Guy Berger

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I'd say the best is Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (which is really a basic staple of post-war jazz), followed by Bags' Groove and Walkin'. I'd put the BN studio studio sessions below those. Other stuff of note off the top of my head -- the Dig session with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins and Jackie McLean. And the Collector's Items album; this one has both Bird and Sonny Rollins on tenor, as well as a later (excellent) session with Rollins. Guy

Depends on how good your furniture is, I guess. Unlike your copy of the Andrew Hill Mosaic, most of this stuff is pretty replaceable and a pain in the ass to move. Guy

I'm don't think he is black... not that it matters, really. Guy

So, I take it you have bought all the cds you want and are looking for more. Why do you say that Chuck? Are they trading officially available material? Guy I was asking if he/she had bought (or at least owned) every recording "they" could have wanted and now "needed" more, hence downloads. Speaking for myself, I don't have every recording I want. Some of them are available for download at easytree and nowhere else (except possibly via time- and resource-consuming trading), hence I get them via easytree. Guy

I think I like the Hodges on "Half the Fun" even better. This is a great album. Guy

Probably excessive to ban him, but Van Gundy's behavior has been way out of line. Guy

I don't think the Mavs-Rockets series is over by any stretch though. And yeah, that foul on Duncan was ridiculous. TERRIBLE OFFICIATING last night. And Ginobili is terrific -- some of the Nuggets fouls on him have been ridiculous. So what about Van Gundy... is he going to spend next year in NBA jail? Guy

I haven't seen new ECM reissues for a very long time. 85% of their catalog is available, and the remaining OOP titles will probably never be reissued on CD. Some Steve Kuhn reissues were announced on jazzmatazz but never materialized. I'm referring to straight reissues of older titles. I recall looking for some Keith Jarrett titles in late 2000 or early 2001 and was told that they were being reissued that year. Nothing different, same mastering, packaging, etc., just reissued. I think this is when they changed distributor from BMG to Universal -- they deleted the BMG versions and replaced them with Universal versions. Not really reissues... Guy

Mavs are lucky they didn't call out-of-bounds on Finley... Steve Kerr is a great announcer. Guy

In fact, Bertrand lives inside said Cream of Wheat box -- hence, no room. Guy

"Shimwisery" is "Chinoiserie", a la French. I think "rikki tikki" has nothing to do with the mongoose, Duke is simply describing the sound of piano playing. I imagine that you could rip it onto CD without the first 1:30 or whatever. (Also, fastforwarding on the iPod is very convenient.) MMW do a pretty cool version of this tune on Friday Afternoon in the Universe. Guy

I think it's from the Hary Janos Suite, composed by Zoltan Kodaly. Didn't Coltrane borrow from two different classical compositions when writing the melody of "Impressions"? Guy

Agreed. It's a shame that the New Yorker can't print those icons, because this part of the interview deserved at least 5 or 6. Guy

But let's keep in mind who they've been playing against. If the supporting cast holds up once they face a decent team, then we'll be talkin'. Guy

Looks like Nash & co. will get some rest before facing their Texan nemesis. Did anybody else read about Rick Adelman's tirade against the officials?

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Yep, please. I completely forgot about 'Lift evry voice' that I saw in a shop a long time ago. The price put me off at the time. The other two sessions, I had never heard off! They're officially OOP, but I think Tower Records's website might still stock them. Guy

Also, Eternal Spirit and the other one that Andrew recorded for BN in the 80s.

Just to pick three random ones, Jan Garbarek's Triptykon, Gateway's Gateway 2 and Keith Jarrett At the Deer Head Inn. Guy

It seems like a lot of ECM titles are getting deleted in the US, at least if Amazon is any indication. Hopefully these will continue to be available from Europe. Guy

Jason Frickin' Terry! What a game... go Dallas. Guy

No, you have to rent the discs separately. I've been pretty satisfied with Netflix; they have a variety of plans so depending on your viewing rates you can adjust accordingly. They just introduced a 1-at-a-time, unlimited/month for $9.99. Depending on how close you are to a distribution center this could be six or more movies a month. Guy

What about a reunion of Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette? Miles is gone but I bet the four of those could really cook. Guy

Larry David says in the commentary for the episode that he wrote it this way because he didn't think the show was coming back for another season and the NBC execs were pressuring him to bring in some romance. The weird part is that the 3rd season begins as if nothing ever happened, except for Jerry's conversation with his parents in "The Pen". Guy