Dmitry

"American Musicians" is probably the top book of music-related photographs I have[not just jazz inside, but country, gospel, bluegrass, r&b, etc]. A word of advice to those interested in the book - try to get the hard cover version. It'll hold better than the paper-back. PS - If you ever wanted to see what Pee Wee Marquette looked like, he's on page 162.

Magnepans would eat your amp alive. Imo there's no reason for buying speakers that don't go below 50 Hz unless you add a sub. For your budget you can get some decent full-range speakers. OR Look into horn speakers, like a pair of vintage Klipsch Heresys, add an SVS sub and you got something to smile about.

How did the writers get picked to write liner notes? Did they also hang out in the office looking for advances?

They're boots. Some of the material mirrors the Lighthouse set, perhaps Fresh Sound released the same music as well. I asked the same question on the BN Board a souple of years ago.. Not worth the $ imo.

QUIT SMOKING

Jeff hasn't been around much lately. He and his wife moved recently. In any case, Jeff, if you're reading this - have a great and fulfilling birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Buy It nOw on this Motion is kinda stiff. Kind of a *tourist price*, but not crazy yet. Some desperate soul will bite, I'm sure.

Bob Cranshaw?

SING ALONG IS A MUST !

DMM mostly SUX I have some dmm's out of necessity [i.e. ZT's Blues]. Add an extra $10 and buy Liberty.

why do they call it ovaltine? the mug is round...

I think it's about unqualified adults taking on a task of explaining obvious things to children that would otherwise be better off figuring out those things on their own. Did anyone say beverage?

It's called a visual aide. Americans love those. Pie charts and all. You might also ask him to poke in his nose. Round finger in a round nostril gets the boogers out way better than a square one would. Of course if the boy is 15 and older you might want to use some other references. B)

A child will understand just fine. It the adults that might need assistance... The square pegs go into the square holes, and the round pegs go into the round holes. Fill a round mug 1/2 with water or a beverage of your choice, rotate the pencil inside. Chances are no water comes out the rim. Now do the same with a square mug. Water will splash outside. Helped?

In order to be read by the laser CD must rotate. It's makes more sense to rotate an object with a round center hole than the one with square hole. Less interferences, even spead of the rotational forces across the cd surface. Non-round hole would create an uneven path of rotation, methinks.

Leave 'em in[unless you live in a major metropolitan area, own a 1989 Toyota Camry and park it on the street]. You have a better chance of scratching them if you go back and forth. Plus the unnecessary wear and tear of the cdp ejection mechanism. If you want to be *very* cautious, use cd-r's in your car player. No big loss if they get scratched or your passenger sits on them.

I enjoy looking at the Ray Brown photo. Thanks again, Mark!

Looks like McDonough OD'ed on Andre Hodeir. It's not easy to write boring on Basie. But obviously it's possible!

Vigor Wiggle needs to think of a better name. Where do you actually buy the pirate shirts? Is there a pirate shirt store?

Wow!

I only have one Fischer album, Extension, a 1963 Pacific Jazz lp [PJ-77]. I see that it was finally released on cd coupled with a dubitable mid-70s Songs For Rainy Day Lovers. The title of the cd is America The Beautiful... Extension is quite great. Pleasant low key compositions and arrangements and a primo big band [bud Shank, Sam Most, Larry Bunker, et al]. With just the right touch of Afro-Cuban. A scarcely recorded Jerry Coker and Fischer are the only soloists. On alto Coker sounds like a magna cum laude Lee Konitz disciple. A not to be missed album, imo. Fischer was affiliated with Cal Tjader in the late 50s, perhaps later as well.

Ain't that the truth?! Amen! I'll drink to that. Probably literally. Staff got me a bottle of nice cognac. I think we'll close up early today. :D Thanks guys!

One of the finds I had in the last couple of years was the original pressing of Newk's Time that I bought from a hobo on a street in Harlem. $3. Cover had some tape on it, but vinyl - that's another story.