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"Anything that can't run away, we blow into smithereens. Yes, Siree Bob!"

Yes, and it doesn't miss a beat ...

Mine arrived early this morning. Thanks, Milan!. I'm about to give it a first spin! Cheers!

Absolutely.

Does anyone know if there's a decent DVD of Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1971)? Here in Europe we have one single catastrophic release (4:3 although the film was released 16:9, crummy sound, virtually no extras, etc.) What's the US version like (the 2nd one, released October 7, 2003)? Anyone have this version? Any others available? Cheers!

As an old Doobies fan, let me chime in here for a second. Livin' on the Fault Line is certainly one of the more controversial Doobies albums, maybe even the Doobies' most difficult one. Many people didn't get it, and those who were looking for the old Doobies sound (Tom Johnston), were hugely disappointed. I have to agree with Aric, somewhat. This album has so much going for it that it is one of the few I still pull out once in a while (the Doobies bug doesn't bite me much anymore nowadays). It's jazzy, it's VERY soulful and it's got some very stylish stuff .... but that is clearly Steely Dan's influence, which you can hear right and left. The sound is also top-notch, by the way. Michael McDonald took the Doobies down a very different road, but I think on Livin' you can clearly hear that he didn't really know himself what he wanted and where the road was supposed to lead to (I think that is the one reason that prevented Michael McDonald from becoming more successful ... also his solo career shows that he turned first that way, then the other, and then a third one, confusing everyone as he went along). Livin' is a hodgepodge of styles and sounds at times, and that might also be its biggest problem for the casual listener. I like this album very much, and it's even got one of my all-time favourite solos (the harmonica on "There's a Light", played by Norton Buffalo) ... don't laugh. Excellent album for people who like their stuff a bit more varied and interesting. And yes, in my collection of several thousand CDs, I would consider this one to be one of the cornerstones. Cheers! P.S.: Surprises me. In Europe and in the shops I frequented, they played this one up and down. But maybe I just went to the wrong shops and listened to the wrong stations? Who knows.

Could very well be. Graves would fit the images I still have in my head. Man, that's quite some years ago I first saw that. Cheers!

OK, I'm digging around my memory here. If I'm not totally mistaken (this is from my less jazz-intensive years), I saw a film about Rashied Ali (Coltrane drummer, right?) once, on a German-French (or is that French-German?) cultural TV channel, ARTE. It was some in-depth portrait (I hope I remember all of this correctly) and it confused me quite a bit ... the guy was doing this wild free stuff (fascinating, but for me, at the time, completely alien stuff), but I also recall distinctly that there was a drum number which had Martin Luther King's "I've got a dream" speech playing in the background. That "number" somehow stuck to me because I thought it was quite a nifty idea (and it was done very well, albeit in a mostly improvisational manner). And, didn't Art Blakey or someone of that class do something similar? I'll do some diggin' around in my collection this weekend. Cheers! P.S.: I'm not betting my life on the fact that it was a film about Rashied Ali, but I'm quite sure.

That's absolutely true. And also some later stuff is just dreary. But his "Gipsy Project"(s) and other recordings of a similar nature are fabulous. Cheers!

Some of these are available again. Link part of Blue Note Spanish Collection is back in stock, some of them in very little quantities. We invite you to visit our web to discover them. NEWS: Reference Label + Artist + Titles The Blue Note Collection CD.001 MILES DAVIS - Blues and ballads CD.002 JOHN COLTRANE - Blue train CD.003 CHET BAKER - Best of Chet Baker sings CD.004 PAT METHENY & JOHN SCOLFIELD - I can see your house from here CD.005 BOBBY MC FERRIN & CHICH COREA - Play CD.006 THELONIOUS MONK - Genius of modem music CD.007 NAT KING COLE & GEORGE SHEARING - Nat King Cole & George CD.008 BILL EVANS & JIM HALL - Undercurrent CD.009 LENNIE TRISTANO & WARNE MARSH - Intuition CD.011 JOE LOVANO - Tenor legacy CD.012 THAD JONES - Detroit NY Junction CD.013 TINA BROOKS - True blue CD.014 BENNY CARTER - Aspects CD.015 LESTER YOUNG - The Complete Aladdin Recording CD.016 COUNT BASIE - The Complete Atomic Basie CD.018 ART BLAKEY - Like someone in love CD.019 BUD POWELL - Bud plays bird CD.020 WES MONTGOMERY – Fingerpickin’ CD.021 BENNY GOODMAN - The Benny Goodman story CD.022 SARAH VAUGHAN - The Benny Carter Sessions 1 CD.023 MILT JACKSON & THE THELONIOUS MONK Quintet CD.024 CHARLIE PARKER - At Storyville CD.025 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - Somethin else CD.026 LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON - The complete sessions CD.027 FRANK SINATRA - Swingin’s sessions and more CD.028 CHARLES MINGUS - The complete Town Hall Concert CD.029 SONNY ROLLINS - Vol. 2 CD.030 KENNY BURREL - Midnight blue CD.031 SHEILA JORDAN - Portrait of Sheila CD.032 LEE MORGAN - The cooker CD.033 DONALD BYRD - Off to the races CD.036 JOHNNY COLES - Little Johnny C. CD.037 WAYNE SHORTER - Speak no evil CD.038 ART FARMER - Modern art CD.039 RACHEL FERREL - First instrument CD.040 DIZZY GILLESPIE - Live at the Village vanguard 1 CD.041 BILLIE HOLIDAY- Billie’s blue CD.042 KENNY DORHAM - Afrocuban CD.043 STAN KENTON - Hi - Fi CD.044 JOE HENDERSON - Page one CD.045 FREDDIE HUBBARD - The night of the cookers CD.046 BOBBY HUTCHERSON - San Francisco CD.047 LEO PARKER - Let me tell you bout it CD.048 LARRY YOUNG - Into something CD.049 ANNIE ROSS - Sings a song CD.050 HORACE SILVER - Further explorations CD.051 STANLEY TURRENTINE - Look out CD.059 DEXTER GORDON - Go CD.063 HORACE SILVER - The styling CD.066 DIZZY GILLESPIE - Live at the Village Vanguard 2 CD.071 LESTER YOUNG - The Complete Aladdin Rec. 2 CD.072 SARAH VAUGHAN - The Benny Carter Sessions 2 CD.081 REUBEN WILSON - Love bug CD.095 JAY JAY JOHNSON - The eminent Jay Jay Johnson II CD.096 THELONIOUS MONK - Changing of the guard CD.098 RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES - Comin’ on home

Now, wait a minute. Buttered popcorn jelly beans are the ONLY worthwhile jelly beans. You just gotta be able to TASTE those chemicals. Cheers!

About time as well.

Any news? Still keeping all fingers crossed ... easy, for a drummer

Hi, the "Duet" one is nice, yes, but, Agustín, try this one: The Complete Gipsy Project. Dreyfus 2003 (2 CD) It's got what you'd like in a nutshell. Excellent CD, collecting his Swing stuff (from that project). Love it. I got it for 9 Euro on sale somewhere ... quite THE bargain. Cheers! P.S.: Haven't been able to find that one the regular way yet. Seems to be a bit more rare. I'll check elsewhere. Will post some links here if I find any. Link with clips: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...4241582-7144844 Edited: factual error

Well, I finally ordered this baby and got it for 61 Euro. Not a bad price. The cheaper ones would have lead to a lot of hassle with customs once again, and I'm seriously tired of that. European protectionism is a pain in the ass. This set is just up my alley and may well be the highlight of the year for me. It's been a Granz year anyway, with this box, the various Montreux DVDs and a whole bunch of Granz Verve sessions I bought. 2004. A good year for (the) jazz (I like) (... but NOT for packaging). Cheers!

Only grunting, as far as I know. I have a bunch of recordings, but they're all the same stuff: a Thigpen tune comes to mind where the solo is accompanied by various guttural sounds ... and at times Japanese-sounding stuff ... but words? I have to check. I don't think so, and I do have quite a bit of drumming stuff. Cheers!

Sorry, but "tomorrow" sounds just fine.

Was glad to hear the slightly more positive news. Keep us posted ... and best wishes yet again!

I screwed up. It's some importer who's asking this price. My French sucks.

That's just typical again: "Joe Gloss (left) and Jim Alfredson of Organissimo (drummer Randy Marsh not pictured)."

Let's see: Amazon Germany has this one for Euro EUR 79,99. Amazon UK has it for £39.99 which equals Euro 57.16. Amazon France has it for Euro 43,86. That's the EU for you. I guess I'll let my good friends in France have the money. Or I'll wait for 2001 (Zweitausendeins) to mark it down a bit. Cheers!

Did you strike gold? Got anything to spare?

Sent you a PM. Tons of best wishes from this side of the Atlantic.

Yep. I bought that one a while back, and although I wasn't too happy with some of the sound quality (some of the earlier stuff on disc 1 could certainly have been remastered in a better way), I was quite happy to own a legit release by them. If you do like West Coast Jazz, this is certainly a box to run out and buy. Great value to boot.