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Many many more happy one$!

Hey Herb, that's interesting, also being a first surviving child. It's sometimes a little weird when I think of it, for me possibly because that child was going to have my name. . . .

Went with Helen and our friends Betsy and Linda to Katz's. I had the Reuben and a few bites of Helen's "Death by Chocolate". . . . Yum.

It's about 4 watts per channel, pentode . . . . I bet you could have him build it in full triode mode and be about 2 watts per channel; it's the same chassis etc. as his basic stereo amp which is triode, 2 watt.

I reckon I will, once I get back from Joe Milazzo's wedding this evening. Me & LTB's gettin' all slickered up as we speak. Jim, Tell Joe that Helen and I wish we could be there, okay, but we can't. . . .Thanks.

Excellent job Jim! THANKS! Glad we're back up. Some of us were getting way too much other work done!

This is a great box set . . and that looks like a great deal!

Hey, you can order Lost Reels Vol. 2 directly from Michael of Transparency, and get a bonus cd as well (an interview from 1988) http://cgi.ebay.com/SUN-RA-Intergalactic-R...1QQcmdZViewItem

I think I'll pass on Trio of Doom. Anyway, here's a brief review from hmv.co.uk Jun 2007 A fusion-fest of epic proportions, performed by a jazz supergroup containing three of the biggest names to emerge during the 1970s – guitarist John McLaughlin, Weather Report's bass superstar Jaco Pastorius and onetime Miles Davis wunderkind Tony Williams. Part of this album was released on a limited edition LP – 'Havana Jams' - in the late 1970s, but the remainder consists of studio recordings that have never been commercially released before, and as such this CD will be much sought after by jazz-rock connoisseurs. The CD has been prepared by John McLaughlin himself who oversaw the remastering process and also contributed to the extensive liner notes that accompany the CD. Brought together for one gig and one studio session, the Trio Of Doom reveals three of the biggest names in jazz at the height of their powers, in a setting (and at a volume) normally associated with heavy rock bands of the time! After 30 years languishing in the Columbia vaults, the music on this CD issue reveals an incredible one-off collaboration that sounds as fresh today as it did when recorded.

So much better than the original two lp set. . .clearer sound (no added reverb) and expanded. And the lp set was fantastic! I STILL would have to say the Blue Note peiriod is my favorite Monk, but live Columiba Monk is really a contender for that title.

I think this is the seventh book about Alexander I've read this year. This one is going to take a while to get through. . . it's dense. I'm reading an earlier Penguin edition.

I've got the Ace paperback of that. Last time I read it there were some very funny moments had me laughing out loud!

I'm a first born (or rather, first surviving child, first born arrived stillborn) and my wife is a first born.

Many more happy happy ones!

No kidding? And I agree, Shawn never should have left Texas. With or without the goddess.. .. .. ..

Chris, that's a selling point! These are fun albums, thanks for the headsup.

We've done this before. My dad's love of swing music and Gershwin and his few Ellington lps helped a lot, as well as the few Brubeck lps my mom had (one on red vinyl!) And a few Peace Corps volunteers paved the way with lps by Charles Bell and Leo Wright that were in their Swaziland "care packages" and they didn't dig. . . I did! I started being a British Blues convert listening to Radio Lourenco Marques, but I also started digging the sounds of Chicago and BS&T with the horns which was a warm ujp for the real thing. I saw Chicago within a month of returning to the US and the horn section excited me. I was experimenting around with jazz lps in the library in Ohio when I was a junior in high school when I hit "Filles De Kilamanjaro". . . and a door was opened that I rushed in to. And then "Miles at Fillmore" was found. That set me on an odyssey that led me to a number of jazz artitsts associated with Miles. . .and also led me to a copy of "Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy" whick really really changed the course of my listening.

I'm a big Nistico fan as well. Have to agree Larry, "Empty Room" is a great cd.

Not likely if ejp has reissues in hand with dusty logos and Universal Special Product bylines!

So. . . just what is up with Storyville these days, under new management, and compiling previous reissuse, and . . . what else? Anyone know? It would be sad if the D. E. T. S. series ended. They seem to be releasing a fourth "Louis Armstrong in Scandinavia" volume. . . only in a box set that includes the previous three (?) Any .. .. .. good news or signs?

NO kidding. . . Even massive debt doesn't deter me!

That's quite a good one. Eliminated the need for about three or four cds in my collection (though I kept the two earlier Trio Savoy/Denon cds because I really like the sound and the art and "feel" of the reissues.)

Right, that's basically what it says on her official website. Good news, as about half of her work hasn't really appeared digitally officially. And I'm eager to hear what I haven't.

I do believe your memory is correct Shawn! Jim, yes, soulful, in a totally different way than we often use the term. She gets right at the heart of songs somehow. Her manager is working hard to make her presence on the scene and in the legacy more known. I'm hoping he'll continue to make her remaining titles available digitally if not in aluminum cd form.