Dan Gould

Jim makes an excellent point. By the time of Tippin' On through, Curtis had definitely evolved from his meat and potatos texas tenor sax/organ sound. This is a great set, and aside from his Verve one-off and a set for Freshsound in the mid-90s, all that Curtis got to record as a leader. I hunted down each of these PJ recordings, but I'm glad to have gotten the Select from Santa Claus.

Hang in there, Tom, and know that a lot of people here are thinking of you and your family, and like Joe said, we'll be here to lift your spirits a bit when you are back online.

How about an artist with a jazz pedigree? Here's some of vocalist Meredith D'Ambrosio's work: Peggy's Cove Autumn in New Boston Elm Street Blizzard And last but not least, a portrait of her husband, Eddie Higgins, based on a photo of Eddie as a young boy of about 11, and used for the CD cover: More of Meredith's work can be found at: http://www.meredithdambrosio.com

Jim's probably write about a snoozer game. I saw a breakdown which showed that almost all of the non-competitive games had two weeks between the playoffs and the big game, and most of the really great games had no week off.

Well, its true I didn't look at the start date, I just considered the fact that one was on the first page and the second one on the second page and assumed it was "older". As for "netiquette" I don't think it matters, I'm just saying that Geoff hasn't favored us with new stuff, he's just giving us reprints. We want NEW reviews!!! Geoff, you can start with the board owner's disc, Waiting For the Boogaloo Sisters!

Gotta go with Blue. I mean, if electric companies have programs to cut you some slack and keep the electricity on, they ought to be understanding if the electric bill $$ goes to a soon-to-be OOP Mosaic set, right?

You're not kidding, Hans! Not only is Geoff recycling posts from other sites, but he actually apparently borrowed the whole idea from an earlier post on the same forum: People's Guide to Undervalued Jazz (and not only albums) But maybe the I Hate Music forum has cool guys to hang with. The author of that original thread is ... "cunnilingus"

I have to go with New England for their defense, but the way Carolina has played they might just complete the Cindarella Season. But what I really have to hope for is that the Pats knock out the Carolina QB, cause if I am not mistaken, the backup is former Seminole and Heisman winner Chris Weinke, and if he comes in to the game than my allegiance will have to switch immediately.

Geoff, Seeing as you've favored other discussion boards, may I request that you start the same "Ask Geoff a Question about Jazz" thread here?

I would bet you are thinking of the Jazz Record Center, 8th floor of 236 West 26th street.

All that I've heard are excellent and recommended. Not a dud in the bunch.

There's a Tower and a Virgin Megastore on Broadway. I think Tower is around 42nd street, its across from BB King's club. Virgin is farther north, maybe around 50th or so.

If you go to the Mosaic site you'll quickly see what Mosaic sets are (but I suggest you leave your wallet behind, you'll be too tempted). But basically, Mosaic sets are full box set treatments of a cohesive body of an artists work. It may be the entire label output or it may be subset of that, but it is cohesive in some way. Its a "premium" set because it includes an exhaustive essay covering the artist and the music contained therein, including all discographical details. "Select" sets are smaller, less "premium" with less "sizzle". But they are still cohesive presentations. What they lack is the authoritative booklet and generally, unissued tunes or alternates.

Well, that's ESPN.com info I was going by.

As I understand, Henson is top, and he's done nothing at Columbus to indicate he's ready or will ever be ready. In fact, the last word about him was that he was supposedly ready to return to football; but that never happened as had been predicted and pontificated. Meanwhile, as far as prospects to ship somewhere for a legit third baseman, well, my understanding is that over the last couple of years, the Yanks have exhausted the once prized development system. But hey-I hear Todd Zeile is still looking for work.

Its excellent and highly recommended. Most of Grant's work on BN was with organs or Sonny Clark, so its nice to hear someone different (the undervalued Kenny Drew). Especially nice versions of "Exodus" and "So What".

Or you may want to try Honkers and Bar Walkers Volume 1-3 on Delmark.

I don't know if this will apply to CDs and jewel boxes, but I am sure its worth a shot. Several years ago my wife won some Christmas ornaments on ebay. They arrived absolutely grossly inundated by the stench of cigarette smoke, and believe it or not, the seller denied being a smoker and couldn't imagine why they'd stink. However, someone (maybe on Board Krypton?) suggested that I re-box the ornaments with a bar of soap. I figured if one bar was good, three would be great, so I did as I was told, with Ivory brand soap, and amazingly, the ornaments came out smelling great! Certainly worth a try, I would think.

And once again, an album I went to some expensive lengths to acquire gets reissued. I gotta learn to stop doing that. Nevertheless, its a fine album with excellent Grant Green and Leo Wright work on it.

I was actually more of a Romper Room kid but I certainly remember the Captain. RIP.

Only if he wants to induce motion sickness.

I think Sashimi is confusing separate issues: The general question of whether political discussion is appropriate in a jazz forum vs the nexus between art and politics Personally, I'm just glad that he hasn't gotten going that "Republicans are racist; Jazz is predominantly a creation of African-Americans; therefore Republicans who like jazz are hypocrites." That not-so-merry go round is reserved for Johnny.

Not sure about that, but I am sure that the Groove will somehow manage to stock them, and at a much better price than you'd expect!

Oh really? Let's see: Dan: 638 posts in the political forum out of 2070 posts total. In other words, when I post, seven out of ten times it is somewhere other than politics. Minew: 93 posts in the political forum out of 183 posts total. In other words, when you post, there's a better than 50% chance that post is in the political forum. So I can hardly claim it as my "yard". So many of your droppings land there.