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By the way, I had the pleasure of interviewing Joe about 1969 for my college radio station, when he was still with Cannonball's band. He was very nice, and not at all egotistical.

I remember a quote from Orrin Keepnews: Joe Zawinul is the best motherfucking pianist in the world. If you don't believe me, just ask him.

I have the 32Jazz issue of this. I found it in a bin at Borders for I think four bucks. Didn't open it up till May of '05. I got it because I like the playing of that era of Chick Corea and Walter Booker. I don't find Chick's playing very interesting here, compared to what he was doing elsewhere. Nothing wrong with it, but not up to his standards IMO. I think the star of the show is John Gilmore. It really makes clear his influence on Coltrane. I'd like to hear more Gilmore outside of the Arkestra.

I've never seen "get unlimited $0.99" before.

I wonder what's going on at CD Universe. First they offer this with a measley 25 cent pre-order discount. Today I see that they are offering the new Brad Shepik at no pre-order discount. Why do you think that is?

I see that this is now available for pre-order from CD Universe: List Price $17.98; Their Price $15.79. Apparently no pre-order discount.

Congrats Kat!

The Bombers took out ads in two Toronto newspapers (I assume the Globe and the Star) asking developers to step forward with plans to revamp Canad Inns Stadium. This would include tearing it down and replacing it. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Win...507061-sun.html

Thanks. I do not see much of our kind of music. Too bad the Terence Blanchard is sold out. I would have enjoyed hearing that one. Interesting concept!

Chris, who is Munckmusic, and how do I order what they have available?

Not anymore. I took seven years of piano lessons as a child, but it's been years since I sat down at the keyboard and tried to play anything.

Another move by the Ticats today. I guess Marcel Desjardins figures they can't get any worse, so he might as well trade anybody another team will take. Today the Cats traded DJ Flick, who in my opinion is good enough to play for anybody, and lineman Wayne Smith to the Roughriders for Rocky Butler, a backup QB. Draft picks and neg rights were also involved. I'm guessing that Desjardins doesn't know the condition of Jason Maas and whether he really hurt himself and can't play well anymore. The Ticats' two backup QBs didn't show much this year. If Maas isn't hurt (or is fully recovered), they appear to have gained nothing by giving up Flick. IMO, the league was beset by poor pass receivers last year. Dropped passes were common. Flick can catch. I wouldn't have traded him. Of course, the neg list guys and the draft picks may prove me wrong. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home

I know very little about 70s contemporary jazz. There appears to me to be two issues: 1) Should Mosaic be doing this? I've gotten the impression from reading this board that for a number of years Mosaic sets have timed out rather than selling out their full allotment. If that's the case, maybe Cuscuna really needs the money. Maybe the Mosaic experiment as initially conceived has run its course. 2) Even if it is agreed that adding to the bottom line is OK so long as Cuscuna continues to re-issue the good stuff, has he chosen good Contemporary jazz? As I say, I'm not familiar with all that artform has to offer; but it seems to me that there must be better Contemporary jazz to re-issue than Earl Klugh.

Danielle, the greatest baseball player who ever lived was Babe Ruth. He set the lifetime record for home runs. He also set the lifetime record for strikeouts. Guess what! Nobody cared about the strikeouts record. I recommend that you not let your disappointments get you down. If you're trying to live life to the fullest, there will be a million more of them. Concentrate instead on your successes and your efforts to further succeed. You'll get better, you won't always get rejected, and good things will come your way. By the way, what instrument do you play?

I would pick Easter! That's about two months away. Good luck!

I've had good luck in the past with Varese Sarabande items, so I find this appealling. Let us know how it is, TTK!

You're making me laugh, Mike! I think ss1 should have a grid with squares for us to pick the date you break down and buy a CD!

Mack Avenue is back at BMG. I'm happy to see this because the last batch (including a Sean Jones I wanted) didn't last very long at all. New issues this week include The Hot Club of Detroit and the Legends & Lions series. I liked the two HCD tracks included in Jazz Yule Love II, and I may pick that one up.

Chuck, that didn't occur to me. I'll look to see what it says when I get it.

Aggie, my friend's Stan Getz twofer has a different cover. But his 32Jazz Jazz for a Rainy Day series have the original covers. PS - All but one of the 88 choices in the material I received appear to have the original cover.

Thanks again for your votes and comments! Today I joined the Jazz Heritage Society (see the thread on that topic), and purchased Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers for 99 cents plus shipping. So there was no need to wait till February 6 to put it on the top of my Your Music queue. At the moment I don't feel like making 2007 my Year of Horace Silver, but I reserve the right to change my mind after I have heard the JHS disc. At Your Music prices, buying a load of Horace Silver at once is an affordable option!

Many of us are members of Your Music and BMG, but I don't think I have ever seen anything written about the Jazz Heritage Society, so I thought I would start a corner to discuss what they have to offer. Perhaps some will join because of it. I received in the mail a couple of months ago an offer from them. Today I took the plunge. Buy 7 for 99 cents each plus shipping. Shipping amount isn't stated. No further obligation. Cancel membership after 90 days. Listen to discs for 30 days (10 days for initial 7 discs) and return them if not satisfied. Negative option plan. (Get sent a disc if you don't tell them you don't want it.) Newsletter with offer comes 18 times a year. Decline by mail, phone or website. You have to be a member to access their website to see what they have available. Nearly all of the 88 discs offered in the mailing were from the 50s and 60s. The seven I chose were: Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Stan Kenton - Cuban Fire Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley Erroll Garner - Concert By the Sea Getz/Gilberto The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow I think that the Silver and Getz/Gilberto are the only ones available from BMG/Your Music. I estimate that less than two dozen of the 88 offered are available from BMG/Your Music. I got the LP of Getz/Gilberto years ago. It's been packed away for a long time, and I can't remember when the last time I heard it was. The others are new to me. They also sell DVDs and twofers. A friend has a twofer of Stan Getz: Cool Velvet and Voices. I'll let you know what I think after the initial package arrives.

There is already a jazz label called Contemporary, and I am surpised that Concord will allow Mosaic to use the word in its title.

I don't understand this. I don't know much about his discography, but he recorded an all-Jobim CD, "Falando de Amor" (it's on Venus) way back in 2003. Thanks for pointing that out, Jim. Evidently Aggie is correct. I went back to re-read the press releases that came with the CD. The word "debut" is used more than once, and there is no indication that he recorded for another label, but reading the material closely I can see that the references were limited to the ECM catalogue. I'll have to be more careful when I read the press releases.