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Thanks again everybody! My girlfriend cooked up some excellent maple-wasabi salmon steaks, quinoa and green beans for us. Now, it's off to see Sweeney Todd...

Duke Pearson - Sweet Honey Bee - (Blue Note Liberty mono)

Adam is right. Her name is Olga Kurylenko.

Yes, I used to work at a shop where the owner just looked at the Goldmine near mint price. Therefore, we had completely destroyed BNs for $75-$100. One day when he was out of town, I repriced them all to around $10 and they sold like hotcakes!

It's going to be a flexicover book. Size: 16.8x22.6 cm, 6.6x8.9inch. 400 pages. The book will include interviews with Rudy VanGelder, Creed Taylor, Michael Cuscuna, Bob Ciano (the CTI label designer), and Ashley Kahn. WTF worth reading will Ashley Kahn have to say about album covers? My thought as well... I'd like to see a chapter devoted to some of those beautiful private-press and independent label jackets myself.

Thanks everybody! So far it has consisted of going to the DMV, but tonight it's dinner and a movie with my girlfriend so I'm sure it'll be relaxing (which is what I need).

Another one I forgot to mention, and which is very strong despite probably being directed at more "adventurous" ears, is the unclassifiable Jacques Thollot solo album, Quand le Son Devient Aigu, Jeter la Girafe a la Mer. His playing with Joachim Kuhn, Eje Thelin, Don Cherry and others is certainly great, but this'n will make one think of his playing differently.

The Reece and the solo Jaki are fantastic. The Waldrons are nice; I prefer the solo. Also worth seeking out: The two Francois Tusques solo albums The Siegfried Kessler/Barre Phillips/Steve McCall trio, Live at the Gill's Club Raymond Boni - L'Oiseau, L'Arbe, Le Beton (solo guitar!!!) Hal Singer - Blues and News Burton Greene duo with Maarten Altena - Celesphere Ted Curson - Pop Wine Perception (though I like their LPs on Le Chant Du Monde and ADMI a little better) ...interestingly, the Byard trio has Jean-My Truong, drummer of Perception, in the mix. I don't have it, but look forward to hearing it some day. The Futura and Marge catalogs are full of many, many gems! Recommended!!!

Bbbut ... what about Gemma Ward?

Andrew Cyrille - What About? - (BYG Actuel orig)

Ted Curson - Plenty of Horn - (Old Town / Columbia Japan issue) w/ Bill Barron, Dolphy, Drew, Garrison, and a three-way split between Roy, Dannie and La Roca.

Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section - (Contemporary Japanese pressing)

I would assume that this theft was probably carried out internally, that is, by someone employed by the archives. Giving a bad name to archivists everywhere...

Art Pepper - Intensity - (Contemporary yellow-label stereo) w/ Dolo Coker, Jimmy Bond and Frank Butler. Yowza!

Tim Buckley - Starsailor - (Straight orig)

I just got back in town myself and will Pay Pal you this week. Looking forward!

Happy Belated!

Assuming this is not a joke - Rocky Boyd is a real person. He used to live in Boston, and occasionally showed up in the audience for jazz gigs. Sunny Murray got some of his first gigs with Rocky, and apparently Sam Rivers and he were close while they were both living in Beantown. The Ease It LP isn't bad - not mind-blowing, but pretty good.

What label is that one on? Jazz Galore.

Robert Wood - Tarot - (Edici) Been really enjoying this one lately...

I know we've been through this time and time again, but can I say that I don't care one way or the other about RVG once more? Please?

Raymond Boni & Claude Bernard - Pot-pourri Pour Parce Que - (Hat Hut)

I'll bet it was fantastic... Though his records haven't always done it for me, Byard Lancaster is a hell of a great live performer. I saw him with J.R. Mitchell and two bassists (unknown to me) and it was really, really fantastic. Rufus Harley even sat in!

I like that one. My LP copy is a little mangy though.

That is a good deal! I think I got one of his dress shirts for about that much... discounted.