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Sorry, something went screwey when I started the topic and I did not realize my post did not come up. I was simply inquiring whether anyone read the book and could offer any impressions.

Thanks for posting. Looks like another Saturday in Harlem for me.

I just received my second order. All eleven items were included.

I just received my first order. Everything was included except for this: Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk Mulligan Meets Monk There also was no explanation why it was not included, which I think is a little odd.

On the concord site the status of my first two orders submitted June 10 & 12 is currently "shipped", including all the items within those orders.

I received a phone call today from customer service confirming my mailing address and letting me know one of my orders was getting ready to mail. I had not received a confirmation email on any order, so I took the phone call as a good sign.

I decided to sneak in one final impulse purchase. Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High [Keepnews Collection] RCD-30505 $5.98 Joey DeFrancesco - Organic Vibes CCD-2306-2 $5.98 Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Jazz Sounds Of Africa PRCD-24279-2 $5.98 Hank Jones - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 16 CCD-4502-2 $8.98

Okay, recently I must be using obsessive collecting to distract me from thr troubles in my life. Just placed another final order. Miles Davis - Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants PRCD-7150-2 - $0.00 Gil Evans - Gil Evans & Ten PRSA-7120-6 - $5.98 Harold Land - The Fox OJCCD-343-2 - $5.98 McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster - McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster 63488 - $5.98 John Coltrane - Lush Life [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] PRCD-8103-2 - $5.98 Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! [Keepnews Collection] RCD-30502 - $5.98 The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django PRSA-7057-6 - $5.98 Nat Adderley - Work Song [Keepnews Collection] -RCD-30506 - $5.98 Jack McDuff - Tough 'Duff OJCCD-324-2 - $5.98 George Russell Sextet - Ezz-Thetics [Keepnews Collection] RCD-30188 - $8.98 Sonny Criss - This Is Criss! [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] PRCD-30654 - $5.98 Subtotal $62.80 Coupon:CMG ($12.56) Shipping: Free Ground Shipping $0.00 Sales Tax $0.00 Total $50.24

What if you don't like video games, but don't know what "cities and film as film" means? Is it possible to like both?

I saw the original when I was a kid, but don't remember much about it. I will see the remake - not because I have any significant interest in the movie itself, but simply because my mother like many women is a huge Denzel Washington fan and we have a routing of seeing every Denzel movie together while in the studios. We have been doing this for at least fifteen years of Denzel movies so far. Interesting, regardless of whether the movie is a dud, my mother always seems to think Denzel's performance is terrific. What can I say, it is an opportunity for me to drive to NY and spend some time with my mother.

I have been listening to this in my car since yesterday. Admittedly, this is not the ideal environment to absorb any recording, but these days this is where much of my listening occurs. I have been enjoying it so far - although my response is probably a bit more muted than Jim's. It definately has a "classic" tone in that there is nothing overtly distinctive IMO about the structure of the music. However, there is a audible youthful energy to much of the playing that is appealing. I prefer Wolf on vibes as opposed to the tracks where he plays drums, but the rest of the participants are impressive - particularly Walter Smith who I think is a young tenor saxophonist worth watching and the pianist Lawrence Fields played some things that caught my attention while on the highway. Overall, definately worth hearing. Thanks for the recommendation Jim.

The movie received a very favorable review in today's New York Times.

I really have to stop letting my impulses get the best of me. I just placed this order, although I just realized that I forgot to get my one free for buying ten. The Wynton Kelly Trio - Full View OJCCD-912-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - PRCD-8102-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 John Coltrane - Soultrane [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] - PRCD-30006-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 Phineas Newborn Jr. - A World Of Piano! - OJCCD-175-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 Johnny Griffin - Bush Dance - GCD-95004-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk (SACD) - RISA-1106-6 1 In-Stock $5.98 Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite [Keepnews Collection] - RCD-30507 1 In-Stock $5.98 Kenny Barron - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 10 - CCD-4466-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 McCoy Tyner - Enlightenment - MCD-55001-2 1 In-Stock $5.98 Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage - HUCD3095 1 In-Stock $5.98 Subtotal $59.80 Coupon:CMG ($11.96) Sales Tax $0.00 Total $47.84

I received the disc the other day, but have not had a chance to give it a listen yet.

I am going to try to get down for at least one day.

That is unfortunate. Some very good music on that label - not only European, but also all of Steve Coleman's recent recordings were on the label and we can't forget the great Bunky Green disc from a couple of years ago.

All you have to do is to contact him: hiroshi@earlyrecords.com Thank you.

So how does someone order from Hiroshi?

PM set re: Adderley, Cannonball/Jackson, Milt – Things Are Getting Better Coltrane, John – Coltrane Davis, Miles – Collectors' Items Monk, Thelonious – Misterioso Monk, Thelonious – Monk's Music

Okay Jim you got me. There are a few young musicians on the recording that I enjoy in addition to Wolf, so I ordered it.

Pm sent re: Red Garland Quintet- All Mornin' Long- Prestige, 20bit K2 Red Garland- Red Garland's Piano- on Prestige, 20bit K2

My apologies to Bill for my tardiness in responding. I listened to it a couple of times immediately after downloading it, but then got very busy with work and traveling. I have not read anything else before posting my own responses here. 1. Interesting guitar-drums and maybe bass performance. I like this sort of edgy, clean toned guitar playing. Toward the end there were some glimpses of Metheny’s tone, but not enough for me to confidently commit. Interesting track. 2. Trombone-piano duet. It could be a French horn. It is an effectively moody piece, but after several listens it did not make any significant impressions on me. 3. A saxophone/clarinet ensemble. The tune has a tango feel to it. The only comparable ensembles I am familiar with are the World Saxophone Quartet and possibly the Julius Hemphill Sextet. I am fairly certain this is not either of those groups. In any event, the performance peaked my interest enough to consider possibly hearing more by the group. 4. Piano-bass-drums trio. The bass could be a cello. My favorite track so far. It could be one of the Dutch groups or possibly someone like Simon Nabatov. Love the tension in the pianist’s playing as he/she gradually deconstructs the familiar tune. The string solo tells me that it is a bass and not cello. Very intriguing performance. 5. Trumpet-guitar-drums. The trumpeter sounds like Dave Douglas. It could be his Tiny Bell Trio. I am pretty sure it is Douglas and the drummer does sound like Jim Black to me, so I will go out on a limb and guess it is the Tiny Bell Trio. I have mixed feelings about Douglas. I have heard some stuff by him that I have loved such as his sextet recordings and a live concert I saw with Roswell Rudd. Other stuff just bores me. Can’t say he does not take chances though. I have not heard much of the Tiny Bell Trio, but assuming this is them, this performance would lean toward the stuff from Douglas that I like. Of course, if it is not Douglas then everything I just wrote was a waste of time. 6. Sounds like Rabih Abou-Khalil or another group with middle eastern or possibly Indian influences. It certainly is exotic and the clarinet solo reinforces the overall texture. As the song goes on I am now convince it is not Abou-Khalil – the guitar solo is outside I have ever heard from him and honestly takes away from the performance for me. Without the guitarist this would be very interesting. 7. This is the second track from this recording PR. Very distinctive clarinetist – I was listening to his recordings intensely for a while. Also, his biography, The Traveler, is a fairly interesting read. Thumbs up for this one. 8. tenor-piano-bass-drums. I want and feel like I should be intrigued, but sorry to say this particular track did not move me much. I would like to hear another track by this group, because I do like the tenor’s sound and would be willing to give them another chance on something with a little more overt structure. 9. Tuba-sax-trumpet-drums. Great stuff. It is an Ornette tune and the trumpeter even has some Cherry-like splashes. The saxophonist is very familiar, but I can not positively identify any one at this moment. 10. This is the most up beat, swinging, straight ahead track we have heard so far. No fault of the music, but I got distracted for a moment. For the most part I enjoyed what I heard, but it does not give the same kind of stimulation many of the other tracks did. 11. Wow, another happy piano trio. Solid playing, but not as interesting to me as the preceding track. 12. The disc ends with some more tension filled piano playing ala Cecil Taylor with the incomparable Steve Lacy on soprano. Every time I heard Cecil from this period I am more convinced that this is some of the most amazing piano playing I have heard.

Two more on CIMP, both recorded in 2005 Ancestral Link Hotel Pam Africa

Is there a Mingus bio that the assembled masses here finds acceptable?

That's a reissue of a 1964 Savoy album that featured Dixon with a larger ensemble on one side, and Shepp with the New York Contemporary Five on the other. It's a very good album which, unlike the Shepp/Dixon quartet date, has been reissued several times, including a CD reissue from 2001. Thank you. I saw the CD reissue of that recording. I was wondering whether it was possibly the earlier recording under another name. Since the LP is only $5.00 I would have picked it up if it was.