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Tommy LiPuma, the five-time Grammy-winning record producer and veteran label executive, died Monday (March 13) in New York City after a brief illness. He was 80. LiPuma served in key positions at almost every major recording company, and led Verve Music Group as chairman from 1998 to 2004. His productions have resulted in more than 75 million albums sold and 33 Grammy nominations. More here: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7721006/tommy-lipuma-obit

For the record, OP said in a DownBeat interview that this record contained his favorite of his own playing:

Not jazz per se, but an amazing box at a great price: Leonard Cohen - Complete Columbia, $17.48 + $3.99 shipping from an Amazon Reseller: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005F8CL1S/ref=tmm_acd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=&sr=

Listening now to this; OP is excellent throughout in his supporting role:

Django Reinhardt on Vogue 1934-1951 (8 CDs), $14.54 + $3.99 shipping from an Amazon Reseller: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008BIPKEO/sr=1-3/qid=1489261399/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1489261399&sr=1-3

That was wild! He went into the upper range and hit all the notes (I hate it when someone tries and fails to hit the note - it just sounds sad).

OK, two more:

I got a nice little surprise today. I noticed that the dead.net store still had CDs in stock of Road Trips #1 & 2 (Fall '79 and October '77). They arrived today, and #1 still had the bonus disc!

Well, The New Yorker as a whole took a major downturn in the past year, as their Trump, race and gender obsessions have made the whole magazine rather tedious. Not sure that Mankoff can be blamed for that - he was hopefully just following orders. There were 3 really funny cartoons in the last issue. I more dread who they'll bring on to replace him, but in any event I don't plan on renewing my subscription.

From the liner notes to "Homecoming":

Two thoughts about all this: 1) When syncing your music from your computer to your iPhone, there's an option to "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps." You can then fit a lot more music on your iPhone, and you might find that 128 kbps is perfectly acceptable for listening in your car. I've never tried this, but it sounds like it's worth a shot. 2) SanDisk makes a "Connect Wireless Stick" with capacities up to 256 GB. Amazon has the 200 GB for $83.69. It's wireless storage for your iPhone, serving as an external hard drive. A lot cheaper than a 120 GB iPod Touch. See it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0198QE5MA/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_10?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1 Over the years, my household has collected a bunch of old iPods that are virtually useless because the batteries died. These are perfect to use in the car. I leave one in the center compartment plugged into the USB port. I don't have to worry about battery life, because it draws its power from the car through the 30-pin connector. As for fiddling, I have it on random play, so it's like listening to the radio. I resync every couple of months to put new music on the iPod.

Just got an email from Jazz Messengers that they'll be carrying the Mobley. Here's their web page for release info: http://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/73741/hank-mobley/to-one-so-sweet-stay-that-way They're also carrying Don Byas Meets The Jacobs Brothers - Groovin' High

Just donated via PayPal. Thanks for providing this site, Jim.

I'm not a fan of Dex's Prestige albums. The rhythm sections are generally a mismatch (I'm looking at you, Alan Dawson).

I've seen him 3 times: once in Ithaca, NY with the band that did the "Passengers" album (including 2 basses: Swallow on electric and Eberhard Weber on acoustic), once in 1975 at SUNY-Binghamton (my only memory of this show is that the acoustics of the room were such that when Burton hit one particular note on his vibes, the reverberation shot through my temples like a bullet, and he kept hitting that note over and over; I had to leave the concert), and once at the Bottom Line around 1993 when he performed with Rebecca Parris to support their "It's Another Day" album. His peak for me were his early ECM albums: The New Quartet, Crystal Silence, Hotel Hello, and on through the Zurich with Corea album. Great, great stuff. Later on, he blanded out. This seemed to be his intent and vision, because if his later ECMs were bland, he then went on to GRP and a bunch of really bland albums. Ozone played on two of those bland ECMs: "Real Life Hits" and "Whiz Kids" - nothing terrible, but nothing really memorable either.

The two I posted were from Wolfgang's Vault. I think that's now part of Concert Vault. I didn't see anything on Concert Vault for sale - it was all streaming.

OK, I see that now too. It seems some are for sale, but many (most?) are not. So, for example: but: Thanks, rostasi.

Are you already a member?

Can you still buy individual concerts to download to your computer, or have they switched to all-streaming?

I called Mosaic yesterday, and they said my order is ready to ship.

Sad to hear. I'll play his Mosaic box tonight in his honor. RIP.

Very interesting reading. Humanizes everyone involved, including the business people.

That must be what's holding up my order.