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Would that be Bethlehem material? I have a Freshsound LP with one of those albums, "Tribute to the Greats" - very nice album! ← What else is on the Lonehill? Yes, it is mostly Bethlehem material. Here's the run-down from the Dusty B*%&#rds. including the Capitol album Kenton Presents Sal Salvador, the Bethlehem record Frivolous Sal, and the 1956 session Shades Of Sal Salvador. Remaining titles on the set are from the Salvador/Costa quartet album Tribute To The Greats -- and the brilliant Bethlehem sextet session by Frank Socolow -- entitled Shades of Socolow. It does have the entire original Shades of Socolow LP, but is missing three bonus tracks from a Fresh Sounds "release" of the Socolow. Mighty tempting.

Whoops. I don't have the Sal Salvador after all. After much poking around on the web, it appears that the BN quintet session is on the Conn, by itself on a Japanese import and on a truly rare Japanese BN CD "The Great Guitars" issued in 1990, which appears to have completely disappeared. Has this session shown up anywhere else? I see that the longer session with Costa has shown up with a lot of other material on a Lonehill CD Eddie Costa & Sal Salvador Quartet -- Complete Studio Recordings. I agree that supporting Lonehill is dodgy, but I don't think any of this material is out in a legit format currently.

For those in the UK, the Tate Modern has an exhibit on Jeff Wall running through early Jan. Here's a link to an article in the Guardian: Jeff Wall story

Yes, I've got both CDs. Fine stuff. Sadly I had to leave them in storage, so can't say too much more about them. I learned about Mabern kind of late in the game. After I saw him live with Eric Alexander, I was quite impressed and sought out some of his hard to find CDs on DIW.

Am quite surprised but there are a handful of the Foster/Wallington CDs floating around at UK on-line sellers. I ordered one and it is on its way! I think that completes the set (just in time for Blue Note to start re-issuing them I suppose). My favorites are the Watkins and the Gil Melle.

I so hope this comes out on DVD, but I am not holding my breath. As discussed on a thread about rights and documentaries, all the rights have lapsed and it currently cannot be reshown on PBS and certainly not sold. I'm not sure if the videos were ever sold other than to schools. Definitely a case where we as a culture are worse off due to an overly stringent application of intellectual property rights. From the sublime to the ridiculous, Red Dwarf 7 just came out in the UK, and I picked it up.

Well, let me know if really, really late pledges count. I've finally been able to listen to several of the programs in your archives -- Coffee, Juneteenth and the Subterreanians. Great stuff! I should contribute something.

Sorry if this was already mentioned, but there is an unusual Riverside album called John Benson Brooks' Alabama Concerto Featuring Cannonball Adderley / Art Farmer, which doesn't really show up if you are doing a search for Adderley (easier to search by title). I was hipped to this album, which is sort of a jazz/folk/classical thing, by David's Night Lights' program called Juneteenth in the archives. Cool stuff, though I can't download the rest of the album for another couple of weeks.

I have a better photo of this, as well as a second piece I bought in Chicago. But this is what was at hand. I can't recall the name of the artist, but I bought it in an Old Town gallery in Chicago. I went back three times before finally buying the piece. I did paint the walls that color, however.

I like the aboriginal one a bit better. I think the other one could be underwater if it is deep, deep down under the ocean where light doesn't reach. The fish down there either glow or don't have eyes. Maybe she saw a documentary on it. Anyway, they will be a lasting reminder of her - something to treasure.

A website for the dedicated collector of video games: Video Game sounds What is particularly interesting/insane is his mp3 collection of classic arcade sounds taped in the early 1980s (Golden Age of video arcades as far as I am concerned). Maybe I can use the site as a warning to my wife -- yes my CD collection is a bit out of hand, but look, I don't collect arcade games!

The Songbook Select is completely different groups, no sextet at all. One Lonehill CD would overlap substantially with a Mulligan Mercury Sextet select, but not (as of yet) with a Mulligan Verve Sextet Select. I have to say, I'd be much, much more interested in a sextet Select than the Songbook Select. I already have Songbook and Reunion and the other sessions just don't grab me.

Good question. I meant the music extant on the previous release -- whatever played in the background when the movies were on TV in the 1980s/early 1990s and before. They certainly weren't completely silent. There probably is not a printed score in that sense (for the originals). I should add that the music being played on the TCM re-releases of the Lloyd films is almost certainly what is on these DVDs, so it's good to know that it is pretty decent, according to Berigan. I am just wondering what happened to the music from the much earlier release.

I finally loaded up iTunes to take a look. What a rip! You hear so much about Jobs standing up to the music industry and insisting on maintaining his $0.99 a track policy (which is still far too high for what you are getting). But it turns out that is a lie. Already, for short albums (under 8 tracks, which is the vast majority of jazz re-issues) a number of tracks are unavailable and can only be bought for the entire album price of $9.99. So instead of being able to download the six tracks from Tex Book Tenors for about $6, you can download 5 and skip the last one or pay the entire album price for 6 tracks. It's even worse for this Shepp, since it is 3 tracks. Even if I thought it was fair to pay $2 for the extra long tracks, it should still be $5. A complete fucking rip-off. That's the last time I bother to look at the iTunes store. I'll stick with emusic, or ideally buying the CDs themselves.

As seen on DustyGroove's Website. two fairly new Lonehill releases that may endanger the Mosaic project (hopefully not). Gerry Mulligan -- Gerry Mulligan Quartet -- Complete Studio Recordings (Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Spring Is Sprung) . . . CD . . . $11.99 Gerry Mulligan -- Gerry Mulligan Sextet -- Complete Studio Recordings (Butterfly With Hiccups/Night Lights) . . . CD . . . $11.99 I do have the Night Lights on CD (with bonus track!), and it isn't that hard to come by.

Berigan, the fire engine film is Speedy (I'm 90% sure). These films have been out of circulation a long time (even off TV), which is definitely one reason many people haven't heard of Harold Lloyd. The only thing I am a bit worried about is the webpage says that the films have all been reorchestrated. I suppose it doesn't matter all that much, but it would be a nice touch if the original music is on one channel and the new music is on another. It won't stop me from buying this eventually in either case. I'd say of these three figures (Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd) my favorite is Chaplin, at least in part because the arc of his work is so interesting. In my opinion, he's the only one to really have coped successfully with the "soundies" and he made some fairly dark comedies in his later years (M. Verdoux in particular). Limelight is definitely worth checking out as a document on the status of the old, forgotten actor who rises to the occasion one last time. Sure this has become a total cliche in films, but I believe it started with this film, which even has a part for Keaton.

I think not, though to be on the safe side, you should make sure that AutoRun is turned off. This is when the CD automatically begins playing when inserted into the computer -- rather than you turning on MediaPlayer or CD Player or something. To turn off, load in a regular CD, cancel any media player. Then in the Explorer, right click on the CD icon -- it should be at the root level, just as your hard drive(s). One option is Autoplay. When you click on this, you should choose Take No Action and click that the computer should always "take no action" when you load in a CD with audio files. You can always launch a CD player later, but this gives you much more control over the process. (It really should be standard but Microsoft deems otherwise.) Yeah, this malware really burns me up. I'm torn between loading in Linux and ripping a couple of the new releases I want (Drum Suite in particular) or boycotting Sony entirely. I'm leaning towards the second option with an occasional peek at P2P networks for this music. Treat people like criminals and they will act accordingly.

I believe it is more a case that this gives a false sense of security for music execs. Just like the public wants the illusion of security, even if the practical impact is zilch. How can CC increase profits when the CC on these particular Blue Notes can be broken in under 15 seconds? Anyone can beat it, and in fact I just ripped 6 of these CDs last night. Believe me I hate CC, since it mucks up CDs but this is so weak and anemic that I don't let it stop me from buying the music out of principle.

See I knew there was a reason I keep coming back. You just saved me $10, since I already have the Farmer-Golson Jazztet (booklet in storage sadly and I just didn't remember Free being on it). One of my favorite Mosaics definitely. Things Have Got to Change does look like a good session with Shepp and Moncur. Probably if enough people download it, Verve will release it domestically (a real Catch-22).

Not a big iTunes person, but I think I'll look into it for Benny Golson's Free, Cannonball's En Route, and Archie Shepp's Things Have Got to Change. I don't believe any have been on CD (in the US), but I could certainly be wrong. Even the imports are very scarce, though Free is a little easier to come by (but still much less expensive on iTunes).

I forgot to post this after I went to the re-opened MOMA, but one of the most spectacular, new pieces there is After Invisible Man by Jeff Wall. For a while a huge image was floating around on the web, but I don't have that at hand. This is what I could find in a quick search: Anyway, I think it is a sign I've been hanging out here too much, but the very first thing I keyed in on was the record player and the fact that the man is dressed in sort of 1950s clothes (or even 1930s). I thought - wow a picture of a Wynton acolyte who is reliving the glory days when jazz mattered. Then I looked at the light bulbs and the rest of the story came together. I probably wouldn't have thought of Wynton had I read the title first. Anyway, what a brilliant picture illustrating one of the great works of American 20th C literature. Read it if you haven't yet!

Was just recently in Paris and saw half of this exhibit - on the gates of the Jardin du Luxembourg: FNAC at Senat. It is sponsored by the Senat and is drawn from the photograph collection of FNAC. Here's another link -- with photos that can be downloaded -- about the FNAC collection tour in 2004: FNAC in 2004 I thought there was an exhibition catalog, and I was tired so I only walked around and saw half the photos (wife wasn't really that interested either). I guess there is an exhibition catalog by Mazzotta, but it is pretty hard to come by (there is, however, a free 12 page flier available at the Senat bookshop across the street). If I succeed in scoring the Mazzotta catalog, I will post again. One image on the gates not included in these websites but perhaps in the Mazzotta publication was a great shot of Elvin Jones. Here's one image from the gates:

Just streaming it now (finally got my software working), but definitely enjoying it. You have some very nice programs in the archives that I am looking forward to sampling. Have you done anything on the Farmer/Golson Jazztet yet? A linked theme might be the Fuller Blues-ette recordings.

I saw this in the paper but not on the news so far. How long has this been going on, and it is an attempt to keep the EU sort of in sync with the US? In other words, if the US really goes ahead and changes its Daylight Savings will the EU follow suit?