Gary

Thanks Andy.

in the contest of the "best football nations team" only those can participate who have played the last world championship John, very very sorry but those are the rules anyway we all already know the answer to that one

Today

I got a Lee Morgan set from Ebay .UK only about 4 months ago for about £60 (about $100) ! If the mosaic prices are going up like this in general it looks as if i'll never get the Larry Young or Andrew Hill .

The reviewer in today's Guardian seems to have enjoyed it Alexis Petridis Friday February 6, 2004 The Guardian Never let it be said that pop has lost its capacity to shock. You might think that every element of surprise has been surgically removed from the music industry, but there are things happening in 2004 that would have caused an epidemic of gobsmacked incredulity just a few years ago. Let us imagine it is 1996 and you have been asked to bet on who will be Britain's most influential DJ in eight years' time: this being the era of the superstar DJ, you would confidently wager all on Paul Oakenfold or Sasha. Let us imagine your reaction when informed that 2004's most influential DJ is in fact Michael Parkinson. Is that a new clubland megastar, you gasp, educating the dancefloor with his turntable tricknology? Nope. It is Michael "Parky" Parkinson, Barnsley's avuncular king of chat and former presenter of All-Star Secrets. In 2004 Britain's record buyers are, it seems, suffering under the delusion that a 69-year-old chat show host is some sort of avatar of musical cool. The repercussions of this are scarcely believable. Publicists routinely send out press releases for new acts bearing Parky's glowing testimony. In the album charts, the music he favours on his Radio Two show - inoffensive, jazz-tinged balladry - exerts a ruthless dominance. Katie Melua is toughing it out with Jamie Cullum, Michael Buble and the late Eva Cassidy: the battle of the blands. And the victor ludorum is 24-year-old New Yorker Norah Jones. This is a peculiarly British phenomenon, and its rise is always presented as a kind of musical equivalent of the fuel protest or the Countryside Alliance: it is the sound of ordinary, decent middle-aged middle-Englanders making a stand against repellent modern concepts such as synthesizers, musical progress etc. Norah Jones, however, is a global phenomenon. Her 2002 debut Come Away With Me sold 18m copies, 8m in the US, where she receives little airplay. One theory is that her music acted as an aural balm in the wake of 9/11. It is unobtrusive, and inflected with traditional American genres of country, blues, folk and jazz. Much has been made of her links to the latter genre: she studied jazz piano and is signed to the venerable label Blue Note. In fact, Jones seems less like an heir to the throne of Ella Fitzgerald than a millennial version of Sade: a beautiful female vocalist whose exoticism and jazz chops are somewhat undermined by the knowledge that she makes the sort of music that middle managers from Basingstoke put on in the background when they think they're going to get their leg over. They are liable to be delighted with Jones's second album, as long as they don't think an increased dose of country will hamper their chances. Presumably in an attempt to vary the relentless crawling of Come Away With Me, Jones has upped the Nashville content in her music. In addition, her success has attracted some all-star special guests. Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of the Band crop up on What Am I to You?, Dolly Parton sings a duet and Tom Waits gifts her a song, The Long Way Home. The latter's dark lyrics sound a little incongruous with such a pedestrian musical backing: "I've got a handful of lightning and a head full of rain," simpers Jones, sounding like a woman with a handful of tissues and a head full of shopping lists. Her voice has a husky intimacy, but it is oddly inexpressive, something she might have considered before calling upon Dolly Parton's services. Parton is just messing around on Creepin' In, chuckling at the song's close, but it still sounds as if she has Jones pinned to the wall of the studio with the sheer power of her voice. The rest wafts discreetly around the room like something manufactured by Airwick. Don't Know Why, the best-known track from Come Away With Me, had an undeniable melody: you might not have liked it, but it was impossible to dislodge from your head. There's nothing similar here. In fact, Feels Like Home is so inoffensive you have trouble remembering whether you put it on. You suspect that this is the appeal for the millions of people who buy this kind of thing. They are past the point of wanting to be moved or inspired by rock and pop. Instead they treat music as something ornamental, something with which you can tastefully decorate your home. Beautifully produced and beautifully played to no cumulative effect whatsoever, this album fits the bill perfectly.

I couldn't agree more AA i picked up a copy of The Multiplication Table from Zwein ..ZWite .. Zweintend .. 2001 .. um the German website that has good deals on it a couple of months ago - its a fine CD . PM me if you dont have any luck getting a copy.

On a Blue Note tip tonight- Plus Disc C of

thanks Couw

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...bayphotohosting I've not seen this one before.

Thanks Brownie - I'll stick with my live box then. By the way looking at the Wild site its not just the bootleggers you cant trust for accuracy - theres a few dates in the box that seem all over the place!

try this Oh if its is rare as rocking horse shit can the winner do me a copy please?

what's this ??? what does everyone make of this?

Thanks

This seems to be inconsistent for me - I have had no problems with deliveries getting here damaged but i have on 3 out of about 10 deliveries been charged for duty buy the couriers. One batch had 2 boxes in (JJ Johnson & AEC ) so it was understandable - but out of the 5 deliveries of Selects (2 boxes in each) i have twice been sent a letter from the courier charging me for the duty they paid for me. The only small problem I had with a delivery was i chose surfacemail for the Chico Hamilton set & it took 8 weeks to arrive - but i did order the Blue Mitchell via surface mail & it arrived within days .

Mines just arrived - Shank / Cooper #0092 Brookmeyer # 0123 Should fill up a couple of days listening .

This is where i look stupid !! What is 'the keynotes'?

Maybe another good CD to try is 'Live at the Village Vanguard Again ' - the later band doing 'My Favourite Things ' I suppose it could be seen as a bridge between the old & new .

me too.

Take care mate, Gary

JAMO LIVE This is broadcast in about 3hrs from this post & you can listen to it again for a week if you click 'listen to the most recent broadcast '. Theres a Wayne Shorter interview about Art Blakey's 'Free for all ' also that should be interesting.

I forgot to mention this as one of my favourite reissues - Top quality

I really enjoy the 3 Jason Moran CDs I have (Black Stars, Modernism & Bandwagon). And this gets better with every listen

I wonder how much he wants for P & P ??

This is what really happened - George Bush met The Queen, and he turns round and says: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how the country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom" The Queen replies "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King." George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?", To which the Queen replied "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush". Bush thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?" The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replies "Sorry again, Mr Bush, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor." Before George Bush could utter another word, The Queen said: "I think you're doing quite nicely as a Country".