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Interesting. For me that one and Mumbo Jumbo are his best novels. No I didn't like this at all. My favorite is The Free-lance Pallbearers, but I also enjoyed Yellow Back Radio Broke Down, though it has been ages since I read it. Maybe I wouldn't appreciate it as much now.

Not at all convinced by these columns. One of the more interesting sidebars (elsewhere) said that PSU completely accepted the punishment and would not sue and/or appeal. Furthermore, if a third party tried to sue the NCAA, PSU would join them in an effort to toss the lawsuit as being without merit (no standing) and recover legal costs on behalf of NCAA from any third-party claimant. Bam! As others have said, the PSU/NCAA agreement sounds like a a plea-bargain deal -- i.e. better this (for us, mutually) than other options we can envision. The no third-party lawsuit business seems rather fishy on the face of it, certainly not something one would cite as a sign of how fair/logical/you name it this agreement was. I wasn't directly responding to the fairness (particularly for today's athletes), but that the deal slams the door in the face of all the PSU alums who are raising hell on the message boards, saying how this is a disgrace and they will sue and so on. Bunch of enablers who are doing their very best to overlook the seriousness of the situation. I went to a Big 10 school, but I never felt that the football program was more important than the rest of the university and certainly not its overall reputation. I can't say the same for these vocal PSU alums. I also can't get a clear sense of what proportion of alums feel PSU got a raw deal, but it sure seems a higher proportion than had this happened at some of the other Big 10 schools.

I've heard pretty good things about these books, but I also heard good things about Beyond Black (by the same author), and I didn't like that much at all. Probably going to wait quite a while before tackling Wolf Hall. Finally wrapped up Reed's Flight to Canada, which I didn't like at all. I liked his earlier work and its chaotic energy, but I think he went off the rails here. Now reading These Festive Nights by Marie-Claire Blais. Not far enough into it to even have an impression.

Not at all convinced by these columns. One of the more interesting sidebars (elsewhere) said that PSU completely accepted the punishment and would not sue and/or appeal. Furthermore, if a third party tried to sue the NCAA, PSU would join them in an effort to toss the lawsuit as being without merit (no standing) and recover legal costs on behalf of NCAA from any third-party claimant. Bam!

Just run an ad featuring this during the bowl season, and the NCAA's problems will be solved: Paterno who?

Consolidated listing, which should cover everything except some of the box sets. (May go ahead and list some classical box sets, but not unless there is real interest.) Price drops throughout list. If I have inadvertently put something in the list that is actually on hold, do let me know. Items with a * are going to be the first to go to the local CD shop (got a good lead from jdw -- thanks). I do intend for these to all be gone one way or another by end of August. Thanks for looking. Eric 4 Cannonball Adderley w/ Bill Evans Know What I Mean? Riverside, 2001 edition with 20-bit mastering *2 Herp Alpert Whipped Cream (Shout - 2005 remaster) 12 Integrale Louis Armstrong vol 6 3CDs (Fremeaux) 7 Rubyaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (Dusty Groove) 1 Count Basie Atomic Swing (Roulette) 9 Count Basie The Atomic Band Live in Europe (Lausanne and Zurich, 1959) 3 Sidney Bechet The Fabulous Sidney Bechet (BN)light marks and some discoloration on CD not affecting play 5 Louis Bellson Skin Deep (Exhibit) long scratch outside playing area (totally different cover than one on Amazon) 4 Bunny Berigan disc 7 from Mosaic Set 7 Chu Berry-Lucky Thompson Giants of the Tenor Sax (Commodore) bit of a scratch on outer edge outside playing area 6 Lou Blackburn Complete Imperial Sessions (BN) 12 Art Blakey Kyoto (OJC/Riverside) HOLD 3 Art Blakey The Freedom Rider (BN) 2 Alan Broadbent You and the Night and the Music - light marks not affecting play 8 Bob Brookmeyer Kansas City Sounds (Fresh Sounds) 8 Bob Brookmeyer The Blues Hot and Cold + 7x Wilder (Lonehill) 7 Bob Brookmeyer Tonite's Music Today + Whooeeee (Lonehill) 7 Bob Brookmeyer Traditionalism Revisited (Pacific Jazz) 5 Ray Brown Trio Live from New York to Tokyo (The Red Hot/Bam Bam Bam ) (Concord) 2 CDs -- promo printed on CD2 1 Brubeck/Desmond 1975 The Duets (AM) light scratches not affecting play 8 Giorgio Buratti Jazz Forms for Export 10 Kenny Burrell-Jimmy Smith Blue Bash! (Verve), partial mark through UPC & CD tray glue coming loose 7 Jaki Byard Freedom Together (OJC Limited-Prestige) slight bend to artwork. 8 Don Byas Chronological 1952-1953 2 Donald Byrd Landmarks (32 jazz) 12 Donald Byrd And Doug Watkins - The Transition Sessions BN 2 CDs 6 Donald Byrd The Cat Walk (BN) TOCJ-4075 Japanese insert but not obi. One long but light mark not affecting play 10 Cab Calloway Swinging Big Band Leader with Chu Berry (Jazz Archives no. 171 French Import) 8 Bill Carrothers Armistice 1918(Sketch) 2CDs light marks on CDs not affecting play 5 Benny Carter Tickle Toe (Vee Jay) 3 Serge Chaloff Blue Serge/Boston Blow Up (Definitive) light scratch not affecting play 10 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet Calypso Blues by Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland Sextet (Rearward) light marks on CD not affecting play; Slight tear to outer slipcase 8 Buck Clayton Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid) 2 CDs 3 Arnett Cobb Blows for 1300 (Delmark) 7 Arnett Cobb Blow Arnett, Blow (OJC-Prestige) 12 Ornette Coleman Body Meta Verve CD Scuffed, plays fine 11 Ornette Coleman Broken Shadows Sony import (no Obi) 18 Ornette Coleman Soapsuds Soapsuds (Verve) light marks not affecting play 6 John Coltrane One Down One Up: Live at the Half Note 2 CDs 3 John Coltrane Settin’ the Pace (OJC-Prestige) 5 John Coltrane-Frank Wess Wheelin’ & Dealing (OJC-Prestige) 2 John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic) digipack, very light marks not affecting play 3 Chick Corea & Origin Change (Concord) HOLD 10 Eddie Costa Memorial Concert (EMI/Colpix) TOCJ-50114 w/ obi *5 Dameron-Coltrane Mating Call (OJC-Prestige) 13 Wild Bill Davis Vol 1 April in Paris (Ocium) CD-Rom w bonus feature 9 Wild Bill Davis Vol 2 Syncopated Clock (Ocium) CD-Rom w bonus feature 4 Miles Davis-Stan Getz-Mulligan-Konitz-Rollins Conception (OJC/Prestige) light marks not affecting play *3 Miles Davis Porgy and Bess (Columbia) light marks not affecting play 12 Miles Davis Its About That Time... 8 Walter Jr Davis Davis Cup (BN TOCJ-6457) no obi 2 Joey DeFrancesco w/ Hutcherson Organic Vibes (Concord) *7 Eric Dolphy Complete Latin Jazz Sides (Gambit) 2 Best of Lou Donaldson vol. 1 (BN), sawcut in spine 2 Best of Lou Donaldson vol. 2 (BN), light scratch not affecting play 4 Kenny Dorham 2 horns/2 rhythm (OJC-Riverside) 6 Sweets Edison-Lockjaw Davis Jawbreakers (OJC/Riverside) 12 Duke Ellington V-Discs 3 CDs *5 Duke Ellington Reprise Studio Recordings (from Mosaic set Disc 1 only with insert) *5 Duke Ellington Historically Speaking (Bethlehem) *3 1969 All Star White House Tribute to Duke Ellington (BN) promo label on CD 2 Orchestral Works by Duke Ellington 3 Symphonic Ellington by Duke Ellington (Discovery) 8 Duke Ellington Togo Brava Suite (Storyville) light marks not affecting play 5 Kahil El'Zabar w/ Pharoah Sanders Africa N'da Blues (Delmark) scratches to CD not affecting play 10 Book Ervin The Book Cooks (Bethlehem) hole in UPC 7 Tal Farlow Autumn Leaves (Concord) 2 CDs 6 Tal Farlow Cookin' on all Burners (Concord) *4 Art Farmer Out of the Past (Chess) light marks not affecting play 4 Art Farmer/Donald Byrd 2 Trumpets (OJC-Prestige), light marks on CD not affecting play 8 Victor Feldman Four Classic Albums (Avid) 2 CDs 5 The Arrival of Victor Feldman (OJC/Contemporary) light mark outside playing area 3 Jukebox Ella (Fitzgerald): The Complete Verve Singles vol. 1 Digipack 2 CDs - missing inner booklet with discography 6 Jimmy Forrest Most Much (OJC/Prestige) HOLD 4 Jimmy Forrest Black Forrest (Delmark) some creases to artwork 12 Sonny Fortune w/ K. Barron Laying it Down (Konnex) 16 Don Friedman A Day in the City (Riverside), some sticker residue on cover art *7 Tony Fruscella A Night at the Open Door (Jazz Factory) 7 Curtis Fuller Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy) *4 Stan Getz Opus de Bop (Savoy) 10 Gillespie-Monk Unissued in Europe 1971 (Gambit) 2 Cds 7 Humming Bird by Paul Gonsalves (Vocalion) light marks not affecting play *5 Paul Gonsalves/Roy Eldridge Mexican Bandit (OJC) 5 Dennis Gonzalez w/ Henry Grimes Nile River Suite (Daagnim Records) appears to be CDR, autographed by Grimes 3 Dexter Gordon Settin’ the Pace (Savoy) tiny scratch on CD 7 Dexter Gordon Sophisticated Giant (Columbia) 5 Dexter Gordon Clubhouse (BN) 8 Dexter Gordon Homecoming (Columbia 1990) 2 CDs 7 Dexter Gordon Love for Sale (Steeplechase) 11 Bennie Green Soul Stirrin' (BN) 15 Bennie Green Walking Down (OJC-Prestige) very light marks not affecting play 6 Grant Green Reaching Out (1201 Music, originally Black Lion) 24-bit remastered 6 Urbie Green Blues and Other Shades of Green 6 Bennie Green Glidin’ Along (OJC-Jazzland) 5 Grant Green Easy (Unidisc) 5 Johnny Griffin Chicago New York Paris 3 Johnny Griffin The Cat (Antilles) 6 Chico Hamilton/Dolphy Original Ellington Suite (Pacific Jazz) 10 Slide Hampton Drum Suite (Mosaic Singles) 8 Wilbur Harden-John Coltrane Complete Savoy Sessions 2 CDs 8 Stefon Harris-David Sanchez-Christian Scott 90 Miles (Concord) CD+DVD *6 Hawes-Nichols-Mehegan-Paul Smith I Just Love Jazz Piano (Savoy) 6 Coleman Hawkins Saxes Inc./Trombone Scene Lonehill 5 Jimmy Heath Peer Pleasure (Landmark) minor mark not affecting play 3 Joe Henderson Lush Life (Verve) 2 Joe Henderson So Near, So Far (Verve) scratches not affecting play 4 Joe Henderson Quiet Now: Lovesome Things (Verve) digipack, mark on outside of CD not affecting play 4 Earl Hines, Pete Johnson and James P. Johnson Reminiscing At Blue Note (BN) very light mark not affecting play 10 Bobby Hutcherson Vibe Wise: Good Bait/Color Schemes (32 Jazz) 2 CDs 7 Bobby Hutcherson In the Vanguard (Landmark) 10 Bobby Hutcherson Ambos Mundos (Landmark) very light mark not affecting play 7 Bobby Hutcherson Wise One (Kind of Blue) 7 Hutcherson-Land-Turre-Walton Time for the Timeless All Stars (Early Bird) 8 Vijay Iyer Memorophilia (Air) HOLD 9 Vijay Iyer Blood Sutra (Artists House) 4 Vijay Iyer-Mike Ladd In What Language? (Pi) 6 Vijay Iyer Reimaging (Savoy) 6 Milt Jackson Quadromania: La Ronde Suite (Membran) 4 CDs 2 Milt Jackson Burnin' in the Woodhouse (Qwest) light marks not affecting play 2 Milt Jackson The Prophet Speaks (Qwest) 15 Milt Jackson & Ray Brown Fuji Mama (West Wind) light marks not affecting play 5 Willis Jackson w/ Pat Martino Bar Wars (Jazz Society) 6 Willis Jackson Nuther'n Like Thuther'n (Prestige) 6 Willis Jackson Bar Wars (Jazz Society, 1997 remaster) 4 Willis Jackson Please Mr. Jackson (OJC/Prestige) 6 Willis Jackson Legends of Acid Jazz (Blue Gator/Cookin' Sherry) (Prestige) 5 Willis Jackson Soul Night Live! w/ Pat Martino (Prestige) hole drilled in case spine 6 Ahmad Jamal Jamal at the Penthouse/Count 'Em (Essential Jazz Classics) 10 JATP 1952 Carnegie Hall Concert (Fresh Sounds) 2 CD 7 JATP Hartford, 1953 (Pablo) 16 Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl (Fitzgerald-Armstrong-Tatum etc.) (Verve) 2 CD set 7 Jazz Band de Free Ego (What Music) 7 Budd Johnson Ya! Ya! (Black and Blue Sessions) light marks on CD not affecting play 8 Hank Jones & Tyree Glenn Quintet/Sextet Complete Recordings (Lonehill) 2 CDs 10 Jonah Jones Swingin' on Broadway (Capitol TOCJ-50105) w/obi *3 Philly Joe Jones Drum Songs (Milestone) sawcut in spine 12 Sam Jones Something in Common (32 Jazz) some damage to cover from price sticker removal 8 Live at the Village Vanguard by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis 10 Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra presenting Joe Williams (BN) 2 Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Mean What You Say (OJC/Milestone) HOLD 7 Clifford Jordan Spellbound (OJC) 4 Lee Konitz Motion (Verve) 11 Lacy-Waldron I Remember Thelonious (Live) (Nel Jazz) minor mark not affecting play 4 Peggy Lee Black Coffee (Verve) 2 Peggy Lee Bewitching-Lee! (DCC) Greatest Hits, light marks to CD not affecting play 10 John Lewis Orchestra U.S.A. (stereo & mono versions) (Lonehill) 6 Booker Little & Friends by Booker Little (Collectables) scratches all outside playing area 6 Humphrey Littleton Four Classic Albums Plus (Avid) 2 CDs 7 Eddy Louiss Orgue (Universal - Jazz in Paris) 6 Johnny Lytle Possum Grease (Muse) 6 Johnny Lytle Trios Got That Feeling/Moon Child (Milestone) light marks not affecting play 6 Harold Mabern Straight Street (DIW) 5 Junior Mance Junior Mance Touch Jazz Lips 4 Junior's Blues by Junior Mance (OJC) light marks to CD not affecting play 8 Shelly Manne And His Men vol. 2 (OJC/Contemporary) *4 Shelly Manne Peter Gunn (OJC) *4 Honeydripper by Jack McDuff (OJC/Prestige) *4 Jack McDuff Tough Duff (OJC/Prestige) light marks to CD not affecting play 6 Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson (Savoy) 15 Howard McGhee Complete Savoy and Dial Masters (Definitive) light scratches not affecting play 4 Jackie McLean-Johnny Griffin Birdology: Tribute to Parker vol 1 (Dreyfus) digipack 10 Jackie McLean Jackie's Pal (OJC/Prestige) 5 Jackie McLean Lights Out! (OJC/Prestige) 8 Jackie McLean & Co (w/ Ray Draper) (OJC/Prestige) 10 Jackie McLean A Ghetto Lullaby (Steeplechase) 4 Charles Mingus Intrusions (Drive) 8 Charles Mingus Epitaph (Columbia) 2 CD set 8 The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (Verve) 2 CD set 4 Mingus Big Band Blues & Politics (Dreyfus) *3 The Modern Jazz Quartet Fontessa (Atlantic) *10 Modern Jazz Quartet Complete Last Concert (Atlantic) 2 CDs 5 The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn: Guest Artist Sonny Rollins 4 The Modern Jazz Sextet (Dizzy/Stitt/Lewis/Heath) (Polygram) 5 Transformer by Thelonious Monk 18 J.R. Monterose The Message (Prevue) hole in UPC 10 J.R. Monterose T.T.T. (Storyville) 3 Nick Moran Trio The Messenger (CAP) 10 Taru by Lee Morgan (BN Conn) 6 Ken Moule Adam's Rib Suite (Ember) scratch on CD outside playing area 10 Fibra by Paulo Moura *5 Ming by David Murray (Black Saint) *5 David Murray Octet Plays Trane (Justin Time) 5 Navarro-Haig-Parker Prestige First Sessions 6 Hot Trumpets of Joe Newman & Henry Red Allen Prestige 6 Charlie Parker South of the Border (Verve) light marks on CD not affecting play *8 Steady Comin at Ya by Don Patterson (32 Jazz) 6 Don Patterson Boppin & Burnin (OJC) 6 John Patton Boogaloo (BN Rare Groove) very light scratches on CD 6 John Patton Got a Good Thing Going (BN Rare Groove) very light marks on CD 12 Cecil Payne Patterns of Jazz (Savoy) 8 Duke Pearson Profile (BN TOCJJ-6514) no obi 7 Specs Powell Movin' In (Routlette TOCJ-50146) no obi 3 Portico Quartet Isla 12 Ike Quebec The Strong Tenor of Mr. Quebec (Jazz Archives no 153) *3 Bursting Out by Oscar Peterson 3 Oscar Peterson Night Train (Verve) 4 Bud Powell In Paris (Discovery) 6 Best of Don Pullen (BN) 4 Paul Quinichette Plays Quincy Jones/Moods (Lonehill) light scratch on CD not affecting play 12 Freddie Redd Music from the Connection (w Howard McGhee and Tina Brooks (not the McLean version)) Boplicity, not a CD-R 12 Johnny Richards Softly Wild and Something Else (Fresh Sounds) *6 Freddie Roach Good Move (BN) 7 Red Rodney Quintets (Fantasy) 3 Charlie Rouse Bossa Nova Bacchanal (BN Conn) sawcut in spine 12 A.K. Salim w/ Sahib Shihab Blues Suite (Savoy) 5 Sambalanco Trio Improviso Negro (Ubatuqui) 7 Pharoah Sanders w/ Hamid Drake Spirits (Meta) 5 Shirley Scott/Stanley Turrentine Blue Flames (OJC-Prestige) 7 Shirley Scott For Members Only (1995 Impulse) - there is a circular ring on the backside of the CD but I think it is somehow part of the pressing, certainly not affecting play 3 Shirley Scott Trio Classics vol. 1 Prestige 3 Shirley Scott Legends of Acid Jazz HOLD 16 Woody Shaw Last of the Line (32 Jazz) scratch on CD1, light marks on CD 2, neither affecting play 5 Archie Shepp There's a Trumpet in My Soul (Freedom) 12 Archie Shepp True Blue (Venus) CD, not CDR no obi 6 Archie Shepp Yasmina a Black Woman/Poem for Malcolm 2 Brad Shepik The Loan (Songlines) bend in corner of artwork; missing back cover 2 Mike Stern Who Let the Cats Out? (Heads Up) mark on CD not affecting play 6 Jimmy Smith Six Views of the Blues (BN Conn) promo label on CD 12 Jimmy Smith Bashin' (Verve) Digipack 5 Johnny Hammond Smith w/ Lem Winchester Talk that Talk (Prestige) 2 Mike Stern Play 6 Sonny Stitt Pow! (Roulette) 6 Sonny Stitt Work Done (High Note) scratch outside playing area 6 Lucky Moments by Lucky Thompson 8 Lucky Thompson Meet Oscar Pettiford (Fresh Sound) 10 Stan Tracey Return of Captain Adventure (Tentoten Reissue) 2 CDs 10 Stan Tracey Under Milk Wood (Resteamed) 10 Stan Tracey/Guy Barker Let Them Crevulate (Trio) 7 Stan Tracey Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid) 2 CDs 6 Stan Tracey Senior Moment Resteamed 6 Tommy Turrentine (on Time) *3 Turtle Island String Quartet Who De We Think We Are? (Windham) marks on CD not affecting play 3 McCoy Tyner Together (OJC/Milestone) 7 René Urtreger En Direct D'Antibes #3 (Emarcy) Digipack 8 Valdambrini-Piana Quintet Afrodite (Schema) 5 Sarah Vaughan Snowbound/The Lonely Hours (EMI/Roulette) 5 Mal Waldron Left Alone (Bethlehem) hole in UPC; a few minor scratches outside playing area 4 Mal Waldron You and the Night and the Music (ProJazz CDJ 617) light scratches to CD not affecting play, hole in back liner, some water damage to booklet 4 Mal Waldron George Haslam Waldron Haslam (Slam) light marks to CD not affecting play 6 Ben Webster Quadromania: Stompin' at the Savoy (Membran) 4 CDs 7 Randy Weston Tanjah (Verve) light marks not affecting play 12 Barney Wilen Dream Time (Nocturne) 12 Barney Wilen Santuary (Ida) 12 Barney Wilen Talisman (Ida) 8 Zodiac Suite Town Hall 1945 by Mary Lou Williams 5 The Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams (w/ Ben Webster) (Vintage Jazz) Various 3 Fire into Music: vol 2 (CTI sampler) *3 Blue Note Salutes Motown 2 Blue N Groovy vol. 2 Mostly Modal (BN) promo label on CD 3 V.A. Capitol Rare by Various Artists light marks on CD not affecting play 3 Red Hot Indigo: Music of Duke Ellington (Red Hot) 1 For Monk - A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk (BMG Direct) 3 Blue Note 60s 3 Azure Ellington: Blue Note Plays the Duke 3 Black Saint/Soul Note Sampler vol. 2 3 Black Saint/Soul Note Sampler vol. 2 3 Black Saint/Soul Note Sampler vol. 3 1 Various Blue note plays Ellington & Strayhorn (BN) Promo label on CD 6 Various The Savoy Story 3Cd box very light marks to CD1 not affecting play 2 V.A. Blue Monk: Blue Note Plays Monk's Music (BN) *5 The Lost Cuban Trios Of Casa Marina (Cuban bordello music ) *5 Orchestra Poly-Rythmo de Cottonou-Dahomey The 1st Album (Analog Africa) *5 Sorry Bamba Vol. 1 (Thrill Jockey)

Ok, this should be the last of the listings for the immediate future. (Also have the 4 sets of Allen's That Devilin' Tune if someone wants to make me a (reasonable) offer.) I will also be consolidating across all old lists, hopefully by end of day. Thanks for looking! 6 Tatsu Aoki Miyumi Project re:Rooted (Southport) 6 Tatsu Aoki Miyumi Project Live in Poland (Southport) 3 Cannonball Adderley Them Dirty Blues (Capitol) 3 Cannonball Adderley Domination (Capitol) mark on CD not affecting play, EU copy control version! 10 Dave Brubeck Time Signatures box (Columbia) 4 CDs (in VG condition) some corner wear to box 5 Donald Byrd Free Form (BN RVG) 11 Donald Byrd Byrd in Flight (BN TOCJ-4048) Japanese liner notes but no obi 8 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet Music for the Small Hours (Schema) very light marks not affecting play 3 Bill Coleman Live (Americans Swinging in Paris) light marks not affecting play 8 Harry Edison Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid) 2 CDs 10 Sunset Eyes by Teddy Edwards (Pacific Jazz) light mark through UPC, promo label on CD colored in with marker 5 Art Farmer Septet Arrangements and Compositions of Gryce/Jones (OJC/Prestige) 3 Gillespie/McParthland/Clark Terry/Pollard Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks (Membran) 18 Billie Holiday Complete Commodore Recordings 2 CDs + booklet 10 Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy) 10 Jazz Message of Hank Mobley #2 (Savoy) 2 Hank Mobley Dippin (BN) CD and liner notes, no back cover 6 Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (OJC/Debut) marks not affecting play 4 Ben Webster and Harry Edison Ben and Sweets (Columbia) (Yes, had 2 copies available ) 10 Sahib Shihab & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (Oktav) 6 Horace Silver Silver's Serenade (BN) 4 Horace Silver Trio (BN RVG) mark on CD not affecting play 18 Territory Band (Vandermark) New Horse for the White House (Okka) 3 CDs 9 Mal Waldron Impressions (OJC-Prestige) Tiny scratch on CD not affecting play 4 Mal Waldron Mal 1 (OJC-Prestige) 4 Mal Waldron Mal 2 (OJC-Prestige) 10 Mal Waldron Mal 3 (OJC-Prestige) very light mark (fingerprint?) not affecting play 8 Mal Waldron Mal 4 (OJC-Prestige) 9 Phil Woods European Rhythm Machine (Americans Swinging in Paris) Various $12 32 More Gems from 32 Jazz 3 Cds 15 Impressed 2 (compiled by Gilles Peterson) (Universal) one mark on CD not affecting play 12 Jazzactuel box 3CD set and booklet, very minor marks on CDs from tight cardboard sleeves 5 Shibuya Jazz Classics Kyoto Jazz Massive collection 5 Shibuya Jazz Classics Sleep Walker collection 2 Wish You Were Here: Love Songs for New York (Village Voice)

I think my mother-in-law has that exact console still. Just uses it as a sideboard now.

Is this related to Esquire's All-American Hot Jazz Sessions? Same concerts? Or same general groupings but different recordings?

Thanks for the PMs. I think everything will be available but let me process in order. Few stragglers to list tonight, then I'm done. Whew!

Or you could say that Houston grossly overpaid for an average PG. I just think people like grousing. Lin has some skills but he is hardly the best or even fifth best player at his position. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect 20-7-6 for the season, and that's not too bad. If he does do those numbers, he can easily be traded in the third year. Perhaps, though I really think opposing teams will be able to "figure out" Lin and keep him from making such of an impact, and that was particularly true had he stayed with the Knicks (who strike me as fairly predictable when Carmelo is on the floor). Maybe it was a mistake, but certainly not the worst decision Dolan has ever made (the last 4 or 5 trades prior have a lot to do with why the Knicks would be in a luxury tax situation in the first place). I'm just saying, let's have some perspective.

It took a while, but Sony has waken up to the fact that Disc 1 had the wrong Eroica Symphony on it. They have started replacing them (rather than asking for the entire set back). So a happy ending (so long as they don't balk at sending to Canada -- I ordered through Amazon.co.uk). I believe the sets ordered through Amazon.com already have the corrected CD 1.

Or you could say that Houston grossly overpaid for an average PG. I just think people like grousing. Lin has some skills but he is hardly the best or even fifth best player at his position.

A few box sets: Mosaic Selects 60 Duke Pearson 60 John Patton 60 Don Pullen very light marks on CD3 not affecting play HOLD 18 Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Verve) 3 CD set in odd, floppy case. Very minor marks (from paper sleeves) not affecting play. HOLD 16 From Johnny Griffin with Love by Johnny Griffin (Storyville) 3 CDs, 1 DVD 9 Fletcher Henderson Story A Study in Frustration (Essential Jazz Classics) 3 CDs If there is interest I can inspect and price the following: Clifford Brown Complete Emarcy set Ornette Coleman Beauty is a Rare Thing Coleman Hawkins Affinity set (no booklet) Art Pepper Complete Galaxy Recordings (the cube version) HOLD 12 Art Pepper Unreleased Art vol. 1 Complete Abashiri Concert (Widow`s Taste) 2 CDs HOLD 6 Sonny Red Out of the Blue (BN Conn) very light marks towards outer edge of CD not affecting play HOLD 3 Cannonball Adderley At the Lighthouse (Capitol) light marks not affecting play HOLD 2 J. J. Johnson The Savoy Sessions (see consolidated list below)

Maybe people laid off, looking for re-training?

Bill & Linda Evans

Had hoped to be done last night, but the end is in sight. Should be done tonight, then Thurs will do final consolidation of lists and any price drops. So here goes: New listings: HOLD 5 Eric Alexander Revival of the Fittest (High Note) HOLD 2 Alan Broadbent You and the Night and the Music - CD only HOLD 7 Ray Charles-Milt Jackson Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting (Atlantic) 2 CDs HOLD 4 Tal Farlow A Sign of the Times (Concord) HOLD 10 John Handy In the Vernacular/No Coast Jazz (Fresh Sounds) HOLD 7 Bobby Hutcherson Natural Illusions (Liberty) some damage to the ugly orange cover HOLD 9 Ahmad Jamal Naked City Theme/Extensions (Jazz Beat) digipack, very light marks towards outer edge of HOLD 4 Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Pacific Jazz) light marks not affecting play HOLD 5 Don Pullen Montreux Concert (Koch) slight sawcut to spine HOLD 7 Clark Terry w/ Paul Gonsalves Daylight Express (Chess) HOLD 5 McCoy Tyner Echoes of a Friend (OJC/Milestone) HOLD 5 Randy Weston Blue Moses (CTI) 2011 reissue (digipack) (not scratched version I was selling previously) HOLD 9 Reuben Wilson Blue Mode (BN Rare Grooves) marks to CD not affecting play, promo label printed on CD HOLD 5 Albert Ayler Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1970 (Water) HOLD 4 Genuine Tong Funeral by Gary Burton (RCA) HOLD 11 Kenny Dorham, Curtis Fuller, Zoot Sims, etc. Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs HOLD 4 Les Spann w/ Julius Watkins Gemini (OJC/Jazzland) HOLD 20 Archie Shepp Attica Blues Big Band Live (Blue Marge) 2 CDs, light marks not affecting play HOLD 8 Sonny Stitt Don't Call Me Bird Fresh Sounds HOLD 6 Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements HOLD 8 Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues (+ The Hard Swing) Fresh Sounds (see consolidated list below)

I got about five pages into that and decided maybe I should start with a few of his short stories as an introduction. After reading a few of his short stories, I feel I must apologize to any writers I have previously described as "overrated". I guess he can be a bit hit or miss, but I did enjoy The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Obviously, there are strong hints of PKD's The Man in the High Castle, but also a dash of Stefan Zweig's Chess Story. Anyway, I was clearing out old newspapers/reviews/etc. when I came across someone who was raving about I Could Ride All Day In My Cool Blue Train by Peter Hobbs. These are short stories by a UK writer. Took some doing, but I got it from the library. Not doing anything for me, though I guess I am only 1/3 in.

Slightly different but perhaps related, the little green box that says you have new PMs won't reset to 0 (and go away) even after checking my conversations thread and clearing them all out. I'm about to turn off PM notifications for a day or two and see what happens.

Closing in on it now. Any interest in Eisner's A Contract with God (one of the earliest graphic novels)? Could be yours for $5 plus shipping. Anyway, as before a few newly listed and a bunch from past listings: HOLD 6 Grant Green His Majesty King Funk/Donarld Byrd Up (Verve) HOLD 4 Ron Carter Stardust (BN) light marks not affecting play HOLD 13 Bill Holman Band Brilliant Corners HOLD 1 Glenn Miller The Lost Recordings (RCA) 2 CD set HOLD 1 Glenn Miller The Secret Broadcasts (RCA) 3 CD set HOLD 5 McCoy Tyner-Louis Hayes Just Feelin' (Quicksilver) (see consolidated list on p. 2)

I guess so. It's not that hard to become an amateur critic or an even more amateur collector -- just a subscription to Art in America and a few visits to local art galleries. It is true that I scheduled a work trip around the Max Beckmann exhibit at MoMA-Queens back in the day and am participating in a conference in Denver next month, primarily so I can check out the new Clyfford Still wing of the museum. I expect the Still to be much more up my alley (relative to the Twombley -- I loved the Beckmann exhibit). As far as Twombley, it isn't so much what he is thinking about now in our digital age, but what he was doing in his heyday in the late 60s and early 70s that defines him in my mind. Personally, I do find his chalkboard art paintings (this one is from 1970) to be deliberately provocative and, worse, uncompelling. Of course, he has the right to do what he wants, but in turn, it triggered a strong negative reaction in me and causes me to devalue him as an artist.

Completely agree. Twombly's a total plonker. I don't know why museums keep pushing his stuff. He is one of a few contemporary artists I really hate -- him and Dan Flavin. Well the amount of young artists that work with flouro's suggest Flavin is a big influence on young contemporary artists. Although considering how fast the worm turns these days, maybe he is already a boring old fart. Twombley I have only seen in reproduction, but I usually enjoy the aestheticization of graffiti - so I like to ponder Twombley when I come across an article. One thing I remember reading about Twombley, was from the English visual art writer Matthew Collings. I think he was writing a few years ago about a Twombley retrospective. He said basically, that when Twombley gets it right, his paintings are truly great, but when they don't work - they really don't work. So there is no middle ground between his great work and aesthetic failure. I don't know about that, but I guess you could say the same thing about lots of painters that rely on grasping the gesture and chance. I would still like an opportunity to spend a few hours in a room full of Twombley's - to try and discover which ones were great and which ones weren't. Maybe I couldn't tell the difference anyway. I guess it would be harder to get a feel for that amongst Turner and Monet as well. It's obviously all about taste, but I can't imagine I would be impressed by any artist inspired by Flavin. I simply don't consider light emanating from tubes to be "art." Twombley rubs me the wrong way every single time. It's like he's intentionally rubbing it in the face of all the middle-brow heathens who say "but my kid could do that." But live by the sword, die by the sword; 99 times out of 100, I would consider a child's scribbles to be of more interest than Twombley's.

Completely agree. Twombly's a total plonker. I don't know why museums keep pushing his stuff. He is one of a few contemporary artists I really hate -- him and Dan Flavin.

I don't know the history: how many times he applied or expected to get asked and then gave up. I will say that if (some of) your headline acts are Rufus Wainwright and a disco act, you are on very thin ice to keep calling yourself a jazz festival. Still, it appears that Shorter played there, as well as Stefon Harris and Stanley Clarke. I feel the Vancouver Jazz Festival is getting a bit diluted, but the headliners were all pretty solid jazz acts: Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Bill Frissell and George Benson.

Should wrap this up over the weekend and consolidate lists. Thanks for your patience: HOLD 25 Paul Chambers Select (Mosaic) A few more new listings, followed by some re-listings. HOLD 18 Frances Boland Blue Flame/Red Hot/White Heat (MPS) 2 CD set HOLD 3 Live at the Whitney by Duke Ellington HOLD 2 Black Codes by Wynton Marsalis (Columbia) (see consolidated list on p. 2)