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This particular twelve cd tree has been closed for some time; since then they opened a 1960 Miles/Coltrane tree which has closed, and have planned a 1980s tree for the spring. Your best bet to get a copy of the tree at this time would be to approach someone who has it with a trading or blank and postage etc. proposition. . . .

Alexander, that tree is long gone. . . it's been over for some time now. There are however more trees to come, and here's the home page: www.miles-trees.org

The Space is the Place dvd is. . .well. . .is there anything else quite like it? I have been told that the Cry of Jazz video was very short and not a lot of Ra really in it. . . . Will be eager to hear a review!

I can't remember for certain, but it is either "Early Stan," "Preservation" or both. . . .

From the Mecca website, NOT up to date: Lou is considered a contemporary artist and when he plays the guitar, it is as though Lou and the instrument are one. Warm rich tones are what most jazz artists strive for, Lou holds that thought. Selected by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as outstanding Jazz Guitarist. Voted a "NEW STAR" in the Guitar Category in the Downbeat critics Poll. Recognized by Leonard Feather as a brilliant new guitarist heard on Blue Note Records. Illustrated in the "Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz" and "History of Jazz" written by Leonard Feather, and also illustrated in "The Jazz Guitar Book", in the third and fourth editions, by Maurice J. Summerfield, UK. Performed at the 1st "Newport Jazz Festival" with the Gil Melle Quartet, and at Town Hall, N.Y.C., also performed at Gullivers, Trumpets and the Cafe D'Angelico, and various Jazz Clubs in N.J., N.Y., Canada, FL, PA, RI, and throughout the country. Worked with such outstanding artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Teddy Charles, Eddie Costa, Al Cohn, Chris Conners, Archie Blyer's Orchestra, accompanist for Julius La Rosa, Stan Purdy, accompanist for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown Show", performed with the Ron Metcalf Orchestra, at the Worlds Fair in N.Y., Vincent Lopez Orchestra, John Lewis, Maxzine Sullivan, Rex Stewart, Vinnie Burke, Gary Mazzaroppi, Jack Six, Al Caiola and many other great musicians and singers. Lou Mecca, Al Caiola, Bob Paterson, showing Jason Cook (student) some new ideas at the Orlando, FL Guitar Workshop Lou spent many hours jamming with the great Guitarist, Johnny Smith. Lou developed the first Guitar Department at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, N.J. Campus, where he held a position as Adjunct Professor of Guitar for seven years. Lou is scheduled to do several guitar workshops at area music stores also scheduled to perform in concerts , festivals in N.Y.,N.J.,FL and Europe in the upcoming months. Contributing consultant to "Just Jazz Guitar" Magazine. Lou went to the Chiropractic Institute of New York for six years in the evening to become a Chiropractic Physician while teaching students in the daytime and performing at various clubs and private functions. Lou graduated and for the next 25 years he worked hard as a Chiropractor in New Jersey. Lou continued to play, but as his practice grew there was less time for Lou to perform. Lou Mecca retired from his practice and moved to the New Jersey Shore. After a sabbatical in Fl, where he started to perform again at concerts and festivals. Lou moved back to the New Jersey Shore and after a slow start Lou is back in full swing. and is looking forward to another career in his first love, music. Lou can be found playing at various venues in N.J.and N.Y. area, he performs with a duo, trio, quartet and sometimes a quintet.

Yeah, that has kept me from selling a lot of my Mosaics in the past, which is probably a good thing; the oldest ones (boxes only) are behind there! I'm not necessarily starting the excavation!

Argh! Yeah, I forgot about that. Damn.

yes, nowadays all the material is available on cd I believe. There is this Definitive, there is the Getz Roost and Roulette box set from Blue Note (which actually contains more live material in better sound than the Mosaic) . . . . I'd offer to sell you my Mosaic set if I could reach the box! (It's buried deep between a book case and a wall with a dresser in front of it with hundreds of pounds of magazines and books and cds and records within and on top of it).

It's a very cool cd!

Feelin' the Spirit. It's great, no matter what remastering; you should have it!

www.am-dig.com has them: http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/p...ase-ClearSingle

I had that Fontanna original cd and played it to death; it's great, I love the whole thing. The one I have does sound better, so keep an eye out! Yeah, I've been digging a lot of Sun Ra lately . . . I'm getting into the seventies material more than I had before, though I still dig the Chicago and early NYC period the most. But . . . as these things go in my listening history, that could change!

Hmmm not sure what that one is. I have UCCM-9065 from Japan, I think 2002. Packaging is as an lp facimile of a 16 track lp, second side was six unissued tracks. The cd however is 26 track long.

I played a Simmons kit for several years in rock and blues-rock bands here in town. During this time I couldn't afford two good kits, so I sold a funky old cheapo acoustic kit to help buy it, and it was all I had til later when I bought a Sonor set up. I actually enjoyed it; learning to play was a trip and an education, and set up for gigs was so easy. Also when the guitarist would get too loud, I would roll the volume control and goose his ass, and he'd calm down. THAT came in very handy. I ran a Gallien Kruger guitar amp AND a Sunn bass amp. I was not generally loud at all, but the sound was rich. Generally I used blasticks, because the heads on this Simmons could make your writst ache hard if you pretended they were regular Ambassador heads with spring back! And with time I learned how to hit the head to get dynamics from the system. It wasn't cheap, but it was troublefree for years, and a joy for recording: you could record directly into a tape deck in stereo, or record from mikes, or a combination of both!

That's wild. I haven't grabbed the latest yet, but I've loved the two preceding a lot, and I would have expected (and may have experienced) a better show. Her music isn't traditionally jazzy on the surface, but. . . to me on the recordings at least it is really there. She's got a lot deeper shiz going on than some of these other newbie jazz singers. . . she's paid the dues and she has the smarts.

It's definitely there: Spooky Drums No. 1 AND Spooky Drums No. 2.

Yes sweet potato pies. . .they're wonderful. I have a friend who makes a fantastic one, and she's helped me to make a pretty good one, I'm getting better all the time. I love pumpkin pie too. My great aunt Erma always had a half a dozen or so baking during the holiday season and her meals were awesome, worth the two hour travel to her Canton home from our Burton home back then, but I'd go even if there was just a slice of pie to be had. . . . Hers were special (just as any of her dishes ere special).

They're both great, but I went with sweet potato because. . .well. . . I wish I had thought to pick up the making and make one, it sure would taste good! I've been pretty successful putting things like pies out of my head lately it appears!

Yes it's John Gilmore. Thanks for posting that link.

Ruta Maya coffee, real early and again soon. Milk with the meal. Who knows what after, but it won't contain alcohol. Yeah, I'm weird.

This is probably a good idea for quite a few posters. Not ME though, I want to see the whole board, blip by blip!

Yeah. . .too bad it's not a likely candidate for an RVG instead!

But that is NOT the cd that this thread was started for! Now there are TWO Dodds talkin' and drummin' cds in print! Life is GOOD! B)

Claude, that's the new style of Mosaic box, without hinges.

Yeah, you won't be disappointed, and I think this is likely all that there is. Which may be too bad, but it's nice that it all is out again!