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I'm thinking of rejoining. I just got an offer from them: 75 free downloads to rejoin, and 12 credits a month for $5.99.

March 19: Lennie Tristano, piano, 1919 Bill Henderson, singer, 1926 Eliane Elias, piano, 1960

March 18: Jean Goldkette, bandleader, 1899 Bill Frisell, guitar, 1951

F, G and H are on CD here:

March 13: Dick Katz, piano, 1924 Terence Blanchard, trumpet, 1962

DALLAS—Last fall, more than 200 people crammed into one of this city's premier contemporary art galleries for a three-day show. The white walls, accustomed to paintings that sell for thousands of dollars, were home to less rarified fare. The show? Eight Track Tapes: The Bucks Burnett Collection. "It was packed," says gallery owner Barry Whistler. Presiding over the affair was James "Bucks" Burnett, a portly fellow with long gray hair and a white beard. He wore a tailored brown suit covered with images from the album cover of Led Zeppelin's 1973 Houses of the Holy. Strangers showed up offering boxes of eight tracks, which Mr. Burnett happily pawed through, plucking out dusty rarities and putting them on display. The positive response "led me to think maybe I'm not insane," says Mr. Burnett. But it also helped him realize that a brief gallery show simply can't contain his vision for the hard plastic tapes, one of the clunkiest and most short-lived music formats of all time.He wants to open an eight-track museum. "There are only two choices. A world with an eight-track museum and a world without an eight-track museum," he says. "I choose with." More here: WSJ

March 12: Willie Maiden, sax, arranger, 1928 Hugh Lawson, piano, 1935

Speaking as a listener rather than as a musician, as soon as I hear a Herbie or McCoy clone, I immediately tune out. I heard Pat Martino on his Wes Montgomery tour, and the band was burning, except for the pianist, who was a McCoy clone. He may have been "more harmonically advanced," but it only sounded like he gummed up the music with all those block chords. And he wasn't playing anything that wasn't McCoy's - I heard no individuality in his playing. Give me Bud or Sonny's approach anyday, which allows the music to open up more and encourages interplay. Harmonic advancement is only worthwhile if it sounds good. BTW, I just picked up Grant Stewart's "Plays the Music of Ellington and Strayhorn," with Tardo Hammer on it. I'm looking forward to hearing it.

I recently ordered this from an Amazon reseller (great price): EW&F

March 11: Leroy Jenkins, violin, 1932 Bobby McFerrin, singer, 1950

There was a thread similar to this recently: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55584-charles-mingus/page__hl__mingus If I had to pick 3: Mingus at the Bohemia Mingus Ah Um The Paris "America" Session

How much is shipping?

Ditto. What a lovely synergy.

March 10: Bix Beiderbecke, cornet, 1903 David Friedman, vibes, 1944

That's an amazing list, TMG. Very informative.

March 9: Herschel Evans, tenor sax, 1909 Ornette Coleman, alto sax, trumpet, violin, 1931 Artt Frank, drums, 1933

Here are my thoughts as to why: The Mosaic building was mostly a warehouse, with a front set of offices. Either: 1) The lease was up for renewal. Mosaic farms out fulfillment to a third party, and gives up the building, resulting in significant savings. Michael and Scott then work out of their homes. 2) The south end of Stamford is currently going through massive renewal: very large office/residential/shopping complexes are being planned. The current owner of the Mosaic building is selling out, and told Mosaic to leave. 3) Same as #2, except that it's possible that Mosaic either owns or co-owns the building. They make money on the sale. Article on the development of the area around Mosaic warehouse; not a comprehensive article on the subject, but it'll give you a taste: Stamford Advocate

Maybe because you usually order by phone and not on-line, and aren't on their email list? I got one too, and I'm certainly not an insider. It was in an email titled "Last Chance." The top half of the email was about the Bix Box; below that is the announcement.

March 8: George Coleman, tenor sax, 1935 Billy Childs, piano, 1957

March 7: Alcide Pavageau, bass, 1888 Lee Young, drums, 1917

I wanted to see them when they hit Connecticut, but it was sold out. Please let us know how they were. Sounds like the same Jay Lane who played with Charlie Hunter.

Amazon is listing this as being available in the US on April 20: People Time

Laurie, I just noticed that this great date is listed as being available from Amazon on March 30. Do you know if it's a legitimate release or a bootleg? Among Friends

March 5: Lou Levy, piano, 1928 Bill Takas, bass, 1932

Surprised they're not calling it "The Complete Don Cherry 1959 Sessions."