Stefan Wood

Was feeling mighty low yesterday -- work is getting real stupid as of late -- but it was snowing here in DC, and I put the Xmas tunes in the ipod, and listened to them as I walked home. Felt a LOT better when I got to my place! Thanks guys!

Bertrand and I had talked to Patton when he played at the Fat Cat in August 2001 in NYC. He mentioned this other session, but no mention of the players. He was smokin that night, with Ronnie Cuber.

Wow, even better than the previous edition? I can understand the Sanjuro and Yojimbo redos, the quality of the source prints on the previous ones weren't that good.

Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well Criterion in January.

Or Kwanzaa?

Woody Shaw is on that Bridge to a New Age lp, I believe. I like it!

And the 2 cd best of the Monkees!

For Orff diehards, I really like the 2 cd set Trionfi, which contains all three works, in 1950's mono:

The cult of Sonny Clark weaves its bidding magic once again!

The Red Garland will be a must have. I'm intrigued about the Miles set as well. It seems that Concord is doing the Mosaic Select route -- small box sets that are reasonably priced (a la Bill Evans set out right now). While there's nothing else as exciting on the list, I realize this is the best way for them to reintroduce the huge back catalogue to the public. We'll have to wait in regards to unreissued albums.

New items: Ethel Merman - The World is You Balloon Bob Dylan - No Direction Home Nancy Wilson - The Great American Songbook Wynton Marsalis - Live at the House of Tribes Nancy Wilson - Save Your Love for Me C'mon, who wouldn't want the Ethel Merman????

A new coupon, stingy as it is: Borders 15% coupon

I listened to NPR this morning, and they mourned the passing of George Best, who was the original 4th Beatle. It's this kind of "in depth" research that prevents me from contibuting to these guys.

How so? Too repetitive? I've heard the entire set and I think it is mighty fine. Funky, rockin' document of early 70's Miles.

You got to have some sympathy for the poor employees who have to be there at 3 am just to set everything up for the big day. And that's before dealing with the pains in the asses who storm the stores at opening.

Saliva works great as well!

They collect them like old jeans and pre G3 Macs.

I never got into video games because I would get motion sickness. Seriously, I think it is partly because I wear hard contact lenses......

Can we say..... Collector's Items??????

New stuff added. Stan Kenton - Stage Door Opens June Christy - June's Got Rhythm Miles Davis - Complete Jack Johnson sessions Lou Rawls - Live Cannonball Adderley - Domination Cannonball Adderley - Money in the Pocket

JB also had some serious tax problems at that point in time, so that certainly contributed to his creative decline. A guilty pleasure though, is the entire lp "For Goodness Sakes Take a Look at Them Cakes" with its cheesecake cover, but man the entire album smokes! I consider this to be his last great lp, a successful blend of his funk with the more popular disco.

I just recently sold a copy on ebay. Damn, I wish your email came 1 week sooner....... There is also the 2 cd set called the JB's. A 2 cd set called Funky Divas. And a 2 cd set of James Brown instrumentals. The funny thing about the Dead on the Heavy Funk set is that the music isn't all that hot -- JB had peaked before this, and these tunes were mostly fair to middling, with a few exceptions.

No back orders for the recent Sonys either.

OK, it's the end of the work day and I'm dumber than a bag of rocks. I checked the www.abstractlogix.com site, but can't find the listings for the Priester and the Hal Galper cds. Links?