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Man, no kidding! Kind of reminds me when Van Gogh's mom threw away most of her son's paintings!

George Russell, who I've been really, really digging a lot lately. I think what I like most is that he's not really a flashy player, he seems really layed back and lets his band play, but its something about the arrangements and the aggressiveness of the players that really drives this music forth. Botton line: I'm absolutely floored by it!

Indeed. Thanks for posting.

You know it! There's a time and a place for a "hell yeah" and finding a rarity is one of those times!

Ditto Chewy. Guy, I can't believe you were there when history was in the making. Thank you again for your personal account! I would also love to hear your chats with Hank, if its ok to share.

More from Reckless on Madison Street: David S. Ware-Renunciation-AUM Fidelity Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble-Freedom and Unity-UMS Free Music Quintet-ESP Disk ...AND finally...Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker at Town Hall 6/22/45-Uptown More from Reckless on Madison Street: David S. Ware-Renunciation-AUM Fidelity Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble-Freedom and Unity-UMS Free Music Quintet-ESP Disk ...AND finally...Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker at Town Hall 6/22/45-Uptown

You're in for a treat!

For Earthy! Glad you were able to get a copy at what I hope was a decent price. Love those Prestige all-star jams.

Jutta Hipp w/Zoot Sims-BN RVG-with the $5 discount at Borders: $6.99!

A fancy Holland brew, which I've already forgotten the name of.

You, sir, are a wildman. Oh it gets even better: its bottled water!!!

Nice find! That's a really good one. Indeed, nice catch! And I thought finding my copy for $25 was a steal! Well tonight was my lucky night as I found "This is Tal Farlow" and "Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet Here and Now" both for $18!!! You mean a total of $18 or $18 each? Thinking back, I believe I got Impression Of A Patch Of Blue for $12, if memory serves. $18 for both!!!!!!!!!! $10 for the Farlow and $8 for the Jazztet! I yelled out NO WAY! in the store!

There is a woman who need never be without a date, if she can handle dating musicians and jazz fans... Truer words have never been spoken. A while back there was a female clerk who worked the Jazz section at Amoeba SF. Normally I wouldn't have gave her a second look walking down the street but when she was talking about the sonic differences in sound reproduction between the Verve Originals version of Miles Davis Elevator to the Gallows to the one that came out in 1990 with the bonus tracks or if I wanted something really cool I could get the german edition that also contained the Art Blakey soundtrack Les Liaisons Dangereuses with it I wanted to date her on the spot. The way to a man's heart ... Amen. If I wasn't married I would've asked for her number right there and then.

Water.

Nice find! That's a really good one. Indeed, nice catch! And I thought finding my copy for $25 was a steal! Well tonight was my lucky night as I found "This is Tal Farlow" and "Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet Here and Now" both for $18!!!

An amazing used cd haul on my visit to Chicago's Exchange and Restless Records on Milwaukee St tonight: This is Tal Farlow w/ slipcase-VEE- for $10!!!!!! Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet-Here and Now-VEE- for $8!!!!!! Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons-Firebirds-Contemporary/OJC- WITH PRINCE LASHA'S AUTOGRAPH INSIDE THE BOOKLET!!!-for $8!!!!! Ok, enough with all the excitement, here's what else I got: Roy Campbell-Ethic Brew and Stew-Delmark Sun Ra-Angels and Demons at Play/The Nubians of Plutonia-El Saturn/Evidence Sun Ra-Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy/Art Forms for Dimensions Tomorrow-El Saturn/Evidence Louis Smith-Smithville-BN Conn Sirone-Live-UMS George Russell Sextet-Ezz-Thetics-Riverside Keepnews Collection Gene Shaw Quintet-Break Through-Argo/Dustygroove Matthew Shipp Quartet-The Flow of X-2-13-61 Records Charles Brakeen Quartet-Worshippers Come Nigh-Silkheart Records Gregor Hotz + Nicholas Bussman-You Never Gave Me Your Pillow-FMP Its Time for Dave Pike-Riverside/OJC Stu Goldberg-Eye of the Beholder-MPS Archie Shepp Full Moon Ensemble-Live in Antibes Vols I & II-Actuell/Fuel 2000 Curtis Fuller-The Opener-BN RVG

Well my faith in cd shopping...in an actual store...has been restored. I decided to drive to Chicago last night (spur of the moment kind of thing) and I hit Restless Records on Milwaukee St tonight, which also happened to have an Exchange just two doors down. I went to the Exchange first and not only was I floored by the selection but the female clerk actually engaged in a jazz discussion with me. I couldn't believe it! She asked, "well what kind of jazz do you like? Smooth or the real stuff'". I said "the real stuff" and she said "oh, like Blakey and Rollins? Wayne Shorter's one of my favorites!" Then she went on to say what a great bunch of stuff they got in and that a good deal of it was OOP but they still priced them at decent prices. Man, she wasn't kidding! The highlight of that batch being "This is Tal Farlow" in the slipcase for $10!!!!!!! Really???? Plus another VEE, "Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet-Here and Now" for $8! I bought those in a heartbeat. They also had the Billy Bauer VEE too, but I already own that one. And they had tons more stuff: tons of Art Farmer, Chick Corea's "Early Circle" and on and on-it was nuts! Man, browsing through bins and having that excitment of can't waiting to see what's next was a feeling I haven't had in years. Then, after an hour there, I finally made my way to Reckless a few doors down and that place was filled to the hilt with jazz cd's. I actually started to panic because I knew I was going to go over my budget, but I still ended up walking out of there nearly an hour and a half later with $125 worth of more cd's. It was so much frickin' fun going through bin after bin of jazz and having a staff that knows what's what and hanging there talking to these people about your passion. I'm sorry, but I just don't get the same satisfaction with on-line suppliers. I say, Bring back the stores!!!

Happy birthday to a great master of the piano.

Just bought Ezz-Thetics tonight...can't wait to hear it!

Agree. The Brown VEE is really really good, although I have nothing to compare it too.

Tell me about it. I had a $20 Best Buy gift card, essentially burning a hole in my pocket and begging to be spent today and I couldn't find one, not one cd to buy. Man, that's sad. So I ended up using it to extend the warranty on my electric shaver instead.

RIP. The two Russell records I have, At the Spot and New York, New York, have really impressed me; I would really like to get more.

When are you going to be in Cleveland?