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Very sad news. I bought some great Teddy Wilson and other CDs from Ken. He'll be missed. My condolences.

Just wondering if anyone has one and can give me some feedback on sound quality and surround sound capabilities. I'm thinking of getting sth like this becuase I simply don't want to have all the speakers and cables around my place. Or should I wait (hefty price tag)? Cheers! AKG Hearo 999 Audiosphere II

Susan Sontag, Writer and Social Critic, Dies at 71 New York Times I didn't put this one in politics on purpose.

I didn't ask for anything, but some of the hints I dropped suddenly popped up right here: - The Complete Peanuts (first two volumes, slip-cased), - some Elvin Jones (ProMark) sticks (big surprise, 'cause my last pair cracked the day before), - LOTS of VERY nice (!!!) clothes - My dad, amongst other things, sent me "Nikolai Kapustin. Piano Music (Marc-André Hamelin, piano). Hyperion 2003. - Robert Gottlieb (ed.). Reading Jazz. A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now. Pantheon 1996. - A VERY fancy lighter. - lots more I bought myself the Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, two Basie box sets, the Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 1, plus LOTS of single discs. And the food. Where is that burstin' smilie? It's been a good year. Off to the next lunch! Cheers!

Merry Christmas, Allison! Hope everything will turn out fine in the new year! We're all keeping our fingers crossed ... which also helps us because it keeps us from eating too much stuff these next days. Best to you!

It's past midnight here in old Europe, it's raining and getting warmer by the minute. I'm finishing up some presents and thought I'd try to be the first to wish everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas time sucks. One is bombarded with special offers and also goes for them. I don't know how many boxes and other single issues I got for myself, and when this offer came along, I turned to Brownie for some thoughts on the box (hoping he would tell me to look elsewhere). So, I invested my last hard-earned cash into that one because Guy (of course) told me to get it ... and today it arrived. A glorious box, especially for that amount of money. I'll get hours of enjoyment out of that one, especially now because I have a few days off. Thanks mate!! Volkher To tempt other (European) members of the board, there's ONE left.

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Yep. And I have all of it as well. I think I'll pass this release by then. Cheers!

Does anyone know anything about this session? Quality? Worth getting? 50 Tracks in One Day (With One Hour for Lunch, of Course) Goodman, Benny Price: $14.95 Audio CD (double) JASMINE Product Description Benny Goodman & The Rhythm Makers Orchestra recorded all 50 of these tracks in one day in a session that lasted seven hours, on June 6th, 1935! CD 1: 1. Makin' Whoopee 2. Poor Butterfly 3. Ballad In Blue 4. Changes 5. I Would Do Anything For You 6. Medley: Mood Indigo/Sophisticated Lady 7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 8. Yes! We have No Bananas 9. Rose Room 10. I Never Knew 11. Love Dropped In For Tea 12. Farewell Blues 13. Pardon My Love 14. I Was Lucky 15. If I Could Be With You 16. The Darktown Strutters' Ball 17. St. Louis Blues 18. Indiana 19. I Surrender Dear 20. Bugle Call Rag 21. Can't We Be Friends? 22. Life Is A Song 23. Sweet Little You 24. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 25. Royal Garden Blues CD 2: 1. Sweet And Lovely 2. Three Little Words 3. Sugar Foot Stomp 4. When We're Alone - Penthouse Serenade 5. Devil In The Moon 6. Jingle Bells 7. Restless 8. Sometimes I'm Happy 9. Wrappin' It Up 10. Rosetta 11. You Can Depend On Me 12. Anything Goes 13. I Get A Kick Out Of You 14. King Porter Stomp 15. Diga Diga Doo 16. Down By The River 17. Every Little Moment 18. Star Dust 19. Dear Old Southland 20. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas 21. Lovely To Look At 22. She's A Latin From Manhattan 23. I Know That You Know 24. Stompin' At The Savoy 25. Down South Camp Meetin' Cheers!

I work in a somewhat rural area in Germany, at a school that does not have any of the problems described above. Here, teachers are still respected by both students and parents. The only "problem" children I have are the ones with eating disorders or things of a similar nature. Violence against teachers? Zilch. Most of the parents are upwardly mobile and their kids behave respectively. I've been fortunate enough to be able to help place several students at Cambridge and Oxford, MIT and leading German universities. We have some extremely bright kids here, and the rest are almost always above average ... all 1000 of them. Yes, we do have problems, but it is mostly the teachers that constitute those. Too old, burned out ... or simply too lazy. A problem inherent in the system. It's good to be a teacher here. I think I'm one of the lucky few. Cheers! I agree with the above advice regarding the use of multi-media stuff in class. My experience is that the students have enough contact with all of that in the first place - no need to pour it over their heads at school as well. In small doses it can be quite effective though.

Alexander, I've been teaching for about 12 years now (all levels, but mostly high school classes 9 - 12/13 (we have a 13th grade over here). I could give you a million tips, but ... There's one single thing that I think is really important. If you prepare too much (meaning that you strap yourself in, so to speak), you'll miss the big chance of actually adapting to your students more fully. In my experience, you'll never be teaching the same thing in the same way twice. Every class/course is different and for me, the main aspect of teaching is finding out where those students stand, what they are all about and then to "go with the flow". Adapt your material, add new/different stuff, listen to what the kids say and/or see how they react to certain things and pick it up from there. That does not mean that you don't decide what's done, basically, but if you listen and watch closely and pick up the vibe of your class, your teaching will improve. I guarantee it. It is that aspect of teaching that keeps the job interesting (and actually adds quite a bit of work to the work you already have to do), but it can be very rewarding once you feel that your adaption technique is actually bearing fruit. It took me a while to get the routine to be able to do this successfully, but once you get the hang of it, the fun part of teaching starts. Cheers!

I used to read a respected and rather conservative German music mag that presented its reviews in three columns per page. This was the review of a recording Freddie Mercury of Queen did with Montserrat Caballe, the opera singer. I've taken the liberty and translated it into English. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarf! To this day, I have no idea how that one slipped by the editors, but the letters to the editor column of the next issue was simply flooded with, to say it mildly, critical remarks. It still cracks me up totally, thinking how some editor must have gotten canned over this one. Cheers! Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice the word "jazz" in the title.

The whole package (3 CDs) arrived in perfect shape. Am spinning the 90+ short attention span disc now. Thanks!

This fucking idiot just loved the hell out of "Sheer Heart Attack", his fave Queen album. There's some heavy stuff on that. Cheers!

BTW: Where is that board terminator with the "This Thread Sucks!" sign?

Good heavens, no. Couw, my friend, where should I send my underwear to? Know any good underwear inspectors in the Netherlands?

Oh man, I once passed by an Italian couple having a nap on a bench in a train station, and the odour from their armpits could be smelled at a five feet distance ... so, if sleeping can be defined as some type of working ... They'd probably just had sex. "We're English, we don't have sex." Yeah, you wish ...

Great cake, as usual, Maren!

Sigh. Why does collecting have to be so damn difficult, confusing, and convoluted? Release 1 has tracks two and three, but not four, release 2 has track four but omits two, release 11 has Ellington with belly dancers in the background (listen to the skirts twirl) and release 23 has all of the above in mediocre sound quality (but tracks 6 and 8 were dropped in favor of tape hiss after track 16). I think I'll start collecting Britney Spears. Everything sounds the same, there's no need to remaster anything, and she's only got two songs. The fast one and the slow one. Cheers!

I have one. But I have decided to buy hybrid SACDs whenever there's an important release I don't have and which is available in that format at a resonable price (usually 12 to 15 Euro here, which is acceptable). On my system, there's a definite difference, but it's not so drastic to merit replacing CDs I already have. I'm happy with most of my "standard" CD remasters and given the age of the recordings (my interests are mostly 1930s to middle 60s), I don't think that there's that much to gain. I'm not at all interested in surround sound (although I'm contemplating some surround sound headphones of the more expensive caliber for films), so there's no real incentive for me. Cheers!

We could start a mutual check by some neutral party, like, from the Netherlands ..... I refuse to have Dutch people check my underwear. I simply refuse. That sucks!

Thanks for that one! Interesting. BTW: I've often posted on this board re Teddy Wilson, so I won't repeat all of it here. I'm a big (!) fan, have begun a small collection (usually based on reviews or recommendations here) and consider Teddy Wilson to be one of the most essential (and best) piano players to listen to. I've often heard the criticism (boring, mechanical, monotonous, unimaginative, bla, bla, bla) and I couldn't disagree more. I was lucky enough to have seen him live many times, and still today I remember just about every detail. When he was at Tivoli's "Slukefter" (small jazz club associated with the amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark) I had the chance to talk to him several times and he was a true gentleman (just like Ed Thigpen who he often played or jammed with when in Scandinavia) - very attentive, even after hours of playing live. Very knowledgable (my God, did he know a lot of jazz greats, anecdotes, etc.). Seeing Teddy Wilson play remains a highlight of my life ... and I've seen some good stuff. Teddy Wilson's work is a cornerstone of my collection and his recordings are an endless source of enjoyment. A lot of his stuff can entertain just like that, but I think much of it should get a lot more closer attention than it perhaps has gotten in the past on a wider scale. Listening closely and attentively to his recordings can be very rewarding. Impeccable style and technique all around, often surrrounded by astonishing sidemen that Wilson (especially early on in his career) picked wisely. Some later recordings (70s) suffer from some repetition and some sidemen that just deliver basic stuff, but I still enjoy it very much. Teddy Wilson at his worst is/was still better than most others at their best. Cheers!