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Without having read the book - I would like to - my feeling is that Joe's approach is akin to teaching abstract painting. Though abstract painting might not have the same visual properties as representational painting, it still has a variety of principles that can be taught in order to give the student a very wide array of methodological choices. That doesn't mean the student will be boxed in, and nor does it preclude the student following their own path. I don't think Joe's book or course would deviate from the Dixonian dictum, "you start from where you are - you'll get to the rest in time."

Agreed, Stephen - though the music is, for lack of a better term, the "reason," there's a lot more to explore in Bill's work. The artwork and the text feels very necessary. And though I'm lucky to have a few concert broadcasts, they feel naked without other aspects.

Glad you dug it! I actually thought we were keeping on until winter but hey, summer seems like a good time to bring things to a close. Enjoyed writing for Dan and Nate, indeed.

Agreed. AndraJazz is pretty neat but kind of pricey. Harald gets amazing stuff but he knows what he has.

AndraJazz score?

New York Contemporary Five - Vol. 2 - (International Polydor)

Ah, haven't heard the boxed set version!

I could hear Miles c. '63/'64 playing "Beatrice," for sure. Fuchsia Swing Song is a great record though I sometimes want to hear those lines played on trumpet - perhaps mid-Sixties Lee Morgan.

Nice one!

I'm always surprised when LPs I bought new when younger sound a little less pristine than I remember them. Hell, I had a roommate in college who just put my LPs - including a rare Ray Russell title - back in their jackets without sleeves. That didn't last long...

Whoa - wonderful story, thanks for sharing!

Ummmm.... These are great! Keep 'em coming... Enter the 36...

Assume this is a boot and therefore not linkable on the boards.

Whatever happened to porcy62? Seems he hasn't posted since last October.

I much prefer the Maya method - funding the label through occasional limited releases that sell for more than your average album. Just in case I can't follow this (or am busy), can you provide a very brief summary - I don't even understand who won or what they won... Thanks in advance... Whoa...

Seems to crop up more often than 500 copies would indicate. But I suppose those who bought copies out of Goldmine for $500 in the 1980s are flipping for more dough now.

Haven't heard that one before, but Spence is awesome.

Yeah, they're all real good - just popped 'em into iTunes before the move.

You got it - thanks!

Given that someone once told me I deflated the value of many of my LPs by putting my name on them (they often co-habited with a radio library), wouldn't collectors find such Carfagna/Wojick actions devalue those discs? Discrete enough; I have a few and it doesn't bother me.

These four promo-stamped CDs are for sale: Devin Gray - Dirigo Rataplan (Formanek, Eskelin, Ballou) Travis Laplante - Heart Protector (solo tenor) Ches Smith & These Arches - Finally Out of My Hands (Halvorson, Malaby, A. Parkins) Chris Speed - Endangered Blood (Dunn, Noriega, Black) SOLD

That stamp is from Dante Carfagna, a dealer in Chicago. He always stamped the inside of his LPs with that. He's a good guy and a little odd (in the best way possible). Rick Wojick (owner of Dusty Groove) stamped the back of his personal records with a pointing finger before selling them.

Peter Schat - Signalement - (Phillips) From a Percussions de Strasbourg 21e Siecle vinyl.