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Shane - Yeah, I can understand them holding up the order for the Hill (and then forgetting to actually set aside your copy). Glad you're getting hooked up with what you are missing. And if I ended up with your set somehow, sorry! What still doesn't make sense to me is why so many are missing copies of Disc 1 - and not both Disc 1 & 2. Either way that part is strange.

I tend to agree with Lon - I have the European mini-cube box, and think it sounds fine as well!

Sorry, I don't have an extra copy. I find it curious that I was able to order this set on Monday, and it arrived yesterday, complete. How is it that people who apparently order earlier are getting getting partial sets? And why would there be a shortage of Disc 1's like this? Was there a bad pressing or something? edit - and since the discs are sealed (and in two-disc jewel boxes), wouldn't people be missing both disc 1 AND disc 2?

So essentially, buying all three of these boxes equals the same thing as buying the previous Coltrane Prestige box.

This makes sense to me, generally speaking. The 3-disc Savoy/Dial Master Takes set can be had for $17.97 at yourmusic.com, no shipping and no further purchase requirements. They don't have the Verve Master Takes metal box, though it is available at BMG for a pretty decent price too.

#3148 was sitting on my front porch when I got home today

I didn't know there were electric rays (like electric eels)...that's kind of unnerving. Did you actually see a "zap"? Or just see the other diver's reaction?

Man in critical condition after stingray attack in boat LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Florida (AP) -- An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest in an accident similar to the one that killed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. "It was a freak accident," said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David Donzella. "It's very odd that the thing jumped out of the water and stung him. We still can't believe it." Fatal stingray attacks like the one that killed Irwin last month at the Great Barrier Reef are rare, marine experts say. Rays reflexively deploy a sharp spine in their tails when frightened, but the venom coating the barb usually causes just a painful sting for humans. James Bertakis of Lighthouse Point was on the water with his granddaughter and a friend Wednesday when a stingray flopped onto the boat and stung Bertakis. The women steered the boat to shore and called 911. Doctors were able to remove the barb during surgeries Wednesday and Thursday by eventually pulling it through his heart and closing the wound, said Dr. Eugene Costantini at Broward General Medical Center. He said Bertakis' case was different from Irwin's because the barb stayed in Bertakis' heart and was not pulled out. Videotape of Irwin's last moments shows him pulling the barb from his chest. Bertakis was apparently trying to remove the three-foot-wide spotted eagle ray from the boat when he was stung, police Cmdr. Mike Oh said. Ellen Pikitch, a professor of marine biology and fisheries at the University of Miami, who has been studying stingrays for decades, said they are generally docile. "Something like this is really, really extraordinarily rare," she said. "Even when they are under duress, they don't usually attack."

I picked up the '96 Complete Pacific Jazz Mulligan/Baker box a few years back in a trade (with Kevin B. I think?), and really enjoy it as well. I think it's a duplicate of the Mosaic set, though I'm not sure. Well worth seeking out, though it's OOP and I'm not sure how easy it is to find. edit - just noticed the main picture on this box set is the same as on the one you posted, montg!

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They were still selling them as of yesterday when I bought mine....hmmmm. I haven't received any email saying mine is going to be a partial box or anything. Wonder what's up.

Oct 19 - Stubb's - Dwight Yoakam Oct 22 - Zilker Park - a little known up-and-coming band called the Rolling Stones. Oct 22 - Antone's - Clifford Antone's Birthday Tribute (Gary Clark Jr., Pinetop Perkins, Double Trouble, James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin) Oct 31 - Stubb's - Trey Anastasio (I know Phish used to do some eventful Halloween shows in the past, wonder if Trey will do one as a solo act) Nov 2,3,4 - The Backyard - Widespread Panic Nov 18 - Hogg Auditorium - McCoy Tyner Septet

It seems too complicated to me; then again, I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer...

Oh, and by the way, that's MISTER Gone to you!

He's like, REAL gone! :eye: As soon as I posted that, I just knew some wise-ass would come along and make that kind of joke. We expect nothing less from Mr. McKee...

I just bit the bullet and ordered this over the phone, so if those numbers are right, there are at best 1-2 copies left. The guy I spoke with expected it to be sold out before the end of the day.

For the really young jazz fan, here's something different: New Yorkers Steven Bernstein, John Medeski, Briggan Krauss, Lonnie Plaxico & others doing Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus, etc.

bump..... I picked up the Deluxe Edition of this soundtrack this past weekend, and am really enjoying this disc! The '99 Rykodisc edition has both the Mandel score itself, as well as the Gerry Mulligan jazz combo's companion album. Well worth picking up for anyone interested.

I actually kinda like this stuff.

Singer Freddy Fender dies at age 69 after battle with lung cancer By Associated Press October 14, 2006 CORPUS CHRISTI — Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was 69. Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2006, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman. Over the years, he grappled with drug and alcohol abuse, was treated for diabetes and underwent a kidney transplant. Fender hit it big in 1975 after some regional success, years of struggling — and a stint in prison — when "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" climbed to No. 1 on the pop and country charts. "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" rose to No. 1 on the country chart and top 10 on the pop chart that same year, while "Secret Love" and "You’ll Lose a Good Thing" also hit No. 1 in the country charts. Born Baldemar Huerta, Fender was proud of his Mexican-American heritage and frequently sung verses or whole songs in Spanish. "Teardrop" had a verse in Spanish. "Whenever I run into prejudice," he told The Washington Post in 1977, "I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, ‘There’s one more argument for birth control.’" "The Old Man upstairs rolled a seven on me," he told The Associated Press in 1975. "I hope he keeps it up." More recently, he played with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez and others in two Tex-Mex all-star combos, the Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven. He won a Grammy of Best Latin Pop Album in 2002 for "La Musica de Baldemar Huerta." He also shared in two Grammys: with the Texas Tornados, which won in 1990 for best Mexican-American performance for "Soy de San Luis," and with Los Super Seven in the same category in 1998 for "Los Super Seven." Among his other achievements, Fender appeared in the 1987 motion picture "The Milagro Beanfield War," directed by Robert Redford. In February 1999, Fender was awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame after then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush wrote to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce endorsing him. He said in a 2004 interview with The Associated Press that one thing would make his musical career complete — induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. "Hopefully I’ll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven," he said. Fender was born in 1937 in San Benito, the South Texas border town credited for spawning the Mexican-polka sound of conjunto. The son of migrant workers who did his own share of picking crops, he also was exposed to the blues sung by blacks alongside the Mexicans in the fields. Always a performer, he sang on the radio as a boy and won contests for his singing — one prize included a tub full of about $10 worth of food. But his career really began in the late '50s, when he returned from serving in the Marines and recorded Spanish-language versions of Elvis Presley’s "Don’t Be Cruel" and Harry Belafonte’s "Jamaica Farewell." The recordings were hits in Mexico and South America. He signed with Imperial Records in 1959, renaming himself "Fender" after the brand of his electric guitar, "Freddy" because it sounded good with Fender. Fender initially recorded "Wasted Days" in 1960. But his career was put on hold shortly after that when he and his bass player ended up spending almost three years in prison in Angola, La., for marijuana possession. After prison came a few years in New Orleans and a then an everyday life taking college classes, working as a mechanic and playing an occasional local gig. He once said he sang in bars so dingy he performed with his eyes shut "dreaming I was on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’" "I felt there’s no great American dream for this ex-Chicano migrant farm worker," he told the AP. "I’d picked too many crops and too many strings." But his second break came when he was persuaded to record "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" on an independent label in 1974 and it was picked up by a major label. With its success, he won the Academy of Country Music’s best new artist award in 1975. He re-released "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and it climbed to the top of the charts as well. Cristina Balli, spokeswoman for the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center in San Benito, said Fender illustrated the diversity of Mexican-American and Latino musicians. "We have our feet in different worlds and different cultures," she said. "We have our roots music ... but then we branch out to other things, pick up different styles. I think he was the precursor to Los Lonely Boys." Fender’s later years were marred by health problems resulting in a kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, in January 2002 and a liver transplant in 2004. Fender was to have lung surgery in early 2006 until surgeons found tumors. "I feel very comfortable in my life," Fender told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in August. "I’m one year away from 70 and I’ve had a good run. I really believe I’m OK. In my mind and in my heart, I feel OK. I cannot complain that I haven’t lived long enough, but I’d like to live longer." Rogers said Fender will be brought back to San Benito for a funeral and memorial services. Details on the arrangements were pending.

Our local television channels are running notices that Freddy Fender has just passed away. Rest in Peace, Freddy.

It means they're out to make money and are willing to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Elephant not as good as at the brewery in Copenhagen, but it'll do...

This looks like EMI Finland's jazz page: EMI Finland Jazz Under the artist section, if you click "Näytä lisää", it looks like it brings up about 5 Finnish jazz artists, including hte U-Streeters.

Just noticed Brad Mehldau's "House on Hill" listed. This is the last recording with Rossy on drums, before Ballard joined the trio.