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Ronnie Scott - Boppin' With Scott (4-CD, Proper) Does anyone here own this or have heard it? I'd be interested in hearing thoughts and opinions.

Mose Allison - Mose Allison To replace a bum copy that I received from Barnes & Noble. Wayne Shorter - Etcetera / The Soothsayer These have been on the back-burner of my wish list for years so they were added onto my Amazon order to qualify for the free shipping.

I got a brand-new, still-sealed copy for around $112.00 delivered quite some time ago. (Very well worth it!) I was searching for the set and bored with time on my hands so I did a Google search on "Complete Galaxy Recordings" and checked out each suggested link. At 10+ pages in I discovered some obscure liquidator who was selling 3 or 4 copies. I took a shot on it and they came through.

I was 9 or 10 years old when I saw "Ring Of Bright Water" in the theater. (1969) It's basically a story of a man who adopts two otters and how it changes his life. I remember how charming and joyful the otters were and how fun it was to watch them play and get into mischef. All was moving along greatly as I was carried away by this feel-good movie when suddenly and unexpectantly, I was devasted, horrified and shocked by the tragedy at the ending. I lost a bit of my innocence viewing that Saturday matinee and that memory is still very clear to me to this day.

Unless they use the same definition of life that abortion supporters (Or should I say, "pro-choicers"?) use to salve their consciouses that they are not committing murder. Ironic huh? The definition conveniently changes depending on the want or need. Interesting report. There seem to be a lot of qualifiers in there.

Are the AAJ forums down for others as well? I haven't been able to get in for the last 2 days.

My 2 cents; keep and enjoy the Pepper you already have and spend that same money on some jazz you don't have yet.

PM/email sent on: Alexander , Eric – Mode For Mabes (Delmark) Mabern $8 Farmer ,Art – Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Atlantic) $7 Morgan ,Lee – The Sixth Sense (Blue Note) not RVG $5

Lots of stuff in the mail in the last couple of days: Mose Allison - Mose Allison / Mose Allison - Ramblin' With Mose Mose Allison - Creek Bank Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1 / A Night At Birdland, Vol. 2 Hank Mobley - A Caddy For Daddy / Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles Brian Lynch - Keep Your Circle Small / Tribute To The Trumpet Masters / Spheres Of Influence

Growing up, I remember being exposed to a wide variety of music. Through my parents it would have been stuff like polka, the Lawrence Welk Show, The Harmonicats, The Everly Brothers, etc. Through my older brother, 10 years my senior, I heard stuff like Elvis, The Beatles, Steppenwolf... The first jazz I recall hearing was Vince Guaraldi. I was never conscious of it as jazz, it was just the music I liked from the Charlie Brown cartoons. I seemed to be attracted to instrumental music fairly early on and recall buying 45's of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass before I even hit my teens. For years, until I was in high school, I would have been primarily into pop/rock music. I recall being into the group Chicago and always enjoyed "singing" the horn parts rather than the lyrics. In high school I hung around with a bunch of guys in marching/performance band. Through them I started inching into jazz a bit and got into stuff like Maynard Ferguson, The Crusaders and Tower Of Power. College years was still primarily pop/rock but I got into some pop-oriented jazz like Grover Washington, Bob James, Chuck Mangione and Spyro Gyra. The 15 years or so after college I listened to very little or no jazz of any kind. The spark that sent me on a serious pathway into the world of jazz was during one Christmas season listening to Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas. I started thinking about how much I enjoyed that jazz trio which inspired me to start searching for other trios. That search eventually lead me to Oscar Peterson. In looking for more Oscar Peterson CDs, I discovered Lester Young (with the OP trio) and instantly fell in love with his sound. After hearing Prez the first time I said to myself, "THATS the sound I'm looking for!!". That lead me from trios to quartets and looking for more of that kind of tenor sound. My love of Prez lead me to Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Scott Hamilton. Logical progression lead me to more and more artists and the rest is history. In the last decade or so I've amassed around 700 different jazz titles in my collection. Jazz probably makes up 95% or more of my listening time when I'm able to listen to music. If it's not jazz it's probably going to be classical, blues, country, bluegrass or traditional roots type music.

All CDs still available for consideration.

I have some duplicates I'd like to trade or sell. All the CDs are excellent to like new. The cases may show very minor wear from normal handling. U.S. trades or sales only please. PM me if you are interested. Items I have to trade or sell: Lee Morgan - City Lights (RVG) - TRADED Art Pepper - Winter Moon - TRADED Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz (Keepnews) Art Blakey - Free For All (RVG) SOLD Mose Allison - Down Home Piano Ray Brown - Soular Energy SOLD John Coltrane - Gentle Side Of John Coltrane Bob Scobey - Direct From San Francisco Trades I'd be interested in: Lee Morgan - Young Lions Jackie McLean - Right Now Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring Jackie McLean - Jacknife Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown And Max Roach Charlie Rouse - Social Call Charlie Rouse - Unsung Hero -or- Yeah!/We Paid Or Dues!

I was (and still am) a big WH fan. He was one of the first guys I checked out, and I played in a group in high school that played a bunch of Crusaders tunes. Wayne was a big time disciple of JJ (as most trombonists are) and had that big, fat sound that drew me in. I still listen to the Crusaders now and then. WH is a soulful MF! Before I got into jazz I never thought of the trombone as anything other than just a marching band instrument. The (Jazz) Crusaders were one of my gateways into jazz and Wayne Henderson was the first person to show me that the trombone could be a solo instrument. I loved him then and I still love his Crusaders stuff now.

Were all outstanding orders shipped Friday? Just curious, I hadn't gotten a total on the last order yet.

Yes it is. My apologies for suggesting anything otherwise.

I have a handful of duplicates at most. They would have come about either by my buying a box set that had a CD I already owned or by my enjoying a compilation so much that I pursued the individual recordings. I know there are a fair amount of people here who feel differently but I think it would be a colossal waste to buy something I already had. I've never found alternate takes and bonus cuts to be compelling enough to buy a duplicate but will go for them if I'm buying for the first time. A lot of people talk about sound differences but for me, the difference in sound would have to be night and day rather than day and later that same day and even then, it would have to be a recording I really loved. I have so few duplicates that it doesn't really bother me but I'll want to sell or trade them somewhere down the line. This thread sounds like it could be the basis for a trading post. People could list their dups here and look for a buyer or trader. Addendum: It's fairly routine stuff but hey, if anyone is interested : John Coltrane - Gentle Side Of John Coltrane Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers - Like Someone In Love Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz Art Pepper - Winter Moon

Twelve Angry Men <<A Night At The Opera The Day The Earth Stood Still

In the mail today, a handful of Prestige (1 Riverside) titles from Newbury's 1-cent CD auctions on Ebay: Don Friedman - Circle Waltz / Billy Taylor - Cross Section Mose Allison - Autumn Song / Mose Allison - Down Home Piano Cedar Walton - Spectrum

In today's mail: Louis Smith - Smithville / Max Roach - Jazz In 3/4 Time Nik Bartsch - Holon / Dewey Redman - The Struggle Continues

PM to be sent on: Brian Lynch, Spheres of Influence (Sharp Nine) $7 Brian Lynch Tribute to the Trumpet Masters (Sharp Nine) $7 Brian Lynch, Keep Your Circle Small (Sharp Nine) $7 Add: Herbie Hancock, Empyrean Isles (BN - Jazz Heritage) $5 Hank Mobley, A Caddy for Daddy (BN) $7

When I first (mis)read this I thought, "The Paula Abdul Trio"?!?

In today's mail: Duke Pearson - Wahoo / Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol. 1&2 Freddie Hubbard - Goin' Up / Freddie Hubbard - Backlash Blue Mitchell - Big 6 / Joe Newman - Jive At Five Frank Strozier - Fabulous Frank Strozier / Benny Golson - I Remember Miles

Thanks Aggie!! Picked up: Max Roach - Jazz In 3/4 Time Louis Smith - Smithville Nik Bartsch - Ronin Dewey Redman - The Struggle Continues

Clark Terry - Swahili This Lonehill two-fer combines "Clark Terry" (Terry-tpt, Jimmy Cleveland-tb, Cecil Payne-bs, Horace Silver-p, Oscar Pettiford-c/b, Wendell Marshall-b, Art Blakey-d.), his first leadership date, with "Jimmy Hamilton And The New York Jazz Quintet" (Terry-tpt, Jimmy Hamilton-cl, Barry Galbraith-g, Oscar Pettiford-b, Sidney Gross-rhy g, Osie Johnson-d). Another nice find at Half-Price Books.

That's Where It's At This one would be somewhere near the top. Mr. T and Les McCann made an excellent pair. Up At Minton's Another very strong consideration with Grant Green and Horace Parlan. Parlan and Mr. T were another excellent pair and all their recordings together are well worth checking out.