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The Mosaic set is excellent. Lots of good stuff on there. And though I'm not the biggest soul jazz fan, I really like "Hustlin'"

One of my absolute favorite Mosaics. Go for it!

Aside from several mentioned and ones you own, these were some of my early favorites: Wayne Shorter - "Speak No Evil" Charles Mingus - "Blues and Roots" Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" Lee Morgan - "The Sidewinder" Art Blakey - "Moanin' " Welcome to the board, and enjoy this time in your life, as the early days of discovering jazz are among the best times you'll ever have!

Patrick, I did not. Last night was my first time seeing them, and I certainly hope its not the last.

The quartet absolutely killed it tonight in Chicago! One of the finest, most refreshing jazz shows I've seen in a while. Get out and see them if you get the chance!

I personally don't think "That Certain Feeling" is worth $44.

Let me say this.....tonight, Monday October 16th, there is no better place to be than the great city of Chicago. DA BEARS!!!

Cool!!

Crater Lake is incredible. Like J Larsen says, there are so many nice spots in Oregon...and throughout that region in general. My dream is to own a home from where I can see Mt. Hood.

Man, what a nail biter! I'm so happy they won. I can't stand the Eagles.

For all you Tati fans, Criterion has finally re-issued "Playtime".

I've been quite lucky as well. I traveled throughout the United States about 4 years ago after quitting a job and still getting a severance package out of it (long story). The United States is truly a beautiful country. The only places I have not been to are the New England area, Alaska and Hawaii. My goal is to one day move to Oregon. Definitely my favorite state. The Pacific Northwest is the most beautiful place in the world to me.

As do I.

According to the article in today's Chicago Tribune, it was the live debut of the song. Sounded great too. I'm surprised it was never in the repertoire before.

Saw the Stones Wednesday night at Soldier Field. The wind chill was down to about 20 degrees, and there were wind gusts up to 35mph, but that didn't matter. They opened with "You Got Me Rocking", and debuted "She Was Hot"! There was an excellent "Midnight Rambler" followed by "Tumbling Dice". Great show!

"Monk's Music". A absolute classic. Also get "Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane".

A US official said that there is no reason to believe terrorism was involved. Hope everyone is OK!

That was definitely a roller coaster.

I'm sick to death of the melody of Tenor Madness. I love a good blues, but that head just drives me nuts.

This statement makes me want to check it out, as I am growing somewhat bored with the genere.

You know it!!!

Just saw "The Departed". Absolutely loved it. The most entertaining, and probably the best American movie I've seen this year so far.

I was about to start a thread on this one. Sounds very interesting. Looking forward to hearing opinions.

The odd thing to me about Nicholson is that the crappier the movie, the better he is. The complete lack of subtlety just doesn't work in a "real" movie. I'd say Five Easy Pieces and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest were his peak, unfortunately. His best appearances since then have been on the Laker's sidelines... He was really good in About Schmidt.

I'm seeing the film opening night. Advance word is that its his best since "Goodfellas". I'm a huge fan of Scorsese, and I haven't been this excited to see a film in quite some time. Ubu, I've always respected your knowledge and opinions about film, but I disagree with your comments about Scorsese being crappy. While his most recent work isn't quite on the same level as his earlier stuff, Scorsese isn't the same man either. While these films have their flaws, I've found much to love in "Kundun", "Bringing Out the Dead", "Gangs of NY", and particularly "The Aviator" which I thought was an excellent film, though not a masterpiece. With "Gangs" and "The Aviator", I got the sense that Scorsese was just having fun working in the Hollywood realm of big budgeted epics....sort of "getting it out of his system", if you will. They don't match the innovativeness of the young and hungry Scorsese of the 1970s, but when placed up against other films of that type, I think they far exceed those. His more recent films still exhibit the excellent storytelling ability that he's always had, and stand as strong films, particularly when viewed in that context. As for DiCaprio, unlike most of young Hollywood I think his looks are actually working against him, as he's trying to do important work when he could easily be doing the Ben Afflek / Keanu Reeves thing. However, I think he will eventually turn into a very good, possibly great, actor. He definitely has the potential, and is probably rapidly developing his craft under Scorsese (see the dramatic improvement in his performances between "Gangs of NY" and "The Aviator").