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! I have a much later live recording on Philips.

Damn...I didn't know a film had been made based on the great Eric Ambler novel A Coffin for Dimitrios (personal favorite). Will have to look for this.

Late as usual, but Happy Birthday!

Yes, I also failed to find the Ian MacDonald book. Even contacted Macdonald, but too late, after the book went oop. Don't want to pay the current $86.04 offering at Amazon... Only about 30 pages in but enjoying Dameronia so far. I also saw the Jazz Times review, which is pretty accurate. Apparently it's not possible to compile a detailed biography because Dameron was private and left little documentation behind. But there's sufficient material to put together a reasonable biography with some unavoidable holes. Also concur re. the musical analysis, which is somewhat over my head. However, the analysis is blended in with the biographical prose so there aren't lengthy unreadable passages. And I can make a longer-term project out of deciphering the analysis. To sum up (prematurely, see above), the book is not everything I as a Dameron fan hoped for (because of the sometimes sketchy details), but I doubt one could do better because of the lack of researchable material (disclaimer: I haven't read MacDonald). One could argue that the musical analysis is essential because of Dameron's reputation as a composer, but it might well intimidate many readers. Still, this is at the front of my reading queue and I expect to finish it over the weekend. And then spend some time researching harmony and musical notation...

I leafed through it in a bookshop and consider it well worth reading. But I just bought Paul Combs's Dameronia, so will hold off for a while.

Hey, John Sebastian's playing this Saturday in Woodstock.

Larry, how do like Chen's Bach? I love her Hat Art recordings of Schoenberg and Barraque/Boulez. Most curious about Bach, but reluctant to take a flier considering the # of recordings I already own.

Actually, to 4 of the original Dorian CDs (Cuarteto Latinoamericano). Also have a couple of discs with the Danubius Qt. on Marco Polo, but overall not quite a complete set.

I ordered Sunday night, and the immaculately wrapped package arrived Wednesday (postal holiday!). Don't know how that could have happened, but most grateful.

Ditto. And today was a postal holiday - I don't understand how the package arrived!

Just got e-mail from Berkshire touting Haba's complete string quartets (plus some other pieces) recorded by the Stamitz Quartet on Bayer. Any opinions on Haba's quartets? I'm favorably disposed to microtonal music, so might like these. [Added] Have been listening on Youtube and greatly enjoy what I've heard. Budget tight right now, so will revisit after the holidays.

Agreed on all but the Kuhn, which is unknown to me. The Moondoc is really good. I was fence-sitting on the Ayler and Lyons, but snoozed and lost.

The Horace Tapscott CD that came with Steven Isoardi's book: It's really good.

I grew up in the Chicago area, went to school in Michigan and upstate NY, and never heard "wait on line" until I moved to NYC. I always assumed it's a regional thing that became widespread because of NYC's dominance in media, etc.

Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Stephen Kovacevich - $14.95 for 9 CDs. Damn. Almost bit on this, but realized that it's his EMI set, not the Philips. Unfortunately, Kovacevich's Philips Beethoven Sonatas seem to only be available as part of a 25-CD "Complete Philips Recordings" box.

I recall an old (at least 10 years ago) radio interview on WFAN (forget the host). It was interesting. No time to look for URL now, at one time you could replay the interview online. Old thread on the radio interview