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Truthfully, when I had my 12 marathon, last Thursday, I was away from work. I sat on my bed (near my stereo), enjoyed my three new Mosaics, and played on Organissimo for the duration. The 12 hour marathon started after the Airborne truck arrived. I couldn't believe I spent 12 hours on the stereo/computer. Like, where did that day go?

I work for 'a major software company.' I don't know how Invision, or any software company, can expect to sell new versions of its software if the user can't convert the old data to the new version. I'd expect Invision would provide a way to convert the data. I'm much happier with this 'old' version of the Invision software than the new version of vBulletin (used by AAJ and Jazzcorner).

I agree. I definitely don't blame Mike for the problem. It appears it's a limit of the vBulletin software. To me, it's a huge sore on the side of that software. I'm surprised it's limited in that way. Maybe Mike should upgrade to Invision?

The breakfast I didn't eat has faded. I'm hungry. What's for lunch?

7/4: Are you feeling better now?

I've learned that I do prefer the Invision bulletin board software. I missed the hell out of the 'Today's active topics' link. I can hardly navigate without it. >my AAJ post< Frack!

Hmmm... nice and cozy on THIS board. B)

The Bennie Green Select listed at Amazon: >link< Damn, at a price of just over $22 per CD. Maybe the shipping is free?

Concerning Rooster and Moose; a single person couldn't make that many posts and keep them all organized.

Hmmm... I've been listening to Mosaics and playing on the computer for many hours (about 12 straight hours so far). Yikes. Maybe I'm starting to 'see things' at this point? I'm looking at the liner notes for the Elvin Jones Mosaic. The Mosaic manual lists set 'K' as containing the tunes The Whims of Bal and The Prime Element. When I look at the back of the CD cover, it lists set 'K' as containing the tunes At This Point in Time and Currents/Pollen. Set 'K' is flip-flopped with set 'M' when comparing the CD notes to the manual. Not a big deal, but a noted Mosaic typo. Again, I'm a bit cross-eyed at the moment and may be interpreting information incorrectly.

Yeah, in my stomach, the 'trash depository.'

My dinner tonight. Mmmm... Mmmm... good.

This reminds me of... well, 'me.' garthsj and I are of different generations. 'What we were listening to jazz instead of' was different. Our habits, on the other hand, were the same. For me, rather than listening to Hall & Oats and U2, I was grooving with Miles and Brubeck. Rather than listening to Phil Collins and Madonna, I was feeling content with Ella Fitzgerald and John Hendricks. Again, younger and older folks are 'linked' with this music we call jazz.

I got my JJ today. I'm currently on a second pass through Disk One. Everything, so far, is quite good. Simply, fine music. It makes me feel that the world is peaceful and it's a good time to be alive (always a good sign for music). Not too crazy, not too dull, but, a very good mixture of both. The music seems mature, adult, and well-played. My first surprise: Bobby Jaspar on the sax. Why have I not heard of this guy? AMG says Jaspar died, early, from a heart ailment. What a great combination, Jaspar is, of East coast and West coast jazz. His tenor displays the 'cool' of the West with the 'bite' of the East. It's too bad we don't hear more from Bobby Jaspar. Disk One of the JJ Johnson Mosaic contains one of the best version of 'Angel Eyes' I've heard. This version of 'Angel Eyes' also inludes Elvin on the drums.

You get scraches for your car's CD player?

Why hasn't there been more talk, in general, about Joe Farrell? He simply tears it up on Disk One. Farrell plays tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, even a piccolo (session A). All backed up by Elvin on the drums and Jimmy Garrison on the bass. Farrell is amazing.

I remember ol' Ed Swinnich tearing them a new one in the last days of the BNBB. I suppose I don't need to open old wounds. But, well, Ed's comments were darned funny at the time. I could 'feel' his anger and frustration. His words spoke for me. Ed Swinnich: Welcome back to the Organissimo board. It's good to see you, here, again.

Yeah, I wondered the same thing. There is some discussion here. >link<

If you buy RVGs (I buy them all), you can hear an acoustic bass that sounds electric.

I agree 100%. So much of the time, though, the electric bass, to me, is not played well. As a result, I tend to prefer the acoustic bass.

I don't miss the BNBB. I much prefer Organissimo and would have a difficult time going back to the BNBB if it were resurrected. However, I do wish we had all the history found in the various BNBB threads. For example, you could do a search on nearly any RVG, at the BNBB, and find threads discussing that RVG. The RVG threads were all there, on the BNBB, and were created as each RVG was released. The same thing is happening at Organissimo, slowly, as the new RVGs are released. Unfortunately, the older RVGs don't get as much coverage (they've already been discussed at the BNBB).

I'm listening to the Johnny Hodges Mosaic as I type these words (newly arrived today!). I'm enjoying this box very much so far. Very Ellingtonian, for sure. On Disk One, Black And Tan Fantasy, who is playing the muted trumpet? Ray Nance or Clark Terry? The liner notes don't make it clear (it appears there has been some confusion in the past?). This is some of the best muted trumpet I've ever heard. It sounds like the player is, literally, talking through his instrument. As if he is saying real words rather than musical notes. Very nice.

I listen to 'old folks' music on a daily basis. I'm listening to some 1956 Johnny Hodges, from the Johhny Hodges Mosaic, as I type these words. Yeah, I've even read the 'old folks' Louis L'Amour books on occasion. From a 'technology' perspective, I was born at a great time. From an 'art' perspective, I often get the feeling I was born too late. I do enjoy the 'link to the old folks' that I experience with jazz. I was speaking to a guy at work. He is about 25 years old. I mentioned something about Miles Davis. The person at my work replied, "Oh, you like that old school crap?" I had the odd thought, "No, Miles Davis is more contemporary, actually. Jelly Roll Morton, he might be more old school." It just goes to show, how far out of the current musical loop you are, if you, like me, spend most of your listening time drenched in 'old folks' music.

Damn it all to hell, man. Play, Mr. Elvin, play! Disk one, so far, with Elvin Jones, Joe Farrell, and Jimmy Garrison. Elvin is right there, as usual, with the comfortably intense drum support. Filling the fore and back grounds with, what sounds like, three times the number of drums he's actually using.

I believe, one of the very strong aspects of an art, topic, hobby, practice, or thought is if said subject becomes non-generational. If it can speak to several generations of people in the same way. I think Lon is correct when he writes that certain things can skip a generation, and appear in the next. When I listen to jazz from my favorite period (which continues to encompass more and more years), 1925 to 1965, the music seems very non-generational. As if it was recorded just yesterday, by people of my own age group. To my ears, the Beatles sound much older and more dated than, say, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, or Thelonious Monk. Even Louis Armstrong's 1920's material sounds less dated, to me, than Elvis or Buck Owens or Tears for Fears. When I hear vintage Hank Williams, my thought is, "damn, that's old." When I hear Armstrong from the 1920s, however, my mind opens and the music appears very modern and stylish. Another artwork that seems completely non-generational is the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.