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Yeah, it was "Baby Take A Chance With Me"! I did forget about two of the numbers they performed. Orange was the encore. The first half of Black Saint was quite a treat, but somehow I missed the great solos from the record (Mariano, Richardson - some of their phrases are virtually burnt into my memory). I went to Escofferey right after the show to tell him how much I loved his playing. He was a bit surprised (swiss people don't do this kind of thing, usually), but very kind and told me how much he appreciated hearing this. A nice person, I think! ubu

Maybe not, since touring arrangements do require advance planning. You were dead-right about the personnel - exactly as I listed! ubu

No, it was a tune that almost sounded like an old standard (the melody, the changes, and the lyrics - rather bland). I would have known Devil Blues. Some "Baby" in the lyrics (and maybe the title, too)... ubu

I just returned from that concert! WOW! They're great! (And Sue, well, I expected worse, to be honest...) Highlights were by Kozlov (a great intro to Haitian Fight Song), by Escofferey, by Rampton, and Gaton. Also Shaw, Sim (both totally unknown to me), and Craig Handy played lots of good solos. Lacy, well... he should stop singing, be a bit less of an entertainer, and try to build his solos a little bit more careful. He just plays, only rhythm, only effects... maybe he could play with Maceo and Fred Wesley & co., but, hey! Everybody around him was trying to come up with good solos, and he's all show, and not much else... Gaton played wonderful, and McIntyre, on his single one solo, too. Tunes performed included Orange, Tonight At Noon, Black Saint Pts.1-3, Self Portrait, Atomic Bomb, another one with vocals by Lacy the title of which escapes me, and some more. Two of the arrangements were by John Stubblefield (Orange, and I think Atomic Bomb), and he played only one solo, but a great blues solo! Sim was pretty impressive on baritone, Handy on alto and soprano, Shaw had a couple of good spots on alto, too, but Escofferey was the best! Rampton and Sipiagin have great chops, beautiful sound, ease, and good ideas. Eddie Henderson played one solo with harmon mute, that was beautiful, but his other solo, the first of the evening, was really ridiculous - he did not reach one note right - like he was too lazy to warm up before the concert. Really sloppy! Uh, they also played Passions of a Woman Loved - what a great tune! ubu

How do you know? Do you just call up Mosaic and ask them? Write them an email (using the feedback function of their site if you don't have the address), and they most often do reply, and mostly pretty fast, too. ubu

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Have a look at the photos in this pdf - just to get sort of an idea of the variety available here: http://www.schweizerkaese.ch/pdf/broschuer...zer_kaese_d.pdf ubu

I don't know what exactly you americans mean when you talk about "swiss cheese", but I guess that should be what's called "Emmentaler" - one of the most boring and taste-less cheeses produced here, and one of our big export articles, it seems. Some official website talks of 450 different sorts of cheese produced here. I did not find anything english to link to, sorry. Last fall, when on vacation in Italy we ate fresh mozzarella di buffola daily. Wow! Nothing like the packed slimy mozzarella you can get everywhere. Really fresh, and soooooo tasty! A totally different cheese from what you usually call mozzarella! ubu

Mingus Oh Yeah is another good one! ubu

thanks for sharing, Luca! ubu

Same here! Even in his Warner years there was some real good stuff! ubu

John, you mean this one? I love the comments about the Funny Rat thread!! ubu

WHOA!! uh, just kiddin' I would of course like to hear it. As far as seing the film, a good copy screened in a theatre still beats the hell out of any DVD, so I'm not at all interested in that, but, hey, if you can extract that audio part... get the drift? THat would be WHOA!! indeed, then! ubu

Yeah, really bold! It's not a wife here, but a girlfriend is enough... ubu

For all those who don't read german: scroll down, and click on all the "Bildstrecke..." lines, and let the fun begin. Once you've opened one of the galleries, click on the first image, and then click "nächstes Fenster" on top, right. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/artikel/158/22136/ ubu a couple of examples:

now how's that about "killing to hear this"? Florence is not so far away, so be aware ubu

I saw this cover used for a CD reissue of the original session on Collectables. ubu

Sounds very, VERY persuasive. I'll try my best! ubu

Very good choice! ubu

That's another good one! What live Kirk is around? I have but this one and the 32jazz set, I think! ubu

Picked up the Piano disc as well as "Love For Sale" yesterday. I'll report after I heard them. ubu

Here's the personnel listed on the club's website and printed programme: Eddie 'Doc' Henderson, Kenny Rampton, Alex Sipiagin - tps Craig Handy, John Stubblefield, Wayne Escoffery, Jaleel Shaw, Mike Sim - saxes Ku-umba Frank Lacy - tb/voc, Clark Gayton - tb, Earl McIntyre - b-tb/tuba Kenny Drew Jr. - p Boris Kozlov - b Donald Edwards - dr I always like Kozlov, by the way! Does a good job in the most difficult position of the band! How's the current musical director? I though it was Alex Foster, but he's not listed. ubu

Maybe not, since touring arrangements do require advance planning. I'll see. I'm looking forward to tonight very much - the only problem is eight hours of work in between now and then... Would be great to have Stubblefield and Blake on tenor, yet I'd also like to see Wayne Escofferey live - he's on one of the broadcasts I have, and I am pretty impressed by his sound and ideas. ubu