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No, you must be a member...but they usually give you some free downloads for joining. You can pick a cheap plan and quit soon after.

Not sure that anyone here is without this material, but these are two notable bargains @ $5.99 each (via Amazon): Bird Diz

On paper it sounds like a good bet, as Tate's tone should mesh well with A.I.'s style. If you want to hear it now... eMusic It is a good'un.

Well, it does look a little like this:

No, it's Monk's Blue Note material.

Can Your Non-Retirement Rock Like Bob Dylan's? If AARP designated a Person of the Year, Bob Dylan would be a shoo-in — except for one detail. The 71-year-old Dylan is anything but retired. And that epitomizes one of Dylan's greatest achievements: longevity. He is six years past the accepted age of retirement in the United States, yet he is still rocking on. Dylan's 35th studio album, "Tempest," is out today. More here: WSJ

Actually, you overpaid by $2.99: Project Gutenberg (search for Henry James).

Was it cold that night?

Some two decades ago, bassist Omer Avital stepped off a plane from his native Israel and into a jazz scene in Manhattan's West Village that was nearly devoid of his countrymen and their music. It was a lonely time, he said, and when he set up shop in Smalls, a dark and slightly tattered basement club that was, like Avital, struggling to build a reputation, he inevitably found his bands populated by Americans and his sets dominated by well-worn standards. But when Avital returned to a refurbished Smalls for four nights this past June and July, his standing had taken a turn for the better and his repertoire a turn toward the East. The occasion was the debut of his new combo, the Band of the East, which places the traditions of his youth at the core of a working unit. The personnel of the band changed over the course of the engagement, but on all four nights, a singular young Israeli, Nadav Remez, filled the guitar chair. Read more: Forward

Happy birthday, and thanks for all the great music.

Amazon US says "this title has not yet been released": Amazon

You are brilliant.

Didn't he also play on Blonde On Blonde?

I like the Payne/Drew score, although not as much as the one penned by Freddie Redd. Considering the fact that Payne has Clark Terry, Bennie Green, Duke Jordan, Ron Carter and Charlie Persip on hand, how can you go wrong? Was it ever reissued on CD? I have it as part of the Charlie Parker Records box. Probably not a legit reissue, but who knows.

To savor a list of songs composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David, who died Saturday at age 91, is to delight in the majesty of their achievement: "One Less Bell to Answer," "The Look of Love," "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," "This Guy's in Love With You," "What's New Pussycat?" and "What the World Needs Now Is Love"—and the incomparable string of hits they had with singer Dionne Warwick, including "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "Don't Make Me Over," "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Walk on By." Music lovers of a certain age can recall the melodies of those songs and, just as easily, David's lyrics, which are characterized by straight talk, vernacular, concision, a narrative flow, insight, an easy wit and a bittersweet take on love, in which heartache demoralizes but never destroys. More here: WSJ

There's not much out there: some tracks on Blue Note with the Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet, the live tracks from Minton's (see Jazz Immortal on OJC), the recently released tracks on Uptown ("Electric"), the tracks with Goodman and the Kansas City Six on From Spirituals To Swing, and live tracks compiled on an Andorran label that I'd never link to. All are worthwhile; I'd start with Jazz Immortal.

But it does demolish any legal logic used to justify this board policy. The point of the policy, I presume, is to immunize Jim from lawsuits lodged by copyright holders. But if the world's largest online retailer is selling the product, arguing that linking to such products will amount to likely lawsuits for Jim makes no sense. The point of a lawsuit is to obtain relief from harm; if nobody is bothering to sue Amazon, which is causing about 1,000,000x the harm Jim is in such a case...then why does Jim have anything to fear? It's asinine. I believe the point of the policy is not just a legal one but a moral one: people should not profit from the sale of bootlegs because the true owners of that music have not given their permission and are not being paid for it.

Hal David, whose simple, heartfelt lyrics made a perfect fit with Burt Bacharach's quirky melodies and resulted in dozens of hit songs, including "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," died Saturday. He was 91. See: http://news.yahoo.co...-205354931.html

Yeah, I couldn't find the original thread myself when I went to reply to your post. I had to use Google Search.

LOL!

I totally agree. Previously discussed here.

Also available for download from eMusic.