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Thanks Dan. I've heard nothing but glowing reviews about this one, and hope to pick it up soon.

Lee Konitz and Hank Mobley. Both bore me to tears.

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Search this thread, and you'll find many answers to your question.

I love this album. The playing is superb, plus.... is a great album to have in the background while making love.

Yes.

I saw an interview with her on TV one day, and they were talking to her about doing a duet album with her sister. She said that they might try something out of the ordinary like "a blues album" or something of the sort. God help us.

J.J. Johnson - Disc 7. Still my favorite Mosaic.

I love the K2s. They sound so much better than any other remasters out right now, including the RVGs and the Columbia's. I wish they would come out faster.

Martial Solal's "NY1" that came out last year sounds like exactly what you're looking for.

Hearing Sly & Family Stone's "Everyday People" in the Toyota ad was pretty disgraceful.

I'm with those who aren't deen on "Of Love and Peace". This is the first Larry Young session I've heard that I just don't like. The band sounds lost most of the time. Not the best example of "free jazz". And the trumpet is quite annoying.

As I finally worked through my backlog and was perusing my CD collection trying to decide what the next 5 discs in my CD changer should be, I got to thinking about this.... From about the time I was was finishing junior high (1990 or so) right up until about 1997, pretty much all I listened to was hip-hop. It was the music I grew up with, as I was able to relate to it at that point in my life. Around 1996, in the midst of my college years, I discovered rock & roll, which eventually got me completely involved in the jamband scene. Again, at that point of my life, it was a music that I was able to relate to given my mentality at the time....and like hip hop before it, I fully endulged. In 1999, I heard "Bitches Brew" and that was the end. When I graduated in 2000 and got a job, I bought every jazz CD I possibly could, and since the jazz bug has bitten me, I have never looked back. I still hear Wu Tang Clan, Phish, Mobb Deep, moe., String Cheese Incident, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Rolling Stones quite often, and while I am able to enjoy this music to a degree, it doesn't get into my soul anymore like it used to. I wonder sometimes, will this ever happen with jazz? It doesn't seem like it will. Jazz is so complex and intricate, where as hip-hop, rock, and jam music, while they are great in their own way, really only can reach a certain level IMO. Jazz to me seems infinite, and I don't ever see how I will be able to tire of it. Its music that seems to grow with me, where as with hip hop and rock, it was what it was, and it couldn't be anything else. But I remember thinking, at the time, that I would NEVER stop listening to hip hop, and I would NEVER stop driving across the country going to shows. And now, both are distant (but still pleasant) memories. Obviously, none of us have gotten "over" jazz, or else we wouldn't inhabit this forum. But does anyone know someone who has just stopped listening to jazz for some reason? Does this music, just like other kinds of music, have its limits? Or is jazz a form of music that transcends the concept of just "outgrowing" it? As a 27 year old jazz listener, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts, especially those of you who have been listening for decades. Has jazz won your heart over other musics, or are you still into other forms of music (excluding classical, which I'm beginning to understand is like jazz in that way) just as much as jazz?

I quite enjoy Joshua Redman as well. I've enjoyed his recordings, but I was truely convinced when I saw him live. He's a really great player in person....has that old school sound with a modern vision. Plus mad chops.

There's an article on this in the new Downbeat. It looks beautiful. Hopefully the programing will be worthy of the venue.

Most definitely. This guy is going to be huge. Also, for me, David Murray and Chris Potter are tops. I don't own any David Sanchez music, and had never heard him before, but I saw him live a couple weeks back and he blew my freakin' mind.

I got this set a few months ago. Its an absolute must have (wesbed)!!!!!! TONS of good music on this one.

Kenny Garrett, bar none. I don't think there's a better live act in jazz right now than KG blasting off into the stratosphere. Greg Osby is definitely up there for me as well. Wessell Anderson is absolutely fantastic.

The original DVD release of Shawshank Redemption was one of the first DVDs to come out (aka. picture and sound just slightly better than VHS counterpart), so I avoided purchasing this one and hadn't seen it in probably 7 years. This week, a deluxe edition of the film was released on DVD and I picked it up immediately and watched it the same night. This movie is just spectacular across the board. For once, a Stephen King story is given a worthy adaptation (OK....The Shining is also in that group), but it really transcends King's story in many ways. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman give what I feel are their best performances ever. The acting, pacing, music, cinematography, sounds, atmosphere....all of it is just as close to perfection as you can get. This was director Frank Darabont's debut, and this film will probably always remain his ultimate masterpiece. But its that humane story, and the many emotions you feel throughtout the nearly 2.5 hours of the film, that just make it so enveloping. Like Roger Ebert comments on the back of the box, you forget you're watching a film. It makes you laugh, cry, rejoice, gasp, etc. And in the end, you feel happy to be alive, and to be free. Just incredible. The Shawshank Redemption got lost in the madness of 1995, which also produced the breakthrough "Pulp Fiction" and the film that became America's darling, "Forrest Gump". But as much as I like those movies (Pulp Fiction is one of my all time favs), the Shawshank Redemption really struck a cord with me, and it remains a truly special gem in American film. Revisiting this classic work of art on the wonderful DVD has truely been one of my more enjoyable cinematic experiences of recent years.

Just wanted to report back and say that I picked up both DVDs and both I consider both of them "must-haves" if you are a fan of the films. Presentation and extras are exeptional on both.

I'm glad they're finally releasing these 2 seasons a year. That once a year thing was just no good.

Wow...I have 5 CDs in my backlog and I thought that was bad. You guys make me feel better about myself!

I love this set.

The one he did on MaxJazz last year is really nice.

After hearing this yesterday, I'm surprised to read some of the negative perceptions here. It sounds top notch to me! The electric piano is really cool. It all seems to gel together.