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I like the bass. That's E.L.P., VERY early in the morning. ... "Hey man, we're parked."

1. Don't have it. I wonder why not. Beautiful! 2. I'm working my way back and haven't reached those recordings yet. But now I have to. 3. Yep. I like these guys. Very, very interesting stuff ... and quite quirky. I watched some online video not so long ago where they played live in some radio studio. Can't recall where, but it certainly got all my attention. Very, very intersting and sometimes quirky stuff. Interesting new twists all around. 4. A classic. Often played around here. 5. I have that one. I guessed Powell, but I didn't know the exact details. 6. Yep. I went to look for that one today ...AND found it, which rarely ever happens. Both boxes are regular CD fodder, but telling all of this stuff apart and nailing down sessions is way beyond my abilities. 7. Nope. But something I have to definitely look into. 8. Yo! Love it! I've got a really awful, err, uhm, copy of it. 9. Damn. I had no clue. 10. Easy, and contrary to many others, just like the Jarret below, I think it's excellent. I have all the Mehldau Trio discs, but they are just too much of a good thing. I get tired of his playing easily these days. It just doesn't have the depth to keep up my interest for too long, and no matter how varied and positive the reviews for later recordings were, I think starting with disc three, M. didn't have much more to say. The same stuff for the umpteenth time. 11. Despite the adverse recording circumstances and the day-glo cover, I love this disc. And I don't give a hoot about the groaning. I've gotten to think that it's part of the music. I love to watch this guy. I think he's one of the most sincere players alive today, contrary to the frequent "it's all an act" statements. The Standards stuff is superb, also or especially on DVD. 12. The Monk was instant recognition, simply because my dad and I disected that one a few weeks back. And, Monk is not so easily recognizable all the time. I tricked myself many a time when I put some of my own collection burns on. Monk can sometimes be a lot more tricky when isolated and presented in a piano selection. 13. Nope. A definite must-buy. 14. Sorry, Caine is not my cup of tea. But it might very well be one day. 15. Damn good. Must have. Again, beautiful disc, right up my alley and already now my favourite BFT disc. In 2007 I will top it with my selection (yeah, right). Cheers! [edited for the keyboard malfunctions]

Alexander, I'm dumb. There's finally a disc for me which totally nails what I like (I'm a piano jazz guy) and because I got the disc so late (problem has been discussed elsewhere), I couldn't resist peeking, then looking ... and finally reading intensively long before I got my sweaty hands on the disc. Sucks. I'm dumb. The only thing I can say in my defense is that it can also be fun working on the anticipation level up to a point at which you rip the letter open and kick-start the CD Player before the disc is fully out of the sleeve. I love the disc, but I have nothing to contribute. I have some of this stuff, of course, I'm sure I would have recognized lots of it (yeah, right) and I could have made some pretty nifty and totally accurate guesses, had I not read all the answers before. I mean, just one peek told me that this was going to be my kind of disc and from there on my curiosity got the better of me. Sorry! But, without denting the value of the other BFT discs, this is my favourite so far. Thanks! Love it! I'll post a few more thoughts towards when the experts and honest BFT participants have had their say. Cheers!

Hell, you know that you've signed up for too many of these newsletters when you receive, all at once, 7 versions of the current Blue Note release. I have a few ( ) e-mail accounts, and somehow I guess I signed with a new account forgetting that I was already signed up. And then there's Jazzmatazz@yahoogroups.com, info@connaisseur-mailorder.de (LP mail order), DR's (Danish Radio) jazz-listen [blackhole@dr.dk], info@cds-24.de (sometimes good second-hand offers), my connection to Danish releases via nyhedsbrev@cdskiven.dk, the old trusty Mosaic Records [mailinglist@mosaicrecords.com], German jazz radio and jazz magazine sites, jazz-related Google news and others, board newsletters, other newsletters, newsletters and, and, and, bla, bla, bla Constant temptation. Permanent reading. Freakish. Am I the only nerd? Cheers!

Will everyone just S-H-U-T U-P already! Jeez, just stop using words like great, fantastic, awesome, etc. with these sets. I need clothes, I need to paint my place, I finally want to actually go on holidays this summer instead of just always talking about it, I want to finally invest some more into my drum kit, I need good connectors for my stereo ... AND NOT ANOTHER MOSAIC AGAIN! QUIET! SHUT UP! *please*

Amazing how this politics stuff keeps on spilling over, even into birthday threads. Thanks for the greetings, wishes and cakes, everyone! Time to grow older ...

Hm. Cheers!

Being an avid cyclist myself, it would have indeed been a stranger thing if Brandon had hit the bus, dragged it along for a few meters and left it lying in the dust. God, I've been waiting for a news item like that for centuries! Cheers! P.S.: I had a slightly similar run-in with a larger truck several years ago at a crossing (classic dead spot in the rearview mirror kind of thing). Glad you didn't get hurt, Brandon! You were damn lucky. A student of mine got run over by a bus 11 years ago and a] the driver didn't notice and b] absolutely nothing distiguishable was left of the student. I know, because I was asked to identify the victim. I couldn't. [Edit: I keep on forgetting about the b] B) bug]

Art Tatum has been around this household from the start. If you are into piano, Tatum is just where its at. I can't get too much of him, but listening to a lot of his sides in a row can be exhausting. I'm (once again) on a Teddy Wilson spree at the moment (the new April Storyville release just moved to the very top of my shopping list), so Tatum was neglected a bit until I (re)read this thread. Just pulled out the Complete Pablo Boxes for a spin (I can work up a steam to Tatum). Cheers!

One of my favourites. I don't really have any of his stuff, but I saw him live in Denmark TONS of times. Simply great music! Cheers! [edit]: Took out tour info, which was incorrect.

Ditto! Thanks & Cheers!

Yep, that's what it feels like as well. Hell, I don't care. I just KNOW I'm going to be 99. I just KNOW it! Cheers!

I didn't lob anything, thank you.

Ain't seen those in a while. I'll look around, but chances are pretty slim that my usual CD haunts still carry them. Cheers!

I do protest. I'm not a bunch.

I'll stick with ... Cheers!

*relieved* Cheers!

It's gotta go. I don't feel like turning off signatures just so I can avoid that, well, thing. Cheers!

Are you free-associating? Yep.

I've always been a fan of Garner. A true giant. Looks like the CDs are something to look forward to. Than ks for the comments.