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It's like they want to make the characters look as UN-cartoonlike as possible. Bizarre.

And who can blame them?

He must dig Ben Webster.

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything ever recorded by Eddie Costa... Lee Morgan's 50's Blue Notes (yes, I missed the Mosaic)... Everything in the Verve vaults...

Kenny, I'll put my two cents in for the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh. It's one of my favorite Mosaics.

The Hell with Blue Note. Who needs'em? (Except to re-issue albums, that is.)

I can mention a group that I'd like to hear on the radio: The Remains. An American 60's group that recorded a double-handful of garage rock gems, had zero hits, and were never heard from again. They deserved better.

My wife thinks I'm unhinged for buying so many Mosaics. She may be right.

Startling news, despite his advanced age. I must have assumed he'd live to 100 as well. But what an amazing career. RIP.

Yeah, I coveted that album for a while, then when I went to the store with money in hand----GONE!!! Never to be seen again.

I didn't realize... I'll have to slap on Leeway when I get home tonight. Maybe some VeeJay stuff too.

You no like "Isfahan"? Seriously, my favorite track from this suite has got to be "Ad Lib On Nippon." There was a time when I just had to hear that at least once a day.

Forgive me if someone's mentioned it already, but his sole Riverside, Spellbound, is one of my favorites. (Kick-ass rendition of "Toy.") I heartily second the sentiments expressed about Glass Bead Game, a truly great record. Another good one is These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly, cut in 1965 for Atlantic, now reissued by Koch. You wouldn't think it would work, but amazingly it does. I also really like "Mosaic" a CD which reissues two early-60's albums, Starting Time and A Story Tale. Fact is, it's hard to go wrong with Clifford Jordan's original albums, or his appearences as a sideman. He's one of those oddly-unheralded musicians who continually amaze you with their talent, both as player and composer. I really, really wish he was still with us.

I voted "both."

I saw this in the theater on Christmas day. Very entertaining movie, despite my not exactly being a member of the DiCaprio fan club. Very nice retro opening credits too. I'll keep an eye out for the soundtrack. Alexander----I urge you to rent the Hanks-directed movie That Thing You Do. Not bad at all. A light, minor, unpretentious flick, yet completely enjoyable. The story of one of those American garage bands, who, inspired by the British Invasion of 1964, luck out with one flash-in-the-pan hit single. Also has a pretty good soundtrack.

Investment-wise the traditional Mosaic boxes would seem to be the way to go. It's still too early to tell what's going to happen with the resale value of the Selects. I suspect they number them purely out of collector-archivist reflex. I'd rather they didn't: Those big number badges kind of ruin the front covers. But hey, it's the music that counts.

Great thread! 32jazz was a good, affordable label but, ahem, covers were not their strong suit.

I've been listening a lot to Fountains of Wayne, inspired by their new album, Welcome Interstate Managers, which I've been playing to death. Their first and second albums are good, but this new one is terrific!

The guy rocked! He was also on Broadway and a playwright. Talk about a wonderful life!

There's an interesting article about the music industry in the July 7, 2003 issue of The New Yorker, page 42, by John Seabrook. It's about how the business has changed (and failed to change) in recent years, and gives details about the three-year decline that seems to be heading the industry down the toilet. Since jazz is a part of the music inustry (albeit a microscopic part to the media conglomerates that own 85% of the business now) this article should be of concern to many posters here.

Yet another Reed...I always thought of myself as a Plastic Man type (though he wasn't Marvel) or maybe Spiderman.

Yeah, we vegged out and watched Wizard of Oz, Gunga Din, and Only Angels Have Wings last night. I'd never seen Gunga Din before, but have to agree with my wife that Only Angels was the best of the three, (sentimental feelings about The Wizard of Oz aside). TCM pointed out something interesting: versatile character actor Thomas Mitchell (who played "the Kid" in Angels, and the forgetful uncle in It's A Wonderful Life) was in several other significant films in 1939, namely The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gone With the Wind, and Stagecoach. Not bad!

Another vote for Mary's viewpoint. I couldn't vote for any of these. Now if there was one that said, "Important composer who deserves his proper due," then I'd vote for THAT.

I believe you're right, couw, and I've got to agree with that logic. Why kill more trees if you can already read the back just fine?