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Unless you live in the state where Dusty Groove is located, there should be no sales tax imposed. They've never charged me one for shipping to Texas. That's thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in National Bellas Hess, which ruled that simply making an out-of-state order was not sufficient contacts with a state for the imposition of sales taxes.

I have the Elvin Jones and like it.

Happy birthday and Merry Christmas. (Sorry I only got you one present.)

The Great Concert presents almost the entire repertoire performed by this group. Town Hall Concert was originally advertised, I believe, as volume 1. So I don't think the entire performance has been released. I also thought this was recorded at a Town Hall in another city (Minnesota?), not in New York. These are actually my two favorite releases by this group, in terms of the combination of performance quality and recording quality. Here's hoping the Cornell University concert by the group that Sue Mingus says she has is released someday soon.

Eric Kloss---In the Land of the Giants (Prestige)--with Booker Ervin, Jaki Byard, Alan Dawson, and Richard Davis.

Melvin Sparks (with Leon Spencer on organ)--Akilah (Prestige)

I was able to see Jason Moran at the Village Vanguard on two consecutive nights a month or so ago, with the Same Mother group. It was outstanding. He played quite a lot from the Same Mother CD (I had to wait to the second night for I'll Play the Blues for You, but it was worth the wait). He still plays Body and Soul, which I would have thought could not be made fresh, but he does so. He's certainly among my preferred current jazz musicians. (Modernistic, a solo disc, is another good place to start).

A few personal favorites from the 1980s: George Adams-Don Pullen--Breakthrough and A Song Everlasting (Blue Note) Jack DeJohnette Special Edition--Album Album (ECM) Freddie Hubbard-Kirk Lightsey--Temptation (Timeless) Woody Shaw--In My Own Sweet Way Don Pullen and the Afro-Brazilian Connection--Live Again (Blue Note) Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society--When Colors Play and Texas (Caravan of Dreams) McCoy Tyner--Dimensions and Just Feelin' David Murray Octet--Home (Black Saint) James Blood Ulmer--Odyssey (Columbia) George Adams--Old Feeling (Blue Note) Ornette Coleman--In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams) Sun Ra--Mayan Temples (Black Saint) Max Roach--Scott Free (Soul Note) Frank Morgan with the McCoy Tyner Trio--Contemporary Horace Silver--Spiritualizing the Senses (Silveto) Art Pepper--Winter Moon (Galaxy)

A motherlode of great used discs. J.J. Johnson--J.J. Inc. (with Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Jordon, Cedar Walton)--fantastic group. Fats Waller--Piano Solos, Turn on the Heat--great 2 CD set of all of Fat's solo piano recordings for RCA. Julius Watkins--Blue Note Connosseur 10" series. Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre Jimmy Smith--Six Views of the Blues Sonny Stitt Meets Brother Jack McDuff (OJC) Mary Lou Williams--Solo Recital (OJC) Pat Martino-Desperado (OJC)

I've seen him a dozen or so times (in trio (Avery Sharpe with Louis Hayes or Aaron Scott), quartet (Gary Bartz, John Lee and Wilby Fletcher), and quintet (the previous group, plus John Blake), but unfortunately not in the last twelve years or so. Each time was absolutely great. I wouldn't miss him, if I had the chance. He's one of the greatest musicians I've seen live, in my 30 years of concertgoing experiences.

Yes, ordered on Friday after Thanksgiving--two Jazz in Paris: Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter ($4.99) and Bernard Peiffer La Vie en Rose ($4.99); two Blue Note cutouts-- Eric Truffaz Mantis (($5.99) and Stefon Harris Black Action Figure ($6.99), and one import Tubby Hayes, Mexican Green ($14.99), and thanks to those (bargain priced and fast shipping) ... bastards... I received my order on Monday.

Cadence sells Black Saint/Soul Note CDs for $15. Not sure about LPs.

Do you think Lisa is a dog?

I bought Band of Gypsies when it first came out. My older brother had Are You Experienced and Electric Ladyland. I remember seeing Monterey Pop when it was released, and also seeing Hendrix appearing on Dick Cavett (I don't recall if he also appeared on the Smothers Brothers, which also used to have rock bands perform).

That book is full of fascinating information. Dick Shurman asking Earl Hooker about who he jammed with on the west coast in 1969: "Oh I had a good time ... You see, there was this one guy, he plays left-handed, with a big head of hair, played real loud." Shurman says "Jimi Hendrix?" "Oh yeah, that was his name." Delmark has just released a new Otis Rush live recording from the 1970s by the way.

According to the Earl Hooker biography, in 1956, Fred Below, Louis Myers and Otis Rush formed a trio and, adding Earl Hooker on guitar, a bass guitar, plus six or seven horns, which Louis Myers describes as the "biggest band" and the "best band" in Chicago at the time. Both Fred Below and Odie Payne played drums with this band (the book isn't clear as to whether they played together or not).

I don't think you can wear a plaid jacket and play the (Chicago) blues.

This psychic sounds rather evil. Also, alarming (for a Virgo) since I am very nearsighted. The Onion is the funniest publication there is.

Did this label have many releases? I have the excellent George Adams and Don Pullen LP All That Funk and a copy of their other LP for the label, More Funk. What else is there?

I have that one, and also the Evidence recording, Blue Planet Man. Are these the only two post-Blue Note sesssions he recorded as a leader?

Freddie Hubbard--Keep Your Soul Together (CTI)--one of his best recordings.

I've always found Kirk in Copenhagen to be his least interesting live recording. I don't see any reason to buy an unauthorized release of these recordings. Save your money toward buying the Mercury box, which is mostly great. I have the Stitt/Kirk Au Privave on a Philology Sonny Stitt release, and it is poorly recorded.

It's an excellent CD. I also recommend Nocturne.

Freddie Hubbard--Outpost (Enja).

The Moffett Family Jazz Band, Magic of Love, is one great recording.