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Probably off-topic, but I thought the Lee Michaels band was fun:

Welcome back!

If you have an iPhone 4S (not a plain old 4), there's an app called Vocal, which allows you to control your iMac through talking to your iPhone. You can dictate emails, launch programs, etc. Pretty cool.

Very soulful performance, great song, and that celeste! RIP.

The Mahavishnu box is available today only @ $38.99 on Popmarket.

There's also a release on Storyville which has material from this time period. There are 3 tracks with the Cables quartet from March 1978, with Thad Jones sitting in on one track. There are also 4 tracks from April 1975 with a quintet of Dex, Red Rodney, Kenny Drew, NHOP and a Swedish drummer. Finally, 2 tracks from 1968 with Dex and the Teddy Wilson Trio. Not essential but enjoyable.

Re Dex on Steeplechase, another really good one is Biting The Apple, with Barry Harris, Sam Jones and Al Foster. The radio broadcasts from the early-mid '60's are another topic altogether. I would love a boxed set of this material; the individual discs are pricey.

Article in today's Stamford Advocate

Amazon is listing a new release (release date Jan 25) of a duo album by Braxton and Buell Neidlinger. Interesting pairing. Not many details yet, though. Amazon

Fabulous! Congratulations!

I've been delving into Indian music recently, and just found this: Amazon 11 1/2 hours for $4.99. I'm not sure what "Bhajan" is (perhaps some sort of religious song), but the samples sound interesting.

All the best in the coming year!

Never mind; I found it on Amazon.

Can you provide an example URL so we can see this concept in action?

Can someone post discographical info for this set? TIA.

Duke, Trane, Armstrong, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell. There are others (Dexter, Grant Green and John Scofield come to mind) who I've listened to so much that I'm not sure I'll hear anything additional out of their work.

Interesting radio program. I've always loved The Koln Concert, and offer no apologies for this. I had heard Ruta & Daitya and Bremen/Lausanne before, but they struck me as rather cold and diffuse. Koln has a warmth and accessibility that I found appealing; it really does seem like a magical moment.

Very gracious remarks by Bill Clinton. And kudos to Mark Stryker!

Jazz is moving up in the world: On Friday, Newark's jazz radio station, WBGO 88.3 FM, plans to activate a new antenna in Manhattan that will be double the height of its current equipment and is expected to generate static-free reception in New York City for the first time in the station's more than 30 year history. More here: WSJ

PERFECT! Thanks, Paul.

The Magnificent Goldberg once posted a list he compiled of 100 Enjoyable Soul Jazz Classics. Does anyone remember this list and is able to locate it?

See this prior discussion: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=35922&hl=status

And let's not forget his contribution of Studio Rivbea and the loft scene.

Shocking. A great loss. RIP.