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I think they're broadcasts from Steve Lasker's private collection. I was hoping he would include one he has of the earliest known extant broadcast with Blanton but if they're from 40-41, I guess not.

He wrote music for a tv show called "Staccato" in which John Cassavettes played a jazz piano playing private eye. I think that the credits begin with Cassavettes at the piano and then being pushed aside by another piano player who Elmer once told me was John Williams-- later to become a pretty well known film composer himself. (Or maybe Cassavettes pushes Williams aside-- I forget which.)

Hey we forgot one: Cannonball was sick when they shot "the Sound of Miles Davis" tv show so Trane plays alto on the 3 Gil Evans numbers. So if you get a copy of that, you not only hear Trane playing alto (you have to listen pretty carefully) but you can see him.

Do selects count?

I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that it's the last one coming out with a metal spine. But I'm writing this in a Starbucks right now (something I've never done before) so I can't check where I read it.

I saw him at the Disney Hall in LA in February and at one point he turned off the sound system and sang truly "unplugged". It was great.

Ray Charles got to own his own masters when he went to ABC. There was a reason they called him The Genius. (Of course the music was the main reason.)

I wonder if I'm the only one on the board who downloaded "Concert in the Garden". I was feeling antsy on Sundy so I ordered 2 earlier cds along with the download so I could listen to "Concert" right away. You also get all the packaging which turned out pretty good. I've burnt a disc and am listening to it while I put together the album brochure. I really like the title piece.

Didn't Raksin also write "The Bad and the Beautiful"?

Provided your computer can play and burn discs you don't need any other player. I presume that i-Tunes software can be downloaded from the Apple site.

There are 2 cuts of him playing alto on the Atlantic "Last Giant" 2 cd box set. One from 1946, one from 1952.

I just got "100 Years from Today" (the recording from Monterey in '63) because of recommendations on this board. Another good reason for being here. And since I'm sure that the story Big T tells is true, do he and Glenn Miller ever get credited for writing the lyrics to Basin Street Blues?

I saw that trailer with Bourne Supremacy. It followed the trailer for Collateral (also with Foxx). As soon as they started playing What'd I Say? my daughter turned to me and said "You're going to see that, aren't you." To which I replied "You bet!"

Have a smoked meat sandwich for lunch. Either at Ben's or Schwartz's Montreal Hebrew Delicateson on "The Main" (AKA BLVD St. Laurent, AKA St, Lawrence Blvd.)

Where'd you see this? BTW When the i-tunes store first opened they asked for suggestions and I suggested this. Never got a reply and I don't even know if they really read it and I'm sure others also suggesed it, but I'm happy to take credit anyway. Now if they'd just ofer some of those Mercury Gerry Mulligans that have never been on cd.

The Apple Music Store has a new section called "Verve Vaults: out-of-print albums". They've got 15 offerings this week including albums from Woody Herman, Basie and Anito O'Day with the Three Suns. I can't tell if they were all originally on Verve or if any are from other labels controlled by Universal and now issued under the Verve label.

My favorites is one of the many jazz versions of West Side Story: Manny Album's. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to come out on cd. (Though it was issued a few times on Lp.)

Me too. I think I've played it more than any of my other 300+ Ellington cds. It may just be because it was one of the first Jazz Lps I ever got. (From the Columbia Record Club when it first came out.) I'm still waiting for the deluxe editon of Indigoes on cd: one with all of Autumn Leaves and any extant alternate cuts .

I bought a copy of his new solo record playing war time tunes and there was a bonus disc with a one hour interview by Walter Cronkite about Brubeck's war-time experiences. Really interesting.

--from Worlds Records e-mail There's been a lot of discussion on the Duke-Lym list-serve about this sound quality (or lack there-of) of this latest release. Complaints of too much compression. I haven't heard it yet so I can't comment.

BTW Did HoLland play both acoustic and electric bass throughout his stay with Miles?

Who's name is that session under?

I've been listening to the couple of cds I have of "the Lost Quintet" from 1969 and thinking about how revolutionary (or perhaps off-putting) the group must have sounded to their audiences of that time. In their July performances they're playing things from Bitch's Brew though even In a Silent Way hasn't been released yet. By October they're even further out but Bitch's Brew has still not been released. Actually on both cds the audiences seem quite appreciative, but surely some people were shocked when what starts as 'Round Midnight ends up out there in the ozone somewhere.

Uhh.... What original movie? Les Liasons? There's a different video release?

Keven: You obviously know a lot more about the Prius than I do. One question I have: The "B" setting for driving(about which very little is said it in the instruction manual)-- is it basically just a lower gear and should one use it as such. Right now I only use it when descending very steep hills.