Dmitry

Not any more!

How old are YOU?

Phil Kelly is 83 years young today! https://www.ejazzlines.com/big-band-arrangements/by-arranger/phil-kelly-jazz-big-band-charts-arrangements/ https://originarts.com/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=44

I don't know if this one is considered smooth jazz, but this record is my favorite "life is good" album of all time - Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess

I was at the Bull Moose store in Scarboro this summer, on our way to visit friends who have a house on the Long Lake near Harrison. This local chain never disappoints. The jazz cd selection is strong. In local news: one comic book/record store is open as before, another one was closed when I went, and another one on the same block, Armageddon Records was only open by appointment, which I obviously didn't have, so I peaked inside, there were two customers, and the man at the cash register wouldn't let me come in and check out their 2 feet-long jazz isle....another Covid freak.

I'm really hoping to pay you a visit this weekend. Are you open still?

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And wishing for 100!

Will refreshments be served?

Happy b-day 2020!

Mark Durelle Combs aka Jazzmoose passed away 3 years ago today. Daniel A hipped me to it. I didn't know he was gone. Will light a candle to his memory tonight.

MomsMobley / Clementine is/was an intellectual or an erudite. What's the difference, Clem/Moms? Drop me a line!

Again, I'm slightly late to voice my decisive missive. I read most of this thread, and if THIS is why some fine people have left the forum, this is some tripe stuff. Think how much has happened since then...Chris Albertson is dead, couw hasn't been seen in a dozen years, some others as well. Nero....I haven't run across any mention of it in a decade.

Many Blu-ray players don't have the RCA audio outs and no optical/coaxial digital outs any more...but you're looking specifically for HDMI, so that shouldn't be an issue. I have a $100 Sony that's been running for 7 or 8 years.

How much do you want to spend?

Are referring to the stop and frisk? Crime went down dramatically in all of NY neighborhoods, black, white, latino, etc., under Giuliani's mayorship. It was palpable on various levels.

Touché. A 12-lp set on BN...sounds what the Mosaic Records would be releasing. And maybe should have.

On what label? Not Blue Note, I'd wager.

I've never heard of this place. Notwithstanding...it's a shame. Things could've been handled VERY differently by the powers that be. And should've been handled differently.

I'm late to this party, or should we call it a wake? Koch isn't going anywhere, so I'll put in my two cents; I lived in NYC during the last year of Koch, through all of Dinkins, Giuliani, and the first term of Bloomberg. From a completely uneducated, self-reliant perspective, Koch was a character, he was perfectly comfortable in his position, but the city was dangerous and dirty. I remember being rather nervous to ride subways off peak hours, and I had to do it. It was filthy, crazy people were walking around the city; it stunk. Dinkins was a poor mayor. It's not his fault that the race riots lit up in Williamsburg, but his actions didn't help. He will be remembered as history's footnote. He just died, I think. Rudy's administration turned things around, in my version. Crime dropped, international tourism picked up, the city cleaned up. I do miss the peep shows in Time Square as much as the next guy, but that's the price to pay for not having been knifed on a subway. Bloomberg bought his mayorship three times. New York is not the city I used to love any more. The whole thing is just not what New York was to me, and to many others. It's hard to describe...just can't relate to it any more. This is a good film, The Bonfire of the Vanities. It illustrates some of New York during the Koch years. I should read the book.