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Here's how I would paraphrase it, and a statement I could stand behind: "Even if Wynton is not the best, you can still find the beauty in his music, and maybe then you will be able to find the beauty in the music of other jazz artists"

Many more happy ones!

Now that is a pleasant urban view indeed! Best of luck in your relocation and beyond!

No surprises, none at all.

After thirteen years my wife is finally understanding why I love jazz and quality music in general. Now when we go out and hear music that isn't very good and I'm trying to hide my disinterest she'll turn to me and say "This music isn't very good is it?" which boggles my mind. She told me once last month that she left a store that was playing some light rock music because she thought it was awful and she thought "why don't they try playing some jazz?" This is a major breakthrough. For a long time she just hated jazz and was jealous of the time I spent listening to music, and resentful of the money I spent on music in any form: books, recordings, live events. She hated the sound of compact discs, claiming the treble screamed at her; she has mutant-like hearing (she can hear bats under the famous bridge here in town stirring long before anyone else does, about fifteen minutes before they fly out from under the bridge); this is one reason I have been on a long upgrade path with my system because she could hear clearly every incremental improvement in quality and it made music more bearable to her. Half of the time together I have been lucky that we were able to buy a house that allowed each of us to have a room of our own, and I have a dedicated listening room that spares her from hearing an awful lot of music. Now when she does come in my room and sit down and listen she says "Wow, this sounds GREAT" and she really does enjoy some of the music in a way she never ever had before and I never ever would have thought she would. Her becoming tolerant and even enjoying jazz a little bit has been one of the few great things that have happened in my life since G. W. became Governor of Tejas.

Got mine last night and passed along my advance copies to a friend. Man these are great. Now I want A DRUM IS A WOMAN to become a cd!

Many more happy ones Mr. H!

Unless it was a radio broadcast item that I haven't encountered (a possibility for sure) I'd say it's the Roche version.

No haven't heard Strummer's. I heard the Cash as just Johnny and his guitar, very moving (it's a song that moves me.) May not be in the box set in question, but it was a really nice listen.

I have heard Cash singing "Redemption Songs" (the Marley composition which I LOVE) and I think that is on this collection. If it is, it's a strong reason to check it out!

John, Someone had to do it!

That is an interesting point, the chatter is absent on the box. It is present on the Japanese cds. . . .

Duke Ellington, Bobby Hutcherson and Shirley Scott

Jack Teagarden, Eddie Lang, Slam Stewart

I like Rickie Lee Jones' version. . .

I actually LIKE jazz vocalists. I'm just not a Hartman fan in a big way at all. If it had been Jimmy Scott, that would have been something! Something very different, I'm sure. . . .

I know this goes against the party line. .. but. . . I just have to say it. . . I'm not crazy about this one. I'd be happier if they had just done another "Ballads" instrumental session! Over the years Johnny Hartman just does less and less for me. Okay, thanks for letting me vent that one!

Well, I've become less and less a fan of "special packaging". . . . I'd have everything in Maxislim cases if I could (and believe me I've converted hundreds of releases TO Maxislim recordings in the last year!)

Man, this looks good. . . but. . . I wish I could get a less deluxe version without cotton and cedar. . . . Specially the cedar the way my allergies have been the last few years!

HE DEFINITELY listened to those two, and I think they did influence his sound and thinking. Still, the reason we love Pres is probably most because of . . . Pres. That whole family was so musical! It would be really something if we could hear the music the others besides the bros Les and Lee made!

MANY MORE HAPPY ONES!

The US Prestige "Chronicles" box was from the early days of cd remastering, long before JVC came up with a K2 system.

You mean this is NOT A ROCK ALBUM? Hey, it's an OLD wall, because jazz is dead, see?

There HAS been a two cd "Best of the box set" issued!

How about Ellington Indigos redone by Mariah Scheider?