jazzbo

It's almost time to celebrate Pops' birthday again, August 4! Let's take time this week to listen to THE MAN and to ponder his importance. . . .

Never saw this Japanese version. . . .Looks cool. Almost time for the birthday celebration!

To me he sounds like Louis, natural.

You know, I have some Bose speakers (unused for a long time) and I DON'T believe that Bose is a four letter word like many audio lovers seem to. . . . BUT. . . . I wouldn't buy one of their stereo systems. . . not that they're bad, but they are way overpriced. The entire product line is overpriced. You don't get what you pay for with their stuff. I have been interested in the new digital amps, and especially digital receivers with cd and or dvd and SACD players incorporated, and this last week spent some time listening to a Sony digital receiver with an SACD/DVD/CD player incorporated, running into the speakers of a 27" Trinitron TV. (In the swanky Waikiki hotel room that I hated to leave!)That system sounded a lot better than I expected it to, and I bet with even modest separate speakers it would sound even better. . . . I was impressed. Didn't have a glare to the treble and an edginess I find in solid state machines at this price point and beyond, and there was a lot of "resonance" to the sound. I'd look in to one of those, last Xmas season they were available for between 300 and 500 dollars, and speakers could be had that mate with them easily. . . .I think with this system that SACDs are not even really converted to analog before amplification, a real plus; I didn't have any SACDs with me to play though. If I were ever allowed the right to have a system in the bedroom (it's outlawed so far by my wife; she wants a music/tv free zone!) I'd consider one of these receivers. . . . I would really like to recommend more expensive machinary that is tube amplified, but they don't quite fall into your budget. . . . .

I thought arrogance was a qualification for posting here? Seems like it sometimes (I'm not exempting myself!)

You know, that has happened to me. . . . I printed out a scanned and sized photo of the cover in color and stuck that in the case. . . . Spruces it up a little bit!

The upcoming mispriced Jimmy Smith RVG at cduniverse.com

Do you get the 'vibe" that this thread is here to stay? Recently been digging all over again the vibes of Tubby Hayes.

Grew up in big city, then went to foreign biggish city, then foreign small city (town really) then to small US town, then schooled in big city, then back to small town, then to big city, then to small town, then to small city where I stayed. . . . (Though it has gotten larger around me). I guess small city is where I would stay, though I've recently discovered I wouldn't mind a larger one like Honolulu in due time. . . . But my wife really prefers a larger city, being A D.C. area kiddo, and I forsee a big carefully considered location decision in our future in about five years. . . . I voted for small city. . . .

Jack Teagarden or Mildred Bailey, take your pick. . . .

Actually, I think over time a lot of the O'Day material WILL come out on Verve International; already some dates have been out, at a pace that makes me think more will be forthcoming, there are Japanese releases, and some of these cdan be downloaded from the Verve Vault at a bargain (10 dollars for a digital facimile of a Japanese POCJ cd is a good deal!)

Cool! Nice discovery, thanks for the heads up!

I too am very eager to hear that Cannon! Post 1960 Cannon IS my cup of tea! And I'm mighty thirsty!

If I've said or done anything. . . . Dreadful sorry Clementine. . . . -_-

Al. . . crud. . . so many greats gone. . . . RIP big man!

Yes, I spent last Sunday through last night at the Halukelani in Waikiki. . . it was heaven on earth! I actually used the cover image of the Bethlehem "The View from Jazzbo's Head" as an avatar last year for a while but. . . my inspiration for the handle was a tin toy my great uncle had when I was a kid called "Jazzbo Jim." He was a minstrel-banjoist. As my grandfather played banjo, this toy meant something to me. . . . And it makes a good handle. . . . (Would be even better if I were a "James"!)

Let me also add my deepest condolences.

I really like all those that I have heard. . . . I guess if I had to keep just a few they would be the "Salted Ginko Nuts," "Farewell to Mingus," and "Toshiko's Piano" for no other reason than sentimental. . . .

Wow, for some reason, this thread should have a soundtrack! He'll be glad to know he was missed!

Got back from a week in Waikiki and saw my email announcing this preorder, and that the Bix Volume 5 on Origin Jazz has been released. . . . Dang! Preordered and ordered!

KOB: I've had lps and tapes and then the earliest US Cd, then the Gold cd, then the cheap cd, then the box set, then a DSD remastered Japanese cd, then the US SACD. I still have the Gold cd, the box set, the Japanese DSD cd, and the SACD. I listen to the DSD cd most often; I think it sounds wonderful. Giant Steps: I've had LP, tape, early Atlantic cd, Heavyweight Champion box set. Just have the box set now. All this started in the mid-seventies. I listen to KOB more than Giant Steps, by a goodly margin.

But you left out mentioning Garrison, who actually is (I feel) the ANCHOR to it all. . . . It's an amazing work, a milestone, a landmark, a definitive document of Coltrane's intentions and musical hopes at that time. It seems created with little concern for commercialism and it turns out to be one of the most commercially successful jazz albums ever. If only that were something happening with frequency!

I still think this is one of the best reissues of the year it came out in. . . I still dig it out and groove to it.

That is not Peggy Lipton indeed. I still have THAT poster. It's in a closet somewhere. . . but I have it. I was crazy for Kinski in those days!