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Um, yeah. I'm not quite sure what happened to my avatar this weekend -- maybe Mr. Lumbergh had to go in to work on Saturday and Sunday. Anyway, Bill is back, with a fresh cup of coffee! Office Space is one of those movies where the overall plot is not all that great, but is absolutely bust-a-gut hilarious to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle, or in the high-tech industry. I actually remember when HP Laser printers displayed "PC LOAD LETTER".

Looks like Big Al's got an early case of the Mondays! It's probably sacreligious to replace a Von Freeman avatar with Bill Lumbergh, but as long as I put the cover sheets on my TPS reports, nobody should mind.

I recently received notices that all three of the following are "no longer available and have been removed from your Music Queue": Ornette Coleman: At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm, Vol. Two Thelonious Monk: Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 Stefon Harris & Blackout: Evolution However, I just received "Wayne Shorter: Jug Jug (Remastered)"!

It was kinda nice having the board down for awhile.... much more time for porn and junk food! B-) (seriously, thanks to both Jim and Jim! )

Hey, it doesn't matter if you're really a doctor or not... either way, it's your birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. RAT!!!

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely add DelightfuLee to the want list, not so sure about New York Reunion. Looks like the Morgan title is a bit hard to find these days; I assume it's OOP. Flora Purim - Encounter (Milestone M 9077; Fantasy OJCCD 798-2) Raul De Souza (tb) Hermeto Pascoal (fl) Joe Henderson (ts) George Duke, McCoy Tyner (p) Ron Carter, Alphonso Johnson, Byron Miller (b) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (d) Airto Moreira (per) Googie Coppola, Urszula Dudziak, Flora Purim (vo) (information is from Jazz Discography Project) Anybody heard this one? It's not clear from the discography if Tyner and Henderson are actually playing together on any of the tracks.

I doubt that it's wrong -- just wanted to pass that along, in case you hadn't already seen it.

I've used Paypal only as a buyer, and never had any problems. Most, if not all, of my Paypal purchases were from sellers on this board, so that probably helped. B-) I was going to become "verified" on EBay, but I was initially very nervous about linking my bank account to paypal. While searching for more info about paypal, I came across this site: Paypalsucks.com. While it seems that the number of people (both buyers and sellers) that have problems with Paypal is probably very small relative to the number of transactions handled, this site certainly raises some disturbing issues. Again, I have no experience with them as a seller, but things like this may be a useful reference for other options.

I've been on both a McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson kick lately (separately), and recently discovered that many of my favorite discs feature both of them! Here's the titles that I currently have -- what am I missing? Any recommendations? Thanks! Joe Henderson - In 'N Out Joe Henderson - Inner Urge Joe Henderson - Page One McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up! Grant Green - Solid

This is almost as cool as The Complete Far Side!

Ok, I guess I'll have to take that one back! Seriously, I hope Mr. Kat doesn't get too upset about all of this. From my perspective (as someone who is still very much a jazz "newbie", even though I'm probably more than 2X his age), I think it's great that a young person has such a keen interest in jazz.

All academic definitions aside, as far as I'm concerned, if it's played on the Weather Channel, it's "smooth" jazz. Period. Weather.com - Monthly Playlists

B-)

Happy Birthday, Joe!

I really enjoy Serenade and Blues and Have No Fear. Both of these are available direct from Chuck.

Yes, and Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus is available there as well. I'm not sure if it would be considered "hard bop", but it is some great stuff!

Thanks, Lazaro. I caught most of the show last night. Ingrid's concert sounded great, and I enjoyed the Mingus selections as well. Looking forward to hearing the whole concert on the 30th.

This week's top five favorites: 1. Joe Henderson 2. Von Freeman 3. John Coltrane 4. Wayne Shorter 5. Lester Young

I heard that Joe Bialek smokes Winstons while listening to Matt Dusk. Have you heard of Matt Dusk?

Enjoy your birthday dinner! Happy Birthday!

Coltrane - Heavyweight Champion Box Set, from yourmusic.com. $41.93. Couldn't resist!

It would appear that I over reacted about people leaving early. My apologies -- it just seem like a bunch of people left early (not just from the first few rows), and I was quite shocked by it. I was enjoying the show so much that I couldn't imagine *anyone* leaving early, regardless! B-) However, I should also mention that my wife and son did not enjoy it much at all. My son couldn't sit still, and my wife said it all sounded like "noise". Oh well! Thanks for the review and the info on the Tuesday/Sunday night happenings, Lazaro. I'm going to try to get over there soon.

Yes, not only was it not good manners, it was downright rude. I was in the fourth row, and many of the people that got up and left were in the front three rows. I'd have to guess that they won't see as much of that type of rude behavior in Peru. Can you tell us more about the session these photos are from?

Well, Mark, where are the pictures?!?!?

Ok, I have no idea what I "plonker" is. If I had to guess, I would say something similar to a "wanker"? Seriously, thanks Marcello and Mike for the push in the right direction. I went to the show, and enjoyed it very much. Chuck, sorry we missed you and Ann. Lazaro was the emcee, and did a wonderful job (as usual). I was trying to recall if I've ever been to any jazz shows in this area when Lazaro wasn't there, but I don't remember any. Thanks, Lazaro, for all you do to bring great music to this area! Also, it was mentioned that Blue Lake Public Radio was recording this show, and I hope that it makes it to the web for downloading soon. Ingrid and Geoff were both very good, and I really enjoyed the bassist (Matt Clohesy) and the drummer, Jon Wikan. Incredible! Jon was doing some wonderful things up there -- Tony Williams-like in some respects, but definitely a unique voice on the instrument. I'm hoping Lazaro weighs in with his thoughts on the show, as I'm having a real hard time turning my impressions into words. I have to say this was an educational show for me, as I've never heard jazz played quite like this. I'd call it "modern" in the sense that there was a lot happening -- many time shifts, harmonically advanced progressions; long, intense compositions. The first song they played (Tea and Watercolors, IIRC), was quite a journey, running through many different moods and colors in 20+ minutes. This was certainly not a "jam" session, in any sense of the word. However, it appeared that there were more than a few people in the audience that didn't enjoy it as much as I did. After that first song, a fair number of people got up and left. Ingrid appeared to be a bit surprised by this, but it certainly did not seem to affect her performance for the remainder of the show. In all fairness, this started out as a high school jazz ensemble show, and after the kids played, I think some parents (and kids) were ready to go home. Their loss. I enjoyed it! B-)