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I've had many pleasant encounters with monks (and novices) over the years. (Figure one a week, though it varies with my location.) I often leave feeling a serenity that I don't otherwise achieve through personal interaction. Oddly (or not), I don't ever have the same feeling after encounters with clerics or others in other religions. It may be an artifact of the novice experience and an empahsis - my perception - on non-threatening, non-coercive forms of public outreach, whether gathering daily food or otherwise.

Just picked up a Rene Thomas CD from AllenLowe (Thanks! Recommended Seller.) Michel Roques plays tenor on one track. He sounds good enough that I'm interested in hearing more of his stuff. He's not listed in AllMusic, and web searches turn up little. (Lots on Jean-Michel Roques.) There are a few pictures from a concert program that I can't view. Another concert: 1983 - Quintet du Languedoc - Big Band du Languedoc - Les Haricots Rouges - Quintet Guilhot-Roques : Claude Guilhot (vib), Michel Roques (s), Alain Jean-Marie (p), Ricardo Del Fra (b), Richard Portier (dm) - Ray Bryant Trio rencontre Harry "Sweets" Edison et Buddy Tate : Harry Edison (tp, voc), Buddy Tate (s), Ray Bryant (p), Major Holley (b), Oliver Jackson (dm) There's an album called "Chorus". And this item: Private tape -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Session 7, 21.07.1968, Juan Les Pins, Early Bird Jazz Club, Pharoah Sanders ts Michel Roques ts prob. Lonnie Liston Smith p Norris Jones (Sirone) b Majeed Shabazz dr 1.Unknown title 16:57 2.Sunny (Hebb-Laurent) 5:44 3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thoams)16:07 4.Unknown title 6:09 Pharoah Sanders? A 1964 article from Jazz Hot. Bits and pieces and bits. Anyone have anything comprehensive on this cat?

On the other hand, since the coupons are pretty much perpetual - one after another - I'm not sure how much it matters. As a general practice, Borders ends its coupons on Mondays (...if memory serves). Sometimes this will coincide with paydays; sometimes not. Coupons tend to be valid over weekends/holidays. There are still a lot of people who get paid on Fridays (including Fridays before paydays on the 15th or 30th/31st when the normal payday falls on a weekend.)

http://store.raiders.com/ There's also at least one retail outlet in the East Bay. Ken Stabler, Jim Otto, Biletnikoff...man, they got 'em all. To be honest, I'm not sure that they have the precise items you seek. For personal reasons, I would encourage you to try to find legit items, rather than backroom knockoffs. The Raiders are, unlike the Packers to the best of my knowledge, privately owned.

Yes indeed. And happy birthday to all those people who have undisclosed birthdays.

Thanks for the confirmation. And welcome, Tim Neely.

James Moody. Yeah, I know what his birth certificate says, but, if you've ever seen him in person, he's not a day over 30. Back on track: anyone know what's become of Peter Apfelbaum? He was hot for a minute, then went 9 years without an album.

George Clinton & Company, in all their manifestations.

Minor point: if RT is owned by an individual and that individual files bankruptcy, it would be under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13.

My old bud, Gaylord Birch.

Many fine versions cited, to which I must add: Clifford Brown / Max Roach / Harold Land / Richie Powell / George Morrow

All the swellest!

Okay, I'm pretty ignorant about the music biz. So, a dumb question: how did this session end up on Blue Note? Did they simply buy the rights (e.g., highest bidder)? Or was there something else involved? Seems to me that Monk was a Riverside artist at the time; Trane was playing for Prestige or someone - though both were moving pretty regularly in this era, as I recall. I did buy a copy, but it's been waiting for me at home for about a month while I've been traveling. So, if the answer is in the liner notes...

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I've had very bad luck with the eBay magazine sellers. I'd say 80% of my deals go amiss, and I get less than I was promised, or nothing at all. (This is based on about 20 transactions.) I've given up. I use the regular internet sellers and the ubiquitous coupons - 20 - 25 - 30% off discounted prices. (I think I pay less than $10 a year for Jazz Times and a bit more for DownBeat.) One complicating factor on eBay transactions is that magazine subscriptions typically aren't promised until 120+ days into the future, so, by the time they don't show up, or show up with a shorter-than-promised subscription period, the official eBay feedback period has lapsed.

I don't speak (much) Spanish. Or Russian. Yet 75 percent of the e-mail spam I get is in one of these two languages...setting aside the spam I get that is in unidentifiable languages. Is this common among, say, the native English speakers/US residents out there? Or did I just find my way onto a special spam list, perhaps by traveling a lot in Spanish- and Russian- speaking countries?

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Monk, for sure. But also Art Hillery.

Nice line up. Good write up in allmusic. I'm tempted.

All the cool kids? But wait...

Pony! Must have. (Clarification: I must have. No recommendation intended.) Pony's an old buddy.

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As much as I liked the people and business generally, the only way I could ever justify Red Trumpet purchases was when they had a 25 or 30 percent off sale. Fortunately, this was just about every week. But the sales flyers have stopped coming.

Chet Baker - Cause of Death - Defenestration. One of my all-time favorite words. (The odd mind of a Laitn student.)

Strange array of jazz types listed. Wardell Gray and Art Blakey, but no Art Pepper or James Moody, just by way of example. Do a text search on 'jazz'.