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My P300 has no fan, and I've never known the need to use one.

Will the real Dr. J please stand up? Joe, thanks for stopping by and please return.

I have one of the first batch of P300s shipped, and have never bought and installed the Multiwave card. I like my plant as it is so much I haven't been tempted, and it's a lot of money that I always sem to spend elsewhere.

I miss Bill too, on and off the board. Catesta: I do believe that Tony is Dr. J, seen here recently.

Conn, I'll just say that a lot of jazz left me cold at the beginning, and what left me cold at the beginning is what I am hottest about now, and vice versa. . . . I think Duke deserves the attention. Just one man's opinion.

For sentimental reasons I am more atached to the Handy, but I love the Waller too.

Good idea my friend. I love my dad. I miss him, being about 1600 miles away almost all the time. I'm going to be seeing him (and the whole clan) in a few weeks, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm really proud of him. He had a mainly black church in innercity Philly when I was young, and he did a lot for the neighborhood and for the civil rights cause in general. I felt how people admired and had trust in him, even when I was six or seven. He was among the 45 from whom LBJ selected 15 for his "Whitehouse Fellowship" in 1966. And when the Peace Corps contacted him he took us off to Ethiopia, and then Swaziland, with the love of God and man in his heart and he did a lot. And then he settled into a small town ministership and did a lot to move that small town into a conception of a larger world, and for the elederly and less fortunate in the whole area. Again I felt the admiration and trust directed his way from so many. And in the midst of all this he managed to write four excellent biographies! It was hard then to be in his shadow; I felt for a long time that my name was actually "Comma Lon" because I always seemed to be introduced as "Rev. Armstrong's son COMMA Lon." I had to move far away to really be me and not first his son. But I learned not to hold that against HIM, and I love him dearly.

The best picture of Helen Forrest I have ever seen!

The one, the only. . . . Ms Horn

Sue Foley

Paula Morelenbaum

Clora Bryant!

MELBA!

Joe's one of the smartest persons I've ever met, and a really nice person. I thought he was here occasionally, but GOM would know, and he should be here if he can. (He's busy, very busy.) I'll send him off an invitational email!

Which Blue Note "sound"? The one that "Runnin' Wild" is a good example of? The one that "Genius of Modern Music Volume One" is a good example of? The one that "Plays Fats Waller" is a good example of? The one that "Roll Call" is a good example of? The one that "JuJu" is a good example of? The one that "Joyride" is a good example of? The one that "Understanding" is a good example of?

Oh, and there is no clue yet when it will reopen! I'm certainly not someone with "inside" information, but almost anyone here would relay this much.

They decided to close down the board, revamp it, and reopen it. This may or may not have been because of a number of complaints about the behavior on the board . . . .

Well, both feet are still intact, and no new shoes to pinch and cramp them either. . . yet. But I do have this set now, thanks to the kind consideration of a board member who gave a great price to me to give this set a good home. And I'm going to provide it with climate control and maybe even keep dust off the top of the box! It's a very handsome set, and I've listened to a few discs and have to say I enjoy them more than I thought I would! The Miles collector in me is sighing a contented sigh and I think this is going to be a nice asset to have in my shelves. Would be interesting if they broke this up into small sets, of varying size perhaps for the different bands or the different concerts. I don't see this as likely happening, but if it did, it would get this music into more interested hands!

I have never been able to hear that. I've only compared it so far to the original US cd release and the Ultimate release. I guess I should have qualified that in my first post on this thread. Though I have preferred JRVGs to TOCJs. . . I just like the JRVG/RVG sound.

It IS a polarity flipper.

I have this. I love a lot of the sessions on this box. But then I'm into about twenty some years of listening to Mingus, over the last fifteen or so quite heavily, and I have learned to like a lot more of his work than I did initially!

Well, I've been busy. So far I've gotten a copy of Blues for Allah, and Dick's Picks One and Fourteen reasonably priced. More on the way!

Kevin, I honestly think the Columbia sounds better than the JSP, especially on the acoustic (horn as opposed to microphone) recorded dates. The Columbia set sounds amazing!

Yes, I have the Stryker. I like it. The Henry Kaiser/Leo Smith works are good as well. Though these takes the next, guitar-phase of 'lectric Miles as their cue, unlike the Roney. It's sort of like someone exploring an odd little offshoot, because even though fusion fired and flew with a bang, and the electric Miles material was a big catalyst, so little of what followed really sounded like this!