Hardbopjazz

I saw this DVD being sold. "Jacie McLean On Mars". I've never heard of it before. Does it ring a bell to anyone here.

Thanks. Jimmy is one of the nicest people you could meet. I will be at the Vanguard in July when he is playing there. Jimmy is someone everyone should check out. A real living legend.

Anyone have this? It has a 2006 release date. I haven't seen it. Don't know much about it. Is the sound good enough to hunt for it.

If not one of the greatest tragedies in jazz, it is in the top 3.

When you burn it, it will be.

I was, but now I think this whole thread is in bad taste.

All jokes aside, it's sad. Hopefully the doctors can help him.

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer Wed May 31, 8:51 AM ET SHANGHAI, China - Doctors in Shanghai are considering surgery options for a two-month old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm. MAY 31, 2006 Luxury Suites in Las Vegas $129 The Venetian Paris: 4 Nights & Air $499 Maison de la France Barbados 7-Night Vacation incl. Air $399 Discount Vacations 5-Diamond Arizona Resort $99 Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Click on Any Deal and Check Them Out Today! *Fares listed may not include all taxes, charges and government fees. More information. © 2006 Travelzoo Inc. Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center. "His case is quite peculiar. We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm," Chen said in a telephone interview. "It's quite difficult to decide how to do the operation on him." The boy, identified only as "Jie-jie," also was born with just one kidney and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine, according to local media reports. Jie-jie cried when either of his left arms was touched, but smiled and responded normally to other stimuli, the reports said. Chen said doctors hoped to work out a plan for surgery, but the boy's small size made it impossible to perform certain tests that would help them prepare. "We are meeting with several experts now. We hope we could work the plan out soon," Chen said. Media reports said other children have been reported born with additional arms and legs, but in all those cases it was clear what limb was more developed. Chen's hospital is one of China's most experienced in dealing with unusual birth defects, including separating conjoined twins. Like Jie-jie, many of the children are sent to relatively wealthy Shanghai from the poor inland province of Anhui.

When I do a search in the forum it just times out everytime.

There is an upcoming release of an Andrew Hill session due out June 6, 2006 called "PAX". The catalog number is Blue Note 58297. Does anyone know more about this?

June 16th.

I hope I can make this one. Andrew Hill Trio with John Herbert & Eric McPherson Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street (between Lenox & 7th Avenues) New York, NY 7:30pm Tickets $12 members/$15 advance/$20 at the door Purchase Information Call: 212-864-4500

My card was charged the 52 dollars. I placed the order on January 12. I waited till Feb 13. I got my master card bill and the 52.08 was on it. I called and emailed but didn't get anywhere. I called Citibank and they looked into it, and my accounf in March was credited $52.08.

Earlier this year, January, I placed an order and it never came. I never got a response to my emails or phone calls. I called my credit card company and they were able to get my money back.

May it be a good one.

Wow, Silver in a wheel chair. That doesn't sound too good. Hope it is nothing serious.

Here is an interesting article. To save records, take care of CDs MICHAEL HIMOWITZ April 9, 2006 A physicist working for IBM has spread fear and loathing among digital photographers, music fans and others who store data on CDs. His message: the discs we're using to archive photos, album tracks and financial records may turn into useless lumps of plastic after just two to five years. A January Computerworld article quoted Kurt Gerecke, a storage expert in Germany, who warned that the dye that forms tiny pits in the surface of a CD-R can degrade to the point where the laser in a CD-ROM drive can't read them. How long this takes depends on the quality of the disc and the conditions under which it's stored. Prerecorded audio and data discs, pressed by duplicating machines, don't have this problem. But we certainly shouldn't expect any writable compact disc to last very long, Gerecke said - certainly not the 25 to 75 years that CD makers have traditionally promised. Given the source of the warning, consumers are taking him seriously. What should you do? I think Gerecke may have exaggerated a bit. Plenty of us have 5-year-old CDs that read well. But maybe it's time to think about replacing them. Here are a few tips for keeping your photos, music and other digital artifacts safe. Buy brand-name CDs and avoid making backup discs at the highest speed your drive can handle. Discs written at high speed are often harder to read. Store your backup discs in a cool, dark place. Jewel cases are probably better than sleeves in binders, although there's some disagreement about that. No, you don't have to put CDs in the freezer - in fact, some engineers think that's a bad idea. Just avoid heat and direct light. Replace your backups every couple of years. It doesn't take that long to copy CDs, and even expensive discs are only half a buck or so. The real investment is your time. Also, use write-once CD-Rs instead of rewritable disks (CD-RW), which don't last as long. For safe long-term storage, consider a magnetic tape backup unit - which Gerecke's recommends for businesses. They start at less than $200 for 20-gigabyte internal models (you'll have to open your computer's case to install one). More money buys higher speed, more capacity or an external unit that connects to a USB or Firewire port and doesn't require messing around inside the computer. Just remember that tape is a slow and awkward medium. It's not nearly as popular as CDs or hard drives. So you may have trouble finding a compatible unit to read your tapes 15 or 20 years down the road. Also, although magnetic tape stays good for a long time, it won't last forever, either. Store it under the same conditions as any archival medium - a cool, dry place. In addition to CDs and tape, consider additional forms of live backup. External hard drives are cheap - $100 to $150 for models that store up to 200 gigabytes of data. A good-size drive can back up several computers on a home network - and some come with one-touch backup software. Every few years, you can replace the drive. Considering the value of what it's holding, it's a bargain. Store copies of really important data at another site. As many Hurricane Katrina victims found out, having a copy of your data on a shelf in your home office doesn't help if your house is submerged. Or if there's a fire, or if a burglar cleans the place out. Put copies of critical discs in a safe deposit box, or ask a friend or relative to hold on to a set. This entire issue, by the way, is an unintended consequence of the digital age. Twenty-five years ago, the longevity of an image, song or motion picture was tied to the original medium - and there wasn't much we could do about it. Consider the family photo collection. Over the years, the most popular original photographic media have been Kodacolor negatives for prints and Kodachrome transparencies for slides and home movies. In the analog film world, that original image - negative or transparency - is always the best one that will ever exist. You've probably seen this if you've tried to copy an old photo without the negative. A photofinisher or desktop scanner can do the job from the print - but it won't look as good as the first print - and will never be as good as a print made from the original negative. Of course, negatives and slides can fade and change color if they're not properly stored. Now and then, filmmakers also produce substandard materials (many Kodacolor prints from the early 1970s have faded). Still, when my cousin recently had hundreds of old family slides scanned onto disc, I was astounded by 50-year-old Kodachrome images that looked as though they'd been snapped yesterday. Today, we're replacing film by dicing images into millions of little dots, or pixels, and recording them as a series of ones and zeroes on a computer-based medium. In the camera, that medium is a flash memory card. When we get home, we transfer the ones and zeros to our hard drives - an entirely different medium. Then, we make copies of those ones and zeroes on CD to preserve them (yet another medium) or send copies via e-mail to Aunt Rhoda, who stores them on her computer and passes them on to Cousin Becky and so on. What makes this revolutionary is that each of those images is exactly the same as the original. And so is any copy I make. With the right software - including the photo viewer built into Windows - I can display that picture on my screen in perfect detail or make a nearly perfect print, because each image is the original. Thus, we've divorced the photo from the film, as it were. The same goes for music, video, correspondence and financial data. Because we can make multiple perfect copies, it's easier to make backups. But that flexibility gives us more responsibility to make sure those copies will stand the test of time. E-mail Mike Himowitz at mike .himowitz@baltsun.com.

Where exactly is Pizza Express Jazz Club? I most likely will be in London on business the end April or the first week of May. I would like to go check out Andrew Hill if I’m there that week. Is there a web site for the club?

Open up the wallet. tower

The company I work for has an office in London, and I might have to travel there the beginning of May for a few days. I would have to make time if this does happen to go and see Andrew Hill.

Jackie's horn from the stage of the Iridium, May 27, 2004.

Just saddnes is all I am felling. Thanks Jackie all the great music you gave the world. You may be gone, but you're music will live till the end of time.

Here's a chance to see a legend. She's been at this for too many years to count. Anyone plan on checking her out either of these days? I'll be there for at least one show.

He could have been older too from what I read since he was already a nice size when found.

When we listen to a jazz record we tend to think there has been no cut and pasting going on behind the scenes. I am wondering do the artists and producers touch up tracks by cutting and splicing takes together. I am sure it has happened. One that does come to mine is a Lennie Tristano tune. I can't recall the tune, but Tristano's left hand is flying faster than I think anyone can play with the left hand. Makes me wonder if the tape was sped up.