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I'm just passing on the sale word. I haven't tried to buy, so don't know anything about shipping, availability, or whatever. Hats

Everyone knows Ed Sullivan, but who are these "Beatles".

What's it about the Pacific (Inland) Northwest? Your "bummer" sounds like mine, minus the ice(?) Speedy mend!

Sincere thanks for suggestions, critiques, and thoughtful debate. My wife fell into a coma yesterday*, so I left town early. *Positive thoughts gratefully received.

Personally, I would much rather hear younger, more vital musicians rather than older ones living on past glories. But that's just me. YMMV. I agree, but I do hate to miss the veterans that I've missed in 40 years of concert going. Here's another vet, this one I have heard a few times: Roscoe Mitchell 70th birthday, 2/17 at Roulette.

Yeah, I know what to expect at the Blue Note. And it doesn't make me happy, but it's for me, a rare opportunity. Another: Charles Gayle Trio with Charles Waters and Andrew Barker at Issue Project Room. Gayle isn't always my cup of tea, but maybe I'm in the right frame of mind. And Wednesday, Michael Formanek and Tim Berne at Jazz Wide Open.

Others I've added to my short list: 2/19 Jazz Panel with Joe Wilde at National Jazz Museum in Harlem Sundays: Junior Mance/Hide Tanaka at Cafe Loup Ned Goold - Anywhere (Fat Cat, Smalls...) Joel Frahm - Anywhere 2/11 Armen Donelian at Bean Runner 2/12 Oliver Lake at Cecil's 2/10-13 Gato Barbieri at Blue Note (Somehow, I've never caught him live before. Not an absolute top fave, but I'd like to hear him sometime) Ultimately, it'll require getting off work to attend any of these. When I was in town in November, I made it to a total of zero shows. But one can always hope.

This one looks good too. Same day as the Ellery Eskelin.

Sun's out in Midtown Manhattan...wait, spoke to soon...hold on, it's back...er wait... Well, the snow's melting a bit, though more's coming. A fine time to be on crutches, with the better part of a mile between work and hotel. What, me complain?

Confession: After picking this up (remember, I was young) and being captivated by the Getz/Wardell mislabel/deceipt/confusion, I started picking up all the Crown/Modern/United/United Superior issues of Gene Norman concert material. I probably accumulated 100 different titles/covers. Yes, a half century ago, I was Chewy.

This was the first jazz album I ever bought. Mine was on Crown, I'm pretty sure. Maybe it was Modern. It was about a dime. I'd heard of Getz. Little did I know that the tenor player on much of the LP wasn't Getz, but a tenor player I grew to prefer: Wardell Gray. I enjoyed unraveling the convoluted thread the was the discography of this album. (No liner notes on the original.) And now it's back, OBI and all. http://cgi.ebay.com/STAN-GETZ-GROOVIN-HIGH-JAPAN-/260731126410?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item3cb4c9428a

Death of the Cool.

Thanks. This is n my shortlist. A bit more of a groove on One Great Day would have suited me fine.

Any comparison to "One Great Day" (Hatology) with Andrea Parkins on accordion?

Wayne Shorter Quartet at Town Hall - 123 West 43rd - February 9, 8:00PM absolutelylive.net

I'm back in New York through the 20th. My month here in November was so busy, I never made it to any concerts...any shops...or any restaurants. Nada. Even missed the Arkestra. I've committed to myself to do better this time. I'm monitoring the usual suspects (the big clubs, gothamjazz.com, AllAboutJazz, VVoice, et cetera). Clue me in to anything unusual that I might miss. Knowing myself, I'm more likely to make the time for something one-of-a-kind than Nicholas Payton at Birdland or Chris Potter or Regina Carter, or even Wayne Shorter. George Coleman is tempting. Any borough. I'm empowered by subway mobility.

Great band. Important music from an underdocumeted era.

They really should make (keep) back issues available. The material is timeless. And I imagine this would be nearly pure profit.

Maybe they'll start a reissue (back issue) program.

Bummer. I'd let my subscription lapse some time ago, but still picked up from the newsstand most issues. There really isn't anything that compares. Signal to Noise may be about as close as I know of.

Including the risk of heartbreak? Wish I could get that in my relationships...and my job.

Hmmmm. He just pulled another ten out of his "hat"? Seems rather fishy.

So, is this Webvan II?

I used to get groceries shipped to my various PO Boxes on a schedule. Saved a few bucks with the scheduled-orders discount and avoided hauling bulky items place to place. I can't see the Financial Times article without registering, but it sounds like they're moving past the old non-perishable items(?) by mail.

IIRC, the Jazz and Death (Frederick Spencer) book spends about 8 pages on Gray's demise, including a summary of the police investigation and autopsy report. I think the material is in the Trauma chapter, as opposed to Drugs or Homicide...though there was also speculation that Gray was mistaken for Sonny Stitt who had some bad dealing with drug dealers. Anyway, the book material is interesting; I wish I had it at-hand.