Aggie87

Hal Galper

To add on to couw's list, the RVG series is also available at http://www.bluenote.com/rvg_promo.asp. This webpage is of use as the list changes in the coming months/years.

I still suspect the BNBB will be back in some form or fashion. The fact that they changed the message, but left it to state that the board is "currently closed", and that there is still a link to the BB from the main page suggests to me that they're not giving up on it totally. My guess is they took the date portion of the message down because it will be reactivated either earlier or later than originally planned. Though if it's earlier they're running out of time... I don't think the spirit of the place will even be remotely the same as before, either way.

John Zorn

Alice Coltrane

Thanks for the heads-up, couw!! I picked up the Rollins and Coltrane Prestige boxes this afternoon during a late-lunch run. It was already their last copy of the 'Trane box, though they said they may get some more in shortly. I'm not sure how they can do it, either. Even though these are "older" boxes, I still ended up with 23 discs FULL of music, for €43, less than €2/per disc! Gonna check out the Evans Fantasy & Riverside boxes next, probably.

Danny "DEEP" D'Imperio

Sahib Shihab (makes me want a kebab for some reason...)

I hope Chuck doesn't come back with "Yeah, well your mother dresses you funny".

Walter Booker

Cannonball Adderly - Takes Charge Brian Blade Fellowship - Perceptual Bill Frisell - Have a Little Faith Keith Jarrett - Complete Blue Note - Sunday 2nd Set Pat Martino - All Sides Now Greg Osby - Inner Circle John Scofield - Who's Who Peter Gabriel - 2/Scratch

AAARGGGHHHH!!!! A plague upon you for bringing that up! Try making it a one way street - think of Smith/Burrell when you're being forced to watch Barney, but try not to think of Barney....ever! We've got that video as well - my daughter's just about outgrown Barney, but my son is just entering that stage

Walt Dickerson

Von Freeman

Charlie Parker

Good call on After Hours! Flashin' back to the Cheech & Chong characters now... There was another movie that was similar in spirit to After Hours called Something Wild, with Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and Ray Liotta. Another "fish outta water" type story.

Here are a couple that haven't been mentioned that I liked way back when: Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More Talking Heads - And She Was

alankin - it's old. It's a 1995 re-release of the original album, and I picked it up from another board member. I don't have the single disc version to compare to, but I other than the extra three tunes I mentioned (one of which is 21 min. long) I don't think there's alot of difference between the two versions. On another subject, I've been listening to Who's Who this week for the first time. This is a nice '79 release, with Kenny Kirkland. I really like the title track, and the two tracks with Dave Liebman are great as well. Probably not one of Sco's greatest albums overall, but very nice for this early in his career.

Went by my local zweitausendeins on the way home yesterday, and they had ALL of the RVGs available, for €6.99 apiece. They're not listed on the website at the moment though (hopefully soon?), so this is pretty much for those who live near a brick-n-mortar store.

Not sure if this is a scary album or a scary album cover...

Thanks for the steer-clear on Lovano. I'll steer clear. I already have both the Shim and the Isham, and like both. Wish I had picked them up for $1.99... The Shim album is similar in spirit to the last few Osby/Moran albums, and includes Stefon Harris on a few cuts. I don't think Shim is even with BN anymore. Not sure why - too many young lions at BN right now? And thanks for the Harrell rec, I may end up picking up both of his. The Isham album is very interesting - it's live, though I didn't notice that upon first listen. I haven't listened to it enough to decide if it holds up to repeat listening yet, but I definitely think it's worth that price. Others I can recommend include Re-Animation Live, Go (of course), Songbook (great album for this price!), the Konitz/Meldau/Haden album, and Global Warming. Antiguo is kind of an odd album for Rubalcaba. I've got the TOCJ (picked up cheap at a record show), but it's got alot of electronic keyboards, and not quite as rooted in Latin/Cuban as some of his other albums.

Bertrand - Red is correct, I'm looking at my copy and there are only the 5 tunes you mentioned. It does have a cool black and silver/white-ish cd though , in case you're interested.

I just recently picked this disc up while in Belgium (along with Got a Good Thing Goin' and a few other things). The version I have is the Jazz in Paris disc, which is a 24-bit remaster from 2000. I just noticed however that the JIP release contains only the original 10 tracks, while the Fontana release includes an additional 16 alternate takes, or something.Is there a significant sound difference in these two? I'm assuming the JIP version probably sounds better, but the Fontana gives you more music. Does the extra music on the Fontana release make it worth picking up?

In case anyone's interested, here's what's currently in the $1.99 Clearance Section: Ben Webster Ultimate Ben Webster Benny Green Naturally Bob Belden Re-Animation Live! Bob Belden Tapestry Bob Dorough & Dave Fishberg Who's On First? Branford Marsalis The Dark Keys Buckshot LeFonque Music Evolution Bud Powell Best Of Bud Powell Carmen McRae The Collected Carmen McRae Christian McBride A Family Affair David Sánchez Street Scenes Dewey Redman/Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones Momentum Space Dexter Gordon Go Dianne Reeves Art & Survival Don Byron Bug Music Don Byron A Fine Line Don Byron Romance With The Unseen Earl Klugh The Journey Eric Reed Manhattan Melodies George Howard A Home Far Away Gerald Albright Giving Myself To You Gilles Peterson Incredible Sound Of Gilles Peterson Gonzalo Rubalcaba Antiguo GRP All-Star Big Band All Blues Hank Crawford/Jimmy McGriff Crunch TIme Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter 1 + 1 Jacky Terrasson & Cassandra Wilson Rendezvous Jacques Loussier Trio Take Bach James Moody Moody Plays Mancini Jimmy Smith Talkin' Verve: The Roots Of Acid Jazz Joe Lovano Celebrating Sinatra Joe Williams That Holiday Feelin' John Pizzarelli Dear Mr. Cole John Pizzarelli Let's Share Christmas John Pizzarelli Meets The Beatles John Pizzarelli Our Love Is Here To Stay Joshua Redman Timeless Tales (For Changing Times) Kenny Garrett Song Book Lee Konitz Another Shade Of Blue Lena Horne We'll Be Together Again Marcus Roberts As Serenity Approaches Marcus Roberts Gershwin For Lovers Marcus Roberts Blues For The New Millennium Mark Isham Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project Mark Shim Turbulent Flow Mark Turner Ballad Session Martin Taylor Kiss And Tell Philippe Saisse Next Voyage Rahsaan Roland Kirk Verve Jazz Masters 27 Ravi Coltrane Moving Pictures Roy Hargrove Family Rob Wasserman Space Island Ruth Cameron Roadhouse Royal Crown Revue The Contender Sonny Rollins Global Warming Soundtrack Get Shorty Soundtrack Playing By Heart The Clayton Brothers Siblingity Tom Harrell The Art Of Rhythm Tom Harrell Time's Mirror Tom Scott Night Creatures Various Artists More Fabulous Big Band Various Artists More Fabulous Swing Yellowjackets Dreamland Yellowjackets Blue Hats Yellowjackets Run For Your Life I'm eyeing a couple - can anyone recommend the Green, McBride, Redman/Taylor/Jones, Crawford/McGriff, Lovano, Coltrane and Hargrove titles? Or steer me away from them if they not worth $1.99?

Sounds like that couple had a bad experience at the show. Maybe they were expecting more BN/straightahead stuff, and got überjam. Though if there were technical problems for half of the show, that's certainly would have an effect as well. I'm surprised about the low turnouts. Is that pretty much the norm for that type of show? When I last saw Sco here, it was in a 4000+ seat venue, and it was close to being sold out. I thought I'd read somewhere a while back that he was getting the jam band crowds coming to his shows, probaby due to the MMW connection. Berlin is probably an 8 hour drive from here (or about 6-7 without the family ), so it's a little too far for a show. If I knew someone there I could stay with, that might help, but with gas/food/lodging etc., it's really not an affordable trip for me unfortunately. Plus, I've got a few other May concerts locally that I've still got to narrow down to one or two must-sees.