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I was going to let it pass as I already had most of it on boots, but I too became a 1st time shopper of music at Target. For $28 it's better than OK, and the sound has been improved upon on many of the circulating demos. The Ledbetter tracks are well worth hearing. If ever there was a case for iTunes, this may be it. As John notes the majority of the DVD won't be played much as the 1988 basement rehearsal is more interesting (& funny the 1st time) than good. I suppose if you haven't heard any of the rarities perhaps I'd rate it a bit higher, as they pluck most of the good ones, and several that hadn't circulated. But there is a fair amount that probably was better left on the scrap heap too. Thumbs up if you find for under $30, less enthusiastic if you pay more. (Hmm, I'm just repeating what John said. )

There was a thread here in October about how he either has Alzheimer's or dementia. Link to thread. Actually, the thread is as much about confining someone to a home, the rights of families and patients, dignity, and so on, but it does contain the mention of a condition.

Yikes, I've only bought 1 new release in all genres for 2004, Dave Douglas's The Infinite. Hmm. I have bought almost 50 reissues from 2004 though, never mind other new & used finds. I've probably bought more discs this year than ever (the hazard & benefit of hanging out here ), so I'll just stick with stuff that was reissued this year. Warne Marsh - All Music - I love hearing the different approaches to "I Have A Good One For You." And the cymbals sound especially terrific. Andrew Hill - Black Fire - I could just as easily list Dance With Death here, but now I've now found the title to introduce Andrew to friends with. Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! - I haven't played this in a few months, but I seem to recall thinking the horns reminded me of something from Miles electric period. Which given that this predates that, I guess something about that Miles album (perhaps in Bitches Brew) reminds me of this! Jackie McLean - Right Now! - Another album deserving of the exclamation point in the title! Sonny Rollins - Worktime - The K2 was the 1st time I've heard this. It sent me off on filling in some of the gaps in my Sonny collection. There really is no business like show business. Loved the Blakey RVGs and the Sam Rivers & Jack Wilson Conns too. Though no boxes are allowed, perhaps the most unexpectedly wonderful surprise of my year is all Lon's doing. After all of his posts about Teagarden, I decided to pick up the 3 disc set by Avid Father of Jazz Trombone. I don't typically seek out jazz vocals, but I absolutely love Tea's singing (playing too of course.) The set also includes 4 numbers with Venuti and Lang which is my 1st exposure to their music, so this discovery could be doublely (tripley?) dangerous in the Mosaic dept. Thanks Jazzbo, I see why you seek out all things Teagarden!

No reason why it wouldn't work and work well, as your taste buds have told you. Pumpkin always needs some sort of flavoring or spices, and can be just as easily curried, turned into ravioli as noted by Man with the Golden Arm, or into something sweet like pie. I've had soup before that had the nutmeg & cinnamon associated with the pie, along with onions which worked well. I doubt it had sugar or allspice though. But it appears you have an onion loving soulmate with a sweet tooth out there in cyberspace. And note sweet onions are used, just as you suggested. Pumpkin Onion Cookie Recipe 1/2 c Finely chopped sweet onions 1/4 c Orange juice 2 c Sifted unbleached flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Allspice 1/2 c Butter 1 c Brown sugar 1 Egg 1 c Stokleys canned pumpkin 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Chopped pecans Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small skillet, steam saute the onion in the orange juice until tender. Drain and set aside. Discard any remaining juice. Sift the flour with the soda and spices. Reserve. Cream the butter with the sugar and egg until light and fluffy. Add the pumpkin and vanilla. Mix well. Slowly add the dry ingredients. Stir in the onion and nuts until completely mixed. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. Cool on wire racks. Happy eating.

Yowsa! Some details at digitallyobsessed.com.

Glad to hear the praise for it. Chuck's 2 recommendations from earlier in the thread weren't available so I ordered this, in part because of Tommy Flanagan.

I know, part of me thought don't tell. But were it not for so many recommendations from this board I would be so much poorer. Um, musically that is. And I don't think it was that big of a secret. For what it's worth, 6 weeks ago they didn't have the Rene Thomas in stock, but supposedly they do this time around. (Crosses fingers.)

Guy I'll third it. Got it a few weeks back and am having a hard time getting it out of the changer. This thread is the best and worst thing that's happened in a long time. I'll 4th the Byard. As people are thinking big, don't forget alldirect. "Regular" OJCs are $8.65, the limiteds $10.68. Free shipping over $99. I put in an order for 19 discs mentioned in this thread last night. (My 1st multi-emoticon-in-a-row post, but in this case it's warranted.) And hey, if they don't go OOP, I've improved my quality of life sooner than later. (Who knows, maybe when the new owners see the sales figures for December maybe they'll think it's normal and keep the titles in print. I know, wishful thinking.) Thanks for all of the recs, starting with the 1st!

Nah, Giambi came up as a fairly thin doubles kind of guy without the "big guns" and veins popping out of the arms. His mentor on the A's was Mark "Andro" McGwire, and in time he got huge. I'd love to see a report on cap size changes for some of these players, as unless we're talking about someone going from a shaved head to long hair that's a tell tale sign. I wear a 7 7/8s hat size (believe, no steroids here given my lack of muscle mass ) which is rarely stocked (not that I buy hats much.) I've heard there are a few players who wear 8 1/8 now.

You get your wish. It comes out in March.

Indeed I do, thank you! I actually got lucky and found that one right afterwards. I've kept the page open in a tab just so I just don't bookmark it and forget about it. I think I need to look over some of my Bix liner notes more carefully tonight, just to admire the instrument selection of the day.

I'd be curious to hear more about the instrument "sort-order" norms for discogs. I'm assuming this is refering to the order in which instruments are usual presented in static (printed) discography entries. The Brian database is a pretty light download, so you can download it (then download the Brian data.) Open Brian, then open Brian.vdb. Now go to Windows > Instruments. Now you'll see the sort order used in the program. I love this stretch: Kazoo Clarinet Hot Fountain Pen Goofus/Cuesnophone Sopranino Clarinet Hot Fountain Pen sounds dangerous. (Time to Google it.)

Thing is though, Indestructible, Buhaina's Delight and Free For All are really really good. But I know what you mean. I passed on upgrading several Dexters and Hendersons that came out last summer to buy stuff I hadn't heard instead. But I'm pretty excited about the 1st round of RVGs in March, as Brooks, Quebec, Coles, and La Roca aren't the same old same old. I was "too young" to get True Blue the last time around, and though I have a burn of Basra, notes and the possibility of improved sound are welcome.

I followed Ghost of Miles lead (& others) by putting in an order a month ago. Here's that thread with member recs. I picked up both The Fox and For Real! mentioned above (love 'em), though honestly I wasn't sure if they were albums that would be in danger. In the end I picked them more for "I need to hear them" than "they might go away" reasons. As they seem (and rightfully so) to be so highly regarded I thought I was being a tad foolish picking a couple that surely wouldn't disappear. Or will they? One that just blew my mind was Johnny Griffin Sextet with Byrd & Adams, Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware & Philly Joe Jones. My gawd, for those of you who love Blue Note hard bop will love this. It's a sick world if a treasure like this could be eliminated from a catalog. I hope it won't be. There are a bunch more recs on this thread that I found useful. Oh yes. Walt Dickerson, and Lennie Niehaus!

If they're ever going to have a Tournament of Champions, he'd better lose.

It's a done deal. It's Norman Lear's baby now.

"All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill." Nope. From the Dept. of Treasury: "The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar bill depicts the Lincoln Memorial. You may be aware that, engraved on that Memorial are the names of the 48 states in 1922, which was the year the Memorial was dedicated. There are engravings of 26 State names on front of the building, which appears on the note vignette. As a result, only 26 of the States appear on the note. The upper frieze of the Memorial bears the States of Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. The lower Frieze lists the States of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and New York. In addition, the engravings show the abbreviated names "Hampshire" (for New Hampshire) and "Carolina" (for South Carolina). We have no information why the prefixes for these states were not used." I think alchohol must have been involved.

Enjoyed the following over Thanksgiving: Byrd/Adams - #2875 Gerald Wilson - #3062 Wilson only seriously entered my mind about 6 weeks ago when looking up info about another Mosaic. And after picking up some OJC titles by Teddy Wilson & Harold Land, the fate was sealed. Beautiful stuff. Looks like a long-term plan will be to find more of his work, both early & late. The Byrd & Adams had been on my mind for quite some time as they make such a great team. It did not disappoint. So many more on the hunting list!

Ah, I love the jamband scene when the bickering begins. Like most bands in the scene, the singers could benefit from a pack & a half cigarette habit. The more tar the better.

Although the Penguin gives out 5 star crowns, they are so few & far between that I think you need to consider their top grade as 4 stars. And if you want to get all quantitative about it I'm not so sure it as simple as adding 1 to the Penguin ratings to make them equal the AMG ratings. For whatever reason, I guess I'm more likely to be confident a 3 1/2 and above album in Penguin will be highly enjoyable as opposed to a 4 star and above on AMG. Maybe because Penguin is just 2 guys doing the reviewing. Also, and I'm afraid I can't think of an example, but I get the impression that there are more cases of AMG 2 star records seeming to be better than their rating as opposed to lower rated Penguin albums. (I want to note that often with 2 out 5 ratings or equivalents it is noted that such album may be enjoyable for fans but someone new to the artist should probably pick something else to begin with. So I don't expect all of a beloved artist's output to be 3 stars and above, as soon ratings become worthless.) I have the latest (7th) Penguin along with the 5th. There are still some odd omissions, such as the Blakey's Indestructible isn't in there, yet some other RVGs released after it (Sweet Honey Bee) are included for review. Zorn's output ends at '98, though in a way I can't blame them as no one can keep up. Many of the Jazz In Paris releases included, but not all. And Penguin still doesn't do Mosaics and drops stuff that goes OOP. I've spotted 5th editions used for $3 to $5 locally, so if you have some used bookstores around that might be a cheap option (wouldn't work by mail when weight is factored in.) And if all you care about are the stars rather than the essay part (I like the writing myself), you can Google Penguin ratings for the higher rated ones. Here's one for the 5th vs. the 6th edition.

We also spell it GUERRILLA. The English origins of the word are indeed Spanish. And amazingly it was spelled right!

Any way I can get it! I thought this was going to be about what you like in your stuffing/dressing. Oysters! Unfortunately I hang around the wrong crowd now so if I want any that way, I have to make a small amount for myself and practically go sit in a corner. So I haven't made any for myself in years, lest I offend the squeamish.

Funny you should ask this. Tonight I played Pepper Adams' Encounter! from 1968. It contains Joe's "Serenity" and "Punjab." Zoot Sims assumes the tenor role with Flanagan, Carter & Jones. Terrific album. Thanks to whoever mentioned it on the Fantasy/OJC recommendation threads from awhile back.

The only bad thing I have to say about it is that the traycard was put in upside down. Easily remedied.

That's a good 'un! One of my favorite Brent era shows. They were really on from mid-March to early April (maybe longer, I'm just basing that on the few recordings I have.) And since this is a jazz board I guess I'd better mention the brief "So What" tuning for those who don't know about it.