Ken Dryden

During one of my last trips to JRC a few years ago, a guy picked up some vintage original Blue Note LPs without prices on a desk near the front and asked Fred ”How much are these?” Fred yelled at him “Put them back, they aren’t for sale!” I am sure they were already sold or getting read to be auctioned for high prices.

A man had a problem with his sound of his gas discharges, they changed from the normal Bronx cheer to the sound, "Honda..." His doctor was mystified, so he sent him to a proctologist. Shortly after the patient undressed and was examined, the doctor exclaimed, "I found the problem, you have an abscess!" The man asked, "What's an abscess got to do with it?" the doctor replied, "Abscess make the fart go Honda."

Cats react to things in different ways, but it is often fascinating. When I had my knee replacement earlier this year, my wife took over my care of the cats in the basement. Two days after surgery, my wife called from the basement and told me our oldest cat (Zeitlin) barely touched his canned food and went over to the door looking for me. I grabbed the walker, folded it to use as a crutch and made my way downstairs and assured him that I was still okay. I give him partial credit for encouraging me to take the stairs regularly during my recovery, it is fifteen steps to the basement and sixteen to the top floor (HutchFan has been in our home to climb them). Fifteen days after surgery, my PT measured my range of motion at 110 degrees and said 90 was the expected result. So Zeitlin gets credit with getting me moving a lot.

I remember one of Benson’s Warner Bros. CDs where he started singing in a song in the wrong place, stopped immediately and yet they released the track as is. I asked a label rep at a jazz conference why they didn’t edit it out or do a re-take and got the reply, “We thought it was a good take otherwise.” Maybe they were running over budget…

I was an AARP member for two years after turning 50. The discounts offered were never for anything of interest to me or I was happy with the businesses that competed against them.

I will be happy to offer a track.

Dick Hyman, especially the stuff never reissued on CD.

I have the Kirkeby bio, I seem to recall reading that claim in it, but it has been awhile. I will check it when I have time.

Arrived this week, I just haven't had time to get to hear it.

I believe that Stateside Distributors, the label's US distributor, told me that the entire mid-price line is out of print.

I thought that photo looked familiar, I have the Oktav CD version issued in 2008.

Long a favorite of mine.

It is a Chicago store that many of you have dealt with via mail order. I don''t want to name them, as they are also the ones who credited my expedited shipping on my previous order when there were numerous delays by the shipper. I do they sending me a prepaid label would have been a far smarter, more efficient solution.

That's one of the many reasons I have never subscribed to any vinyl service. To much chance that there is music I already own in another format, or music of absolutely no interest to me at all.

The business replied to my follow up email that they had no ability to create a prepaid label in their system. That seems odd for business that relies heavily on mail order. The issue I have is if the USPS loses or damages the package, I am out the return postage. The business, not me, should shoulder the risk. O've already had at least one shipment via media mail from them that took over four weeks to reach me, so I didn't use it, though they suggested it, given that there was a two week deadline for returning the CD.

About to spin, won on ebay a few days ago for $.99 and shipping from Japan. The last piece of the puzzle, as I already owned volumes 2 & 3.

Great music, it was really an underrated trio. Chuck Israels isn't as aggressive as either Scott LaFaro or Eddie Gomez, but his interactions with Evans and Bunker are intricate and memorable.

That exactly what I requested. I don't want to stand in line to return it and the weirdest stipulation was that I had to return it within fourteen days to get credit. So they will be paying for first class mail, I am not risking the adventure of media mail. By the way, the USPS recently did away with optional insurance on media mail for items valued under $500. Pretty dumb, as I can't imagine there are a high percentage of successful claims.

I recently placed a large music order and discovered two copies of one CD, cursing myself for my carelessness. But when I reviewed the online invoice, I discovered that I had only ordered and been charged for one copy. I requested that the vendor email me a prepaid postage label so I can return it. I was thanked for my honesty, then directed to pay for the return shipping and they would reimburse me. Not exactly the response I was expecting...

It was always amusing to me when Frank Howard was a manager and visited the mound, where he towered over his pitcher.

I feel like odds are strongly against the Diamondbacks at this point, but Yogi Berra's quote comes to mind.

Two historic new releases arrived in yesterday's mail and both are enjoyable with great sound. The Bill Evans CD features his trio with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker, plus a bonus track from the sessions issued earlier this year that didn't fit on the 2 CD set due to time contstraints. The Brubeck CD features early remote recordings made by Wally Heider and the audio is outstanding.

Losing a pet is always tough, especially with a drawn out illness. Hope another fine cat will add love to your home, though Pyewacket will never be replaced.

Pre-ordered. Denon did a crappy job with the CD reissue, omitting all the alternate takes that were a part of the Savoy Jazz 2 LP set. I pre-ordered this set when I saw my email during lunch. I am also looking forward to Con Chapman's bio of Don Byas, though i don't know when it is scheduled for publishing, probably some time next year.

While I agree that Sonny Rollins’ discography has some highs and lows, my experience doing a phone interview with him for a feature promoting his 50th anniversary Carnegie Hall concert in 2007 was very enjoyable and I managed to convince my editor to let me run a few hundred words over the usual limit.