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a few more: Keith Jarrett - both La Scala & Vienna Concert Martial Solal - Bluesine Ran Blake - Unmarked Van Jason Moran - Modernistic

The word "essential" kind of throws me, so I'm not sure whether these qualify, but I enjoy both of Brad Mehldau's solo recordings - "Elegiac Cycle" and "Live in Tokyo". He may not be the swinginest player around, but he's certainly creative and thoughtful.

Wags the Dog Dorothy the Dinosaur Henry the Octopus P.S. - If you don't recognize these names, count your blessings!

I've been wondering about this album since I first heard of it. Here's a quote from the writeup I mentioned above: Makes it seem like the "Big Cheese" pushed for this more than it being an organic, self-initiated effort. I'm going to wait until the release comes out, but I've already mentally prepared myself for an R&B tribute album that happens to include Sco, than a real Sco album. I get the impression John Mayer was pushed by the label to be involved in this project as well (and perhaps Herbie Hancock's next record as well?):

Lauren Hutton Lorne Michaels Lorne Greene

up.... There's a nice write up from JS about the new album on johnscofield.com right now. Also some sound clips, in case anyone's curious to hear this one. And John's going to be on Jay Leno on June 15th!

I've been waiting for this very thread since 10 March 2003. That's why I've been here all this time - finally, I can move on!!

Thanks for the heads up on those. You forgot to mention Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Deep Song", which I think is a great album, and includes Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, & Ali Jackson.

I didn't watch any of this season, only the last 10-15 minutes of the show last night. I thought the girl who sang with Billy Preston did great, she would have had my vote if I actually cared about the show or the winner enough to watch (let alone vote). Bo seemed to have stage presence, Carrie didn't. That's all I could see from my viewing, and don't care about either enough to want to see or hear them any more.

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...Just be sure and save your listening room!!! And the puny tv!

As long as you have at least one in your queue on your monthly "ship" date, you're fine. Make sure you do this, or they'll bill your credit card anyway, and not ship you anything (or so they claim). I have about 20 things in my queue, but some aren't "hot" or need-to-have-now things. Just things I think about... edit - Oh, and if there are things you KNOW you want, you might be better off putting them in your cart and purchasing them now, instead of queueing them up for 6 months down the road. Never know what they'll suddenly stop carrying. I missed out on the Bobby Hutcherson "Now" disc because it was in my cue for last month, and they deleted it from their inventory the day before it was due to ship to me.

Someone tell me I didn't just see Kenny G on stage with Lynyrd Skynrd.

Fisherman hauls in 124-pound catfish ALTON, Ilinois (AP) -- Tim Pruitt went fishing and pulled up a whopper of a beast. No, seriously: It was roughly the size of a sixth-grader. Pruitt, casting his line in the Mississippi River on Sunday, hauled up a 58-inch long, 44-inch around blue catfish that weighed a whopping 124-pounds. To get a sense of just how big that is, the state record holder was a mere 85 pounds and the world record holder tipped the scales at 121 pounds, eight ounces. "My adrenaline was really pumping, so it wasn't that bad," said Pruitt. "Later on, when I was lifting him out of the livewell and into another tank I really felt the weight." Now, Pruitt, whose fish has already been weighed in the presence of a conservation police officer and measured by a biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is expected to submit documentation to the International Game Fish Association so that it can be certified a world record holder. Once that's done, the catch should be approved as the world's largest blue catfish, replacing the current champion that was caught January 16, 2004, in Lake Texoma, Texas, said Becky Reynolds, a spokeswoman for the association.

bump... I just recently picked up the RVG of "True Blue", yet already have the Spanish Blue Note version. Figured I'd buy the more "legit" versions of these discs as they come out. But given the limited nature of these Spanish Blue Notes, do y'all think the value of these will go up in the future? Is it worth my time to keep the Spanish Blue Notes that I have?

Birthday wishes from South Texas!! Thanks for all you do for us! (...i got this cake cheap cuz it has the wrong age on it )

Nash shoulda been called for a technical at the end when he grabbed Horry who was about to inbound the ball. Manu played a great game, all around. Parker played Nash solid, as well. Suns don't play the tough defense that the Nuggets and Sonics did against the Spurs. I think that's gonna be their downfall, nothing wrong at the other end of the court. Duncan's foul troubles (pretty petty calls on a couple of them) contributed to the Sun's comeback tonight, I think, but hats off to the Spurs for winning the first two on the road. Why is the next game in this series not until Saturday?

I feel like I should buy a Jan Lundgren album, due to sharing his last name....LOL Let me know your impressions, Mark, if you get to hear him play at all.

It looks like his three chins are all pointing in different directions...

Are you sure you purchased Night Dreamer from either yourmusic.com or BMG? I don't believe they've ever offered the RVG version of this, perhaps not the previous edition as well. It's not on their website at present at any rate.

I'm still in the pack of people who think on balance this was a great, fun movie. I also enjoyed Attack of the Clones, despite Christensen's "acting". The rest of the cast however, are the equal of the actors in the original trilogy, if you ask me. And I can even enjoy Phantom Menace, if I pretend Jar Jar's accent isn't in it... These movies are SUPPOSED to be fun, sci-fi/action flicks. Why treat them as more than that? If you look that critically at the first three, they might not withstand the level of critique-ing that is going on with the newer ones.

I'm REALLY enjoying this disc! Anyone interested in modern, intelligent, well-made rock would do well to check this one out. I don't know that they're really prog anymore (or if they really ever have been?), but definitely make music that someone open to progressive rock would enjoy. Also due out very soon on the PT front are two other items - a re-release of "Up the Downstairs", with newly recorded drum tracks replacing the original drum machine, and a second disc comprising the rare "Staircase Infinities" EP. And they are also releasing "XM2", a limited edition CD of live-in-studio recordings. Porcupine Tree's previous disc, "In Absentia", is available at yourmusic.com. Also just noted at yourmusic is one of Steven Wilson's (many) sideprojects, Blackfield, which is a collaboration with Israeli musician Aviv Geffen. Blackfield opened up for PTree in 2003 in Germany, and I was impressed with their music as well.

Yes, that IS where I picked up this disc. Good memory you have (and talking like Yoda, I am!) I have not played this recently, so I'll have to dig it out and give you my impressions later. I don't recall it being a poor recording or anything along those lines, though.

Hank Mobley Sextet vinyl, currently at $449.... edit - I guess this belongs in the ebay/vinyl thread, sorry for misplacing it...

Probably "Double Your Pleasure - Live at the University of the Street", which came out in 1992 - think I've got this one stashed away somewhere.