Stefan Wood

Snowed in today -- finally listening to the bonus disc from start to finish. I like it even more than the "official release" disc! Puts a smile on my face.

On disc 3 now. Music to shovel snow to........

I think what is unique about the cheap Bohm Wagner set is that is is newly remastered (2012 or 2013 remaster), and the improvement is supposed to be significant.

A great price on the Wagner.

I received notice that an Ansermet French Music box was processed and shipped. I looked at the amazon.uk site and it is already out of stock (!?!). Some seller is already charging 300 pounds for a copy.

Halfway through listening to this set -- so far, so good!

Really???

download, thanks!

sigh, pre ordered. That amazon uk tip is too good to pass on.

Picked up the Ansermet box for 39 pounds (with shipping to the US, total $69).

Careful.

P.S. Are you sending a copy to Wynton?

Scott, you have entered the audiophile rabbit hole. Once you settle on the speakers, then you will have to revisit the speaker wire issue. And connectors. And power cable.......

Listened to the first disc. Really liking this. A real mash up of eras, yet it is cohesive. A couple of tracks I did find to be repetitive, but most of it is really inventive and good listening. The Monk influenced tune was really nice.

Mine came in today. It will occupy a special place in my library. It has to; the damn thing is packaged such that it can't fit on a normal cd shelf!

Lafferty was a fantastic writer. Past Master is a classic, as is Fourth Mansions, the latter being one of the best fantasy/sci fi/whatever genre novels I have ever read. There was no one who could write like him.

No, Manny's.

Happy birthday!

There are jazz record stores in Manhattan. Jazz Record Center, and Downtown Music Gallery. Almost forgot. Academy Reocrds is still around.

The Thing - Boot! Got this late 2013; it is highly recommended. Hard rocking improv jazz.

I use my mac mini to stream to my apple TV or airport express to my stereo as well.

Nothing wrong with the Prestiges. Nothing wrong with the Atlantics. Or Impulses. Coltrane's career was such that you can pick an era and live in that world. I will always prefer the Impulses, not only for what he had achieved, but the direction he pointed to for others.

My mom would tell me when she was a kid in the South Bronx in the 50s, Tito Rodriguez would come into the neighborhood (the predominantly Puerto Rican Ft Apache area, before the Cross Bronx Expressway was built and destroyed the neighborhoods) in his shiny brand new car to show off his fame to the locals, who all loved him. He would get his exercise by shooing the young kids away from the car. My grandmother may have known him.

It was up on Amazon.com very recently -- now I see it is no longer in stock. Wait for the holidays to pass, and the stores should have it restocked. I thought I had seen it for $160.

Or burned what is left of downtown. Seriously, I think Detroit banned Millen from entering its city limits. Or buying any of their cars.