Tom in RI

Thanks for looking, some mailed Friday, the rest on Monday.

Getting my first new piece of stereo equipment in many moons. I understand these headphones need to be broken in, other than just using them is there any special routine in breaking in new headphones? Also, I am getting a 25 foot cord, does the length of the cord degrade the sound?

How about Red Garland on Galaxy?

Trying to clear some shelf space and get a few dollars towards some new headphones. All cd’s $6. Domestic shipping $2 for one disc, $.50 for each additional cd. Paypal accepted. Pm with any questions. PM if you want to buy, and I hope you do. Thanks for looking. International shipping at cost. GONE Ofer Assaf, Tangible Reality, Summit Records DZCD508 GONE Michael Blake, King of Champa, Intuition Music Int 3189 2 Von Freeman, The Great Divide, Premonition Records KOC-CD5743 GONE Ned Goold, March of the Malcontents, Smalls Records SRCD 0019 GONE Wycliffe Gordon, Slidin' Home, Nagel Heyer 2001 GONE Fred Hersch Ensemble, Leaves of Grass, Palmetto PM 2107 GONE ON HOLD Liebman/Tarenzi/Benedetti/Arco, Negative Space VerveB0011518-02 GONE Dave McKenna/Joe Temperly Concord CCD4703 GONE Wild Bill Moore, Bottom Groove Milestone MCD 47098-2 Bob Mover, It Amazes Me, Zoho ZM 200809 GONE Saxophone Summit, Gathering of Spirits, Telarc CD 83607 GONE Sunnyland Slim, Slim’s Shout Prestige/Bluesville OBCCD 558-2 GONE Joe Temperly, Double Duke, Naxos Jazz 86032-2 GONE Pete Yellin, How Long Has This Been Going On, Jazzed Media 3M1037

Aints no more!

The Pittsburgh Steelers won Superbowl XL, now I think the Saints will win Superbowl XLIV.

Love Moose and Squirrel. Guitarist Clay Moore covered the Rocky and Bullwinkle theme on his 1998 release Meeting Standards.

Christiern, I think I am guilty as charged, although I did buy my son an Ipod Classic for Christmas. I am hoping to possibly get a Zune for (hopefully significantly) less money.

I think some people favor a player from Cowon which is supposed to have good sound and also supports FLAC along with many video codecs. Cons for the Cowon include the user interface and also some reviewers find the unit itself a little flimsy. I personally have never seen on except online. A lot of reviews name the mp3 players from Sony as best sounding but I am put off buy the price and they only have flash memory, the largest player from Sony here in the US market is, I think, 32 gig. From what I have read, Microsoft updates firmware for existing Zunes every time they issue an new Zune so I thought I might pick up a deal on an 80 gig Zune. I am still using mini disc (stop that snickering) so you can see I don't rush into anything.

I am considering getting a Zune mp3 player, can anyone share their experiences positive or negative? Thanks.

Just found this today. Apologies if this has been mentioned previously. http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/casa-valdez-jazz

I just Sonny Barbato, Crackerjack, in today's mail. Sonny is one hell of an accordion player. Seriously.

Its true the article doesn't specify the equipment used although they do characterize it as decent in several places. The only piece of equipment I recognize is the cd player in the last picture, which is an HHB Burnit (which I recognize only because I have one). I think Claude's observation is spot on that the test would carry more weight if people had been able to select music with which they were already familiar.

I came across this on another forum. The authors' conclusions about high resolution recordings are pretty interesting. http://drewdaniels.com/audible.pdf

If you google tunebite it will come right up.

I am now seeing deleted CMG titles in Staples stores in my area, $8.99, I know I will see them cheaper at Newberry's, only a matter of time.

If you wanted to include someone a little younger, try Ryan Cohan, I think his Here and Now release is aces.

You will find Bruce Katz on several Ronnie Earl cd's, I think the best one he is on is Grateful Heart which also has Fathead Newman on 5-6 tracks. His solo dates have been consistently good although I have not heard his latest. He also has a long relationship with Duke Robillard. I was surprised to see he has been on the last two Joe Louis Walker cd's which I have not heard. He also has a project with Joel Frahm playing all Aretha Franklin songs, I have heard that is a bit light weight. Katz also supplies able support on 3 cd's on Audioquest by Joe Beard which are among my favorite blues cd's.

I usually season with salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce in the burger before grilling. I also find any burger leaner than 85% is too dry. Lately I have been seasoning with salt, pepper and a little cayenne pepper and then using habernero jack cheese on top, not as hot as it sounds but really delicious. Lastly, I like to use a slice of American cheese topped with a little cheddar (when not using habernero jack) makes a visually appealing burger. I have only recently discovered Siracha sauce (great on veggie wraps and chicken veggie wraps or on eggs), haven't tried it on a burger yet, only a matter of time.

I am on occasional vinyl buyer. Generally I am picking up something on impulse (and maybe on Impulse!) and I am lucky to have a shop near me that has a good selection in good shape. Between vinyl and cd purchases and downloads of ROIO things I really can't keep up with everything that I have gathered.

I am not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread but I seem to remember that Pablo's were priced a dollar more than most releases during the 70's (6.98 list compared to 5.98 for most everything else).

Hey Flurin, if you get a chance, check out Friedlander's Broken Arm Trio release. It swings.

Stanley Cowell, Illusion Suite.

Roy Haynes, People, King reissue of a Pacific Jazz date with Frank Strozier. The price tag is still on it, 7.99 in 1991.

I wouldn't try to convince anyone that the Carnegie Hall jam (Mingus at Carnegie Hall on Atlantic) mentioned by Jim Sangrey a few posts back belongs in the top 5 Mingus sessions, but it is the Mingus disc I have listened to the most through the years. I just can't help reaching for this to hear George Adams and Roland Kirk together. After that its probably the Candids I have reached for next.