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Where is the Winterjazzfest in January located?

Also how he mispronounces "poignant."

I'm assuming there will soon be an announcement of a CD box set of the same material from Hip-O Select. It makes no sense that Mosaic would do all this work just to release it on LP only.

Listening now to Sco-Mule. So fine! Great listening music, great party music.

My goal is to have speakers throughout the house, sort of like a hand-crafted Sonos system. That's why I need Airplay.

Do these connect to the Airport Express via USB or via an optical audio cable?

http://www.mosaicrecords.com/discography.asp?number=262-MD-CD&price=$102.00&copies=6 CDs

Nina Simone, the Mayor of Jerusalem and Me - forward.com

That's great. I was looking at my Grant Green CDs today, and came across Matador: McCoy, Elvin and Cranshaw. How cool is that? Bet the Coltrane quartet would've sounded very different with Bob there.

Just noticed this recent release while browsing on Amazon. Looks interesting:

https://youtu.be/HsXLrivjeEo

Bob Dylan is a welder and he makes big iron gates out of scrap metal Halcyon Gallery

I totally agree. The challenge is huge. What I hear in that King Pleasure link I posted earlier: He must be true to the original song lyric, must also be true to the emotion conveyed by the melody, and must match his lyrics and delivery to the solo he's "playing" on. And for so little monetary payoff! It's almost like a monastic calling. There's a little more lyrical freedom when the original is an instrumental. I'm thinking of Annie Ross's take on Farmer's Market. She nods to the title by spinning some yarn about beans.

I heard some of the 2CD version in a record store. Truly didn't impress me; sounded like bottom of the barrel stuff.

Are these from the Savory collection?

Those look sweet. Some Amazon reviews said the bass response on the A2 is a little lacking. Do you find this to be true?

I already use an Airport Express. I know it works well, but was looking for a more visually-appealing solution.

Does anyone know if this was just a typo, or was there a reason why they spelled it Carnegy?

I found some interesting things today: New York Jazz Sextet (Art Farmer, James Moody, Tom Macintosh, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, Tootie Heath) - Recorded Together For The First Time - Group Therapy (Scepter) Leo Parker, Sahib Shihab, Red Saunders' Band - Rare Unissued Recordings, Vintage 1951-53 (Chess) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (Scepter) The Duke, The Blues, Billy Eckstine and me! (Regent) James Moody - Last Train From Overbrook (Chess) Laurindo Almeida - Acapulco '22 (Tower)

I think that argument would make sense if Don't Ask were a one-off, or something like Grant Green's Easy. But Sonny went on to make many records like Don't Ask, so his heart really was in it. When he moved to more "straight-ahead" albums such as +3, it's because that's what he wanted to do then. Sonny trying to be "relevant" - I like that. And he was much better at it than Miles Davis was. As for the mix, blame that on Fantasy's Berkeley studio. Really flat, wooden sound; hated it then, and still do. In Hardbopjazz's first post, can we ID the people in the photographs? First photo: Donald Fagen and Sonny. Second photo: Benny Golson and... Renee Fleming? Third photo: George Cables and Jimmy Heath. Fourth photo: Billy Harper? And who else? Fifth photo: ?? Sixth photo: ????? Seventh photo: Jimmy Heath in the center. Who else? Eighth photo: Sonny in the center. Who else?

Can anyone recommend a good powered speaker or speakers that have Apple's Airplay built in?

"Don't Ask" was of its time. No need to apologize; it's a fine record. And Coryell is good on it. I (again) recommend "Silver City," which would definitely spur a re-evaluation of Sonny's Milestone years.

Happy birthday, GA!

I think King Pleasure was a genius. This tune captures it all: not just the vocal tracking the original, but also great singing that conveys the emotion of the song. I'm impressed every time I hear this: https://youtu.be/nbvpUd7_gjc

$59.61 from an Amazon reseller: $23.55 from an Amazon reseller: