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Oh please, that's SOOOOOOO 19th century....

Nope, looks like it's Never been there. Never even HEARD of it! Arlington's a wee drive, nothing TOO major. The next time I got a free afternoon (yeah, as IF), maybe I'll mosey on over.

Is that the Forever Young Arlington store? Haven't been there in ages. Talk about overpriced! But they got some good stuff...

And then there's girls (and yeah, guys too... ) that were never together enough in the first place to either bend OR break. Game's over before anybody gets a chance to play. Nobody likes a foregone conclusion.

Oh please, that's SOOOOOOO 20th century....

She couldn't take it. and I wouldn't want it.

Yeah - it's about freakin' time. That side KILLS! And hope that as a bonus cut they include the version of "The Christmas song" that was only released on MISTLETOE MAGIC, the Palo Alto Christmas album. Don't ask what else is on it...

Not the greatest commercial in the history of the world?

Britney Spears - a name and a sentence!

Never bought used from Amazon, Geoff. I got mine from Dusty Groove (the bastards!). They periodically get Enja stuff in at a reduced price (for whatever reason, seems to be used and resealed, but still in primo condition). From them you can buy with confidence. I don't know much about this outfit (Dusty Groove......bastards you call them). And, I don't have a credit card (a debit card, yes....and, as far as doing on-line transactions, makes me even MORE nervous!) What kind of problems (if any) have you had with these "bastards?" Will they accept alternate payment options (like a check, money order, etc.) what is their web address, dustygroove.com? I call them bastards because I seem to be unable to visit their site without dropping more bucks than I'd like! They're totally honorable, and have numerous payment options. http://www.dustygroove.com

I have both on LP, and prefer the Muse date. Yanow's reviews describe the programs accurately. CD? Don't know. Both were produced by Ed Michel, and I suspect that he did the sessions on spec and shopped the tapes, which would explain the different labels.

Maybe relevant, maybe not - make sure you're offline and totally inactive w/other programs when running Ad-Aware. They don't tell you this, but it matters - some spyware seems to be able to avoid detection whe you're online. Don't know why or how, but that's been my experience.

Think there was an 8 LP set of the jam sessions, and another set of the sets ( ) of the Pablo "regulars", don't know how many LPs. Limited availability, fersure. Older and wealthier collectors than I should have mo'better details. You come across something?

Never bought used from Amazon, Geoff. I got mine from Dusty Groove (the bastards!). They periodically get Enja stuff in at a reduced price (for whatever reason, seems to be used and resealed, but still in primo condition). From them you can buy with confidence.

Joe's lower profile during that time was mostly for "personal reasons", if you get my drift. That's not firsthand knowledge, but enough people I trust have told me, so I take it to have some basis in fact. Seems like he mostly stayed home in SF, taught privately, and "chilled out" . Mostly, not altogether. The decade in question was actually quite an exciting one - the music continued to move forward as the AACM, B.A.G., and other groups began to come to the forefront and get some national recognition, and, slowly but surely, an audience. The WILDFLOWERS session Tony mentions above might now in retrospect be seen as a "Jazz Woodstock", but at the time, it was a nifty document of how vital jazz still was as a CONTEMPORARY music, and not a repertory company in the making. The majors, except for Arista, weren't really in the game, but a LOT of indies (India Navigation, Black Saint/Soul Note, hatHut, IAI, etc.) featuring the newer developments were active and had reasonably good distribution. In short, the music felt alive and vital in a way and with a relevance that I really don't think it has today. It hurts me to say that too, because there is still some good, great even, new and original music being made today, but there's been so much redefining and reconceptualizing of what is and isn't "jazz" over the last 20 or so years that what once ws seen by many as natural (defiantly so, maybe, but still natural) has now been redefined as either radically wrong or radically right, and that ain't as fun of a game to be in. All told, and with the exception of Sonny Rollins' albums , I think the OVERALL state of the music was healthier in 1978 than it was in 1998, and DEFINITELY healthier than it was in 1988. Cats like Joe got some much deserved props during those years, but perhaps for the "wrong" reasons (at least wrong as far as keeping the music alive, moving, and developing. In another, very real sense, there's no "wrong" reason to celebrate a cat like Joe. But if a healthy dynamic is for there to be established vets thriving at the top and challenging WORTHY contenders bubbling underneath ready to strike at any given moment and take the turf on their OWN terms, the 80s and 90s saw a MOST unhealthy dynnamic as far as I'm concerned, at least in the "marketplace", which like it or not is where things get played out if they ever hope to become "mainstream"). I'm beginning to see signs of a return to sanity in the insane and inane "is it jazz?" bullshit of the last 20 years, but the problem with history is that making it takes time and I'm tired of waiting for something to happen that already should have. But I digress... Yeah, Joe was a MOTHERFUCKER! I love the cat, and always will. He died WAAAAAYYY too soon if you ask me, but, obviously, nobody did. God, you fucked up with this one.

For Mountain Dew Code Red (a beverage which in its diet form might be the greatest soft drink in the history of the world, but that's certainly open for debate) - streetballers vs footballers on a gridiron, streetballers got the ball and move downfield by traditional basketball means, culminating with a slam dunk across the goalpost. Whoever designed this commercial is a genius. Not a Bird/Trane type genius, but a genius nevertheless. Saw it on ESPN.

Here's that link: http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html Ellery Eskelin, God bless him, compiled this listing.

Not all in one set, no..

A belated discovery for me, but a TOTALLY outstanding performance: The mid-70s thru the mid-80s was a spotty decade for Joe, but this is one of the highlights. A strong, STRONG performance.

Yeah, if I'm remembering right it was a Mobley-led gig.

I have both, and I like both. Very much, in fact. Unlike some live recordings, there's nothing revelatory in either, but they're definitely worth having - good live playing, nice and stretched-out. Don't overlook the Hubbard/Maupin either!

Yeah man, get well!

What's a "time stamp"?

I got an e-mail response from Label M back when they were in operation, and they said that they had intentions to eventually release a Mobley set from the Left Bank tapes. Not anything that's already been issued, but something elseThey mighta been blowin' smoke, but I was left with the impression that the material was available and of usable quality. So say your prayers, eat your vegetables, and keep your lawns mowed and well groomed, there's hope!