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I like the two AIA solo piano discs. They're understated, sure, but they're both grown on me over the years. (Wish they had released them on one CD, since they're both short enough to fit both on one disc.)

Dan, it isn't just you. Yikes!! edit: Just realized that this dead guy's first and middle name (or "nickname") are the same as my first and last name. Still, it was one of the first search hits.

He didn't donate enough to the Organissimo Forums!!

If it were me (and it ain't, but if it were), this is the way I'd go. Anybody here live in (or near) San Diego???

Donation sent (and I'll probably do so again in a few months). This place is worth it's weight in gold.

From the Beastie Boys' website (The skinny on the copy protection):

FYI, I see the question as almost automatically resulting in answers that fall to artists who are (at most) middle-aged. Don't get me wrong, I love what Wayne's doing these days, and I'll bet ya'll thought I was gonna say Andrew Hill in response to this question, didn'tcha?? Guys like Wayne and Andrew (and Cecil too) are still incredibly innovative (even today), but I think one could argue that they were at their point of greatest innovation (and had their greatest impact) in decades past. That is NOT to discount their work today, but rather to understand that most artists have their greatest impact while in their 30's and 40's, and occasionally their 50's (or even as young as their 20's occasionally). Or at least that's my two cents.

For me, it'd be a toss-up between Greg Osby (though I'm less inclined to say that after "St. Louis Shoes" and "Public" -_- ), and Jason Moran. (Full disclosure: I haven't heard all of "Public" yet, just the three full-length tracks you can listen to on the BN site.)

Frank, any idea what size or kind of group he's planning to record with in October?? Whatever it is, I'm there!! Hope is a smaller group, actually, with plenty of room for more solo time from Andrew. And a belated welcome to the board!! Good to have you around these parts.

Wouldn't mind hearing it, probably, but I'd be skeptical while doing so. And I probably wouldn't buy it without being able to give it a good spin first. Might be interesting, perhaps, but the cards are stacked against it. Them's mighty big shoes to fill...

Great price, for a great CD. Already got one, or I'd be buying.

Beatrice - by Sam Rivers (the tune was named after his wife). I had this played during my wedding reception, though I'm sure I was the only one there who knew the tune. Congrats!!! And be sure to post a couple wedding pictures here too. B)

Not when you can find them on sale at times, for only $10 or even occasionally $9 each. And even the standard 'list price' of $12 is reasonable, in my opinion. ($13 would be pushing it, but $12 seems fair to me.) I figure, at least they aren't trying to soak us for $13.99 for all these remasters of titles that many of us already have (or can find used for $8 or $9). So no, I don't think they're overpriced.

PS: Ever since I saw that Bynre show on Austin City Limits, I've kinda had my eye out for some sort of bootleg of that show. (I wish I had taped it.) The arrangements of the Talking Heads tunes with the strings were simply amazing. If anybody has any tapes from Byrne's recent tours, specifically with the string section, I'd be very interested. Thanks!!!

Just got tickets to go see David Byrne here in Kansas City on Sept. 15th. I was on the fence about going (cuz of the ticket prices, $35 to $40 per person, plus the TicketBastard™ charges), but I noticed in the ad in the free-weekly paper that he was going to have a string section with him (presumably the same group I saw him with when he was on Austin City Limits (on PBS) two or three years ago, which was a string sextet consisting of three violins, one viola, and two celli). Actually, doing a quick search, here's a picture of the group, including the strings... And here's a blurb about the string section... Another pic, with the strings...

I wonder if a young Free For All is on this Woody Herman date??? Paul???

Oh shit.

I refuse to give Paypal my bank account numbers, and never have. Once I used up the $500 spending limit (or maybe it was $1,000, can't remember), they tried to put the squeeze on me when I got down below $100. I ignored them, and then suddenly - without any explaination of any sort - my credit card spending limit got bumped back up to $1,000 again. My threory is they want you to use you bank account, but if you won't give it to them - they'd still like to have you as a customer, even if you only pay via credit card. Moose. Spend away, and when your spending limit gets down real low, see if it doesn't pop back up again. PS: I haven't burned through my second $1,000 yet, to test my theory a second time. (But I am down to a little less than $400, so the time will come, one of these days.)

I've never had a problem with them, and I've used Paypal to pay for nearly 100 (OK, maybe closer to 75) items over the last two or three years.

Come on, Jim. For purely musical reasons only, which one would be your least favorite???

Well, nearly all the Miles Columbia box sets are out (assuming "Seven Steps to Berlin" is the last one, though perhaps they'll do another one for all the various sessions from the 70's (after the "Jack Johnson" sessions), though that's pretty much up-in-the-air, I'm afraid -- so I didn't include it in this poll). And since the "Seven Steps to Berlin" box isn't out yet, we'll have to go with this description, and our personal knowledge of most of this material. From Jazzmatazz... And for the sake of this poll, let's all assume that the unreleased tracks (which we don't know anything about yet) – that they aren't all from any one particular album's session -- but rather just assume for the sake of argument it's one or two more bonus tracks from each of the various albums that make up this set. (So in other words, don't vote like you're getting an hour more of Miles with Sam Rivers, cuz that's probably not gonna be the case, sorry. For what it's worth, the previous Jazzmatazz description said that the majority of the unreleased material came from Antibes in 1963). So which period of Miles career for Columbia is your LEASE favorite, or the one you are the least interested in. And why???

Without any special effort to find them, I somehow acquired all four of Karen Mantler's dates as a leader (all of them bought used). I just listened to the most recent two earlier today, and I have to say that although she defies categorization, she's a winner in my book. At first I thought she was just quirky (and she certainly is), but the longer I've had these discs (the first two going on 10 years now), the more I think she's the real deal. Any other Karen Mantler fans here too??

My wife works for the federal government (U.S. Dept. of Education), and she got this in her work e-mail today. I would assume that "civil servants" means anyone who works for any governmental agency (or frankly, any company that has a name that even sounds governmental). -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:18 AM Subject: Borders Public Service Perks Borders Books & Music Stores are offering savings to civil servants later this month, the company announced Tuesday. As part of Public Service Savings Days, civil servants, postal workers, firefighters, police officers and military personnel will receive 20% off regularly priced books and music and 15% off regularly priced DVDs. The promotion runs from Friday, June 25, through Sunday, June 27. Government employees will be required to show a current pay-stub or official identification to qualify for the discount. "Borders thinks it's about time we give back to those who do so much for our communities everyday," the company said in a release.

Ain't that the truth!!