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Fully understood Jim!

Yeah, it may be better to have had and lost, than not to have had, so I guess you can still be envious of him, but they're not together any longer, not even speaking according to her last televised interview. She sure is gorgeous, and I believe she can act. When I first saw her in Hackers I knew she was headed for success on the screen.

Yeah, it may be better to have had and lost, than not to have had, so I guess you can still be envious of him, but they're not together any longer, not even speaking according to her last televised interview. She sure is gorgeous, and I believe she can act. When I first saw her in Hackers I knew she was headed for success on the screen.

Fully understood Jim! Although right now he's maybe just pining for her. . . .

I have never played video games really, certainly not Tomb Raider; I just know this charachter from the movies. I could watch all of Jolie all day long. . . . She has quite a different, distinctive face, very expressive.

True to my favorite archaeologist, I went to see "Cradle of Life" this afternoon with my wife. It was a blast, though I didn't feel the same way about it as I did the first one, there were less antiquities involved here, less ancient sites, this was more a conventional action-hero movie. Jolie did a great job in that role. (And I sure enjoy seeing her on the screen). My wife actually liked it better than I did, which surprised me. But I'm fonder of the first one.

I think I have them all now. I dig 'em. They venture into that too written vein sometimes, but then so do some Golson and Gryce et al and I dig them too.

But those are weekend or holiday breakfasts. Mornings here I have a big bowl of Familia Crunchy Granola with WHOLE milk, a slice of whole wheat toast with butter and honey (local honey, helps with the allergies) and the aforementioned requisite mug of Ruta Maya.

Best breakfast? A tie between: the Salvadorian breakfast special at Elsi's on Burnet Road in Austin (only available on weekends): two eggs any way (try 'em scrambled), a huge tamale (pork, chicken or poblano---the poblano rules), and the best refried beans in town (though you can have them a la charo or black beans as well, all good), and their tortillas (gotta have the corn y'all.) the migas plate at Flores restaurant on Anderson (there are others at two other locations, I've never tried them): heavy on the serranos, lots of chese and really good tortilla bits, excellent potatoes and refried beans, get the corn tortillas here too). The only drawback: though good, I don't think any restaurant really has the best coffee for breakfast. My cup of joe at home is better than them all: Ruta Maya medium roast prepared with a single cup filter. I'm spoiled here in this town!

Eddie Gale - Black Rhythm Happening has been reissued recently on cd by Blue Note France, and I believe that in the next few months Bobby Hutcherson - Natural Illusion will be reissued in the US (it is also now available from Blue Note France). Try www.dustygroove.com for the Gale and Hutcherson.

This material has been on cd either from the US in their early cd series, their Connoisseur series, or on Japanese regular TOCJ releases or Japanese RVG releases; some of the Japanese reissues are reappearing I believe soon or may now be available; I would check www. redtrumpet.com or www.dustygroove.com or both: Frank Foster Quintet - New Faces, New Sounds Elmo Hope Quintet - New Faces, New Sounds Jutta Hipp Quintet - New Faces, New Sounds Urbie Green Septet New Faces new Sounds Lou Mecca Quartet Cliff Jordan - Cliff Craft Jimmy Smith - Things Ain't What They Used to Be Duke Pearson - Profile Leo Parker - Let Me Tell You 'Bout It Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At Jack Wilson - Easterly Winds Reuben Wilson - On Broadway Blue Mitchell - Bantu Village Horace Silver - All (almost all the Silver except for the final BN titles have been available.)

This material had been out on cd by Blue Note both domestically and in Japan: Ike Quebec/Charlie Christian Mellow The Mood Benny Morton/Ben Webster Swing Hi, Swing Lo Both versions are out of print. I believe all this material may have appeared within long out of print Mosaic Records box sets as well.

The material below I believe was all leased material, not in print in its Blue Note incarnation, nor likely ever to appear on a Blue Note cd: Errol Garner - Overture to Dawn James Moody with Strings The Swinging Fats Sadi Combo The Garner and I believe the Moody material have been reissued on cd by Chronogical Classics of France and available. The Fats Sadi I am afraid has never been reissued on cd (I hope I'm wrong, but I've never seen it listed anywhere, in print on cd or not.)

Hmmmm. . . I don't think he did, can't think of an instance, but he may have. . . .

Ricky Ford? Paul Jeffrey? Eddie Preston?

I always thought it was based on "Barnacle Bill the Sailor." If you listen really really closely, you can hear Elvin's throne squeak, and then he says "Freddie Hubbard the Shithead."

I need to spin these again, thanks for the reminder folks. Like Jim "Duke Ellington's Song of Love" is a real standout for me---it just floors me, it's just so damned BEAUTIFUL and it captures a lot of essences. BOTH versions. Also dig "Orange" too, I've always loved that composition in all its wardrobe. This is the beginning of the period of his recordings where I don't focus on MINGUS when I listen most of the time. I listen to the others, or to the arrangement and composition. . . before this period somehow Charles really draws me in and I listen to him almost as if he were the eye of the storm, but on these later ones ---and increasingly more so the later they get--- I am less focused on his presence and performance. But I really like most all of them, the only one I really can't bring myself to put on any longer is the "Three or Four Shades of Blue"---it just doesn't seem to offer me much. This working band with Adams was one of his lengthier ones and would have been a mother to see live!

It's both. I like it. Others don't.

This is actually the SECOND minibrochure I can remember; the first came out about nine or ten years ago with a special sale and featured a number of sets (Green, Quebec, McLean et al) that were then running low and are now HISTORY.

You mean Ronnie Free, Mose Allison, Lester Young, Charlie Rouse and Oscar Pettiford?

Amen to the Slim, Joe. Any of his recordings would do!

I agree with Late: your system may dictate whether upgrading is worth it to you. And there is nothing absolute: some of the older remasterings sound great, some of the new ones are sort of wild turkies. As a general rule I buy the RVGs because I like his remasterings for the most part, and the music. As mentioned above his remasterings of the earliest material smoke anyone else's (in my opinion.) And in general on my system his (controversial) style sounds very involving to me. So though I'll buy all the domestic RVGs, the other upgradings I am choosier about. I prefer to amass more music, but I do find that if a favorite old cd is improved by remastering I reach for it more often. So it's mix and match for me nowadays.

I checked their release date with that of the Sonny Meets Hawk elsewhere, and if it is correct, it's the latest domestic remaster. . . .

Blue Train. That head! It's just too much.