Brad

That makes sense. Any recs on an an external?

Do you mean that the constant burning will or could eventually wear out the burner? As far as memory goes, once you've transferred it to the ipod, why not get rid it of it from itunes since we already have the cds.

I live in the New York area so the two stations we have are WKCR (www.wkcr.org) and WBGO (www.wbgo.org). I'm grateful to have them both but WKCR is more professional. They also have the birthday broadcasts. You'll get a wider variety, including new groups and songs from WBGO but they play more straight ahead which is their motto. Through iTunes there are also some stations I like WKJZ and North Carolina State University jazz station.

John, Thank you for the great post. Now I undestand why you might need an external hard drive. My computer is newer (early 2004) so I should be ok with the USB port. Awhile ago I had stored a bunch of cds on my computer at work through real player but they had to reinstall the hard drive at one point so I lost everything. Since it turned out that this was against company policy, it was no big deal but now I can bring the ipod to work with a lot more capacity to say the least. Can't wait for the morning.

Peace to all. May the world have it one day.

Madness is more like it. He lets Beltre get away and Finley. Then he nixes that deal. If he didn't, he would have been run out of town. It looks like the Yanks are on a bit of a losing streak. Not sure Pavano is that great a signing or Wright. It will make things interesting for sure. Not sure what my stupid team (Mets) are doing, trying to sign the big Cat. They're supposed to be making a big pitch for Beltran. I think the guy will be a bit of a bust. Heck, he only hit .268 during the regular season. He just got hot at the right time.

I just happened on this thread and read evey last post. I'm getting a 40 gig iPod tomorrow and am pretty excited although I haven't loaded anything yet on iTunes. Some people mentioned about getting an external hard drive. Do I need that to transfer songs to the iPod. Or is the external for the iPod itself, not my computer. What is this firewire thing. I assume that's something extra I have to purchase. I'm sort of Bertrand when it comes to new things. Excited, but a little nervous . The very thing I'll probably load are the Mobley Mosaic and Dexter BN box.

I never thought about that but I see Jim's point although I don't agree with it. The varitone just ruins the sound. One lp of Sonny's that I really love is at the DJ Lounge. That recording is just not going to grab me the way it does if he had used the varitone.

Actually it's not just organ trios that are neglected but soul jazz in general. No Lockjaw among the required listening or Shirley Scott or Stanley T? That's not good. How about some European jazz of the 60s on? However, aside from that I envy the addict's friend.

I've tried to put these tests out of my mind but as a veteran of them as we all are, I recommend a course. When I had to take the bar exam, half of it is what is called the Multistate which is a multiple choice (guess) kind of test, just like the SATs. I took a course and I doubt I would have passed the bar without it.

Ron, I would recommend trying Hiroshi Tanno at hiroshi@earlyrecords.com He's fast and cheap. That's who I purchase all my Japanese stuff from.

I love a lot of those Venus releases. I just ordered the new Harold Mabern on Venus. All the Eddie Higgins' are recommended.

The one Roulette Basie I hesitated getting this year was Basie and Friends, seemed more like one of these all star things with a lot of non jazz people. Anybody get that?

You might want to check out this AOTW Discussion. There's some in there about the Vanguard but more just a feeling for Pepper that might help you. I, myself, don't have it but would like to get it.

Hope you weren't referring to me . I was just quoting what the writer said, although I was obviously using his writing to embellish my dislike for the thing. I never heard Eddie Harris use but have heard Sonny use it (on cd) and IMHO it ruins his beautiful sound. Sonny should sound like when he played with Jug, on the Roost recordings or late on the Tune Up/Constellation cd. That is beautiful music. To me, the varitone just ruins and destroys his beautiful sound. I agree with your statement that "the personality of a sax player is partly his sound, but also his choice of notes, his phrasing and rhythmic conception" but not with the statement that "this is not affected by the Varitone - that is why you still recognize them in spite of the Varitone" because what comes out of the horn ruins what goes in. However, we'll probably never agree on this attachment. I don't want to use the "d" word

I remember this being discussed a long time ago maybe so long ago that it was at the BNBB. Anyway, I love these discs. Haven't listened to it in a while but really remembered loving Trummy and Barney especially.

Tony, Any leads on where to get this one? I've tried about 8 sites. No luck. If not, I might give one of his more recent recordings a try.

I'll be picking up this up. I've never had a bad rec from Tony.

Probably a general discussion will be good although my collection of Patterson/Stitt is rather skimpy since that's not my favorite kind of Sonny. I know some (not many, I belive) people like the varitone. I don't particularly like it. Here's what what was said in the Stitt Mosaic: "When Stitt comes back to Roulette in 1966 to record five albums, Hugh Glover was producing and Sonny was playing mostly Varitone, a fiendish invention that attaches to a saxophone and produces an instantaneous extra sound an octave below the note being played on the horn. It also destroys the timbre of the saxophone and the personality of an artist's sound. Eddie Harris and Lou Donaldson were among the other esteemed players who fell prey to the contraption." Later on Zan Stewart who wrote the notes describes the attachment as "dastardly."

He was getting a good signal but then at times, it seems to go out and he can't connect to the Xbox network. Is it possible that it has to do something with atmospherics. Right now, he's so ticked that we've got an ethernet cord running from the Cisco router upstairs down to the xbox.

Al, Got the package today. Thanks a lot

Hans, Looks like you're right. I owe you an apology. Your sight is very impressive with images, facts and discography. Thanks to you, the bop clarinets cd is on its way to me now. Please keep posting new information.

I wonder how many horns they have. I've always wondered, for example, who has Bird's horns or Sonny Stitt's horns? I wonder where they are.

I'll have to dissent here. Except for one song, you've got Sonny playing the varitone, that awful attachment he used on his sax. Absolutely ruins the record. In my view, most of Sonny's work with the varitone is to be avoided.

To stop drinking those (flatted) fifths!