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You guys get no sympathy from me. I'm working on movies that I wish I could walk out of... yet often have to watch over and over again...

Very sad news...

Oddly enough, I've never been to the Taschen store in L.A. Been to the one in Paris though...

William Claxton - Book signing at TASCHEN Store L.A. December 06, 2005 William Claxton will sign his new book Jazzlife at the TASCHEN Store in Los Angeles on from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Don't confuse the issue. There's solid evidence that the average temp is increasing; what's causing it is debatable.

Out of the 5 "extended" standard performances on the set this is actually my least favorite! The low point of the box for me is "Desert Sun". Waaaaaaaay too long for something that repetitive. Guy ← huh. one of my favorite pieces of the entire box ← Agree re: Desert Sun. Love those "repetitive" Jarrett vamps...

I don't know if Sco prefers his "A Go Go" stuff over his more "labor of love" gigs (with all the non-commercialism that that implies), but as a musician it certainly must be gratifying to connect with a larger audience no matter what the reason.

For those who've heard both this and the boots, how's this sound in comparison? Is this taken from the broadcast as well, with the announcer's intros?

My, that was a fun thread...

There does seem to be a generation gap thing going on between the "allows" and "not allows" groups, and I suspect this gap will only increase. No surprise that the "kids" are more open to taping/trading and that the majority (?) of older jazz cats are not. But as they say, you can't unring a bell, and I suspect that the digital distribution of music, whether legit or "bootleg," will only become more widespread... whether the artists wish it to or not. I think the "smarter" artists will try to embrace it in some way and use it to their advantage.

Hey Chris. Mine was waiting for me when I got back in town. Will be spinning it shortly...

PM'd you, Jim.

So when's Organissimo's NYC show gonna be up on Dime anyway?

Does for me, but perhaps not for any "logical" reason. The "archiving" and "sharing" of broadcasts doesn't seem as ethically "wrong" to me, but I agree it's a slippery slope. This thread is frustrating, though, for its mix of assinine and astute comments regarding the subject at hand. Once again, the thread-starter overstates to an absurd degree, which undermines his otherwise valid argument that internet-driven trading of live performances could be a legitimate way for artists to promote their work, especially for relatively unknown or non-mainstream acts - such as many jazz musicians. There will always be artists who object to their performances being recording; there will always be those who record said performances anyway. There are archival/historical rationalizations for why said performances should be preserved, and there are the issue of artists' rights that need to be considered as well. What worries me - like Chuck, Jim, and several others here - is the willingness of some to completely disregard the IP issue and embrace some absurd "everything belongs to the universe anyway" philosophy. Like Mike F., I occassionally drive too fast, but at least I'm aware that I'm doing so and refuse to blame everyone else for not driving fast enough (or some muddled metaphor like that).

Yep, EMI's are the worst. And they wonder why we download...

Bertrand, you have a PM. Anyone else with any recommendations?

Geez, my timing is terrible...

That's nuts. They've both been dead for years.

Interesting. Great idea for an artist (or ones heirs) to distribute boots in such a fashion - though I'm not sure if, by doing so, they are still considered "boots;" I wonder if royalties are paid? -_- Still, $10 each for mp3s seems way overpriced, especially since, among trading circles, no money is exchanged and lossless files are required. I think I'll stick to dime...

Listening to this now (bootleg version) and all I can say is that it's a shame that Verve is releasing only half of this material on two CDs instead of all of it - which would fit on 3 CDs. This is amazing stuff!

Another article on Butler... http://www.expectingrain.com/dok/who/b/butlerkeith.html

http://waxy.org/random/video/shining_redux.mov Very funny (especially if you enjoy Kubrick), but enlightening also for those who doubt the power of music and editing in filmmaking.

For anyone else looking for unreleased live Woody Shaw, there's been a bunch of it lately up on www.dimeadozen.org.

Redundant at this point, but nevertheless:

And to whom? Not that I'm complaining, but I suspect that this may be a "hip" disc for non-jazz fanatics to own given the publicity. I mean, how many other Monk or Trane discs sell 100,000 units these days?