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Some fabulous music you ordered there, Rooster. As for your last statement, yeah, I ALWAYS tell myself that after I place Mosaic order, large or small! It never works.
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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - MILES AHEAD featuring INGRID JENSEN All Music Arranged By Gil Evans Conducted By Tommy Smith This is one that I don't have yet. I'll have to correct that soon. You can get it here for $10.40 directly from Spartacus Records: Miles Ahead - Ingrid Jensen w/SNJO Anyone else get this? My copy arrived yesterday. I like it very much. Very good recording quality. Fine playing by Ingrid in Miles' role. Plays homage to Miles but definitely does her own thing, too. The original is one of my all time favorite jazz recordings and this one won't me forget that one. But I'm going to be playing this one often, too.
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OK. I have a few "burns" and never download music (I still like to have disc in hand so to speak - it's the collector in me, and it's not the same if it's just on my hard drive). But I will admit to giving and receiving CDR-s of a couple of out-of-print Mosaics. They were sets that I meant to buy but the money and the time frame just didn't match up. I suppose the people that's hurting are those who sell out of print Mosaics at inflated prices on e-bay. Not sure whether to lose much sleep over them or not. (As it is, I have bought 50 Mosaic box sets). Plus someone sent me CDR's of Disc 2 & 3 of the Sonny Stitt Mosaic, and because of what I heard it's my next planned Mosaic purchase. I really don't get that many CDR's from anyone (truthfully, I don't have that many jazz friends), and if I've received 20 CDr's of in-print material over the past 4 or 5 years, I've eventually purchased at least 15 of them. So yes, #2 for me, and yes I sleep well at night.
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Another Internet Scam
John Tapscott replied to John Tapscott's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
They apparently already have my email address. What cheeses me off is that it came to my PERSONAL email. Most of this crap comes to my business email, which can be found by the usual fishing practice of scanning websites. -
Another Internet Scam
John Tapscott replied to John Tapscott's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
The point is that I have NEVER used ebay to run an auction. Nor have I ever purchased anything through ebay or even made a bid on anything. In fact, I don't think I've ever visited the ebay site, except maybe ages ago via a link. And the other point is this. Not only has Kimberley L. Coffey has not received payment for the item. Neither have I received the item I allegedly bought from this individual. The whole thing is backward. In most transactions, I pay, then individual sends the item. This reads if if the person sent the item before I paid, which is not the usual practice. -
Today I received what looks like a real message from e-bay, the gist of which is below Hello, Dear user: Kimberly L Coffey has informed us that they have not yet received your payment for the following item: 1915 Amatuer SG Photo BATON ROUGE LA. Capitol Bldg. (#6219911642 It was sent to my personal email, and the ironic thing is that I have NEVER used ebay to sell or purchase anything. The message goes on to say that I will have some kind of strike against me if I do not rectify the situation immediately. Thanks to the warnings of my fellow Organissimo members I did not follow any of the links, but immediately placed it in the spam file. My question is: Do ebay and paypal and other legtimate firms try to track these guys down and put them out of action? Seems to me stuff like this could ultimately harm their business.
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Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?
John Tapscott replied to Soulstation1's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Today - Disc 1 & 2 -
I just got "The Thang" and I think it's a really fine CD, one of the best Sharp 9's I have. A little better, I think, than the earlier Wonsey Sharp 9 CD (which is pretty good, though). I also have the Tolentino - it 's a fine CD, too. I think you'd be pleased with that one. I don't have the Henderson, but Sharp 9 releases are quite consistently good.
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Everytime I read something like this, I'm sad. For the true jazz fan, there's nothing like going into a speciality store or the jazz section of a large retail chain, hunting through the bins, and chatting with the jazz-loving clerk or other customers, and swapping recommendations. I've had a great time doing that over the years and made a few good friends that way. Sad to see it go. But I have to blame myself too, because the majority of my purchases over the past 5 years have been from the web.
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I don't think Life at the Half Note is much further out than the VV. Haven't heard the VV box lately but I've been locked on ODOU. I actually think the music is more cohesive than the VV.
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Ratings question on Mosaic sets on AMG
John Tapscott replied to Jazztropic's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
It does seems a bit odd, but sometimes it happens that when all the music is packaged together it gives it a sense of cohesion that can not be present in one session . For me, a perfect example of this is the Elvin Jones Mosaic set. There are albums on that set that I wouldn't give five stars on their own. But I would give the set itself 5 stars. When all the individual sessions are heard in sequence, a unity emerges which makes each session somewhow shine more brightly. -
Same here in Southern Ontario which generally has Michigan-like weather. Today freezing rain.
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Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?
John Tapscott replied to Soulstation1's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
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Well, you'd think one official ought to have that specific task.
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This is one of the reasons I think the whole video reply/challenge system ought to be scrapped. The officials can get it wrong on video replay just as much as in "real time." Calling plays as they happen has always (up until now) beeen part of the game. Just keep it that way. What they're doing now is just as controversial. I really can't see any gain from it all. The other thing I really dislike about it is the time it takes. Whenever a coach throws out a red flag I groan. Isn't it supposed to be 30 seconds that the official has to look at the replay and make a decision? But whenever there's a challenge I can go out to the kitchen for a couple of cool ones, start supper (and maybe even eat it) , listen to a 20 minute LP side, and come back and they're about to make a momentous call and start play again. Well, I'm exaggerating a bit, but they take WAY too long.
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They were flat since San Diego spoiled their perfect season. I tell you, everybody looks at Manning and Brady and a few others, but this kid Roesthlisberger is the real deal. 15- 1 in his rookie year, and this year, Pittsburgh would probably be playing at home in the playoffs if he hadn't missed a few games. He's cool under pressure. I kind of like the Steelers chances in Denver. And get rid of these cursed challenges. Just let the call on the field stand, for better or worse.
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Good thing Rothlisberger got him in the knee! Go Steelers!
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I checked both cduniverse.com and amazon.com hoping to listen to some samples. Nothing there. I know it's not the kind of set you can really "sample," but is there some site where I can hear a bit of this? Thanks
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I think those you listed would more likely be Conn candidates. It will a long time for the Jones' sessions as they are currently available as part of the Mosaic set (a fabulous set, BTW).
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It's up there with 'Soul Station' and 'Roll Call'. One of his very, very best. Agreed. It's excellent. I have it on LP, and I've decided at least for this year not to get anything I already have on another format. But it will still be around in '07!!!!
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Ordered Anthony Wonsey's New SharpNine release. "The Thang".
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Happy Birthday from north of the border!!!
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I am but one of some people who think that the advent of Mr. Marsailis is precisely when "jazz" began to die. Jim, I think you give too much weight to Mr. Marsalis. I do not consider WM either the "saviour" or the "destroyer" of jazz. At that particular juncture in jazz history, say 20 years after Coltrane's death, and probably 100 years after the misty beginnings of jazz, someone like Marsalis coming along and digging into jazz's history was was probably inevitable. After all, lots of young players were doing it before WM and lots did it after, and lots will continue to do it. The only difference was the WM had a fairly high public profile. But how exactly did the advent of this one man cause jazz to die? He didn't actually STOP anyone from playing or recording or listening to more cutting edge jazz. There was still lots of it out there. You think it was selling lots and getting lots of airplay before WM came along? If jazz began to die, it was the author of its own demise. Now I'm no great defender of WM, but it seems to me that if you're going to do some cutting edge jazz or "move it forward" (whatever that means), you'd better have a pretty good understanding of its past. One of the things that gives credibilty for me to a lot of Coltrane's 65-'67 music, and at least causes me to give it a good listen, is that you know this guy was rooted, and man, could he play the blues (one of the greatest blues players in the history of jazz, IMHO). Don't know much about Turner or Rosenwinkel, but from what's I've heard of Chris Potter, I think he's pretty solidly rooted. Joe Lovano, too, who I think is a good model for a creative jazz musician in this time - rooted in what's come before and not afraid to go there, but also not afraid to push the envelope sometimes, either.
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Well, it's not old if it's being released legitimately for the first time. And where would you start/stop? What is considered old? Something recorded in 2000 but not released until 2005? Where is the cut-off point? In terms of competing against dead atrists - of course, in a sense that's true, when it comes to CD sales. But Parker, 'Trane, Gillespie, Monk, et al, aren't going to suddenly rise up and start competing for your gigs at your local jazz club or next summer's festival. As far as CD sales go, I don't think to myself, "Well now, I'm buying Live at the Half Note, so I won't buy a CD by a living artist." As it is I have far more music to listen to than I have time to listen to it - if that makes sense. In fact, if it's something I want by any artist, I usually find a way to get it. I am not totally convinced that these historical CD's take away all that much from current, living artists. In fact, in the long run, they may increase the overall interest in jazz music. In terms of listing the top ten, the only responsibility should be to list and celebrate your favorite ten or best ten as you hear them, from whatever era. Sorry. Maybe 2005 was just one of those years when there happened to be a overlload of very significant historical recordings that couldn't be ignored.
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Happy Birthday Nate, from just around the corner (at least in Organissimo terms) !