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This was a full-length compilation with many different artists. I can't recall too much of it, but I am pretty sure it had Round Midnight, Epistrophy, In Walked Bud and perhaps Nutty. Most of the songs were groups, but there might have been some solo piano. I find it strange that I have not been able to track it down. It definitely is not the two-LP tribute "That's the Way I Feel Now," but it was something like that. Maybe it really was just a fever dream.

I just got word that Mosaic charged me for Farmer-Golson and that it had shipped. Hopefully, this will be in my greedy hands on Monday.

Perhaps I am completely misremembering this, but I am convinced that in the mid 1980s, there was an album of Monk compositions played by others but one of the songs was Nice Work if You Can Get It (perhaps covering Monk playing Gershwin?). I listened to this on cassette in 1987 or 1988, and I think it was on all the other formats. I've seen and collected most of the Monk tributes, but haven't seen anything with this Gershwin piece (and no, I am not thinking of Monk's Work). Have I completely lost it? Thanks in advance. Eric

Sent you a PM re: Lake and Kogelman's.

The New Yorker, but only so long as they give me the "professional" discount. The Economist. I'm not exactly sure I'd call it objective, but it is one of the few magazines to really take seriously global news, as well as provide interesting science stories and even art and literature reviews. Definitely worth checking out to escape the fishbowl effect of US media. City and Community, the journal of the urban sociology section of the American Sociological Association (sort of a trade journal I guess).

From my perspective, fighting religion is very low on my list of organizing principles. If I was a militant atheist, well, perhaps I would spent time setting up an atheist hospital and an atheist school system. But to me that very militancy is a sign that religion has a disproportionate impact on your life. I would think about religion very little if it weren't for the success of the religious right in trying to impose their views on me. Again, from my perspective, I simply don't see the point in setting up competing charities so long as there is a reasonably good charity out there that seems to come from a secular humanist base (which many do), or a progressive base (Hull House for example) or even a big-tent approach to Christianity. Do I really need to set up Atheists for the Environment to compete with the Sierra Club? I give regularly to a Chicago soup kitchen; since they do not proselytize while handing out food, it doesn't concern me if some of the workers are Christian. Now the exception I would make would be if I lived in an area where there were only Catholic hospitals and health care providers. Then I would feel an obligation to build a non-Catholic hospital that had a broader range of services.

I think it was 5 or 6 dollars. The seams of the cover were split. Not sure if it is really worth shipping something like that, but I can let you (or anyone else) know the next time I am at that store.

I actually spotted one of the Jimmy Smith on Sears here in Chicago. I didn't pick it up, since I already have the material. But what are the odds?

I saw Brubeck two years ago at Ravinia and wasn't that impressed, other than the obligatory Take Five. But then he played CSO this year and was great. He has a new composition called London Flats (or Flats and Sharps or something), which is quite interesting. So I think he is in better health this time around. I think he will be playing until the end, which is always inspiring.

I do have a lot of music cut to MP3 for the office (all my Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Joe Henderson and Greg Osby (ok maybe not quite in the same category)). But I don't have everything cut to MP3 yet (probably take me a year or so), and if I have just bought something, I really like to listen in the first day or two, which generally means it gets shuttled back and forth until I have the time to spin it. Generally, it hasn't been a fatal problem.

I have a bad habit of shuttling music around from work and home -- not that this in itself is bad but I don't always end up with the case and the CD in the same location. Sometimes I have a clear case to bring it home in, but sometimes the CD is doubled up in a different CD case. Well, I have a pretty good memory, but if I don't get to this within the week, the other CD is hopelessly misplaced. I have about 3 right now I can't locate (ironically two are duplicates). I just located the new Andrew Hill (Day the World Stood Still), which had gotten stuck in the Beastie Boys Sounds of Science. You know how it goes. I have probably 1000 Cds to listen to, but I really wanted to listen to the Hill again, since it is so complex. I was getting a little bit of a complex over it, and opened around 100 CD cases before tracking it down. Anyway, just thought I would see if this is a frequent problem or if I am more disorganized than most. Eric

This question is more directed at the more recent members. Some people have been active on jazz boards for a long time (BNBB, AAJ, JC) and presumably were "in the know" once Organissimo opened. I am more interested in people stumbling across the site. For my part, it was searching for details on the massive Jazz in Paris box set and I definitely found the best information here. A follow up question might be, why did you become a member? I lurked for a while, then realized that this really did seem to be an interesting community that I would like to join. I generally am not big on joining chat sites, but this one had so much of interest (even in the Miscellaneous non-music area) and a fairly open and accepting membership, that I thought I would give it a go. (I agree with much that was said in the What Have You Learned and How Other People See Us threads where people talk about what Organissimo means to them.) I have three "live" people I discuss jazz with, but this site allows me to enter into discussions on a much broader range of topics. I've become a bit addicted to monitoring the site, and I certainly have spent more than I should have after reading recommendations (I probably should probably permanently block out the Mosaic and other box sets topic ). But it's been a lot of fun so far, and it's only been 6 months!

I buy far more books there than I do music, but they definitely have some good deals.

So I was browsing the LP bin at a local store and found a pretty good haul. I haven't picked them up but probably will over the weekend. There were two copies of Ellington's Drum is a Woman, supposedly in very good condition for $8. I've heard mixed things about this, but would probably listen to it at least once for $8. Is there anyone out there who just needs a copy of this? I also saw Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque and Hodges' Don't Sleep in the Subway, which I will keep for myself. Then there was something called Inferno, which kind of looks like a bootleg. Can't find much on this. And Ellingtonia v. 1 and 2, which are double LP samplers on Impulse. I probably have all or nearly all of this material on CD. Can't remember the exact price, but I believe under $10 each. I could probably be talked into picking these up and shipping them.

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But I believe that in Oct. there will be significant and negative changes. I certainly wasn't reassured by the message from Half.com/Ebay.

Not sure what the general reaction to the Blue Note Records: Biography by Richard Cook is but I decided to purchase it when it went on sale for $7 (plus shipping). The site is www.salesbooks.com This site occasionally has interesting jazz and classical CDs at good prices, though lately it has been flooded with Past Perfect CDs. This might also be a good place to get the Proper Box sets, since they have nearly all of them in stock.

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Well, I do have the box set, so I can pass on the JH, though it is always good to see this music come back into print. I'll be jumping on the Griffin. It sounds great. I have much of his music from around this period, and like it very much. Not as sure about the Haynes. Anyone know about the second set? If it is just one song, this might be a situation where I would wait to see if it shows up on Emusic in six months.

For the most recent albums, I think Global Warming has a few really nice pieces on it, but it is uneven. This is What I Do is a very good album, probably his best of the last 10 years.

This is a tough one. I have almost all of Dexter's Prestige albums and Resurgence, so it is pretty hard to justify a box set, even with 17 unreleased tracks. Oh well. Maybe some time way down the line.

Just wondering if anyone was selling this in the near future. I just missed a couple recently on Ebay (maybe I need to investigate Esnipe). Probably two more years and it will be out on Definitive but I'm trying to go to high road here. Thanks!

Sent PM. Eric

I saw them there (Donaldson and Lonnie Smith not sure about other members) two years ago. A good show with Lou playing a couple of Parker songs, telling some stories, and a killer version of Alligator Boogaloo. Didn't care as much for his singing, but at least it was an amusing song. I don't think I can make it this year. Yeah, they probably will add a Beck tune to the repitoire. (Hey, my copy of Boogaloo for Beck is still for sale if you want to PM me about it.)