Brad

I have purchased a couple of things from them and they are very slow in shipping. They have some nice things at reasonable prices but man they are real slow. I bought Hamp and Getz earlier this month and it took almost the whole month to get it. They claimed that theydidn't know I had paid them by paypal. It took them almost 2 weeks to realize this and they wouldn't have unless I had bugged them about it. There is a reason why they have a lot of negatives and a lot of neutral feedback. So, if you're tempted, be prepared to be patient. They'd have to trot out something really good for me to buy from them again.

The Mobley set, still the best IMHO.

Except for Lon, you guys are all wet!

I use to use these to pay Hiroshi and you can only get them in Dollars which was fine with Hiroshi. The USPS is not going to issue them in Yen. This was the only kind of m.o. he could use without incurring large fees. This ought to work with your seller. As an alternative, there's always paypal which pays in Yen. However, you might have to pay the fees.

I agree with Jim. I'm gone. They don't like jazz too much and they believe I spend way too much (I do, but so what, it's my hobby, and they understand that).

Thanks for the link. I have to agree with him regarding Deep, a person in need of help. But like most of us I don't agree with his position on not posting.

Since we're in this vein, where is PD? He seems to have gone for a very long time and in my brief soujourns to AAJ, I don't see him there either. Any info?

I can't believe this baby has gone through so many owners. It's a great cd.

New or used, it doesn't matter to me. A good part of my collection comes from ebay so that's a valuable source. I don't understand the idea of not wanting a disc that someone's touched before. You put a new jewel case on it, with a protective sleeve and it looks like new. No one could tell the difference. If it's new, I'll probably buy it in the store or line. If it's not so new or somebody mentions it, I'll probably look at ebay first and then check elsewhere. Since we have a variety of sources available to us, I say use them all.

Hey soul station, I just got an email from the Music Resource for the new RVGs and it says that Patton is on the tambourine. So they're right. Maybe he wasn't on the liner notes for contractual reasons.

Whatdya got. Looking for something in the VICJs. I just can't take this suffering any longer from way down yonder in the Nation's capital.

Well, I wanted weizy to get the advantage, especially since you were selling him 5 sealed copies of Trompeta Trocatta.

I picked this up but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet.

I hate to admit this but I picked up the Owens Bebop book a while ago and never got a chance to read this. What's your views on this?

Sick maybe but "let he who is without sin....", I think you get the idea

Here I am, looking at the members who are on line list, feverishly scanning for grey's name, anxiously waiting to see if he's posting more Japanese cds that I have to spend my money one, that I just have to HAVE, so anxious that my fingers are getting numb waiting to hit that PM button with the message "I'll take 'em all" and, lo and behold, he's taking the day off. I'm thinking of doing a seance, to get in touch with grey's mind so I can get a hint, a clue, an inkling of when he'll post again and drive us all to hit that pm button. Ahhh, the agony and when he replies in the affirmative, ahhhhh the ecstasy

These are coming out tomorrow, courtesy of BN/Capitol: Cannonball Adderley-Ernie Andrews - Live Session Stan Kenton - Back to Balboa Benny Carter - Sax a la Carter Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson - The Swinging's Mutual I'd like to pick up the Johnny Smith (since I don't anticipate getting the Mosaic for awhile) but I don't know the others. Any comments?

I saw a very low priced JSP Charlie Christian set recently. Is that one worth picking up or if I have the recent box that came out, should I skip the JSP box?

I thought Dr. Freud was into penis envy. Now I see he's moved a little higher, different sex, however.

Meow!

Ira Gitler and Dan Morgenstern. Larry, do you have any information about the forthcoming book?

This is a rather thought provoking thread and basically gets down to why I (or anyone) likes or dislikes Miles? I have heard this argument before that he doesn't have good technique but I like Miles because of how he pared down his style to the bare essentials minimalist of style. Maybe he did that because he realized he couldn't blow like a Dizzy or a Kenny Dorham. Whatever each of us have we try to make do with the best we have. Maybe that's why he pared down his style. For me it works. His tone, which I like, is instantly recognizable and you recognize it to be Mile and no one else. It's also the emotion in his playing that comes through. As Chris and others noted, there may be others with more talent, but there are a lot of people out there with talent who don't always come to the fore. There must have been something there for Bird and Dizzy to take him under their wing when they came through St. Louis when they were with Hines. For Miles to play with Bird on his seminal Savoy session, instead of Dizzy, there must have been something there. I know you didn't address this point but Miles was in the forefront of every big movement in music since 1945. To me, that's something. I don't know how you can ignore that. You can't separate the man from his ambiance or environment. I also don't think the argument that he surrounded himself with good players is all that meaningful. Of course he did, he recognized talent and wanted to play with some of the best. Who wants to play with crap? Now if you want to get into a discussion about which period of Miles you like, there's some interesting conversation there. I'm not wild about his late 60s stuff on. Everything before that I love. But that's just my opinion and I know it's not universally held.

Doesn't this prove that the beer guzzlin' fanatic himself now has a fourth personality: the Grouper. Maybe he could Dr. Freud to examine himself. But who would answer? Lenin? Stalin?

I like it and voted to keep it. Maybe it's the alpha male thing but I just like it.

Tod, it's time to call Dr. Freud or throw that bottle away!