Brad

Just when I think things are coolin down, I see a reference to the "One Sound". Is this supposed to be some sort of slap at the Sounds or because Dan is the GHF. I don't see what's wrong with liking the Sounds (there's a lot of fans out there including me) or for Dan being a huge Sounds fan. There's a lot of people who happen to love a group or an artist. I don't see anybody jumping on Rooster for loving Andrew Hill, probably more than Dan loves Gene Harris. So can we please stop with this nonsense, for chrissake.

This has gone on long enough. Without getting into who's right or who's wrong, I think two of our senior members and contributors need to tone this down.

I'm not sure why we need to have this debate: Chuck v. Dan or vice versa. There are merits to both schools of thought. But people who like to listen to without venturing into other areas (i.e. avant garde) shouldn't be made to feel guilty either. We ought to be thankful that they're interested in jazz at all and buying records. I also believe that this advice from Chris is useful: "I think that even the most broadminded of us have a narrow time slice or two that we favor--my point is that we can enjoy those slices even more if we see the whole pie." I probably fall more into favoring that narrow slice but like to try to see more of the whole pie (avant garde for intance) even though I may not find the other pieces of the pie tasty. Live and let live.

At the risk of costing me money (since there's a few items that I'm interested in), people should check this out. He's got tons of BN stuff and a few Pacific jazz cds.

Jeff, We'll miss you. You're one of the founders here and when a founder leaves, a little bit of the place changes. Best of luck with everything and I hope you find everything you're looking for.

I've only been a fan about 5 years so I have learned a great deal from this board, from the likes of Larry Kart, Lon, Jim S and other too numerous too mention. It blows my mind how much there is too learn and how little time I have to learn it in. I suppose that's what retirement is for. I see both Chuck and Dan's posts. I may be a little narrow in my tastes at times but I am always trying to broaden my horizons. My listening tastes have changed greatly in the last couple of years and there's always room for improvement.

Jazz By Gee is a real classic. This is his only leader date and it's got a hell of a lineup: Ernie Henry, Cecil Payne, etc.

Brad, Nothing wrong with appearing overly patriotic Sheldon, I suppose you're right but ever since I've been a kid, I've always believed what Stephen Decatur said.

I forgot about Joe Wilder. Joe Wilder for sure. Way underrated. At least he got a little attention a year or so ago in Jazz Times.

Did Bird ever put out a bad record? Although strings may not be to everyone's fancy, he never did a bad one.

Two cds of Roy that I really, really love are Just Us and We Three that he did for New Jazz. They are really fantastic. They should be easily available on OJC.

Sent you a pm about the Bobby Watson and Eric Alexander.

Chris, That's awesome. My son, who is waiting for me to get off the computer, said you have a lot more cds than I do.

Updated.

Yes and many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many more

I was hoping someone would raise D-Day. Although D-Day was not the beginning and the end, it was obviously important. Without appearing overly patriotic, without the sacrifice many people made during WWII, who knows what this world would be like today. Being of Jewish origin, I don't think I would have been here had Hitler triumpthed. We had a branch of our family in Poland. After the war, they were not to be found. Presumably, they met their end in the camps. Here is an editorial from today's NYT: June 6, 1944 Sixty years ago today, the free world held its breath. In America, daily life paused almost completely, subdued by the news that the invasion of Europe — D-Day — had begun. From the 21st century, we try to imagine the scale of what went forward in that gray dawn after years of preparation — the ships and men and matériel, the reserves of willpower and determination. What we sometimes forget to imagine is the almost prayerful nature of the day, the profound investment of hope and fear it entailed. It was a day in America and in Europe when civilians as surely as soldiers felt the whole of their lives concentrated on the outcome of a few hours. There has not been another time like it, when we knew that history was about to turn before our eyes. In a way, D-Day sums up for us the whole of World War II. It was the frontal clash of two ideas, a collision between the possibility of human freedom and its nullification. Even now, we are still learning what to make of it, still trying to know whether we are dwarfed by the scale of such an effort or whether what happened that day still enlarges us. It certainly enlarges the veterans of Normandy and their friends who died in every zone of that war. It's tempting to politicize the memory of a day so full of personal and national honor, too easy to allude to the wars of our times as if they naturally mirrored World War II. The iconic starkness of the forces that met on the beaches of Normandy makes that temptation all the greater. But beyond the resemblance of young soldiers dying in wars 60 years apart, there is no analogy, and that is something we must remember today as well. D-Day was the result of broad international accord. By D-Day, Europe had been at war — total war — for nearly five years, at profound cost to its civilian population. American civilians, in turn, had willingly made enormous material sacrifices to sustain the war effort. There was no pretense that ordinary life would go on uninterrupted and no assumption that America could go it alone. We may find the heroics of D-Day stirring in the extreme. We may struggle to imagine the special hell of those beaches, the almost despairing lurch of the landing craft as they motored toward France. Those were brave times. But it was a bravery of shared sacrifice, a willingness to rise to an occasion that everyone prayed would never need to come again. This is a day to respect the memory of 60 years ago and, perhaps, to wonder what we might rise to if only we asked it of ourselves.

Getting back to jlhoots' original question, can someone recommend four of the best ones to buy here. Buying them all would seem to be a little expensive.

That one from Jazz Loft looks interesting, the one by Evan less so: where do you put the inserts. To me, that's critical. I'm constantly making room. But even that capability is running out of usable space.

I'm not really into it either but I lived in Nashville for a year back in the 1970s and you can't help but become one, especially if you go to the Opry which I did a couple of times. I'm not really one now but that's probably because I don't listen to it that much anymore. I remember reading somewhere that Bird liked country music.

The US box likewise has no indications other than the Tarantino reference. My guess is that it's not.

I see your point your point Jim. It's inevitable that whatever people are listening to and find appealing will find its way into jazz inevitably. That's how we got soul jazz I'm sure. Change is always a good thing and our music is a dynamic living organism so change is necessarily a good thing.

Yeah, same here.

As soon as my son's school ends, we're going to France and England. Six days in Paris, then a train to Brittany for a couple of days, 3 days in Normandy (whole reason for the trip; my son's a WW II fanatic and wants to visit the landing sites) and then a couple of days in London. I'm hoping to see where Bud lived and check out the Blue Note.

That's awesome. I've bookmarked that site. But here's a question. Do any of you sellers include paypal or ebay fees in what you charge a buyer. I knew there was one guy who used to visit here who did that.

I guess joining the Marines ain't such a bad thing. Must pay well . Mark's my kind of guy. That's the kind of logic I love.