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... spooky.

I don't think a system like that has been invented yet. I put mine into a huge shelf system (Ikea) and leave some space at the end of single rows so I only have to shift some CDs (I have about twice as many as you do, or more) everytime I add new ones. But a total reshuffeling of the CDs becomes necessary once in a while because I also buy too many. I just redid the whole thing last week which will give me a few months without headaches. Or a few weeks.

Either my search skills suck or this CD hasn't come up here yet. Many people will probably yell at me for posting this but despite my usually avoiding anything Sample has recorded the past two decades or so, this CD gets a lot of airplay at my place. This review from Amazon really nails why I like this CD: Most of the other reviews elsewhere usually avoid really reviewing the disk saying that it is Sample and that he's reached an age at which he doesn't need to prove anything, (hence the neutrality of the review) ... All the ones I read online that have a serious look at the disk don't really like it and word their reviews about like this (JazzTimes): Hm. I guess I suck at recorgnizing good technique. I'm also apparently not conservative enough. Despite a large number of classic interpretations or original recordings of many of these tunes in my collection, I still love this disk (and the sound quality). Anyone have it and share my enthusiasm? You can listen to an NPR interview with SDample discussing this recording: NPR Interview

For the serious collector, I don't think this box is really an option. But for someone who would like to get a huge sampling of jazz to play on his/her average stero setup (there are actually quite a few people who listen to stuff on their boom boxes or other run-of-the-mill machines ... I, for example, have a pretty decent stero, a PC with a half-decent sound setup and a crummy Sony portable in the kitchen) this box is a true bargain. And, @wolff, LYAO every time these European thingies come along won't make them go away. And some of the stuff these folks have done sounds damn good. Sorry.

http://www.newstoday.com/cinema/cinema.php?id=28

JPC (the shop I linked to) usually has prices as cheap as 2001. So, no (real) chance there to get it cheaper than that, I think. Besides, I think CDRs are more expensive than the CDs in this box ... and that includes the book and the box!

These Membran folks [TIM/Documents] must have thrown in every single tune they ever released.

erm.... at 0,71422619047619047619047619047619 cents per CD, this puppy would only cost 1 euro 19,99 cents. Back to the school bench with you! ← Oops. Well, it's cheap.

This one comes from the same folks that put out those 10-CD cheapo boxes talked about elsewhere (Shaw, Holiday, Parker, Nat King Cole, Goodman, ...) and I have no idea about the remastering (the info on the originating German page sucks [remastered from vinyl, tape or other]) but it could be a nice present for someone who maybe isn't into jazz/blues that much? Otherwise you could order several as door stops, letter weights (for lots of letters) or as a lethal weapon in an attempt to get people out of the way quickly who have so far stood inbetween you and your jazz purchases. - 168 CDs (this thing must weigh a ton!) - more than 3000 tunes - end of 19th century up to middle 50s (EU copyright law ) - 360 page book with bio of artists (probably no recording data, as usual) - to be released August 15, 2005 - Euro 119,99 (that's 0,71422619047619047619047619047619 Euro per CD!) # Classic Jazz - Dixieland - Ragtime Scott Joplin, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, Buster Bailey, Johnny Dodds, Louis Armstrong, Louis Russell, Red Nichols, McKinneys Cotton Pickers, Jack Teagarden, J. C. Higgenbotham, Benny Carter, Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces, The Rhythmakers, Sidney Bechet, Washboard Rhythm Kings, Mezz Mezzrow, Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, George Wettling, Lu Watters, Bobby Hackett, Edmond Hall, Barney Bigard, Kid Ory, Wilbur De Paris, George Lewis, Louis Armstrong # Blues Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mississippi John Hurt, Tampa Red, T-Bone Walker, Josh White, Blind Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Big Joe Williams, Robert Johnson, Kokomo Arnold, John Lee Willamson, Sonny Terry, Sleepy John Estes, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Big Joe Turner, Roosevelt Sykes, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Otis, B. B. King Jimmy Witherspoon, Howlin' Wolf, Ray Charles # Boogie Woogie Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Big Band Boogie # Swing To Bebop - Modern Jazz Joe Venuti + Eddie Lang, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Shavers, Charlie Christian, Dexter Gordon, Erroll Garner, Slam Stewart, Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson, Don Byas, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Lennie Tristano, Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro, George Shearing, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Herbie Mann, James Moody, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, Modern Jazz Quartett, Jay Jay Johnson, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Paul Quinichette, Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers, Horace Silver, Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Barney Kessel, Lou Donaldson, Art Farmer, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean + Donald Byrd, Jazz Messengers # Big Bands Bennie Moton, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Bunny Berigan, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Erskine Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Shorty Rogers # Vocalists Boswell Sisters, Mills Brothers, Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Ivie Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Andrews Sisters, Lena Horne, Anita O'Day, Billy Eckstine, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, June Christy, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Billie Holiday Edit: Added more info (price, etc.)

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Thinking of it seriously, but I need to check my collection to see how much of this stuff I have already. And THAT I don't have time for at the moment.

A birthday is always a good day to do major things on, like moving ... Have a great one!

published in 2004:

We really should collect all these whining-about-European-reissue-labels (legal or not, fact or fiction, and whatever...) posts and put them all into one single thread. It'd be a couple of miles long, but it would certainly be helpful to remind us that every single argument etc. has been talked to death here already.

I just saw the trio with SILJE NERGAARD at a local festival. The singer was OK (have seen her many times and have my problems with her program and dircection in general), but the trio was fabulous (supplemented by a guitar player who fit in really well). Lots of slower numbers including some fascinating Norwegian material which I knew from having spent altogether about two years up there. The most fascinating number was the last one, a popular lullaby which Nergaard and Gustavsen performed alone. Very lyrical and perfect harmony. Gustavsen was allowed quite a bit of "stretching" time and it was he who got the most thunderous applause whenever he decided to really let things take off (usually for 5 minutes and more plus a long trio solo number in the middle) - his solos are a real tour de force, developing from single quiet notes into explosive outbursts (at times he looked like he was going to crawl into the grand). Very impressive. Because I saw him in the same place just about one year ago, Esbjörn Svensson and Gustavsen do have quite a few things in common when it comes around to developing longer solos (Gustavsen usually sans electronics, although he did have a Rhodes along which he played on two of the funkier numbers). Now I just have to catch the trio solo. They're a lot more dynamic group live, which their CDs at times only hint at. Edit: Forgot to mention that Jarle Vespestad (drums) was not along and that the new one (only for Nergaards band or also for the trio?) did NOT compare!

CDRs? Disconforme? Never heard of them. Are they good? Do they swing?

Interesting point.

Naah. It's a small world today.

Munich, Germany, on the 14th of this month.

That's for sure. ← Yes here at Organissimo you get red/blue, the Wynton debate AND Mac/Windows. If we get started on jewel case vs. digipak we'll have all the great contentious debates of our times under one roof. --eric ← Bush vs. Kerry? Stanley Crouch vs., err, everyone? Schapp? ... Digipacks are great but a pain in the rear end to shelve. They make everything tip over all the time.

Greg, I would go for it. I've had refurbished stuff before and was happy with it. The 90-day guarantee should be enough to make sure stuff doesn't blow up in your face. Refurbished printers (which are basically renovated used printers, at least here in Germany) are a whole 'nother thing (and market). Often expensive parts might have run for a while already while cheaper ones were replaced. The life-span of the printer might be relatively short if you, after one year, suddenly have to dish out $150 for a core unit.

That's for sure.

In the next weeks I'm going to see: JOHN SCOFIELD BAND MARILYN MAZUR BENNY GOLSON & CEDAR WALTON QUINTET COMPANIA MARIA SERRANO KARAMELO SANTO & DESORDEN PUBLICO SILJE NERGAARD JOHNNY CLEGG LIZZ WRIGHT NILS PETTER MOLVAER CHICO CESAR & RAY LEMA DE PHAZZ BOBO STENSON TRIO CHARLIE MARIANO & DIETER ILG plus some lesser-known stuff. I helped the organizers of two local festivals and got free tickets. Am looking forward to hearing some new stuff, especially KARAMELO SANTO & DESORDEN PUBLICO from Argentina/Venezuela (... Salsa and Cumbia, Ska, Punk, Reggae und pure Rock’n’Roll ... heard their debut CD and liked it. Very energetic) and Compania Maria Serrano (Flamenco diva I've heard of but have never seen).

We definitely need a map here, depicting Chris's progress across that vast wasteland. It would need to be updated regularly. Anyone up for it?