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DHL sucks! Swiss post had them do the door delivery for international parcels for a while. They'd always come when no one's home, you'd arrange for a second delivery a day or two after, they'd pull a no show and instead come one day later or some such ... seems Swiss post had so many complaints that they themselves are doing all door deliveries again, DHL is kept away from contact with customers (unless of course you're using DHL as a courier, but we're talking of regular postal services partly sourced out to DHL here).

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Thanks to this thread I pushed myself over the edge finally, spending big bucks (33 eurozlotys) on a new copy of the Japanese reissue of "In the World" ... I'd heard it before, but damn this is good! Might indeed be my favorite Jordan, all things considered! I guess the Mingus experience did open up a few things for him, after all, though he always sounds like he was the most conservative member of that band -- well, that's after Johnny Coles was out ... the sextet is different than the quintet, I think ... and Jordan plays some great sh*t, don't get me wrong! Anyway, the band on "In the World" is one of the best he ever led ... love Priester and the twin basses and well, love everything about this album! Great to hear Kelly outside his comfort zone, too. This music goes straight to the guts yet there's lots of food for the mind, too.

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Don't know these but: 1) There's a fairly nice, rehearsal-like album by Lacy and Evans which does make me interested in Konitz/Evans 2) You'll need more Konitz/Solal, get the hat disc "Star Eyes"! (There are quartet albums around, too, a double disc/reissue on CAM and a fine one on Steeplechase) 3) There's a duo album of Konitz with Michel Petrucciani (on Owl, as is the Lacy/Evans) - unlikely, but it does work!

amazon.it has the new Bolet box at the very attractive price of 25€ ... I've got too much of what's in it already, bought when I was hunting for more Bolet just a few months ago. Definitely worth your time!

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Sorry to intrude, but Mosaic never does re-releases. Or do you want to say it's from the first batch the had printed/ordered/stored/shipped as opposed to the next couple of hundreds after it may have been on backorder? If so, where would you get that information form? I never saw any of that, never saw Mosaic say "we have the first thousand boxes here now" ... and I also never thought of considering later copies of the same box re-releases.

Well, sometimes when you pop in a disc into the computer drive, you'll get a list of two or three album titles from which you can pick the one that seems more fitting (that's similar with iTunes, I found). If there's only one set of data around, you won't get that choice. I usually tag everything myself the way I want it to be ... but then with these cheapo Membran boxes you might find out more than they provide, so it's definitely worth a try (or rather, as you saw: a shot in the dark).

Open Loose last night ... rather short concert and it took them a while to get warm, but the second half of the first set and some of the second, including the encore, were really good. Rainey was amazing, Helias sometimes reminded me a bit of Charlie Haden, at least in his more quiet moments, when he allowed his bass to sing. Malaby was tender and brutal at the same time, early on I found his switching between the two rather unorganic, but it got pretty darn intense and the best few tunes were mighty good. However, I still have some quibbles ... Malaby sounded like he was in his own way, seemed like he just never could let loose and just play - and that was the part of this group that I missed. They had their tricky (and often beautifully crafted) tunes and arrangements and rhythms - and Rainey was LOOSE! - but somehow it all sounded a bit too technical and too restrained to me - not quite living up to the band name, really. But it was still a pretty good concert, altogether.

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Häns'che Weiss was amazing! Best guitar jazz I ever heard live ... wonderful sweet sound, it was heaven! His solo on "Time After Time" (the original) was drop-dead gorgeous, his lines, his attack, his rhythm ... wow! He had a fine rhythm guitar player with him by name of Holzmanno Winterstein who played a few wonderful solos in the second set (on both Django titles they played, a wonderfully lyrical "Nuages" and an engaging and pretty wild "Minor Swing"). The rhythm guitar and the bass of Weiss' longtime partner Vali Mayer on bass (a local guy) were the engine of the group, propelling the music with an infectious swing. The programme was a mix of standards and originals, there was a waltz, there was some gypsy stuff (I couldn't tell what it really was, balcans for sure, but ...) and there was some singing and some showmanship too (mostly from Mayer who did a short segment on banjo opening the second set). Pianist Mickey Bamberger played an entertaining mix of Garner and Jamal, if that makes sense, sometimes a bit too flashy I found, but still good. And he engaged in some wonderful exchanges with Weiss, too. When Weiss was soloing, I was really in jazz guitar heaven - it was probably the closest I'll ever get to the greats of what's a long bygone era. It felt like I was listening to Tal Farlow/Johnny Smith/Jimmy Raney there, live and in person. Truly magic! Bottom line: Häns'che Weiss smokes the asses of all those post-bop retro guys ... easily so!

The mathematical side really doesn't matter ... it's the feel and there a half step can make a big difference. There's plenty of boots running at ridiculous speeds. My favourite example is always the Miles Amsterdam concert with Barney, Klook et.al., where Klook sounds extremely weird on the released versions, while on the fixed one - pitch on the boots is approximately 47cents flat - sounds much, much better! The Miles in Boxton 1955 runs at wrong speed, too ... there's Mingus material, there's even a mid 90s Joey DeFrancesco set which Swiss Radio recorded in great fidelity but broadcast in wrong speed ... don't ask me how that can happen in these digital times, but happen it does. So I'd not say these differences aren't perceptible. They are, and sometimes big time so, if things certainly fall into the place they're supposed to be!

Tonight: Häns'che Weiss Quartet Tomorrow night: Mark Helias' Open Loose

me too. I'm with you on Blue ... some very nice music indeed, but he fails to really grip me. Also on those organ dates, I think I usually get more from Virgil Jones than from Mitchell. Though Mitchell assembled some prime bands for his Riverside albums and the band with Cook/Corea/Taylor/Foster was very tight ... but I kind of always expect to like it a bit better when looking at the albums and line-ups than I acutally end up liking them while listening.