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the other answer to this question is this: not enough people are buying the titles that go out of print. i'm not sure what the cutoff point is these days, but i think it used to be 300 units per year. that's an awfully low number when you consider that we're talking about total annual sales. i don't know about you, but it makes me think twice about buying promos or used copies of titles that are still in print.

if i'm not misinformed, the inclusion of the jrvg "obi" comes from the fact that japanese reissue lps had a wrap-around "sash" or obi around them. the jrvg obi is, strictly speaking, not really an obi, but an "obi strip." some of the earlier japanese cd reissues of ojc titles came with a real obi that wrapped around the lp-facsimile cover. it appears that i also have too much spare time on my hands.

of course, chuck is correct in that rudy has done separate remasters for the domestic and japanese rvg reissue series. which sounds better is a matter of opinion, however. after performing numerous a/b comparisons, i find myself preferring the jrvgs in many cases, but that's just a matter of personal taste. now if we can only get rudy to engineer santana's a love supreme!

If I had the dough, it would be CAN-AM BABY!

personally, i don't care much for the "brass and bolts" style cd racks. this past weekend i finished staining and varnishing a pine cd rack (i prefer oak, but $$$). how big is it? over 7ft tall and 4ft wide. friends say: "now you'll be able to put all your cds in that, right?" no way jose. this will go on a wall adjacent to my 7ft by 3ft rack! that should give me some "growing room," for maybe a year! anyway, i shelve my collection alphabetically by genre, artist, and album title; with special shelves for oversized items and newer acquisitions. a friend of mine does the same thing, except he arranges the titles by recording date.

Just saw this on the net: RUBEN GONZALEZ DIES AT 84 ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA, Dec. 8 — Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez, who found new fame in the mid-1990s playing with Compay Segundo’s Buena Vista Social Club band, died Monday. He was 84. THE CUBAN MUSIC Institute confirmed that Gonzalez died in the capital, Havana, but did not provide a cause of death. Gonzalez’s keyboard gymnastics provided the heartbeat of the Buena Vista Social Club’s string of traditional Cuban “son” music albums beginning in 1997. The smallish man with grizzled hair gained worldwide attention as the pianist on the opening album of the series, the Grammy-winning “Buena Vista Social Club.” The best-known “Buena Vista” figure, guitarist and lead singer Compay Segundo, died at age 95 in July. He also played on subsequent Buena Vista albums produced on the World Circuit/Nonesuch label that featured fellow older artists Ibrahim Ferrer, in 1999, and Omara Portuondo, in 2000. But most of his individual fame came with his solo “Introducing ... Ruben Gonzalez” in 1997, and an additional solo album, “Chanchullo,” three years later. Born in the central province of Santa Clara in 1919, Gonzalez had originally wanted to be a doctor but enjoyed music so much he began studying piano at a conservatory in eastern city of Cienfuegos in 1934. He moved to Havana to become a full-time musician in 1941, first recording with Arsenio Rodriguez, a pioneer in Cuban-rhythm orchestras of the time, then joining the Orquestra de Los Hermanos. Gonzalez later traveled and worked in Panama and Argentina, finally returning to Havana and playing in clubs including the famed Tropicana night club. He joined forces with pianist Enrique Jorrin’s band in the early 1960s, and they played together until Jorrin’s death in the mid-1980s. Gonzalez took over the band for a time, but later retired. Gonzalez in 1996 met up in Havana with Ry Cooder, who produced the “Buena Vista Social Club” records, and his career was reborn. Funeral services for Gonzalez were scheduled for Tuesday.

I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, see something others don't, or if I just want to be oppositional (probably a combination of all three!). I read Santana's remark as a reflection of someone who believes A Love Supreme is a monumental work that deserves to be revisited, reinterpreted, etc., rather than just a piece of history to be kept safe and secure in its original form in the back of people's minds. I'm a fan the the Mingus Big Band, a collective dedicated to keeping Mingus's compositions alive through performance. I've also attended some of the Coltrane Memorial concerts here in Boston that have offered different interpretations of Coltrane's works ("latinized," with peotry, etc.). I'm not sure Santana's ASL Revisited would be as successful as these ventures, since a great deal of ASL's success is due to the incredible performance of the Quartet. All in all, I think Santana is a class act, so I choose to believe his comment represents admiration for the beauty and integrity of the composition.

How uncivilized! I prefer mine well-cooked!

Although 90% of my collection is jazz, I couldn't conceive of listening only to jazz. i love steak, but eating steak morning, noon, and night would eventually become monotonous. The fact that Bird dug Bizet, Stravinsky, and Wagner encouraged me to listen to classical music, just as Coltrane's modal improvisations led me to seek out eastern musics with similar harmonies. I also enjoy the blues and good popular music for what they are. I appreciate those times when my mood or musical appetite hungers for the Beatles, Howlin' Wolf, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, etc.

read about it here: new warning system

yes, do! this is a wonderful session, and the fresh sounds reissue is by far the best way to hear this music on cd.

I've been pretty busy the past few days, so I haven't had a chance to try out the different demos I downloaded. I've narrowed my search to five programs. Here they are, with the appropriate links in case anyone else is interested: Cattrax Cd Trustee Music Collector Music Label Music Library My plan is to scan the same 10-15 titles into each one, play around with them, and then decide which one is right for me. That might seem like a lot of work to some folks, but I want to do this only once. And with 2,000 or so titles...well, you know. I appreciate everyone who's shared their opinions so far, and I look forward to hearing from more of you. Feel free to email me if you like.

and so the short answer to your question is "no." standards is the only reissue of this material in the states. btw, rudy did an excellent job on the japanese 2cd set the sonny clark trio (TOCJ-66125-26) which also features this material.

don't be so sure, i hear Mark Geragos has been hired to defend him, the same guy who represented winona ryder, who was found guilty. not unless he's found criminally insane. wacko jacko he is, but insane?

One feature I'm looking for is the ability to pop a cd in my computer and have its data automatically downloaded from the internet via an existing database like CDDB. With approximately 2,000 cds in my collection, the idea of entering each title by hand is inconceivable to me. If I understand the Music Collector webpage correctly, you can download data from three databases (CDDB, Amazon and AMG) by either scanning the cd in your computer or entering the barcode number. That sounds mighty convenient to me. Anyone else use Music Collector?

Hey folks. I'm ready to catalog my cd collection, and I'm wondering what software program you prefer. I've read good reviews about Catraxx, but I'd like to hear from someone like me: a jazz fan that owns quite a few rare and out of print titles. Thanks in advance.

One of my favorite holiday recordings that you might not be familiar with is An Uptown Christmas. Recorded between 1984 and 1988 for the Uptown label, it features the likes of Frank Wess, Charlie Rouse, Johnny Coles, Claudio Roditi, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Jack Sheldon, Sahib Shahib, Carl Fontana, Al Cohn, Richard Wyands, Walter Davis Jr., Barry Harris, Don Sickler, and Maria Muldaur. 'Tis the season to swing!

I recently picked up a copy of Parlan's cd Little Esther, a quartet date on Soul Note featuring baritonist Per Goldschmidt. I wasn't particuarly impressed at first, but this recording has definately grown on me.

sorry about that. sent you an email to confirm.

I'm sorry. I meant for you to reveal your source after the quiz was over. Now anyone can google the interview for the answer (I just did). P.S. After learning who was "second choice," I'm very glad the "original" couldn't make it (I'm not a big fan).

I'd be interested in learning the source of this trivia "fact." I say this because in the liner notes to POD, Nat Hentoff quotes Hill as saying "I selected the men because of the particular strengths each has. I also selected them because..." Hill goes on to describe the qualities of each musician appearing on this date in terms of the music that was played. These remarks, if true, would seem to suggest that no last-minute substitution occurred. But in the spirit of being a "team player," I'll guess that Kenny Dorham is the odd man out. Perhaps Freddie Hubbard was the supposed "first choice?"

FYI, the second session was released in 1998 as Standards. I think the remastering job Rudy did for this Japanese reissue is an improvement over the 2002 domestic RVG reissue of Sonny Clark Trio.

I own Gone With The Wind, which features the 16 tracks recorded at the following sessions: Lady Be Good c/w Easy Living / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 11453) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Teddy Kotick (B) Arthur Taylor (d) NYC, February 27, 1952 52-S-103 Lady Be Good Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (B) Art Blakey (d) Hollywood, CA, June 30, 1952 52-S-3110 Easy Living Buddy's Blues c/w Pennywhistle Blues / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 11206) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Teddy Kotick (B) Arthur Taylor (d) NYC, February 27, 1952 52-S-104 Buddy's Blues same personnel NYC, March 3, 1952 52-S-114 Pennywhistle Blues Gone with the Wind c/w Lover Come Back to Me / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 30679) same personnel NYC, February 27, 1952 52-S-105 Gone with the Wind Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (B) Art Blakey (d) Hollywood, CA, July 23, 1952 52-S-3125 Lover Come Back to Me Sweet Georgia Brown c/w Cairo / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 30678) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Teddy Kotick (B) Arthur Taylor (d) NYC, February 27, 1952 52-S-106 Sweet Georgia Brown same personnel NYC, March 3, 1952 52-S-113 Cairo Get Happy c/w Samia Shuffle / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 11250) same session 52-S-112 Get Happy 52-S-115 Samia Shuffle Just One of Those Things c/w Carioca / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 11303) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (B) Art Blakey (d) Hollywood, CA, June 30, 1952 52-S-3107 Just One of Those Things 52-S-3109 Carioca Street of Dreams c/w The Way You Look Tonight / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 30681) same session 52-S-3108 Street of Dreams same personnel Hollywood, CA, July 23, 1952 52-S-3123 The Way You Look Tonight Sophisticated Lady c/w I Got It Bad / Buddy DeFranco (MGM 30680) same session 52-S-3124 Sophisticated Lady 52-S-3126 I Got It Bad