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Hey! I think you should start your own board. This one just won't do.

That was my first thought when I saw the book cover as well.

You might also be hearing a limitation of your phono preamp. I used to have a phono circuit in a receiver that had a similar failing.

That's interesting Tom, and I bet there's a lot of accuracy there. I really don't like facebook, wish I hadn't joined years ago. I don't see this place as a "dead board walking" either. I think in some ways it has lost some impetus because jazz cd reissue programs have. But there are core posters here who are here and many of us would welcome new members. But the conversations go on, they don't seem to be fading. Now if more of us actually "got a life". . . .

Very good set. Now out of print (very quickly went from released to out of print, the estate dropped its deal with Concord). . . not easy to find.

I can understand that. I've actually gotten more out of this over the years in repeated listenings.

I recommend the other Ellington Mosaic in stock, the Small Group. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=235-MD-CD Amazing music! Great mastering. How do you feel about the Benedetti Charlie Parker set from Mosaic? I think it's one of the best sets Mosaic ever released, and a fascinating well to draw listening sessions from. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=129-MD-CD If you don't have the material elsewhere, the Woody Shaw Columbia box set from www.popmarket.com is an excellent set. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=129-MD-CD

One of the first jazz lp records I owned, a gift from a coworker of my father's (a Peace Corps volunteer under my father's direction in Swaziland). I'm amazed at the ruggedness of this mono Atlantic vinyl, and how I've somehow managed to keep it playable and enjoyable to this day.

Awesome bass sound on this lp. And a good session.

Saw WD-41 last night at Kenny Dorham's Back Yard. (Josh Tompson sat in on alto, always a pleasure). WD-41, who are Willie Oteri on guitar (left) and Dave Laczko on trumpet (right), are there every Thursday night this month.

A daily bump.

Up for a bit of air.

Finished the Blu-ray of last season's Sons of Anarchy. Was a great season, enjoyed watching it again. Staring Homeland today.

I take it you lived in Ethiopia at some point? Or was it Washington, D.C.? Yes, ages eleven to fourteen.

It used to be "classically trained" here but you don't hear that (or receive the schooling) much at all for decades here. It's a great thing that you were able to learn so many languages. Learning languages was probably my favorite part of my youth, but I only got to fully learn Latin, French and quite a bit of Amharic.

I wrote about my Latin teacher here:

I think the word is often misspelled because it is most often mispronounced, with the "am" or "ahm" pronounced as "umh". . . . Personally I feel that as long as I can read and understand the text, misspellings don't really bother me. Just my take. I read Milestones when it first came out in paperback, and really haven't cracked it since except at times for a quick personnel or recording date check. It served its purpose for me fleshing out some information about the music and feeding the fire of collecting Miles Davis recordings that consumed me for some time.

My Blu-ray copy of Homeland is on the way.

I like them all. . . I'd probably rank them: BN, then the one on Felsted, then the Cecil Payne.

Glad you had a good one! Many happy returns!

Many happy happy returns!