I'm looking for 70's recordings featuring his trio of that time. Does anyone have any info on some more obscure CD (re-)releases not commonly found on Amazon etc.? Any info welcome. Cheers!

Brownie, that would be great. If you could mail it to me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help! Volkher

Dear board members, those of you who have been on my site might have read the long entry on Ed Thigpen there. Although Ed does have his own website online, I'm planning to pull out all the stops and within a year (I have to do this on the side, next to several other sites I run) put out as good a site on Ed Thigpen with as much information about him as can possibly be found. I have quite a lot of experience in web design and I promise to make this both a visually satisfying and content-rich experience. The first few months will be spent compiling any available information (biography, discography, teaching materials, articles, interviews, images, etc.) which will then need to be sorted out and categorized. Stage two will be the actual design process (the site will be a combination of static and dynamic (database, mySQL, php) pages). The projected publication date is December of 2004. I have already done quite a bit of research, but ... here's how you can help: Of all the forums I frequent, this one seems to be the one with the most dedicated members and visitors. So, I'm asking for help here first (if you can provide any assistance, no matter in which way, your name will be listed on a site contributor list [unless you don't want to be listed there, of course]): 1) Ed Thigpen has been involved in way over 700 recordings. It would be great to have a cover scan plus any available information for each one. I only have a miniscule amount of his stuff, so any (!!) help in this area is appreciated. I'm happy about any scan I can get. I prefer high resolution scans (absolute minimum 500 * 500 pixels, maximum (no limit)), but anything will do. Because I'm online 24/7 and on DSL, I can handle quite a bit of traffic. If scan sizes exceed a tolerable size, please PM me first. We could use FTP or other ways to transfer stuff so I don't clog up my various e-mail accounts if more than one scan arrives within a shorter period of time. 2) I have no English-language interviews or (as yet) source information. Any help in this department is appreciated (either scans, copies (I'll pay the postage) or source information). 3) If you happen to have any rare items, anecdotes, quotes or anything else, I'm interested. 4) etc. ... I think you get the picture. One last word. Because I am a high school teacher living in separation, most of the money I have left is spent on my various sites and, of course, my music and book library. I cannot pay for much, besides postage here and there. Just wanted to mention that up front. But, the site will be a reality, and it will be paid for. Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer and for taking the time to read this. Cheers! P.S.: I'll keep you updated in this thread re any information gathered, stuff I'm still looking for, site progress, etc. P.S.: If you do send any stuff or want to get in touch with me, please include your real name if you want it to appear anywhere. My name: Volkher Hofmann mailto:deus@deus62.com Site: deus62/jazz

From the review of the newest Matrix film on cnn.com: "When Moss and Reeves lock lips, it looks like two wire coat hangers trying to get it on." The rest doesn't fare any better. Cheers.

Didn't anyone tell you it was BYOB (bring your own beer/booze). Thanks. I'm glad I was finally told. Your reward: link Cheers!

I thought I would be getting complimentary drinks with each post? What happend to that? Huh? Time to talk to the management.

I wouldn't mind knowing if any of you have any of these frames. Are they as good as everyone on the site says? How about mounting them on the wall, etc.? Any input is appreciated. The Record Album Frame Cheers!

From the posts in this thread so far I would say the department botched the job no matter what - the thing is gonna go flying anyway ...

Capitalism.

Thanks" Thigpen is one of the best, and still going very (!) strong. Thigpen & Jeff Hamilton. Both class acts. We'll just have to see if Hamilton can achieve what Thigpen has. I sent a reply your way via PM. Cheers!

When some author was asked if director X had ruined his book, he turned around, pointed at the book up on the shelf and replied: "No, it's still there." (Or something like that. No matter what, I thought the answer was cool). That said, I think it is absoluetely astonishing that some good musicians are not treated better on the Internet. Just try looking for some worthwhile and somewhat classy presentation of one of the geniuses of 20th century music: Errol Garner. I know you can guess what the outcome will be. I mean if the record companies don't give a hoot, why should others? My complaint is that there are not enough people out there willing to put up the effort to fight back all the shite that's floating around out there. And if (only if) useful stuff is available, there are too few people (in the jazz community) willing to go beyond the most basic layout to present some of the great content they have to offer. Most of the sites which are good on the content side are still stuck in the stoneage of web design and are about as boring as Bush on crack. I start gagging when I click through jazz websites (despite the often fantastic content) which were seemingly designed two days after Berners Lee (almost single-handedly) invented the whole Web thing. We spent hours drooling over Blue Note record covers and at the same time we don't mind sifting through grey pages with 16 typefonts, hysterically bad animated gifs, 200 different fluorescent colors and headlines in size 36. -= barf =- [P.S.: I didn't get enough sleep last night].

That wouldn't happen to be ---> this one? Turn it up and go with the flow ...

Hey, cool! I like those. Might get myself a matted print. May I ask what an original commissioned piece (I wouldn't mind a nice one of Ed Thigpen) would cost me? Mind you, at the moment I'm flat broke (I just bought a whole series of CD boxes, which set me back quite a bit, and my electronic drum kit is alive, I swear ... it's eating cash constantly). but in the new year I could go for it. Send me a PM or a mail: deus@deus62.com. Which also happens to be my site (for those who didn't know). Cheers!

More: Apparently they are hand-painted (which would probably result in a stiff price) - if you look at the close-up shots, it is clearly visible. Still, I like 'em. A lot. But, I'm a bit sceptical. The above mentioned printshop offers exactly those kinds of reproductions. You scan something at at about 3000 * 3000 pixels (or bigger), retouch or do other work on it, and they will print it for you on canvas (gives it an oil painting look; sizes between 50 cm and 1 meter 50, as far as I recall; laquer finish and all). Somehow I can't shake the feeling that one could do the same kind of thing a lot cheaper that way. Cheers!

Way cool! Just had to add that.

Have a look at this site: Jazzcover.de It seems to be the site of A Berlin/Germany gallery which sells (Blue Note and other) cover reproductions (painted or printed, large size, big enough to look great in any hallway or room) by a German artist. Click on "English" top right of the pop-up window to read the text. Click on the image band at the bottom for photos. Man, I would like this guy to make me some of my fave covers ... which he apparently does. Then again, a printshop in Germany offers the possibility to print large canvas reproductions from Photoshop scans/artwork from about 150 Dollars upwards. I'll let you know what they answer. Have sent a mail to find out about prices, etc. Cheers!

I'd be interested in finding out how much traffic this forum produces. Any statistics?

Moose the Mooche (#2): "Rhythm changes" by Charlie Parker. [oops ... link doesn't work (Tripod's stupid remote loading protection). Go to the one below and select the first tune.] Found on: Organ Freak Length: 09:59 Note from the site: "Begins with Groove's comment about his dinner, you gotta hear this! This thing swings like a mother. Notice how he turns on the vibrato right on the break leading into the solo. Outrageous comping under the guitar" Cheers!

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The search didn't cough anything up (or I didn't use the right search terms), and the members list doesn't display any. Just wondering if any of you have an (interesting) website of your own out there? Cheers.

Thanks for that link. I just needed that laugh. I know it's dumb, but this one just cracked me up ... Cheers!

Are you sure it's Diana Krall (and not Patricia Barber or Jacinta ... or however you spell her name)? The German (totally complete) site lists all available songs by Diana, and "Autumn Leaves" is not amongst them. It would surprise me (unless it is brandnew) if the webmaster had missed this standard. The site is known for its utter attention to detail. Cheers. http://www.dkrall.de/alben/songographie.htm Note: All the references to this song through Google seem to come from Winamp generated playlists. If one person mislabled the song, millions downloaded it and thought it was D.K. Just a thought.