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More beauts to be found here.

That means it's Edition I. Cool.

Congrats!

Keep the sleeve - you'll thank yourself later.

Minimalism is a really silly word when it comes to aesthetics.

So it probably will work fine if I start paying. That is actually helpful to know.

Congrats! Is the copy of Ascension "Edition I" or "Edition II" ? (it'll say in the dead wax)

Hey all, I don't know if this is a taboo subject, but I have tried downloading things from Rapidshare as a free user and have always gotten corrupt files. This is not a problem with Mediafire or other related programs. I'm not a frequent downloader, but it leaves me a little leery of paying the cash to become a "Premium User" only to have files not open or work properly. FWIW, I'm using Vista and the latest version of Firefox on a reliable home wireless connection. Thanks!

cool story.

:party:

Def. one of my favorite Delmark covers.

Jeez, I thought 2009 was pretty good for recorded jazz...

I haven't seen that since dorm-rat and pot-smoking days (mid-90s).

Wow. Heavy piece. I remember watching Siskel & Ebert as a young'un. Here is an interesting side-story.

otoh, what steady gigs usually do for people who don't really have all that much to say is to broaden their ways to say it. I don't know of any "process" that will make somebody interesting, perceptive, original, whatever. Either you are or you aren't. Them that are usually/eventually find ways to protect & nurture it as best they can under any given set of circumstances. Them that aren't find ways to avoid confronting it, including avoiding silence (at many different levels). Keep in mind, also, that this music is now taught in colleges and with Master's level coursework/education, producing nice little leader-packages ready to record for Fresh Sound New Talent or any other series of labels. There isn't quite the "university" of going through other players' bands for months and years, with the held-over runs at the Five Spot and the Vanguard (or wherever) to aid in that definition of a musical personality. And that's just it - personality is what is often lacking through this new process. It's a different reality. But that's not to say that with some time and some settling, that reality will produce equally interesting players and performance structures. They might just look a bit different. Of the "new guard," I'm consistently nodding in utmost respect for Talibam!, Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter, Aram Shelton, Jason Adasiewicz, Rob Mazurek, Nate Wooley, Mike Reed, and Rodrigo Amado.

Cool - have never scored vinyls of those, so this will be welcome!

I know. Clichy just reminds me of a Henry Miller book.

No, not really. I mean, health care & the economy? Who cares?

Yeah, that one gets WAY under my skin. Ditto the Ian Carr/Jeff Clyne Springboard LP, which I have been trying to source for years...

Imp. Glory (Clichy) was always my favorite.

I'd like to hear that Liebman CD on Jazz-Werkstatt.

Yeah, the internet has been a boon. I mean, I'd heard a little bit about certain jazz musicians, free jazzers, etc., but finding those on vinyl in the KC area as a late-teenager was nigh impossible.

I have a couple of BN LPs bought overseas with French "BIEM" import stamps on the labels. Don't know about 45 P/S discs but Paris Jazz Corner sometimes has stuff like that. In fact, I've seen a couple of late '50s/early '60s Donald Byrd French BN 45s. Here's an oddball: Grant Green

Still need that Dragon CD, too.

Amen.