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Soul Food is excellent. I'd also suggest Manhattan Trinity + 1: A Love Story. This is a Japanese issue with Chestnut, Mraz, Nash & special guest Eric Alexander. A little pricey but worth it IMO.

Outpost Performance Space - Albuquerque, N.M.

Great acting though by the 3 leads. The sex scene with Sean Penn & Naomi Watts certainly didn't "drag".

Good prices,too.

I believe acoustic upright bass will remain the dominant force in jazz bass playing. "Electric" bass has its place. Also depends to some extent on who's playing. For example, I've always liked Steve Swallow's playing. Bob Cranshaw is O.K. too. A lot of the others (electric bass players) leave me cold.

A number of these have just been reissued in Japan. I don't have the Mosaic, so I picked up 3 of them from http://www.dustygroove.com

I remember some nice work on Revelation Records LPs. Not sure if they ever made it to CD.

Is "How To Succeed In Business" any good? Also seem to recall a Verve LP with Bill Evans on piano. Is that right? Has it ever been on CD?

Saw them at The Santa Fe Jazz Festival. Played 2 intriguing sets. Drummers name is Nate Smith (replaced Kilson recently).

Glad to hear that Point Of Departure is around. I'll look for it.

No one's mentioned the Mobley so I will. Lots of other great ones of course.

The Magic Of Ju-Ju The recent quartet CDs on Venus are the best examples of "latter day" Shepp IMHO. There's a new Shepp on a label I've never heard of called Tomorrow Will Be Another Day. Haven't heard it yet. Caught my eye because it has Amina Claudine Meyer (?sp.) on piano. Anyone listen to this one yet?

Giuffre with Brookmeyer & Hall (if I understand the question).

My favorite Margitza, FWIW, is "Game Of Chance".

People say they're nauseous. Nauseous means capable of causing nausea. When you're sick to your stomach, you're nauseated. Of course, some who say they're nauseous really are.

Weston Amy Eldridge

Nope - it didn't show up in today's mail either. Monday????

Don't have mine yet. The mail is always slow here in New Mexico.

Chris Potter has recorded with Steely Dan.

Since no one's mentioned them yet, Dead Kennedys (lead "singer" - Jello Biafra).

Butthole Surfers Dead Milkmen

Eugene Wright was a more than competent bass player. I saw Brubeck in person recently. He looks and sounds great. His touring schedule would "kill" someone half his age. There's no Desmond in the group, but it was still a great concert.

I like his playing too. Just picked up Travesia in the BMG $6.99 sale. Melaza is also excellent. I believe he was a Dizzy Gillespie protege.

I may be hallucinating this, but I thought Roswell had an LP on ?Phillips at one time called Blown Bone. That title cracks me up. ? never on CD.

I've heard of him but have never heard him. There are reviews of 2 CDs of his in the Dec. issue of Downbeat. They sound interesting although I admit to being a little "nervous" about electronics, voices & poetry in one of them. The other sounds like a more straight forward quartet. I'll wait for a few more "opinions".