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I like all of Parker's small group leader dates that I've heard. I have "Luc's Lantern" on my to-get list right now. For some reason the larger group stuff (Little Huey) hasn't clicked for me...yet. BF - if you pick up that Conquest recording, let me know what you think about it. Who else is on it? Another recent disc I've been enjoying is KTU's "8 Armed Monkey". This one is a quartet, comprised of Kimmo Pohjonen (accordion), Samuli Kosminen (samples), and King Crimson's Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelloto (okay, former Crim member Gunn, I guess). Unusual instruments, unusual sound, but a keeper. I've also noticed that Thirsty Ear also has some recordings by the rock group the Church. I have "After Everything Now This" from '02. Need to check out some of their other more recent recordings, I think.

up... I've had the newest Mat Maneri disc, "Pentagon" for a little while now, and like this one quite a bit. Worth looking for, if you have liked any of Maneri's previous work. I've also read quite a bit of good things about Matthew Shipp's newest solo piano recording, "One" (including positive comments from the Funny Rat folks!). Need to pick that one up. I still like the Thirsty Ear stuff, recognizing it's not as "forward" as other labels as it purports to be, yet still making interesting and accessible music.

In MY personal record book (in my mind, anyway), Hank Aaron will continue to hold the home run record with his 755 home runs, regardless whether Bonds eventually breaks it or not. I think he (Bonds) should have asterisks next to his name for all time. And that also includes the single season marks that he, McGwire, & Sosa achieved. All three are guilty of illegal doping, IMO, and don't deserve to be listed ahead of Roger Maris. Note - AFAIK, the world record for career home runs is by Sadaharu Oh, with 868 HRs in Japan (the guy AVERAGED 39.5 HRs/yr for 22 seasons!). I saw him play with the Yomiuri Giants as a kid living in Tokyo, and also got to see his homerun hitting contest with Hank Aaron in November '74, which Aaron won, 10-9.

Coming up in May (16th, according to alankin's site), the new Christian McBride album. This is a 3 disc set that was recorded live over two nights at tonic in January 05. According to his website - each night featured an opening set by the CMB (Christian McBride, Ron Blake, Geoff Keezer, and Terreon Gully), and a second set that featured the band with special guests including: Charlie Hunter, DJ Logic, Eric Krazno (Soulive), Scratch (The Roots), Jason Moran, Jenny Scheinmann, and Rashawn Ross. This sounds like it could be alot of fun - I like his last cd, "Vertical Vision" quite a bit.

I.R.S. Brewing Company? LOL

If you don't have the Complete Village Vanguard Sessions, you should drop everything and go get it now!

I also have some work by that sheldonm guy! Two framed prints of John Scofield, both signed by the photographer and guitarist. Great photographs - in particular the one from last year's Monterey Jazz Fest. I also just purchased my first Wolff print from Mosaic, which is the well known Trane Blue Sessions image. It's framed with a clipped Coltrane signature. I also have a couple of rock prints hanging up - two signed King Crimson images from the Power to Believe era, and an original Porcupine Tree/Robert Fripp Fillmore West poster from last year...

You sure it wasn't John Lithgow?

They snuck one in on us apparently, or at least on me: Dave Holland & Barre Phillips - Music For Two Basses (ECM remaster)

ahhh....kind of like couw's CD collection:

That site has an update today, that Little High People is (are?) referring to: ...there's also a Quicktime video clip from a 1 Nov 73 concert in Berlin....

Attention Larry Goldings fans, that Voodoo Dogs disc is well worth picking up!

I've given a couple of spins to the new Mark Feldman/Sylvie Courvoisier disc, "Malphas". This disc just came out, and is beautiful. The music is composed by Zorn, in his Masada Book 2 - Book of Angels series. It's purely a duet album, and very engaging, IMO. I don't have the previous recordings in this series, but was wondering if anyone else does, if they're worth acquiring. edit - I'm going to keep an eye out for the Rashanim discs, thanks for the intriguing write-up, PhillyQ.

I agree - I like both that one and "Pursuance" alot! I wasn't sure whether he was a Young Lion, which is why I asked originally.

But did you know that before you looked on AMG?

I'm confident they'll get me what I ordered, I'm just eager for it to be on its way. And Wolf Biermann is the Bob Dylan of Germany.

Thanks, John - that makes me feel a little better. As much as I've purchased from them in the past, this is my first online order...

Not even a shipping notification yet.... I sent an email yesterday inquiring about the order status, and the reply was that 2001 is in the process of moving their 'storage' to another city, and that is causing the delay in my order. ***nervously tapping desktop***

Owners break off talks No agreement on contract, mass player dump ahead? NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL owners voted unanimously Thursday to break off talks with the players' union on a contract extension, leaving the current salary cap in place with the start of free agency looming -- and possibly forcing the mass dumping of veterans. "The situation is about as dire as dire can be," commissioner Paul Tagliabue said. The owners, who met for 57 minutes Thursday morning, endorsed a recommendation by their management council executive committee to reject the union's latest proposal. The breakdown of talks left intact, for now, a salary cap of $94.5 million. The two sides had hoped to add $10 million to $15 million to the 2006 salary cap. Without the additional room, some teams could be forced into wholesale cuts to get beneath the cap by midnight. Free agency starts Friday. Without an agreement, 2006 will be the last season with a salary cap -- under the current contract, 2007 is scheduled to be an uncapped year. Owners did not seem inclined to cut into the difference of 4 percentage points between the sides. New England owner Robert Kraft had suggested that Thursday morning's meeting might be short, just enough time to rubber stamp the executive committee's decision. That's exactly what the owners did. "The players are totally out of bounds," said Dallas owner Jerry Jones. Most of the other owners declined comment, unusual in a league where many are eager to express their opinion. Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, said he expected the move by the owners. He said it was unlikely that talks would resume soon, although some league officials suggested anything could happen. But the two sides remain far apart -- according to Upshaw, the union wants a little over 60 percent of the league's total revenue, the owners are offering 56.2 percent. "I won't come down," Upshaw said Thursday. "The players know that. Only the owners can make a proposal." That is unlikely to happen. "They have to make a fundamental change in their proposal in how they are defining their expectations for the players," Tagliabue said. Beyond the numbers is an issue that has divided the owners for two years -- revenue sharing among the teams. Under the current system, some teams make far more than others in ancillary income, ranging from local radio rights to stadium naming rights and advertising. The lower-revenue teams say that forces them to commit as much as 70 percent of that money to the players while teams with more outside money contribute far less, giving the high-revenue teams more available cash for upfront bonuses to free agents. An uncapped year in 2007 means new rules that will force teams and agents to change their plans this year and could keep a lot of teams out of the free-agent market entirely. More will have to cut players to meet the cap because they negotiated long-term deals anticipating an extension of the union contract. A few teams do have room, notably Arizona, Cleveland and Minnesota, all relatively low spenders in the past. Washington, which has thrown money at free agents since Daniel Snyder bought the team in 1999, may be in the deepest cap trouble. "It might mean that no rookies get signed because no one is sure of the long-term ramifications," said Tom Condon, the agent for a number of the game's top players. The ramifications of a lower than anticipated cap were evident Wednesday, when some high-priced veterans were cut. Among them were defensive end Trevor Pryce and running back Mike Anderson of Denver, the team's leading rusher last season. Denver also cut tight end Jeb Putzier. Buffalo, meanwhile, released defensive tackle Sam Adams and Carolina released three veterans: running back Stephen Davis, defensive tackle Brentson Buckner and kicker returner Rod Smart, "He Hate Me" of old XFL days. Miami cut left tackle Damion McIntosh, saving $3.8 million against the cap, and former Pro Bowl cornerback Sam Madison. The Dolphins are a prime example of a team that needs a new labor agreement: They are estimated to be about $9 million over a $95 million cap.

The box set and the DVD I think are the big things here - mainly the box set in my case, as I listen to music more than I am able to watch dvds. A remix disc....hmmmm, not sure what to make of that. Though I do think the previous Bill Laswell remix cd is interesting. And another Miles best-of compilation? **yawn**. And yep Paul, that was quite a game tonight. I caught the second half. Quite a physical, defensive game. Came down to two huge plays at the end: Texas' PJ Tucker unforgiveably letting the shot clock expire w/o taking a shot with 5 seconds left, and then the Aggie's Acie Law making that huge 3 pointer to win it. May help their chances of getting into the NCAA tournament for the first time in about 20 yrs.

I saw reference to this on another board, but thought it was worth bringing up here. According to the Miles Beyond website: I don't know how credible this website is, but maybe we'll see this box set later this year?? And it's difficult to translate - is this saying Belden is involved or not?

I don't read the "what vinyl are you spinning" thread, because it seems redundant to me. And I tend to skip the "Which Mosaic are you enjoying right now" for the same reason. Shouldn't these both be incorporated into the "What are you listening to now" thread? Since I unfortunately don't have the time for getting into the blindfold tests (much as I'd like to), I skip those as well. And finally I tend to skip the emusic threads, as I don't use that service.

Happy Birthday Al!!!!

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