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Same here. Me too.

I got two of the most recent RVGs. "One Flight Up" definitely sounds better than the original CD. The sound of "In 'N Out" is not significantly improved to my ears, but it does have the alt. take.

Yusef Lateef indeed, especially his Savoy recordings. Also another "vote" for Griot Galaxy. James Carter may be better known, but he's nothing compared to his teacher, Faruq Z. Bey.

Joe Henderson - "In N'Out" (doesn't sound significantly different from the McMastered version, but does have the alt. take) Dexter Gordon - "One Flight Up" (this RVG does sound better) Krzysztof Komeda - "Polish Jazz V.3"

I use Paint Shop Pro 8. It has most of the power of Photoshop (and a few tricks of its own) without Photoshop's steep learning curve, is not as much of a computer resource hog, and is much less expensive than Photoshop. Paint Shop Pro 7 was not quite as flexible or as powerful, but it loaded quicker, was significantly less of a load for a computer, and should be cheap if you can find it.

Last night, I ordered "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus" from CD Universe. I haven't heard it in almost 30 years.

I never picked up "Fort Yawuh" on LP, but an expanded version came on the "Impulse Years, 1973-1974" CD box set. I don't listen to the "Fort Yawuh" material as much as the other recordings in the set. I'll now give it another playing.

I've been an Opera user for a few years. This tabbed browser is always improving, and is quite a bit quicker and handier than IE or even Firefox (which is becoming my second-favorite, and it's free.) For compatibility with my wife's workplace, we still use Outlook and Outlook express, which, along with the fact that we have a Windows box, requires the continued use of IE for Windows Update and Office Update. And there remains just a few webpages that require IE for acceptable rendering. Avant Browser is a decent tabbed shell for IE, which moves IE functionally in the direction of Firefox and Opera, but it still is subject to the vulnerabilities and performance pitfalls of its IE core.

That sure sounds happy, delicious, and inspirational!

Back in March, I saw Faruq Z. Bey, Skeeter Shelton, and Mike Carey with the Northwoods Improvisers (Mike Johnston, Mike Gilmore, and Nick Ashton) do a great version of "Law Years". Other favorite Ornette tunes that come to mind are the aforementioned "Lonely Woman", "Peace", "Happy House", "Broken Shadows", and "Una Muy Bonita". There's also "Blues Connotation", "Beauty Is A Rare Thing", and "Humpty Dumpty".

I had the Pathe Macaroni LP and now the Mosaic too. Rivers's Blue Note works have remained my favorite from his long career (along with some duet recordings he made with Dave Holland). "Dimensions and Extensions" anticipates some of his larger ensembles later on, but it is still very much part of the Rivers Blue Note continuum. It grooves. B)

"Revolt Of The Negro Lawn Jockeys" and "The Evening of the Blue Men" are my two favorites with Jemeel Moondoc, though I have not checked out everything by him.

"Untitled Gift" is verry Don Cherry, and a great collaboration with Wilbur Morris and Denis Charles. I really enjoy it. I've never heard "Sweet Space"; the personnel are intriguing. I'm looking forward to this release. Thanks for the heads-up.

Wow! I didn't really know LB back then. It's certainly been very enjoyable and an extreme pleasure to get to know the man better and to watch him guide the Pistons to play the right way and earn a championship.

"Miles in the Sky" was my introduction to the music of Miles Davis (aside from his work with Bird). It was 1968, I was in the ninth grade, and a friend down the block played "Miles in the Sky" all the time. "Miles in the Sky" was also getting a lot of air play on KBCA. So it wasn't long before the music grew on and in me and I had to buy a copy for myself. Soon I heard "Gingerbread Boy" and "Footprints" from "Miles Smiles" on the radio, and I had to get that ("Miles Smiles" is still my very favorite Miles record, btw). "Sorceror", "ESP", and "Nefertiti" followed. Then, my next Miles record was "Bitches Brew", not long after it was released with much fanfare, and I played that all through that summer... For different reasons, "Filles" and "In A Silent Way" did not grab me (and I did not grab them) till several years later.

His amp and preamp are tube-based.

Ritual Trio with Billy Bang - "Big Cliff" Gary Bartz - "Libra/Another Earth" (my old LP of "Another Earth" is worn out)

I got a Monster Power HTS2000 "Powercenter" after I heard the difference it made in a friend's system (Audio Research amp, preamp, and CD player). It does not make as significant a sonic difference in my system (NAD integrated amp and CD player), where it functions mostly as a glorified surge protector. My friend lives almost across the street from a few public schools and a Catholic school and is closer to the village's power substation. My house is about 1/2 mile away, and most of my house wiring is newer. So my friend's AC line is probably noisier than mine.

On Monday, I got the results of the M.R.I I had last Saturday to monitor my periodically recurring brain cancer (first diagnosed in 1991, with four craniotomies [and a course of radiation] since then): There's been no change since my last scan six months ago! Now I hope that I can relax for a few months. My last surgery was almost two years ago. I'm considered verrry lucky, having lived eleven years longer than my initial prognosis. That last surgery left me with some weakness on my right side, but it usually doesn't keep me from doing what I need to do and would not often be noticeable to the casual obsever. Otherwise, I'm okay, all things considered, and I've been told that I look younger than most guys my age (50), fwiw -_- . I have taken anti-seizure medications since 1987, first Dilantin and Depakote, and now just Keppra. I had to stop most "gainful employment" in 1988 (I had taught computer science full time at a local community college before then). I had to stop driving about four years ago. I try to do my part around the house by doing most of the cooking, some home repairs (but no ladders), and some of the cleaning. During the summers, I've been able to grow gardens of vegetables and flowers, but the gardens are significantly less ambitious than back when I was healthy. I haven't been able to have wine, beer, or weed for 17 years. I often have trouble sleeping, but I must have sufficient sleep to avoid seizures. So I'll sometimes take a benedryl or a little ativan. My primary care physician does not have me take cholesterol tests anymore, because that's not going to be an issue for a guy like me . My blood pressure's been normal. Age and stress have taken their toll on my joie de vivre. How does it go(?): "I'm not the man I once was, but I am the man I was once" (or something like that) When I was a kid, I dropped a lot of psychedelics. I also ran on the high school cross country team. Kept running and exercising for another twenty years. I ate everything from macrobiotic to pizza, ribs, and plenty of fried chicken. Over the years, I've eaten less meat, hardly any during the past decade. Since high school, I've put on about thirty pounds, mostly during the past dozen years when my metabolism has been slowing down and I've become more sedentary.

I never had the original Candid pressing (of that Mingus LP with "Fables of Faubus"). But I did have the '70s Barnaby reissue, which had a significant case of "groove echo" or perhaps it was "tape print-through". The first domestic CD reissue had the same problem, plus a heavy dose of noise reduction which really made it hard to listen to. The Mosaic version arrived without those problems, plus all that additional music! I have not heard the more recent reissues

Who's "Benny" Wallace? GO PISTONS

It's just one of those astronomical events that may occur once or twice or never in one's life. You see, the butterscotch lozenge is the sun and the speck of dirt is Venus moving across it (from the perspective of Earth). I'm sure that's why your dog has grown horns, your chicken egg production has ceased, and we both can increase our post counts by one.

I've had "jazz" recordings since the mid-'60s. Within five years, "jazz" became my main musical interest.

Indeed!

I got cancer, seemingly out of the blue, when I was 37 years old. I'm 50 now, after four craniotomies and frequent monitoring and treatment. I had group coverage when I was able to work, and I've been covered by my wife's plan since then. Without insurance, my wife would be heavily in debt and I'd be dead. Another checkup (MRI, blood tests, etc.) is coming up for me within a couple of weeks. Thanks to insurance, the high expense is not on my list of worries. Berigan, I don't know how many non-wealthy self-employed people get by when disaster hits them in our country. I hope that you can find an affordable solution.