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Just heard the CD. Though I don't have both at hand for a side-by-side, it seems that my tape (or its forefather) was certainly the source for the CD.

Just a quick "thanks" to all who've contributed to this thread. I'm headed for Philadelphia (actually) Chester tomorrow for a month-long stay. Now' I've got something to look forward to, provided I can finagle any free time.

Congratulations on the milestone birthday. And thanks for reminding me that not everyone your age has no love for jazz.

Congratulations! And I hope you're as happy as I am too.

My friend Pete was kind enough to digitize the tape and send it to me. I'm working through it. Hollywood Freeway, as you might imagine, in a rip roarin' big band feature for, mainly a couple of alto players. My extremely lo-fi e-mailed rendition doesn't sound particularly like Criss, but I could well be wrong; higher-fi would be better to judge. (As it think about it, I wonder if the tape isn't running too fast here and these are tenors.) Seabreeze is a pretty heavily arranged, slow, moody piece with limited real improvisation. Nice Work and Indiana are Wardell features. Zoot is the man on It Had To Be You. Either on the tape or on the digitization process, this gets truncated. Getz gets his on Out of Nowhere. Hollywood Freeway is back. Getz, Gray, Sims... This isn't just a cute artifact. It's good music.

I suppose it would have been "The Complete Mosaic Records Jazz and Blues Reissues on Mosaic Records" set. What the heck, I never wanted to have kids anyway.

Yes.

From CDUniverse. Those bonus tracks are the Wardell/Zoot/Stan things. Some have all three; some are features for the sax players individually. I wish I had that darned tape handy. By the way, most of the bonus tunes aren't carefully arranged presentation, as some Wilson material is. They're more heads/jams in a concert setting. Loose. Song Title 1. Algerian Fantasy 2. Bull Fighter 3. Lotus Land 4. Theme 5. Mambo Mexicano 6. Black Rose 7. Romance 8. Since We Said Goodbye 9. Hollywood Freeway (Bonus Track) 10. Sea Breeze (Bonus Track) 11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Bonus Track) 12. Indiana (Bonus Track) 13. It Had To Be You (Bonus Track) 14. Out Of Nowhere (Bonus Track) 15. Hollywood Freeway (Bonus Track) Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This release presents an ultra rare LP by the Gerald Wilson orchestra for the first time ever on CD. Although he recorded innumerable sessions as an arranger and as a trumpeter, this is the only studio session recorded by Wilson under his own name between 1947 and 1961, when he began a long term recording contract with Pacific records. What makes "Big Band Modern" even more interesting is that six of the eight tunes on the album were composed by Wilson himself. Considering the dearth of Wilson's recordings with his own band during this period, the 1950 concert recorded in San Francisco - which is included on this release as a bonus performance - is, without a doubt, an essential addition to Wilson's recorded legacy, and an extremely important discographic discovery. In fact, this concert has never been previously released on any format.

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By the way, as I recall there's a photo of the tenor men together in Roy Carr's book, Hip: Hipsters Jazz and the Beat Generation.

Wardell, Stan and Zoot all do indeed get solos. Features, even. I forget the tune names. Hollywood somthing? Freeway? I wish I had my tape at hand. On the tape, soloists and tunes are announced. I hope the sound quality of the CD is better than my tape. But the music's fine.

I don't have the details, though I'll try to locate. The Crown stuff was mainly from Gene Norman concerts in 1947 and didn't have Stan/Wardell/Zoot ALL TOGETHER ON THE SAME STAGE. This material has never come out before in any legit form.

BIG BAND MODERN The ultra rare 1954 "Big Band Modern" LP plus a splendid previously unissued 1950 concert in San Francisco. WILSON, GERALD Featuring Clark Terry, Teddy Edwards, Paul Gonsalves, Sonny Criss, Wardell, Zoot Sims & Stan Getz. Includes never before heard solos by tenor stars Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims and Stan Getz and one of a kind arrangements by Wilson!. ----------------- JFCD22880 Ugh. It pains me to be thinking about buying a Definitive release, but my old tape - probably 75th generation - could probably use the sonic upgrade. This is a killer concert, with Wardell, Stan Getz, and Zoot Sims on the front line. Most of it never before available. Shit. BUY! http://www.disconforme.com/pages2/jazz/mostrar.asp

I've already said my piece. But let me throw out this 'counter': if the system is set up to favor credit unions, and you can take advantage of this system legally, and whatever ethical considerations there are don't bother you...why not? And with that, I'm out of here!

Banks outperformed credit unions in 72% of states in lending to minorities, women, and low- and moderate-income borrowers. Source: NCRC (National Community Reinvestment Council) It's IRS Tax Day: Why Aren't the Mega-Credit Unions Paying Their Taxes? Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2004) - Today, as more than 227 million Americans dutifully file their income tax forms with the IRS, a rapidly growing number of mega-credit unions will not pay one thin dime in federal tax. These giant bank-like credit unions won't be filing tax returns — despite the fact that their direct competitors, thousands of community banks, will. The U.S. Treasury will miss $12 billion in tax revenues over the next decade because these billion-dollar nonprofit revenue-makers — many of which serve millions of members across large geographic regions in the United States — won't be paying any federal taxes. "Today more than 80 mega-credit unions each have $1 billion or more in assets," said Camden R. Fine, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America. "These institutions often serve wealthy to middle-income members, offer a wide range of sophisticated banking products and services, and compete aggressively against community banks. Yet these same institutions don't pay taxes and don't bear the same heavy regulatory burden as community banks." A recent Government Accounting Office study found that mega-credit unions are the fastest growing segment of the credit union industry, while they do not have to comply with the same burdensome Community Reinvestment Act regulations that community banks do. It also confirmed other studies that community banks serve more low- and moderate-income households than these large credit unions. Yet community banking remains one of the most highly regulated industries in the country.

Wells Fargo, WAMU and Bank of America all pay taxes. (Would you say that not paying taxes would make a material financial difference in your life? How about if you were Bill Gates?) The banks are also subject to the Community Reinvestment Act (a burdensome piece of legislation if ever there was one) which requires them to provide financial services to everyone, including low and moderate-income communities. And if you think all credit unions are small, uh uh.

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Credit unions are often able to pay higher rates on deposits and charge lower rates on loans because they are tax-exempt. In a sense, you're already paying for everyone else's credit union use. They were granted tax-exempt status because they were designed to serve narrow groups of customers - say employees of a single employer, often a public entity, customers who were presumed to have limited access to banks. Unfortunately, they have expanded their membership bounds and now serve broad communities, offer commercial loans and other products - none of which was contemplated when the tax-exempt status was granted. They are also subject to a narrower set of limitations on their activities - fewer constraints. So they compete unfairly against banks. It's not a level playing field. Personally, I think the playing field should be leveled. Or credit unions should.

Online or brick and mortar?

My Mosaic-related dissapointments have been self-inflicted. Not buying the Monk set. And then leaving a dozen bargain-priced sets on the shelf at a record store when I was traveling; I reasoned that they'd be too much of a burden to carry for six months before returning to the States. Well, at the time... I think I'm going to console myself with a little...Django!

Cleared for one possible infraction (among many potential) at one race (among many).

Thank you for the warning. I was schedule to fly over NYC that day.

In late 1981 or early 1982, I got a test CD for listening evaluation of the upcoming Sony CDP-101 – the first real, production CD player. I hereby apologize for not somehow pulling the plug on the whole (early) digital phenomenon before it reached a reasonable level of sonic maturity. But against the Sony/Phillips colossus… I bet that CD sounds horrid now, just as it did then, but in starker relief against the modern background.

Man, I"ve got that Winchester Cathedral record. Somewhere.

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