Brad

I've had a bad back for 15 years so I feel your pain, so to speak. As others have said, get your self to a doctor, preferably an orthopedist. If you can, get some muscle relaxants because it sounds like you had a spasm and I've had several and it feels like somebody just shot you. A good relaxant is skelaxin. I'd also recommend an anti inflammatory. I'd say Celebrex but you know that story. The makers of Advil claim that it's just as effective as the prescribed anti inflammatories. Be careful when you pick up something. Make your legs do the work, not the back. When you're able and under directions from a therapist go to a gym and do exercises that will help you. You can buy a book that has simple back exercises that you can do at home but wait until you see a doctor. Good luck.

Rudy Van Gelder! Waiting!

Doesn't seem like that long ago that Sunday Morning was a Conn. Guess I don't see the need. There are others more worthy.

If you have a couple of days, you could.

Jim Alfredson.

Album of the year, yes. How often does a buried treasure come along. Hope, they're more out there like this.

Calling Couw.

I'd say $150 and except for money reasons I don't know why people wait. Sets like Jazzet, Parlan, Byrd/Adams as soon as they're announced I'm placing an order. On these I don't wait. I love hardbop and if a set is coming out in that area, I'm getting it asap.

I picked this up and last night I got home late (2 am) from a trip to the city and was flippin through the pages and came to the part where he was dying and a little girl asked him if he was dying and Diz responded, "Yeah, but I had a good gig." God, I hope I come up with a line like that when it comes my turn.

This guy must be off his rocker. Who would pay for a suspect photo from a guy with no feedback.

Any reviews of this. I read the excerpt like it. I'm not new but didn't know all the details about afro cuban jazz as mentioned in the article.

I think the question might be who becomes the executor/executrix after she passes. Pehaps it's her executor. It seems (not to be goulish) that material will only be released after that time. Even then, it will be a long time before it gets into the public.

I think this is a case of where the sum is greater than the whole. I had some of the individual cds but sold them to make weigh for this Mosaic. You get the book, plus I kept the liner notes so what's not to like?

I've only got a couple but both winners: Advance (Enja) and Year of the Rabbit (Evidence)

Why not? One of my favorites is Bud on Bach.

In addition to the ones mentioned they have: Thad Jones - Detroit New York Junction Lee Morgan - The Cooker Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh - Intuition Larry Young - Into Something Lester Young - Volume 1, Aladdin Sessions Ruben Wilson - Love Bug If I didn't have 'em, I'd be pickin them up.

It serves its purpose. I joined. It gives me basic information. But when they switched over, it took me awhile to realize that allmusic.com wouldn't work anymore, that I had to go to www.allmusic.com Strange.

It looks like I received my answer but as Bill said what a shame. Bill and Chris' responses were enlightening. Regarding Lon's points, the point aren't invalid but I didn't see anything that could be labeled a show stopper or couldn't be worked around.

I'm not sure I follow that line of thinking in these two cases. I don't know how you could get much better than Mosaic for the best presentation and on Uptown this was something that was never unknown until recently. How much different could you do it than Uptown has but just present it on a disc unless they're asking for single billing which is what Mosaic is all about anyway so I just don't get it.

What is the problem with the Executor of his estate. First, they nixed the Mosaic and now they wouldn't let Uptown release that portion of the Town Hall Concert that featured him. This was very briefly discussed in the thread about the Dizzy Bird disc, with Chuck saying it's not about money, that they just said no. But what is the problem with them? Do we have to wait until the executor passes away to get a new more interested one. I don't get it.

This is obviously great news. I've got a Classics CD of his that is stupendous and the Commodore Tenor Giants cd (with Hawk). I can't wait for this one.

Exciting news. This man will get his due.

I sort of wondered that myself but the only answer is that Byrd was the one who had the contract with BN, not Pepper. Not sure why he never signed with BN. So I think Mosaic took a little license since Byrd's name came first.

Happy Birthday Kevin. Hope you got some good discs.

Mike couldn't be more right about this. Doing anything well takes hard work, including practice. I don't see anything wrong with saying that. Let's pick her on when she's wrong.