Uncle Skid

My copy arrived today - thanks, Chuck!! Like the music, the booklet is also fantastic! I really enojoy reading all of the great historical information, as with the Uptown Mingus release.

Is it JUDGMENT or JUDGEMENT??? Enquiring Andrew Hill fans want to know! (or is it inquiring??)

That's awesome! I also placed my order on Thursday, but it was delivered today (Tuesday). It cost $10 in shipping for a $103 order. The lack of shipping options (ground, 2nd day, UPS/FedEx, etc) is sometimes aggravating, but who I am kidding -- when I place an order, I WANT IT NOW!!!

I'd cry like a little girl if I had to wait 6-10 weeks for a Mosaic order! I guess we're a little spoiled here, used to 1-2 days with DHL.

Mine just arrived a few hours ago -- and so far, I'm feeling the same way! My copy of Bird/Diz Town Hall just arrived today as well. Dang, it feels like Christmas up in here!

Oops! It was Ju Ju, not Night Dreamer. That explains why there was no BMG markings on that one! Sorry about that. Incidentally, I got that one (Ju Ju) for free. When it was first in the queue, I got a message saying it was backordered. They shipped the second item in the queue instead. I received Ju Ju a couple of days later, so I just assumed that I would be charged another $5.99. No big deal. Over a week later, I get an email from them saying that it was a mistake (duh), and that they wanted me to send it back. Now it's the next item in my queue, and it's due to ship fairly soon. I write back and ask them to just charge me for it, as it was really silly to ship it back and then receive a 2nd copy a week later. Well, they said they couldn't do that, so I needed to send it back immediately. I then suggested that they just charge me for the upcoming queue shipment, but keep the CD. They couldn't handle that, either. By now, I was getting a little frustrated, so I gave up. I wrote back and told them I was going to ship it back, at their cost. I also informed them that it had already been opened, and that I expected no additional charges for an opened return. End of long story -- they said just keep it, with their compliments.

The only pattern I've noticed is that the box sets don't have any BMG markings. But, since my sample size is only two (Miles/Seven Steps and Coltrane/Heavyweight Champion), I wouldn't be surprised if there are exceptions to that rule. Of the three RVGs I've purchased from them, two of them had "Mfg. for BMG Direct" on the back. The one that didn't was a more recent RVG -- Wayne Shorter "Night Dreamer".

Dizzy Reece - Mosaic Select, Disc II. I've had this one for a couple of months now, and never really "got" it until just recently. This is some really great, swingin' stuff! "Blues In Trinity" may be the more well-known recording, but I'm also really enjoying the music from "Star Bright": Reece, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor

marcello - how is it? I kind of hate to admit it, but I really like Hazeltine's version of "The Look of Love" on Manhattan Autumn. I'll just blame it on my parents for playing too much Bacharach when I was young and impressionable!

Jim, Have you read "An Unsung Cat : The Life and Music of Warne Marsh" (Safford Chamberlain)? If so, how does it compare? Is OUT OF NOWHERE a new book? Thanks, Mark

The "Lo-Fi Version" is interesting -- is that a new feature, too?

Turns out, yes. Yes they can.

Sugar Bush Squirrel® - "The World's Most Photographed (and most patriotic) Squirrel

I certainly don't -- just ask Big Al about my taste in 80's hair bands!! B-)

Here's something I've never seen before -- I've received four of these in the last two days, each one slightly different: Subject: Notice:***Your email account will be suspended*** To safeguard your email account from possible termination, please see the attached file. Subject: Notice: **Last Warning** We have suspended some of your email services, to resolve the problem you should read the attached document. Subject: *IMPORTANT* Your Account Has Been Locked Follow the instructions in the attachment. All of these have attachments, which I'm sure include some sort of worm or virus. The "FROM" addresses have all been spoofed as well: mail@, webmaster@, and service@ from a domain that I own. Nice.

Spyro Gyra Groupies!!

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