Brad

I am without a doubt a Jazz-aholic. I usually buy a normal amount of cds but lately I've been on a binge and just like alcoholics I can't kick the jazz buying habit. Here's the haul: On Monday I received a Beehive LP from Euclid, which was followed the same day by a Pepper Adams cd I purchased on ebay. Then on Tuesday, I received three cds I ordered from the Groove. Yesterday I was in the City on a seminar and before I left I stopped at Academy Records and picked up 8 cds (although I'll probably sell a couple of them). Today I received 3 cds I bought from a board member. Over the next week I'm expecting 3cd each that I bought from two board members, plus 4 other Uptown cds that I ordered from Chuck. I also am awaiting two cds of Harold Mabern that I bought on Ebay. Count = 1 LP and 27 cds. That is a huge number. I should stop. Trouble is I don't know if I should or want to . Other tales of woe (or happiness ), please post here.

Did you guys get me any . Come on, man!

All the Argos (on the Mosaic) are fine, better than that. There's also some good ones on Prestige like Farmer's Market with Gigi Gryce and When Farmer Met Gryce.

I don't mean this criticism but Dexter considered Go a classic but I know other listeners don't necessarily feel the same way. Blue Note put out a two cd set called The Classic Blue Note Recordings, Blue Note 80658 (catalogue number 73243 5 80658 2 4). That will give you a taste of Blue Note Dexter. You may also want to check out some of his SteepleChase work, mostly live but good nonetheless. But you may want to start with The Classic Blue Note recordings. It's quite a handy two cd set.

Any one of those looks like a strong enough opponent. It depends on the class of goods in which they're registered. You can have many people use the same name but if they register in a different class of goods, there's no infringement and hence no possible chance of confusion.

What about the Three Sounds stuff or do you already have that. If not, let me know and I'll see if I can help. BTW, I think Michael C. is planning to reisse a Three Sounds cd sometime in the near future.

Happy Birthday David. You've got one cool show

Don, Thanks. Go ahead and send more. If you want to email me, my email is lewinb@wyeth.com Also is that Mercantville or Merchantville?

Ya know everything loooooks great here but the Columbia and Verve/Mercury/Clef sets look like they're going to be outstanding.

I just received this a few minutes ago as well and the only thing I can say is that I hope I get a good bonus in January because there's nothing on here that I don't want to buy It looks the Perkins session was previously on the Pepper lp box but it's good to have it in cd.

My thoughts exactly. I imagined that if I closed my eyes I might be listening to Dex.

We Three is on ebay for a buck right now. Man, you can't go wrong there.

Food was great. It was certainly kind of weird with him that he didn't connect. In fact he didn't even really try to connect. When he could have done so, he would look off into the distance. At first I thought he was being smug but I guess that's just his style. He was certainly into his music, that's for sure.

Chuck, Might that be on the cd when it comes out?

Marla, That made my day too. I have Too Tadd With Love on LP and the other in CDR but having them both on cd will just be great. I just love Tadd.

What would you like to know about the date? I have the lp.

Well, this was a rather interesting thread that somewhere along the way I missed. I won't say "I dig his Prestige work" but I do like it as part of the totality of the whole, especially as he made his transition from Bird clone to BN Jackie. I like Alto Madness but my favorite is, as with some, A Long Tall Drink of the Blues, especially for the argument those guys get into. All the albums Late mentions are worthwhile pickups.

I saw Eric and Harold Mabern on Friday and it was just the two of them, which surprised me. I had heard Bill Charlap and his friend Jon Gordon do the same thing and I don't think it worked so I had trepidations. I also was worried because we had taken a couple of friends who aren't jazz fans. I didn't have to worry because they were pretty fantastic. It also helped that we were seated less than 5 feet from where they were playing. They played mostly standards and recognizable material. They did play Naima however. This may be me but when he played Shadow of Your Smile I thought I was listening to Dex. He seemed to sound like Dex a lot. Also when Alexander started playing, there was no small talk, no song introduction or personnel introduction; they just played nonstop. The one who suffered there was Harold Mabern because he never got a break. It was just nonstop playing for 90 or so minutes. Incredible! Alexander is either very shy or very intense (my wife thought intense) because he didn't say too much. Harold Mabern is very loquacious on the other hand and quite a character. After the show, he was telling us about his new album on Venus and this and that. I got a couple of pictures taken with him so I was very happy. Our friends were really into it and also loved Harold. I don't know if I made them jazz fans but they loved the show.

A couple that come to mind is Junior Cook - Junior's Cooking Matthew Gee - Jazz by Gee Lem Winchester - Winchester Special Bobby Timmons - Soul Time I guess I better scan the catalogue real soon. I think they offer free shipping and some discounts over a certain amount.

Agreed but you have to wonder when he comes up with a line like this: "I am trying to get into Jackie McLean now but often I find him to be awfully repetitive - kind of like Dexter Gordon. Entirely lick-oriented - mostly simplistic licks."

Where in the city did you see it? Jazz Record Center? I'm going to be in the city on Wednesday so if you've got a good place, let me know.

In response to what Mike had to say, I think he's quite comparable to Bennie and as far as being no J.J., heck who was? Matthew's sound is a bit sharper than Bennie's, whose sound is fuller but he has a good choice of songs and I think he and Ernie Henry complement each other. Everything is quite swinging here. Let's start it off with Out of Nowhere and Joram from Matthew, Ernie Henry (as), Joe Knight (p), Wilbur Ware (b) and Art Taylor (ds) These are both taken at a medium pace and are fairly short unfortunately. In Out of Nowhere, there is a nice opening latin rhythm and Art Taylor gives it a nice steady beat to propel the band. Matthew has a short but understated solo and Ernie contributes some short nice blowing. After a short piano solo, Matthew comes back followed by a nice out chorus. Just a fine effort here. In Joram, again it's at the medium beat. After the melody stated, Matthew takes over, with nice backup from Joe Knight and then Ernie chimes in with again Art Taylor providing solid support. Again, as the liner notes points out, the emphasis is on swinging and that's what's is achieved. Matthew and Ernie always sound good together. Sweet Georgia Brown is a bit crisper and faster and Matthew takes a longer solo, stretching out some. The soloists never really dominate. The collective effort provides the result.

I find it hard to disagree with ralphie boy but I actually do like the Johnny Richards and Quincy Jones material. This is one of my favorite Mosaics and is responsible for getting into Sonny in a big way. There may be something to the way Sonny played but that's the way he played throughout his career and I like the results. He's not who evolved his style. He basically had a style and he threw the gauntlet down. When you can pick it up. Like I said I wasn't a huge Sonny fan before I got the Mosaic and 9 discs didn't bore me. Plus this material nicely dovetails with his Verve material from that era. So if you get that and the Verve material, you've got a good chunk of Sonny.

I've just started using Brian for the Uptown project. Since I will probably be done soon I'm glad to help out if you decide to use Brian.

All right, I've finished up one date. As soon as I finish up the other three dates I have, I'll be emailing it to Mike. If others would like to give me the information, please do. This is fun and I wouldn't mind doing it if others give me the information. BTW, for those who may be a little daunted by it, if you follow Mike's tutorial, you won't have a problem.