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Agree on the Bix & Tram. It's just the right amount for me.

Excellent new Venus quartet CD with Mehldau on piano.

'S Make It & Soul Finger both produced by Jack Tracy. Wonder if he has any comments on these.

I have all of them & glad of it. On a non-musical note, I love the cover picture on the Watkins.

Cattin' With Coltrane & Quinichette

Grand Poobah Of The Universe

Andrew Hill: Andrew!!! Andrew Hill: Compulsion

Drop City - T.C. Boyle

Thanks Clem. Good points. I do own & enjoy the Brotzmann Okka 3CD Octet / Tentet set. It just feels to me that some of the solo & duo stuff reminds me of Borbetomagus that I could never sit through. Joe Maneri probably deserves more time from me. Microtonal is a "concept" that probably doesn't reward casual listening.

We're going to make this recipe. Sounds great.

Venus doesn't usually do reissues. I hope this McPherson is new material.

More fuel for the fire. I don't care for Joe Maneri, & less & less for Brotzmann (who I find very repetitive). That may just be me. Fred Anderson, Von Freeman, Roscoe Mitchell, Tony Malaby (get the Pavone CD:Orange) - yep Vandermark I still like. To each his own.

The Charles McPherson on Venus leaps out at me here.

1.5 liter bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin. Put it right in the freezer.

Plays fine in the 10 CD changer in my wife's car. "Skips" on my Sony CD player in the house.

Brookmeyer Select

Excellent choices above. Others: Jarrett, Peacock, Dejohnette Dave Douglas & everybody Monk & Rouse Mingus & Dannie Richmond

I got a Japanese issue of a Great Jazz Trio CD from ejazzlines in a couple of days. On the other hand I've been waiting over a month for a Japanese Roland Hanna CD. They've been apologetic, but I wonder if the CD will ever show up. I don't know the other site.

Classic!

Looks like a larger role coming up for Steve Buscemi. That would be good.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Read about a new trumpet player (at least to me) named Dominick Farinacci. Searched around & bought Manhattan Dreams with Mulgrew Miller, Chip Jackson & Joe Farnsworth. Pricey Japanese CD. Hopefully it'll be good. Also bought an Ernie Krivda CD (CIMP 293) that he's on.

I'm hooked too, Harold Z.

I like it. You will too.

Thanks. Everyday's a great day here in the Land Of Enchantment.