Brad

I'm a day late but hope it was good. A double for you every year. That's kind of cool.

Paul, The Junior Cook/Blue Mitchell cd has been one of my favorites for years. I highly recommend it. You can't get more hardbop than this album. It's just fantastic. The Barry Harris and the George Wallington cds on OJC are also can't misses. I'm less excited about the Walter Bishop but it's ok.

I've been selling a lot lately, mostly excess cds or things I probably won't listen to anymore, and other non-music items. As a seller, it is my job to post feedback before the seller although life being what it is sometimes this happens in reverse. However, I would never tell a buyer that I'll post it if you post it first. That's not the way it works. I've had sellers tell that to me and I won't leave them feedback. Besides letting other people know how a buyer pays or communicates, feedback also lets a buyer know when you shipped an item since I think most sellers usually post when they ship. That is what I try to do. I also use feedback to let other know if this person paid quickly for if you're a seller that's what you want to know.

I'm reading a whole bunch of things: Larry Kart's book Dan Morgenstern Living with Jazz The new annotated Sherlock Holmes collection John Le Carre's Absolute Friends Max Hasting's Armageddon. This is a continuation of Overlord, about D Day and looks at the war against Germany, 1944-1945. If you're at all interested in WWII, you should read this.

I believe the Parlan LP sold out because it was their last one. I have to Mosaic and it's relatively small. Most of the space is devoted to their warehousing and looks big to me. But there are carrying costs associated with carrying a large inventory and lets face it cds will move faster than lp so you want to move merchandise (whether its music, books, widgets, etc.) as quickly as possible to cut down on overhead. Mosaic is after all a profit enterprise. However, the Miles Davis material is still lps so they haven't given up on it completely. But then again Miles always sells.

Ditto on Stefan's question about a hard drive. Looking for recs here.

Skip the ASE. It doesn't, trust me.

I'd like to be able to buy less cds but I don't know if that's going to happen. However, I'd like to be more patient and calmer with my family since I'm not the most patient person in the world.

I can't remember everything that I got from him but it was one that I didn't get that was notable: The Montgomery Brothers' Groove Yard. I eventually managed to find a copy of this and it was worth it. One I did get was Bob Brookmeyer's the Ivory Hunters. Wonderful cd. Waiting for those Mondays or Tuesday for those offerings was a lot of fun. Better still was getting a cd he had. He sort of became an institution and as far as institutions go, you don't appreciate them until they're gone. He'll be missed for that as well as his presence of being part of this grand community.

Great article, especially the Pete Jolly cover. Another under appreciated talent like Reid Miles.

My thoughts exactly. Brings me back to my time there. You can really get into those photos.

Anyone heard of this station. I found it through iTunes and they've been playing some funky greazzzzy stuff.

Forgot to mention Charles Kynard's Where It's At that Dan hipped a lot of us to. Needs to be reissued on cd.

Definitely a great one. I remember seeing him on Ken Burns' Jazz.

Anybody mention Richie Cole and since somebody mentioned John Handy, let's remember Sonny Stitt's Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Is, featuring all three.

Oh well, at least I'm catching the last 15 minutes.

Here a few of my faves in no special order: 1. Shirley Scott - Queen of the Organ 2. Jimmy Smith - The Sermon 3. Fred Jackson - Hootin and Tootin 4 and 5 - Both Baby Face BNs. Didn't care that much for the Argos. 6. Johnny Hammond Smith - Good Nuff 7. Don Patterson - Genius of the B3 8. Shirley Scott - Blue Flames There are more; those are the ones off the top of my head.

Will this go into the archives since I won't be able to listen at that time?

I didn't order the Max Roach but isn't that a duplicate of what's on the Mosaic?

I've received my order and the Fol is a bit unusual but quite enjoyable. I am also listening to Guy Lafitte's Blue and Sentimental. He's very much a Hawk disciple but it's a great album nonetheless. Of note is Geo Daly on vibes. He's very good. Never heard him before.

I knew this thread was going to cost me!

I've got 5 of the 10 plus Don's Genius of the B-3 so that should count for something plus I only post 1/5 of Sangrey so I should be OK.

Patricia, My thoughts exactly. Earlier this year, after missing out on one of Ken's auctions, I started this thread. I hope it's not too maudlin to refer to it again. But I do it in Ken's memory and his time here on this board.

I don't think anybody mentioned Jerry Dodgion. He did a nice album earlier this year.