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Is this previously unreleased material?

The price of real estate in NYC has been out of control for a while. Yeah, I think the new owners made it pretty clear what their plans for the stores were. They never intended to be on the retail record business. Plus, didn't it say sales at this location were up 12%? So it wasn't about making it work. At least J&R, which is better than Virgin anyway, is still open. It's a long haul downtown though.

Miles Davis--Walkin' (Prestige, yellow and black, NJ).

About 12,000 songs on my 80gb. Itunes library now has about 13,000 songs, so I'm going to have to upgrade in the near future.

The stores in Dallas were (does the one in Grapevine still exist?) very modest in size compared to the one in Times Square.

I will miss the store. Most of the employees may have been surly (except for the friendly African fellow in the World music section), the store may have been overly noisy and obnoxious, but they had a reasonably deep catalogue, even if often too pricey. There usually seemed to be lots of stuff on sale, though. Plus, there's no substitute for browsing, which is becoming extinct, especially on a multi-genre basis. Now there's nothing left in the city but the specialty stores. And if a megastore located in the area with perhaps the heaviest foot traffic in the United States can't survive, can the specialty stores like the Jazz Record Center, Academy and Downtown Music Gallery continue to exist?

I haven't been to the Isle of Mann, but I did see Herbie Mann once.

Actually, I estimate that I have 52 of the recordings in this list. An excellent list!

That's an excellent album. I quite like Copeland--I happily once got to see him perform in a small auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. None of those guys were present, but his guitar sounded mighty nice in person.

Guitar Shorty. The best blues I've heard in years--A two and a half hour set by the 68 year old guitar great.. Shorty must be close to the best around today in blues. He blew the cobwebs out of my head and elevated me.

Howard Rumsey's All Stars--In the Solo Spotlight (Contemporary)

Sidney Bechet/Omar Simeon--Jazz a la Creole (Jazztone)

Miles Davis--Collector's Items (Prestige, yellow black label, NJ)

Miles Davis--Bag's Groove (Prestige, black and yellow label, NJ)

My copy is like the first one.

Buy any of the Prestiges with Don Patterson and Billy James, with or without other musicians.

There's the second track on side 1 of Mingus' Black Saint, where he solos to great effect on baritone and on soprano. I did see him once at Sweet Basil, in the early 1990s, playing with Art Farmer. I believe he played tenor the whole evening.

That's the one! I pre-ordered as well.

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige, black and Yellow label, NJ).

I ordered Sun Ra, Sleeping Beauty and On Jupiter today from dustygroove.

The Time date is very good, I would say it is just a notch below the Candid and Bethleham dates in quality. It's a quartet date, with Scott LaFaro, Roy Haynes and Tommy Flanagan. The stereo mix on the CD is a bit extreme (two instruments in each channel), so I would love to find a mono LP some day. Booker sounds fabulous as the sole horn on this recording.

Congratulations. I love my 80 gb ipod (full) and am coveting a 160gb model.

That's a tough one--$149 for Forever, and $299 for Beyond Forever. But I would feel so inferior if I were only a Forever person.

I never bought any RTF albums and only have a vague negative memory of their music, so I might have gone and attended the concert anyway (due to a dearth of live jazz) but for excessive ticket prices, and receiving an invitation similar to this: The Beyond Forever Experience! Return to Forever is coming to the US, Canada and Europe and www.Return2Forever.com is your source for VIP packages that add to your Return to Forever concert experience. What are we offering? How about a meet and greet with the band, a tour of the stage area, a pre-show party, and some tour merchandise? Show off your new Return to Forever Tour T-shirt from your merchandise package. No matter what, you are sure to have the time of your life in San Francisco with RTF! PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO TICKET TO THE SHOW INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE - YOU MUST PURCHASE A TICKET FROM ANOTHER SOURCE. To buy tickets for this date from Ticketmaster, click HERE This package includes: 1.) A Meet and Greet with band member(s). Details on the Meet and Greet will be sent to you via email about 10 days before the show. 2.) A Tour of the Stage Area. This Tour is conducted by a Return2Forever.com representative who is knowledgeable about RTF, what it takes to put on a show, and other tour info. Fans will get to experience what goes on behind the scenes at a Return to Forever show and get a new kind of Return to Forever experience. 3.) Access to the pre-show party and the sound check. 4.) An EXCLUSIVE Return to Forever merchandise package that will be mailed to the customer separately. This package includes: an exclusive Return to Forever tour t-shirt, a $40 gift card to the online store, a lanyard and collectible Return to Forever laminate that should get you early access to the merchandise booth. Please be sure to choose your t-shirt size(s) when ordering your package(s). IMPORTANT NOTES, PLEASE READ! • The cost of this package is USD $299. • There is a non-refundable $15 processing and handling fee included in your cost through www.Return2Forever.com, if a show is cancelled and your merchandise has NOT shipped. If your merchandise is shipped at the time of cancellation, there is a non-refundable $69 fee ($59 for processing/merch and $10 shipping). • Packages are non-refundable and non-transferable. •Merchandise will be shipped directly to the address that you provide to us at the point of purchase. We will make every effort to deliver your merchandise prior to the date of the show. •You will receive an itinerary about 10 days before the show with all of the details. • Merchandise contents subject to change based on availability. Please email any special requests to customerservice@Return2Forever.com Please read the RTF Ticket Policies here.

In Search of Buddy Bolden--Donald Marquis.