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I had heard that Page paid Wilie Dixon for robbing his tune, but I didn't know the full extent of his theft- holy cow, he's a great guitar player but a thief!!

Since becoming a full-time player in 1998 at the age of 22 his worst batting average is .307 in 2001. His 2nd worst average is .316. Wow!, especially as his SLG% is .584 lifetime. Most similar batters thru age 30 are Willie Mays (910 similarity score), Duke Snider (902) and Frank Robinson (878.) Pretty good company there. He's always an electric at bat. And he can hit anything out of the park- I've seen him hit homers off pitches just above his feet, and also ones around his eyeballs!

No conspiracy. I do think the cd "representing" jazz at any club without ANY black leaders is not "innocent". It is just stupidly insensitive and out of thouch with the music and the audience. I'll completely plead ignorance to the following question -- are there African American artists on Concord that have recorded at Yoshi's? Guy Mulgrew Miller & DeeDee Bridgewater, probably many others.

best wishes!!!

Is this ending with a live broadcast of the gig on Friday with Holland & Altschul?

I didn't see you, either, but I think I saw the woman you mentioned. Was she in the front row on the left side? If so, she was very pretty. The music reminded me also of Arthur Blythe's group in the early 80s. He had alto, guitar, tuba, cello, drums. I saw them live once and they were also smokin'. Threadgill's music was a bit more dense and the second cello/trombone made a difference, but there were some definite similarities too.

I went to the second set on Saturday and it was excellent, tight band with a lot of fire.

I sold mine for $81.00, about a week later felser sells it for $56, and then after that it goes for $101!!!

I went there yesterday looking for a disc by Tab Benoit, and headed directly to where the blues section used to be. I looked & looked and then actually had to ask where it was. They put blues and N'awlins music in the jazz section, thus making the jazz section even smaller! I think the only reason they even have a decent jazz section is because Jan & Rochelle Friedman, the owners, are jazz fans. J&R also puts on some shows at City Hall park every year, and I was fortunate to catch Stefon Harris a couple years ago.

I'm bummed- I have an obligation I can't get out of that evening- CURSES!!!

For couples where one has one foot and the other two? WELCOME BACK CHRIS!!!!!!!

I just checked Ebay and there two sets for sale- this might be a good opportunity to try to grab a set and maybe get a lower price.

The study seems, to me, to be flawed if they rely on box scores for their data. Box scores do not specify which referee makes each call. How did they come to their conclusion if they cannot determine which ref makes the call? And not to be flippant, but what about bi-racial players? Or non calls? I agree with Noj. The bias is toward whatever player is the media darling. One just needs to have watched Michael Jordan play to know that. (especially in person--geez he always looked incredulous that he would be called for a foul...) It seemed like every time Jordan drove the lane, if he didn't score a foul was called. Patrick Ewing did his bunny-hop step and never got called for that either. If Joe Blow did either it would be called the other way. I think Noj is 100% on the money.

I heard some of the Havana Jam stuff, and it's not very exciting at all. I had hoped, but upon listening my hopes were dashed. I seem to recall an interview where McLaughlin said something to the effect that Jaco screwed the concert up big time & Tony Williams was massively pissed at Jaco over that.

I bought this box while in NO- excellent!!! The price is very good also.

I saw him when he was with Arthur Blythe's group- excellent! Bob Stewart on tuba, Kelvyn Bell on guitar & Bobby Battle(?) on drums. They did some interesting interplay with the guitar and cello.

It has what's on the original LP, with a great mix. The US cd was awful, the first Japanese cd was adequate.

What Lon said - the 2006 DSD remaster in the mini-LP sleeve is the way to go. It is a different mastering than the earlier Japanese CD. Unfortunately, it appears to have gone out of print almost immediately after it was released last December, but I guess that's not so surprising since it was billed as a "limited edition". There's some info about the DSD remasters of both Agharta and Pangaea buried in these threads at the Steve Hoffman forum: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthre...ghlight=agharta http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthre...ghlight=agharta and here's a pic of the disc in question: I try not to be greedy these days, but I'd like to have that! Don't know if they still have it, but CD Universe had it for $30.00. I've had both the US(UGH!!!) and Japanese earlier pressing(Decent), but the limited edition DSD is excellent and sounds like the original LP, deep and funky and dark. Worth hunting for.

The final price was $81.00. I bought it new for about $15.

There's one on Verve by Gatemouth titled 'Gate Swings', with some standards and blues. It swings like crazy

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Yankees had good night tonight- RAIN!!!

The auction ends in about 4 hours and it's up to $81! Two bidders in a war!

I went to the orthopedic surgeon today, and when I saw this thread title I have damage to three ligaments and two will heal on their own in another month, and when they heal it's surgery time. Sorry to hijack this thread, I hadda vent a bit. Please resume the discussion.

I wonder about maybe a Japanese reissue in a small batch? I don't know if there any impediments to that, and it seems that so many Blue Note releases are reissued in Japan...