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Wow, major congrats!!! I love station wagons (call me weird, I've been called worse). Paul, as you might remember - I drive a Honda Accord Wagon (1992), and I'd buy another Honda wagon in a heartbeat, if they still made them. Acutally, they are starting to make Honda wagons again in the U.K. (as of last year), and maybe in Europe too (well, maybe, I haven't checked into it really). In any case, that gives me a little hope that Honda will bring back their wagons in the U.S., after they stopped making them maybe 3 or 4 years ago. And yeah, I'm definitely gonna wanna see your Forester sometime. No tellin' for sure if Honda is gonna come through for me with another wagon, so I'm gonna have to keep my options open, if I really want a wagon next time. I've got about 130K-miles on my '92 Accord wagon, so I'm hoping to get another 3-5 years out of it, knock on wood. (Then again, it could die tomorrow - who knows.) Again, congrats!!!

Ahem... HELLO!!! OK, I'm bumping this topic up again, cuz Michael seems to be thinking about the next round of Conns, for the Fall of 2004 - and he doesn't seem to have a full list of titles set in stone yet. So, we may yet be able to put a bug in his ear about one or two 'pet' titles that we are desparate to get. So, put your thinking caps on again - and what do you REALLY want to see released in the next batch of Conns in 2004??? He did say that the Booker Ervin / Woody Shaw date was a "probable" release for this Fall, so don't bother to vote for that one. And all the previously unreleased Andrew Hill is already on his radar, but seems to be more like as some sort of Hill "Select" - than a Conn. Here's exactly what I got back from Michael today, in an e-mail... Also, the Horace Silver "United States of..." whatever series (3LP’s that would be on 2CD’s) already seems to be a good possibility (although he didn't specifically mention it in his e-mail to me). Rest assured, it's probably on his radar, one way or another.

My uncle played a number of things for me, when I was probably in high-school. They didn't really leave all that much of an impression on me at the time, but later - when I was in college - he played more and more for me, and some of my earliest specific memories of particular jazz artists were probably of Charlie Parker, and Diz, and probably also Miles. Also, lots and lots of big-band material, including Duke, plus a dozen other more conventional big bands, plus some Kenton probably. And, oddly enough, Sun Ra - who my uncle also loved to tell stories about. So, I guess my earliest jazz-related memories were really more about the stories my uncle told me, more than the music itself. It wasn't until about my junior year of college, before I took the "Intro to Jazz" class, offered by the music department. Did my final term-paper for the class on Sun Ra -- not because I particularly "got" Ra's music back then, but because I was so taken with the stories my uncle had told me in the few years prior. I can't remember any specifics, but the stories were probably about my uncle having seen the Arkestra at the Chicago Jazz Fest in the early 80's (which would have been only about a decade before I did the paper). I remember him (my uncle) talking about all the costumes, and dancers, and lights, and the WILD, WILD solos the various band members took. I don't even think my uncle really "got" Ra all that much, when you get right down to it. I think he just got off on the spectacle and theatrics of the whole thing. The first jazz recordings I ever owned (I had cassette tapes of them, made for me by a friend), were of KoB backed with Nefertiti (with the tune "Prince of Darkness" from Sorcerer, tacked on at the end of the tape, after Nefertiti). And another tape of "Mode For Joe" backed with "Power to the People". I about wore those two tapes out over those first couple months, playing the Miles tape non-stop some days.

Anoushka is related to Ravi Shankar??

OK, literally 2 minutes ago I got the following e-mail from Michael. And of all things, it answers the very question we've been wondering about for - what? - the last hour???

This was the post I replied to above, but now it has vanished too! What's happening?? Don't fret. I just edited out all that stuff, and replaced it with "Just started THIS THREAD about it." instead. But as far and the original "mystery" post goes, that wasn't me - and I have no idea why the person who posted it, presumably later deleted it.

Just started THIS THREAD about it.

I saw this documentary a couple months ago, at a special screening here in Kansas City (as part of a local film festival). It was fantastic!!!!!!!! I'll try to describe it some more when I get a minute. I may have some promotional info about it lying around too. If you ever get the chance to see this one - DON'T MISS OUT!!!!

This thread is beginning to grate on my nerves.

I used to have that "Jazz Birdies of Paradise" release too (sold it a couple years ago), and yes - the sound was pretty bad. But there are a couple much better versions of the exact same concert floating around. Mine is a silver (non-CDR) CD that just has "Antwerp" stamped on it (in small letters), with some bare-bones packaging. Found it maybe three years ago in St. Louis at Euclid Records for about $25, and at the time - I didn't realize that it was the same performance as the "Birdies of Paradise" release. Fortunately the sound was so much better, that I was still glad I picked it up. (I would say it's about 90% as good as the JMY Paris date from about a week later. And the music smokes, of course!!!)

SOURCE Wonder if this is still something that could ever happen??? Especially the Miles 1967 material!!!

SOURCE Looked like some useful info, so here it is - where it can be useful!!

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I've got the Qwest "Tribute To Miles" disc with Roney, and I've always found it a touch boring too. But somewhere (in who-knows what box), I've got a 2-hour video-tape of this band, recorded live in Italy I think -- and they TOTALLY cook. 10 times better than the comcercial release on CD. Or at least that's what I remember of it, since I haven't looked at it in well over 5 years. But I remember thinking it was totally kick-ass at the time. Wonder what my reaction would be now??? I'll see if I can dig it out, and give it a "spin". (Can you "spin" video-tapes?? )

Junior Cook is reason enough to buy this set.

Got mine, and I love it. If anyone is on the fence about it, NOW'S THE TIME!!!!

Ah yes, I totally forgot about "Thinking of Home" being from 1970. And I always mentally relate "Lift Every Voice" with 1969, but I forget the second session is from 1970 too. By the way, I just sent Michael Cuscuna an e-mail about all the Fall 2004 Conns (via the Mosaic "Feedback" page), and I asked him about the Andrew Hill "Chained" session too (the one that King was gonna release in Japan). No idea if he'll respond, but if he does - I'll be sure to let everyone know.

That couldn't have been a Conn. It had to have been a Rare Groove. Tell me that wasn't a Conn!!!

If I'm not mistaken, these would be the very first Conn releases of any BN recordings from the 70's, correct?? I sure can't think of any other post-1969 Conns (though I'm not looking at a full list of Conns in order to be 100% sure).

Don't know if this is true, but it was included in the original post.

I will plan to do this as well. This request should be posted on AAJ too, and any other jazz boards that one can think of. Heck, any "progressive classical" boards too, if any such animals exist (and if there are any, somebody please let me know!!).

Amen to that. 1000 times over. Love this place.

Can you e-mail the mp3 to me?? I'll PM you my e-mail address. Thanks!!! -- Rooster T.