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January 20: Jimmy Cobb, drums, 1929

They only charged my card now, and they did not charge for shipping. I'm holding the box in my sweaty hands right now.

No perch?

I got an email notification that Mosaic is shipping me the Benedetti Bird box!!! I ordered it last February!!! I'm pretty happy.

January 18: Don Thompson, piano, bass, composer, 1940 Al Foster, drums, 1944 Steve Grossman, tenor and soprano sax, 1951 January 19: Horace Parlan, piano, 1931

i also like that nirvana/beatles mashup much more than the beyonce/ellington thing. the beyonce thing was kinda cute but for me more annoying than anything. as far as nirvana mashups, my favorite is definitely this one - killer: Rick Astley vs. Nirvana you guys may have already seen it, but i just got shown it a little while back. it fits so perfectly it's kinda scary... Thanks for posting that; it was amazing.

Two more that are really good:

Just noticed this on Amazon as coming soon. They also list a Ray Charles. Format seems similar to the Sony Original Album Classics series. Wonder if there will be others: Original Album Series - Duke Ellington

I like a lot of Charlie Hunter. Have you ever heard this?

There was hardly room to shoehorn in another Charlie Hunter fan at Rose, a club in the Williamsburg neighborhood here, on a recent Tuesday night. On the tiny stage, Curtis Fowlkes, on trombone, leaned against a sidewall as he played, and drummer Eric Kalb was tucked in back with his kit. Mr. Hunter sat downstage in front of his amp, playing bass as well as melody and rhythm on his seven-string guitar, doing two jobs at once as if in deference to the crowded conditions. The trio offered songs from Mr. Hunter's new album, "Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid" (Spire Artist), which takes its name from a confession uttered by an employer whom Mr. Hunter, when we spoke at the bar before the show, declined to name but described as a notable veteran band leader. This disc, Mr. Hunter's 17th solo album, represents another twist in the 42-year-old's career. He and Mr. Kalb constitute the rhythm section; Mr. Fowlkes— who's played with Charlie Haden, Henry Threadgill, John Zorn and many others—is joined by Alan Ferber on trombone and Eric Biondo on trumpet. Thus, Mr. Hunter is backed only by brass and percussion on nine new compositions that dip into funk, R&B and soul. As he ate a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs, I asked him to name the influences for his new music. He replied, "Albert King, Wes Montgomery, Philly Joe Jones, Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, James Jamerson, Booker T, the Meters, Clyde Stubblefield." That's a small list, he added. More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500104574651030988931724.html

January 16: Vido Musso, tenor sax, 1913 Sandy Block, bass, 1917

That is a great description. Rohmer's films are sensual, but not in an overripe way. They're bursting with life.

January 15: Gene Krupa, drums, 1909

It's not iTunes. It's the CDDB (Internet Music Database). And yes, there are enough discrete combinations of # of tracks and length of each track that albums can be detected with remarkable accuracy. Here is the Wikipedia entry on the CDDB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB. See especially the section "How CDDB works." It doesn't work 100% of the time - iTunes will occasionally ask you to choose from 2 alternatives. There are also some albums not yet in CDDB - that may be the case with your George Wallington record. In those cases, you can actually contribute the data to CDDB - in iTunes, it can be found under Advanced/Submit CD Track Names.

Also, Jimmy Crawford, drums, 1910

Well, I'm not a member anymore, so I probably don't have the most up-to-date information. When they wanted me to rejoin, they were offering 50 downloads per month for $20/month. Most albums are 12 credits, so that's roughly $5 an album. Some albums are 6 credits. The trick is, of course, that it's a subscription service: on some plans, you're free to drop out at any time, but on others, you're locked in for a year. On the other other hand, they offer an introductory bonus: 25 free downloads without an obligation (though you must give them your credit card first). So, a lot to weigh. You should take a look at the titles they have to offer: eMusic browse

They have the whole Mingus box set, "Passions of a Man," for only 12 credits.

We must have the same calendar!

Amazon.com has it again for pre-order.

Amazing! Great!!

January 12: Jay McShann, piano, 1916 Ronald Shannon Jackson, drums, 1940

I'm not either. Morrison is obviously drunk.

Great book: Live at the Village Vanguard, by Max Gordon In the '30's, they had poets and other bohemian entertainment. In 1939, Max discovered Judy Holliday. She knew Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In the '40's, Leadbelly, Josh White, Richard Dyer-Bennet. An eclectic mix.

Probably my favorite film maker. A true loss. You have to like that sort of movie. A common reaction is "Nothing happened during that movie. All they did was talk." If this sounds like you, you wouldn't like his movies. But for others, ahhh... No, really, there are so many wonderful Eric Rohmer movies. Off the top of my head: Claire's Knee, My Night at Maud's, Pauline at the Beach, Summer (original title: Le Rayon Vert), Boyfriends and Girlfriends... Nothing much happens. Yet so much happens. Thank you, Mr. Rohmer. Please let us know if you come across an English translation.