Hardbopjazz

Has anyone ever bought anything from this label? I just got a Monk CD from a 1963 Japan performance. I have never heard of this label before.

I'm curious to find out what draws members to this place.

The first one I have it as 4-16-1967 and the second I have as 5-8-1967 In the past I had done some hunting around on the net and I found a page of Kenny Dorham recordings. It had them listed as these 2 dates as well. Hopefully they are the correct dates.

What artist has the most unique approach to playing standards? So unique that the standards so like new tunes when you hear them. I find ahmad Jamal does this. Can you think of any others?

I just wonder how you submerge these guys back in civilization? Do you do it slowly, by showing them little advancements one by one, or you just say here it is? Look at all you’ve missed out on since 1945. Either way, it's sad.

How do you fit back in society? It's been over 60 years. A lot has changed.

At some point I would have said "fuck it, I'm going home." By TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer 56 minutes ago GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines - Sixty years after the guns of World War II went silent, reports that two Japanese Imperial Army soldiers had been found in the mountains of the southern Philippines sent Japan's diplomats on a frantic mission Friday to try to contact them. ADVERTISEMENT The two men, in their 80s, reportedly have lived on the restive southern island of Mindanao since they were separated from their division, staying on for fear they would face court-martial if they returned to Japan. A day of waiting at a hotel in General Santos, a city 600 miles south of Manila, turned to disappointment for Japanese diplomats. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's spokesman, Yu Kameoka, told The Associated Press in Tokyo the men were apparently reluctant to meet with the officials because of the large crowds, including journalists, waiting to see them. Diplomats were trying to schedule a meeting Saturday through a Japanese mediator, who had contacted the country's embassy in Manila about the men. Embassy spokesman Shuhei Ogawa said they were giving the story "another day." He said it was too early to tell if the report was true that the men were the latest of a handful of old soldiers who held out on various islands for decades after the war ended in August 1945. The story created huge interest in Japan, particularly among veterans marking the 60th anniversary of the war's end. One veteran, Goichi Ichikawa, said he had heard of at least three Japanese men living in the mountains of Mindanao from someone who went there late last year and alerted Japan's government in February. "It's amazing they were able to survive for 60 years," Ichikawa told reporters in the Japanese city of Osaka. "Of course I was stunned." Japanese broadcaster NHK said embassy officials were reluctant to go meet the two men outside town because of the danger of Islamic rebels and criminal gangs. The area where the pair were supposedly found is notorious for ransom kidnappings and attacks by Muslim separatists, who have waged war for three decades. Communist rebels also are active. "We are doing our best to contact the mediator," Japanese Consul Seiichi Ogawa said. "We will just continue to wait." It wasn't clear how the two mystery men had lived on Mindanao all these years, but there was speculation they might have married Filipina wives and even adopted Filipino names. Japan's Kyodo News agency said the two might be Yoshio Yamakawa, who would be 87, and Tsuzuki Nakauchi, 85, from the 30th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Philippines, then a U.S. colony, was a major battleground in the Pacific. Japanese occupation is remembered as brutal and marked by massacres of civilians and deaths of hundreds of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers. According to Japanese government records, the men were part of a unit of 16,000 soldiers on Mindanao, of which only about 3,000 were thought to have survived the war. Japan's government first learned of the possibility that four former soldiers might still be living in the Philippines late last year, from an official collecting information about the remains of former troops. Last September, a Japanese national in the lumber business in Mindanao ran into the four men in the mountains, Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported. It was learned later that they wanted to go back to Japan but were afraid they would be court-martialed for withdrawing from action, Sankei said. Years after the war ended, there were signs in the Philippines warning about Japanese soldiers still in the hills. A few surrendered as late as 1948, then in March 1974, intelligence officer Lt. Hiroo Onoda came out of hiding on northern Lubang island. He refused to give up until the Japanese government flew in his former commander to formally inform him the war was over. The last of the three known former Japanese soldiers to surrender, in December 1974, was a Taiwanese national, Teruo Nakamura, who fought for the Japanese army on Indonesia's Morotai island. He returned to Taiwan at age 57. In 1972, Shoichi Yokoi, who had hid for 27 years in the jungles of the Pacific island of Guam without knowing the war had ended, also returned to Japan. He died at age 82 in 1997. The Japanese invaded the Philippines on Dec. 20, 1941, and the last major American force surrendered the following May. U.S. troops returned in October 1944 and were still fighting small Japanese forces at the end of the war, although they had reconquered most of the Philippines. The country became independent in 1946. ___ Associated Press writer Kenji Hall in Tokyo contributed to this report

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I just bought a Iomega 8X DVD/RW external burnner for 89.95 USD. Reconditioned, but with full warrantee. My first shot at reconditioned equipment.

I'll keep my eye out for you. That's around the Thanksgiving holiday. There should be some good shows.

wow indeed.

Soapbox

dates May 24 thriough the 29. I'm on my way to see a living legend. This guys been around so long and played with just about everyone.

HAppy Birthday Jim, and many more.

I think this is everywhere in the world today. Britain suffers sense of humour failure due to worries of modern life LONDON (AFP) - Britain is suffering a sense of humour failure, with laughter levels three times lower now than 50 years ago and nearly half of all adults unable to enjoy at least one big guffaw a day, research showed. Money worries, relationship woes and even political concerns were among the reasons given for the collection of grim faces, according to the data, collected for the cruise company Ocean Village. "Laughter is an essential ingredient of a healthy, happy life and is one of the most effective and immediate antidotes to stress and tension -- it really is the best medicine," said Amanda Bate from Ocean Village. "The findings of this study show a worrying trend towards glumness. In the 1950s we laughed for an average of 18 minutes daily but this has dropped to just six minutes per day," she said. Morning misery is rife, with almost half of Britons -- some 45 percent -- admitting they frequently wallowed in gloom until lunchtime. Around 16 million adults, totalling 40 percent, said they failed to muster even one proper belly laugh in an average day. It is not all sulking and moodiness, however, as the research found that single women aged 18 to 24 in the northern city of Manchester were the happiest people in the country. In addition, Bristol, in western England, was named the most cheerful place for couples aged 25 to 34. Factors such as weather, time of day and age, were all cited as being able to spark the blues. July and August were the happiest months of the year according to three out of four people quizzed, with January the most miserable. The study was carried out by ICM Research on behalf of Ocean Village who interviewed a random selection of 1,000 adults aged 18 or over. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050524/lf_af...in_050524214117

How good is this? I am thinking of ording it. Is there a better discography of studio and live jazz recordings? I like the fact that the Lord's is on CD-ROM.

Walking in Manhattan yesterday I passed the building that use to be the Village Gate. Well today the Village Gate today is a Duane Reed drug store. How about all the other famous jazz clubs throughout the world, which are now defunct, any idea what they've become?

Sorry but I don't remember the set list. They were all Hutcherson's tunes though.

What can someone tell about this radio program? When was it on the air, or any other information?

Yes and no. Why not do one? You should see an increase in sales.

I did ask them. I received an email back, that they have no plans on running a sale at any point.

Has anyone gone to see them. I went on Wednesday. The band was smoking.

It's been at least 2 years since Mosaic has had their 20% off sale. Did they totally stop doing this? I always made sure to pick up at least 1 set during that time.

It looks the same to me.