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Steve Lacy?

I can't stand the suspense!!

OK, one more guess....Ornette? I'll quit for this round if I'm wrong!

Does the sig. say Byron? Is it Don Byron?

I'd stick with the current pricing points and you'll do just fine!!!

There are some lovely tracks on Smile. Lucky for me, my brother is a HUGE BB fan, and has hooked me up w/ many a bootleg of this and other material. He went to the U.K. just to see Wilson and his troupe perform Smile (and of course some other songs). So Jeff, I would advise you to believe the hype, rather than the blanket dismissals.

Gary Payton, poor fella' got a DUI . Maybe that's why he wasn't making the plays last season...booze (?!!). I never play too well when I'm tanked, either! It's amazing how little media attention he's received since last season. I've never seen such a quick qualitative dump, well....at least since Shawn Kemp!!!

After taxes, and tithing ( , he's Mormon), he'll probably clear a cool 1.2 mil.. But I assume he'll get a load of endorsement deals for all kinds of products, services, etc.. Not bad!

My barber is a sweet, young, very attractive asian woman, who charges $7.00. I give her $10. I guess she cuts in bulk, but does a good job. Looking like Lucy Liu doesn't hurt, either. B-)

I'd set 'em up side by side. If your family makes jokes about it, it hopefully won't last too long!

Let's face it, Art Farmer was a motherfucker! I'll be getting this set w/ some birthday $ I'll be getting this month. Can't WAIT!

Hey jeff, are you looking for the Japanese version of the liner notes, or the English one. I have the latter and you can borrow it if you want to. Matt

Played drums on Start Me Up? Are you shittin'?!!! I love that track!

Damnit, B3-er, I can't help but smile when I see that kid of yours!!!! What a cutie!

I don't agree w/ the sentiment that Miles didn't like anybody else that was successful. He liked Sinatra, Hendrix, Prince, Ahmad Jamal...etc. I think that a more erudite explanation would include OP's style.

Was that Mr. G's spit, or that of passers-by? I would have hacked up a logie for G!

Good news! Special K-eep it up!

Mark, I think that "Common Touch" is in a used bin down the street from me for $7 or $8. PM me if you're still needing it.

Idrees Sulieman's solo (track#(?)) on the Hawk's "The Hawk Flies High"....is pretty impressive from that standpoint. He holds a note for many a chorus. I wish I knew how to do that shit!

Sun Ra-Sound of Joy on cd and Zoot Sims-The Bethlehem Years lp

I'm so there!

I can't stand the term "Pay it Forward", or the term "decadent" to describe desserts. Actually most cliches get on my nerves.

Throw the book at me for this one. Lets see. I remember losing the case to the Verve Elite "Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra" (the cd was in a case logic holder) for about a year. It finally showed up again when I pulled a book out of a stack to be read, thus revealing the cd case. Also there have been many times when I haven't been able to find a disc for at least this long because I've doubled up in the car. This is always a good feeling, and I usually end up spinning the one that's been missing.

That's a tough one, not having heard the group, or you play. Maybe I'll have to shoot by one of these jams. I live in Pdx, too. I guess I'd say only play on the tunes that you feel that you know, unless it's a simple blues or something. Observe the rules of etiquette for jam sessions, which have been written about here, I think. The free association thing can work, too...I mean everybody uses quotes sometimes in their improv. Yeah, it's too tough to make any meaningful suggestions w/ the limited info. I'll try to come by. Oh, yes... Practice!

Well, I put down 16-20, but that was before I read that selects counted. I have 20+. I love 'em all like they were my children. OK, maybe that's too extreme. But I do value them highly.