Brad

Their vinyl is very expensive— they want $100 for the Blakey. Ultimately, I decided I didn’t need them or wish to spend the money on another concert.

Sorry to hear that.

The Red Balloon.

I have this one too and just cracked it open.

The Yankees seem to make an art form of retiring numbers. By contrast, the Cardinals have retired 14 or 15, a lot, but not as many as NY. Those games tend to sell out, not that I’d suggest there’s any connection!

It’s hard to separate which of the two versions I prefer but I lean towards the Cilia Black one.

That’s good negotiating. If I start out at a high price, it’s now on the table. It’s a floor I can’t go below so I start out low knowing I have to go up at some point. I’m sure MLB has a number in mind. If I was negotiating a price for a product I would not start out at the number I wanted to get to but give myself wiggle room so that I could eventually agree to a number closer to where I wanted to end up all along.

I used to negotiate contracts for a living and what you suggest is not negotiating. When someone offers .50 and you come back with 2.00 you’ve established your ceiling. If you go back the next day and say it’s not 2 but 3, that’s negotiating in bad faith. I’ve had that happen to me and it almost led to the collapse of the contract. Now, there’s nothing that says you can’t do that because until a contract is signed, theoretically you can ask for everything. However, don’t expect it to go over well.

And they’re all a bunch of dicks.

It’s going to be a long time before we see baseball until both sides get serious. Based upon my experience, they need to do is engage in round the clock negotiating. That’s the only way a deal gets done. Piecemeal negotiating sessions are unproductive.

Remembrance by Charles McPherson in JazzTimes. Charles McPherson Remembers Barry Harris

Years ago I had a small O Scale layout, that a friend and I built. A lot of fun but takes up a lot of room. Had many Lionel and MTH locos. Great stuff. Went to a few train shows. A lot of fun.

If it’s O Scale, he must have a big basement.

FWIW, it didn’t receive a good review in the NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/movies/oscar-peterson-black-white-review.html

So sad to hear this. I echo what everyone said. He was pure class all the way. Rest In Peace, my friend.

That’s a lot of stuff!

Too bad there’s no OJC anymore. Just ordered the AP SACD of All Night Long.

Bought this years ago but don’t think I ever listened to it

It was recorded in 1980. Hakim sounds ok to me but Walter Bishop, who also plays some Bird song, sounds better, more fluent, if that makes sense. One oddity (or so it seemed to me) on this set is that John Lewis plays himself.

Aside from his BN dates, I have a few other of his records and I prefer the BN ones, particularly Soul Stirrin’. The Bainbridge (or Time) one is pretty good, as I recall.

It’s definitely an odd photo with only Rowles in full body mode.

Me too.

Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc.

Going forward, the CD player is a thing of the past.