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Billie Holiday Jeanne Lee Sheila Jordan

Found a copy of the CD.

O.K. I'm going to look for that Don Patterson album.

Some of you have way too much time on your hands IMHO.

I guess my problem with your post is the need you feel to include the last 2 words. Even the "smiley" doesn't help. BTW, Eddie has a life. You don't need or deserve the details.

Agree.

What amazing news! Put me down for all of that and please keep up the good work, Jonathan! Me too!!

I thought there was a Clare Fischer also under consideration.

Eleanor Henderson: Ten Thousand Saints

So - off topic I suppose, but how does Taborn's Avenging Angel (which I haven't heard) fit into this discussion??

To me (Luddite)it's not a "book" on an e-reader. Just me & probably a minority viewpoint.

I don't / won't use an e-reader so I guess I'm SOL.

John Burdett: Vulture Peak

Almost always slow.

it would surely drive pragmatists batty. Cynics too, I guess. I just saw a "definition" of cynic that I liked - a disappointed romantic.

You guys liked it more than I did. Too "spiritual" for me, for lack of a better term.

From the number it looks like the Mobley is 2 CDs. Is that correct?

Dana Spiotta: Stone Arabia

I agree - Wendell Pierce.

6 weeks after the order was placed & 25 days after it was shipped, this order has FINALLY arrived.

I'll let you in on a secret----against my better judgement: Fat Cat IMO is the hippest joint in NYC and the best deal. $3 to get in to hear musicians that smoke anyone you could hear at the Vanguard (except perhaps the Orchestra, which John Mosca has done a great job of leading for years now). Smalls is also a great deal. I admit my prejudice b/c both employ my friends and myself. But I believe I speak the truth. Plus 'the cats' can't afford admission and can only get in if they know someone or have saved their sheckels. Fat Cat and Smalls have never turned anyone away, and customers get to stay for every set of three different bands until 4 or 5 AM. Your call. Let's face it: The jazz greats that made the Vanguard what it was are long gone---either that or, like Sonny Rollins or Ahmad Jamal (both of whom I heard there in the glory pre-Lorraine days) won't work there anymore. I won't name names but IMO other than Tom Harrell most of the people playing the Vanguard are not even close to the best out there. So why not save money and let it---and Lorraine---ride? I'll give her one thing: it's not her fault the greats died off (actually, on 2nd thought....just kidding). She wants to stay in business and the name still brings in customers, so why not? But the Vanguard had its day, and more than earned its place in history. Now it's over. From the ashes will rise new Phoenixes. That's the cycle of life. Leaving Lorraine's personality aside and relative cost of clubs, this overstates the case so drastically it's laughable. First, to suggest that Sonny Rollins not playing the Vanguard is an indictment is to ignore the fact that Sonny hasn't played any nightclub anywhere in literally decades, stopping long before Max died. Second, here's the lineup at the club for the first quartet of the year. We can all argue about taste, and everyone can find fault with this guy or that guy and point to others that should get the gigs as we construct our own ideal line-up, etc -- I certainly am not enamored with all of these players. But just using these three months as a baseline, to say that "most of the people playing the Vanguard are not even close to the best out there" seems more rooted in stylistic preferences and prejudices than an objective survey of what's being offered. As always, Your mileage may vary. JANUARY 2012 January 03 - January 08 BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO Larry Grenadier-b, Jeff Ballard-d January 10 - January 15 GERI ALLEN, ESPERANZA SPALDING, TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON January 17 - January 22 CHRIS POTTER QUARTET David Virelles-p, Joe Martin-b, Marcus Gilmore-d January 24 - January 29 BARRY HARRIS TRIO Ray Drummond-b, Leroy Williams-d January 31 - February 05 JEFF "TAIN" WATTS QUARTET David Kikoski-p, Marcus Strickland-sax, Orlando LeFleming-b February 07 - February 12 FRED HERSCH TRIO John Hebert-b, Eric McPherson-d February 14 - February 19 MARK TURNER QUARTET Avishai Cohen-tpt, Joe Martin-b, Marcus Gilmore-d February 21 - February 26 FABIAN ALMAZAN TRIO Linda Oh-b, Henry Cole-d, February 28 - March 04 KURT ROSENWINKEL QUARTET Aaron Parks-p, Eric Revis-b, Justin Faulkner-d March 06 - March 11 AL FOSTER QUARTET J. D. Allen-sax, Adam Birnbaum-p, Dezron Douglas-b March 13 - March 18 THE HEATH BROTHERS Jimmy Heath-sax, Albert "Tootie" Heath-d, Jeb Patton-p, David Wong-b March 20 - March 25 BILL McHENRY QUARTET Bill McHenry-sax, Orrin Evans-p, Eric Revis-b, Andrew Cyrille-d March 27 - April 01 ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO April 03 - April 08 CRAIG TABORN TRIO April 10 - April 15 TOM HARRELL QUINTET Tom Harrell-tpt, Wayne Escoffery-sax, Danny Grissett-p, Ugonna Okegwo-b, Johnathan Blake-d April 17 - April 22 JOSHUA REDMAN TRIO Joshua Redman-sax, Reuben Rogers-b Greg Hutchinson-d April 24 - April 29 ROY HARGROVE QUINTET Go overpay to hear the great Esperanza Spaulding, then. Enjoy yourself. I'm done. Jeez - is that the best you can do?

Shalom Auslander: Hope: A Tragedy

Still have nothing. First order (mailed Jan. 17) still hasn't arrived. Notified about intent to reship Feb. 3. Still no reship confirmation. Worlds currently not answering my e-mails. Probably pissed off at me. Doesn't seem right.

Thanks. I fixed it (I think).

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors". Never saw anything like this before.