Ken Dryden

It's also pretty sad when people list collectable titles likely to sell for over $100 then refuse to make insurance available for purchase.

I seem to recall that there was an incomplete take not listed but heard on the Mulligan-Desmond Verve CD reissue. Mandolinist David Grisman makes a habit of including hidden tracks on most of his Acoustic Disc CDs, though they usually are complete tracks.

It was only a matter of time before that cartoon appeared. Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh will be spinning in his grave, in an elliptical manner (if there's room in the coffin).

I don't doubt you, Chris. I can't remember if my delayed reviews were a set of Butch Thompson CDs or Phil Woods' Mosaic set (the latter which was particularly irritating, since the other Mosaic releases issued at the same time had reviews printed promptly in the next issue)

Like many writers, I pitch a ton of independent releases for review to publications and websites, but editors make the final choices concerning assignments. There are outlets that give writers a free hand as to what they cover, but that seems to be the exception. While Cadence provides little compensation to writers, even "regular" writers, Bob Rusch does not play favorites. My experience during a 2-3 stint as a Cadence contributor was that he left my copy alone and didn't care if my review trashed a label advertising in the magazine or one of his own products. The biggest headache for me was his seemingly random order of printing reviews; I once submitted a set of reviews a week after getting the assignments, but they didn't run for 6 months or so.

I remember hearing Bill Milkowski bragging that he had gotten JazzTimes contributors fired on two different occasions for demonstrating an obvious lack of depth in their knowledge of jazz (One comment was something like, "Gee, Wayne Shorter is great, has he done anything else?"). Yet some of the pop critics they've hired masquerading as jazz critics repeatedly demonstrated a rather shallow jazz background. That's why I dropped my subscription a few years back, after taking it for 13 years.

Pseudo-jazz...

Looks like they were able to either locate the missing original masters that Blue Note failed to find for the American CD, restoring the solos of Red Mitchell and Carl Perkins. By the way, Hall told me that the US CD listed two takes of "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," but the track labeled as alternate take was, in fact, the unedited master, while the other was the edited version.

Don't take any critic seriously until you have evaluated his or her work over a range of reviews. 'nuf said...

Martha doesn't know jazz, there are too many awful tracks in that collection. She would have been better off picking true greats, along with chestnuts like Eric Doney's treatment of Bill Evans' "My Bells" on his CD Christmas in a Small Town. Chris Botti, Steve Tyrell, Eartha Kitt?

Aside from Pure Desmond, I've never been particularly fond of Paul Desmond's albums for CTI.

I bought 30 for myself, 2 for a nephew for Christmas gifts, plus one duplicate in error (The Poll Winners). The rest I already owned or didn't want.

It's sad that nothing but poorly stocked, high-priced chain music stores are all that is available in a lot of markets. Trying to merchandise jazz via home office bozo buyers means that there'll be little of interest for most jazz fans, reinforcing the attitude that "jazz doesn't sell." Eventually the download kings will not be happy when their ipods, hard drives and burned CDRs start malfunctioning, not to mention when they discover how lousy the audio is in comparison to a manufactured CD.

I'll add my two cents that The Ellington Suites is an excellent album. Having purchased both the original LP when it was issued and acquiring the CD as well, I think any Ellington fan ought to buy it. My Concord Sale order showed up Saturday while I was in New Orleans.

Order 5599, confirmed 7/12, no shipping notice or CDs so far. I'm off to New Orleans tomorrow, so no chance to follow up for awhile.

Hot, humid, with rain that never lasts long enough, so I'm heading to New Orleans next week.

Remo Palmier's self-titled LP for Concord hasn't been reissued on CD and is doubtful to appear unless the current label owners license it to someone else.

Trying to incorporate Marxist b.s. into a review of a jazz CD is a waste of the reader's time. I remember buying Watson's book on Frank Zappa, Negative Didatics of Poodle Play, but it wasn't long before I put it down for good.

My order # was 5599, with the email sent to me 7-12. No package yet...

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the artificially high retail prices maintained by labels for their CDs.

After reading such drivel, it would be hard to imagine anyone taking his opinion seriously.

Reminds me of my retail days, where the store advertised items nearly at cost and some cheapskate would ask "Is there a quantity discount?" Whether or not free shipping happens, I think most of us can afford to pay for shipping when the price is $2.98 per CD. But if you got a confirmation showing free shipping, they would be hard pressed to defend charging more if you complained to your credit card issuer.

I leave them in the boxes with the CD. One friend flattens the boxes and pitches them upon receipt. Guess his heirs will be disappointed when they get lower auction proceeds...

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