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It's interesting you say that. I recently bought the great box set "Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959 - 1971." In the booklet, it said this about Marvin Gaye: "In his artistic heart of hearts, Gaye longed to be a troubadour, the next Nat King Cole or Perry Como, singing standards by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Brecht and Weill. He even told confidant and biographer David Ritz at one point, 'I never wanted to shake my ass... I wanted to sit on a stool and sing soft love songs.'" Marvin did an album as a tribute to Cole, it's on cd. Better was "Vulnerable", a later album where he was more himself trying to be that crooner. . . .

Louis Armstrong And His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra August 19, 1930, Los Angeles, CA I'm Confessin' (that I Love You) (Neiburg; Daugherty; Reynolds) [master W.404405-A] -- OKeh 41448 Armstrong, Louis (Trumpet, Vocal) Elkins, Leon (Conductor, Trumpet) Brown, Lawrence (Trombone) Herriford, Leon (Alto Saxophone) Stark, Willie (Alto Saxophone) Franz, William (Tenor Saxophone) Brooks, Harvey (Piano) Burke, Ceele (Banjo, Steel Guitar) Jones, Reggie (Tuba) Hampton, Lionel (Drums, Vibrophone)

I got mine today David. Very good sound. I'm more and more impressed with Mark Wilder's work. Recent changes in my stereo system have made his work shine forth. I think my Zeitlin booklet has the front cover inside out! I have two lp covers as front and back and the intended cover page as the inside back cover!

Darn. Doesn't seem available in the States yet. . .but emusic has it.

Dusty Groove is selling "Nexus" for fourteen dollars. Yes, you should.

Perfect guitar for a Leo.

Hmmm. . .I couldn't find any information either. Did find six tracks on the Internet Archive from 1927. . .that surprised me.

Thanks for the very informative post Mark!

I first read Gateway serialized in a magazine (Galaxy?). Was hard to wait month to month to read installments! Good stuff.

MJ, There are two really good two cd sets from Columbia, 'Jazz to Soul" and "The Queen in Waiting." Both are great; there's overlap so getting both will lead to a number of track duplications. That said. . . I have both.

Great! I'm glad this is back in print, it was missing for some time!

I agree, that's a great novel. If you can find it, I recommend "The Man Whose Teeth were All Exactly Alike." It is my other favorite mainstream novel from Phil.

Yeah, I really like these movies. I'm selling these because I bought the Blu-Ray versions.

That's my opinion too. And Jaco play that bass? NO WAY.

I think all payments have been received; all cds should be received as well. Thanks to all! Still plenty available.

Oh I failed to report back earlier, Mosaic has said Aretha's Columbia work was too "all over the map" for them. I disagree. Too bad. Hopefully American Beat will continue their reissue of these lps. . . They've done three twofers so far.

To play? Used to be soccer. . . or tennis. . . or soccer. . . or tennis. To watch? I don't watch any sports.

Word.

I'd not disagree with any of that, Lon. Where we might have a difference of opinion is the frequency with which it happens "naturally" as opposed to "forced". Notice I did not say "contrived", because I do not believe that Jarrett is in any way cheap about or with his music. But I do think that he has a history of letting process and outcome become one and the same thing, and that's something that kinda bothers me personally. Well I just don't get this from him so I guess it must not bother me, personally or impersonally.

I guess I disagree with Jim re: Jarrett. I hear a lot of Jarrett's expressiveness as rhapsody, and I enjoy the shifting planes of composed and invented I hear in the solo material. That trio. . .it can swing, it can roll in rubato, it can careen along almost chaotically, and it can produce a triumvirate version of that rhapsody. These are masters at working together, working together.

I am ashamed of myself. For the next few minutes anyway.

Oops! I was asleep!

They also have an upcoming US release of five cds in a box set that have the orchestra performing the works of Dutch jazz composer and arranger Rob Madna that is available for preorder from cduniverse.com for less than thirty dollars: Information: http://www.dutchjazz.nl/Rob%20Madna%20-%20CDs_text_DE.html

Me either, I ordered the cd itself as I have the Strayhorns and Williams and really enjoy them.

I have the cd. If you're a Monk fan, and can handle mediocre sound (it's good enough for this kind of thing but compared to say the RVG recorded Prestige or the Columbia Recordings or the Riverside, mediocre) get it. You'll dig.