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Life carried on as expected: I (and everyone else at the Vanguard) got their drinks, and the band played on. Reprimanded?? I think the bigger threat to the Vanguard was the waitstaff walking out en masse.

I saw him there, around 1976. My favorite memory was the attitude of the waitstaff. Jarrett came out, and announced that he wanted complete silence during their performance...and that the waitstaff should not serve drinks during the performance. Around 5 minutes into the set, my waitress came by to take my drink order. I said to her, smiling, what about Jarrett's request? She rolled her eyes and carried on.

Agreed. There was a major drop-off in pressing quality in the late '70's, which coincided with the price spikes/gas shortages of the era (oil being the major component of vinyl). Rampant inflation of the late '70's also a major cause. Though I've never been a student of it, you could tell the majors each either owned or used a particular pressing plant - you could tell by the way the vinyl was indented in the label area. Capitol had a largish circle near the hole (and their vinyl was thicker and harder too; probably poorer quality), Columbia had a rim around the outer part of the label, RCA had a small circle right near the hole, Atlantic had a rim around the outer part of the label, but different than Columbia's - it had a more sloping edge and got very thin near the label. Atlantic pressings could also be very warped, noisy, and off-center. MCA's also had a small circle near the hole, but different than RCA's, and their vinyl was also thicker, harder and noisier. Fantasy/Milestone pressings were always very good, even the inexpensive OJCs - I think they used Columbia's pressing plants. ECM's pressings, starting from when they were distributed by WB, were off-the-charts beautiful; they seemed to use some audiophile pressing plant, and they encased their discs in rice-paper sleeves. Dealing with all those noisy, warped, off-center vinyl discs in the late '70's - early '80's, I remember being baffled by the negative reaction to CD's. They seemed like a boon, comparatively.

Lorraine's Pepsi-Cola Club?

On the other hand... (courtesy of James Taranto): This August 2011 column by ESPN's D.J. Gallo speaks for itself: "There is still one area where we Americans are still No. 1: self-esteem. Yes, a study published last November in Psychology Today found that, thanks to going criticism-free from parents and educators for decades, today's American students feel they will make outstanding parents, spouses and workers--even if they've accomplished nothing in or out of the classroom to merit such positive feelings about themselves. We might be dumb, but we're proud of it! . . . "Which brings us to Eli Manning and the state of the American quarterback. On Tuesday, Manning -- again: this is Eli Manning, not Peyton Manning -- told ESPN Radio 1050 in New York that he considers himself to be in the same class as Tom Brady. Last year Manning led the NFL in interceptions and was 17th in passer rating. He has a quarterback rating of 80.2 for his career. I would compare his production to Brady's, but I fear doing irreparable damage to Eli's burgeoning self-esteem. "Unfortunately, Manning is not the only NFL quarterback with delusions of grandeur."

Tom Wilson is the guy in the front row on the far left:

My impression, although I've never read it explicitly, is that as long as you are logged into Google, in any way, they will track and record whatever web sites you visit, even if it's not directly from a Google search results page. I have yet to see any assurances to the contrary.

I genuinely enjoy Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians." I saw a blurb recently claiming that Karl Jenkins is the most popular current British classical composer. Is this true? As a Soft Machine fan, I found this interesting/amusing. I have the first Adiemus disc, but consider it more New Age than classical.

Google's Ad Preferences Manager Here's where Google shows the inferences they've made about you based on what they've collected about you. You can also "opt-out" of their tailoring ad results based on your search history; I doubt they'll stop collecting information about you, however. Do you really trust their voracious data appetite at this point? Do a Google search for "Ad Preferences Manager" for related web pages on this subject.

More on Pauline Butcher's book: look at the first customer review: Amazon

Maybe, because Concord does own the Pablo catalog, but this is on disc 2, in the midst of Prestige material. OTOH, this is a very clean, modern-sounding live recording. Perhaps they put it here to contrast the MJQ's approach to the tune over the years?

On disc 2 of "The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings," there are 2 versions of "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise." The first is the studio version from Concorde. The second is a live version. Does anyone know discographical details of this track? Thanks in advance.

I think you have reasons to be concerned: WSJ

Petula Clark isn't much for hanging out in the past. This may explain why the 1960s British pop star long ago chucked the miniskirts and trumpet-sleeved baby-doll dresses that were part of her mod, mod, mod, mod world. "My daughters are furious because I haven't kept any of that stuff. They would love to have go-go boots or some of the other things I used to wear," said Ms. Clark, 79, whose children will have to content themselves with mementos like mom's two Grammy Awards and her 10 gold records for such hits as "This Is My Song," "My Love" "I Can't Live Without Your Love" and, of course, the catchy little ditty that started it all, "Downtown." More here: WSJ

I suggest that if they continue with video press releases, they should also create some that are 1 - 2 minutes in length; just the facts, ma'am. Not all of us have the time for 20 - 30 minutes per clip.

try this approach it's the 4th article down on the right. Mscitech daily Thank you! I now see the entire article. I hope I don't forget to read it...

Looks like an interesting article. Unfortunately, open only to subscribers.

Empty your cache, then close and restart your browser. See if that helps.

Getting back to the Blackhawk topic for a moment, I've always thought that Hank's behind the beat phrasing clashed with Jimmy Cobb's rushed pacing (which may have been Miles's preference). Cobb played far more supportively under Miles than under Mobe.

For those so inclined, some of the (fake) Horos are now available for download on eMusic. I saw Lee Konitz/Martial Solal, Archie Shepp, one of the Sun Ras.

Though it's strange that Amazon, the actual seller of the recordings, doesn't get into trouble. They've been doing so for many years.

Happy birthday!

There was a brief discussion in November about this box, beginning on this page: Are there any box bargains currently available? Where did you see the box at that price, if I may ask?

I got 3 ads for dentistry.

TMG: Your first post now contains only 79 inessential, but rather enjoyable, Soul Jazz albums (probably from deleting duplicates). Your 5/15/08 post added 9 compilations. That leaves us bereft of 12 Soul Jazz classics. Please complete the list!!!