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Some interesting items on Clearance for $1.99: Bob Belden - Tapestry Tom Harrell - The Art of Rhythm Russell Malone - Sweet Georgia Peach Eric Reed - Manhattan Melodies

Thanks guys. Very interesting!

In 1975, Arista released a 2-LP set by Paul Bley entitled Copenhagen and Haarlem. It consisted of two live dates. Copenhagen was recorded November 5, 1965, with Kent Carter on bass and Barry Altschul on drums. Haarlem was recorded November 4, 1966, with Mark Levenson on bass and Altschul again on drums.

My favorite song of his is Just Like a Natural Man! Remember that one? I had to be told that he sang the duet with Sam Cooke on Bring It On Home To Me. It's obvious once you know it's him.

For the "jazz curious": http://www.fantasyjazz.com/

Works fine for me: http://www.fantasyjazz.com/

I love GW. I'm holding my breath for Your Music to carry his recently released Artist Selects PJ compilation.

On the Before It's Too Late thread, Ghost of Miles requested A Child Is Born on an Organissimo Christmas album. I have Kenny Burrell doing that on a Mack Avenue Christmas album, and I have come to consider the song a jazz standard. The earliest recording of it I am aware of is the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis rendition on their album Consummation, which was recorded May 25, 1970. Did Jones or anyone else record it before then? Was the song considered a jazz standard before then? If not, I would suggest that the song is one of the most recently written jazz standards.

Thanks, Lon, but I wasn't holding my breath for this one anyway. I still have Mingus Ah Hum to open up, and I just put Mingus Mingus on my queue for the distant future.

I received this today: Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is no longer available and has been removed from your Music Queue.

John Coltrane - Prestige Profiles This album is available from Your Music here: http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/John...rane-66096.html This is a good but not great album.. There are eleven songs, from nine different albums, totalling 75 minutes of music. One song I particularly like; one I particularly don't like; and the rest I like, but not particularly. (Boys and girls, can you say "particularly" three times in one sentence? ) My first Coltrane LP was Atlantic's Best of. If the purpose of the purchase is to introduce Coltrane to the "jazz curious", I still think that that's the way to go. If you decide to pick up this album despite my lukewarm opinion, I absolutely recommend that you get the set with the sampler, which is Profiles Collector's Edition, Volume 9. I really like the sampler. It has a broad range of styles, including songs by Coltrane with the Miles Quintet, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Steve Lacy, Yusef Lateef on oboe, two by Eric Dolphy, and a Red Garland piano trio. edit for typos

In 1974 one of my roommates was a first year dental student. For Halloween he brought home a cadaver's skull that they used in school, and he put it out on the doorstep. Not a single kid blinked. I figure they all thought it was a fake. I thought it was pretty ghoulish! edit for typos

Don't forget - half-price candy tomorrow!

Doug Ramsey had some flattering words to say about The Ground last week at his Rifftides blog, so I added it to my queue at Your Music.

Thanks couw!

Couw, there is no clock in the lower right corner of my screen.

I can't answer your question, except to say that BMG/RCA re-released one of their albums about 2001. Ward Swingle was in the Double Six before he founded the Swingle Singers. He has reformed the Swingle Singers as a group of six young people. They put out an album called Mood Swings on the A Cappella label in 2004. I reviewed it for AAJ. I enjoy it. Listened to it just the other day.

I have had Windows 2000 installed on my computer since we went onto daylight savings time. I am accustomed for the computer to automatically change the clock when the times change, but it didn't happen today. How do I change the clock to standard time???

Happy Birthday! I suggest you celebrate by going over to AAJ and giving them your views on a political topic!

Congrats guys! Now here's hoping the tape came out great.

My favorites are Joe Pass's Six String Santa and Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas. I also enjoy the Jimmy Smith and the Ramsey Lewis. I plan to pick up the Michael Franks CD that came out last year. I was hoping that Your Music would carry it this year, but I guess not.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Brownie!

Happy belated Birthday! Hope the day finished better than it started.

Minew, I'm glad to see that you are settled, and that your family is apparently in good shape. I apologize for the insensitive remarks I made about the people of New Orleans during your time of stress.