Uncle Skid

found a great japanese restaurant, and a great jazz station on the radio. life is good!

New Age cage match? John Tesh, referee.

Maybe we could ask Yanni to beat the crap out of the G-Man?

Thanks, Lazaro!

Album-a-week Plan!

Cool! I'm listening to Red Allen on Vol 1 right now. My in-laws gave me a stack of old records a few years ago, and this was one of them.

Richard Cheese, The Sunny Side of the Moon ss1, you need to download this , right now!! (check out Mr. Cheese's smokin' rhythm section, too)

I'm listening... the low-tech way... 90.3 FM!

It doesn't suck. Now there's an understatement! You're in for quite a treat! (and what the heck took you so long to order that one? )

There's at least two ways to do this: 1) Get a cable that goes from the "line out" jack on your laptop (3.5mm) to dual RCA plugs. The RCA plugs connect to one of the line inputs (tape/vcr/cd/etc) on your receiver. 2) For a little more money, here's a device that plugs into USB on your laptop. This bypasses the internal sound card on your laptop, theoretically resulting in better sound. It also comes with a very nice 30' cable. I originally had mine hooked up the first way, and about a month ago picked up the HiFi-Link. The sound does seem noticeably better, and I'm not an audiophile. Hope this helps!

Bounce 2 This!

hey, ss1! one possibililty is something like this: USB Hard Drive Enclosure Kit. I have one of these, and it works quite well for backups. It's nice because it will work with any standard (IDE) hard drive.

One of my most cherished items is a signed photo of Von Freeman, made by a very nice gentleman who sometimes posts here under the name "sheldonm". Anybody heard of him? (thanks, mark!)

I have to confess complete surprise upon reading ""Earl Hines is definitely the most unpredictable - I might even use the term free" -- and comparisons to Monk and Cecil. I'm (almost) completely clueless when it comes to Mr. Hines, and I've been meaning to remedy that. Thanks for all the recommendations!

Rock-based (but open to many styles) and improvisationally driven pretty much sums it up. Or endless noodling... depending on one's perspective, of course.

And the musical tastes of a 14-year-old from 1985.... like me! (and Marcus... Big Al's as nice and kind in person as he is on the internet! )

couw's way looks pretty easy -- let us know if that worked. I took a slightly longer route: under Linux, I wrote a script that 1) reads the .ram file, 2) downloads the .rm file, 3) converts the .rm to .wav, and finally 4) encodes the .wav to .mp3 (using LAME). This is kind of a round about way of doing it, but it's nice to have the .wav files in case I ever need to burn a CD. In fact, a fellow board member was interested in hearing the Henry Grimes show, and the easiest thing to do was just burn a CD for him.

Short answer: yes. Night Lights is indeed a great show! (Thanks, Ghost!) Longer, technical answer: the archives are stored in real audio format. If you click on an archive link, it is a small (.ram) file. This file is just a (text) link to the actual full program, a real audio (.rm) file. This .rm file can be saved to your hard drive, and then played without being connected to the internet: Right click on an archived program, and then save the link as a file. Open that file with a text editor (notepad, etc), and copy that link into your browser. Save the .rm file. It is also possible to convert a real audio file to MP3.

I don't think I've ever looked at the "BMG Sale Corner" -- mainly because I'm already a yourmusic.com member, and the last thing I need is another way to spend money on CDs. Ongoing thread I'm most AFRAID to look at: "Running Low / Last Chance" in the Mosaic forum!

Happy Birthday, Al! Here's your cake -- ROCK ON, DUDE!

Let us all know when you have a firm date/time!

Do not ignore Infinity. I'd love to not ignore Infinity, but as far as I know, it's only available as an expensive import. Maybe it too will be a Conn or RVG, sooner or later??

I picked up Tom Cat this evening, and I'm glad I ignored the Penguin guys and went with Cliff's and Chuck's recommendations. Art Blakey is wonderful (especially on the title track), and I haven't found the three horns to be "cluttered" at all. This session kind of reminds me of my two favorite Morgan titles: Search for the New Land and The Procrastinator. "Riggarmortes" is credited to Lee Morgan, as are all tunes except "Twilight Mist" -- McCoy Tyner.

I've never heard Tom Cat, and I'm wondering why the Penguin Guide guys have no love for that recording: "least distinguished of Morgan's Blue Notes", "three-horn front line sounds cluttered", "the arrangements have no air in them", etc. Any truth to that? Sure sounds like a good lineup, with an interesting selection of tunes...