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Can't wait to hear how happy you'll be once you get your amp Tony! Yes, I think that the simplification of the DAC that your Audio Note espouses (as does my modified Sony universal player from Decware to an extent) makes for great sonic enjoyment!

My dad is pretty hip, thanks to mine and more importantly my jazz loving and trumpet playing youngest brother (who has been around the nest longest) leading him to some new directions. Of course it was his love of Gershwin and swing (and a few odd Ellington lps) when we were youngsters that are responsible for some of our tastes. My brother has recently gotten him interested in Jobim's music and somehow I feel that this recording by Schneider will be one that he plays a lot. . . I'm eager find out! I continue to wallow in the beauty of this release.

I like it, a lot. Didn't expect to like it as much as I do. I'd recommend it, especially at that price (it has never been EXPENSIVE, but that's a good price!)

hockman is right: audiophilia is a dangerous disease to contract. However, I find that judicious choice of equipment yields great enjoyment with music, and I have LITERALLY been spending what some spend on a car payment on stereo equipment and music (and going without a car) for nearly a decade now and my life is richer for it. I find it makes even the worst privately recorded live gigs sound a little better and the best masterings and recordings sound fantastic. I don't listen to just the good sounding discs, I don't own "Jazz at the Pawnshop" in any form! Hey, I've bought instruments too, so I'm attacking it from another angle as well. I respect everyone's viewpoint here in this thread. I'm stuck with mine, happily.

Personally, I don't have a problem with Steve Ellington's playing, but his ride cymbal's sound and its place in the mix distracts me (not in a good way) immensely! It's not at its worst on this recording, which is a good one. I don't mind Byrd here. . . I'm less of a Hubbard fan than many so I'm happy with Byrd.

I have Feelin' the Spirit now ONLY in the JRVG, which sounds good (when you reverse the polarity!) so I'm eager for this RVG with the extra tracks!

I have a few that are "XX" (they were promotional in nature, they weren't numbered sets). A poster here helped me immensely by pointing out that I could consider those "Number 20"!

They're almost all equally good, but Fine and Dandy and Blue Moods I may reach for a tad more often. . . .

Just a minor correction: this was not a Connoisseur but was a regular issue deleted, and then brought back in the Collectors Classics series. . . . Good price for a great session!

If you are a fan of piano trios, you'll like the Mosaic set. . . . It's piano trio through and through (one appearance by Mulligan with the trio excepted). It's deeper music than it may appear on the surface I would say. . . .

I honestly think the best way to get the thirties work is the HEP cds, there are about six or so maybe seven, they have incredibly good sound thanks to work by the late J. R. T. Davies, and they have the celebrated sides with Billie Holiday AND the lesser known instrumental sides and sides with other singers, as well as the first several dozen of his big band sides. . . . Great series of cds!

I bet these are redone, and not the same as the JRVGs. Just my hunchometer pegging on that, no specific information. Cool. I'm happy with both lists. (I have the JRVG of The Gigolo so don't need to be in a hurry!)

Hmmm. . . I think I actually prefer the Dick's Picks maybe BECAUSE they aren't multi-tracked. (Admittedly I've only got the Steppin' Out, not the other two similar releases, so far).

I can no longer locally get Familia "Jungle Crunch". . . so I start the day with a big bowl of Familia "Low Fat Granola" most mornings.

Wish you were here!

Man, I'm envious of you cats who don't have to wait til October! Thanks for letting us have a bit of information!

And the Tabla Beat Science double dvd! Quite an eyeful that one! Yes, GiGi. . . . Much more modern a sound in some ways than the Ethiopique series, but very traditional at the heart. . . an experience! I find myself spinning her latest the most often. . . .

Lesh is very interesting, he was a trumpeter and arranger/composer/orchestrator in a modern classical way, and then all of a sudden he's the Dead's bassist! I don't know how he does that but I think it's his musical experience somehow (duh, I know but. . . he's very good). I like the hollow body bass sound he had going for many years.

Sonny Lester!

Another Groover? Cool! I'll have a drink to that!

"I am Alive and You are Dead" was a nice fun read for a Phil Dick fan. Now rereading "Roots of War" by Richard J. Barnet. A very timely book when it was published nearly thirty years ago and today. . . .

Hey I looked for "Soul" on Google images and found this: Consider this avatar, please! B)

Ordered another copy of the Maria Schneider for my Dad to enjoy.

Well. . . just went and ordered another copy for my Dad, who I know will like this one a LOT. Plus pointed one of my brothers to the website; he's going to have to order a copy. . . or else.

What an incredible musician from head to toe, anything he touched and blew into. I really like his work with Chico and all the OJC items I've heard! And that challenge lp. And a nice one on VSOP with Irene Krall. And. . . well he hasn't disappointed me YET! (Don't think he will). You would think he was from Eastern Europe as little attention he gets!