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I'm waiting for the On The Corner box to drop in price.

OMG, this reminds me of a guy who roamed the subways in the early 80's. Short guy, dressed in Sun Ra regalia, who'd enter a subway car and announce that he was an alien from another planet, and he was about to play some cosmic tones - and would then do about 30 seconds of energy music on a tenor, and then pass the hat! Does anyone here remember him? (I know, I know, far off topic, but I had to share.)

I just got The Secret Sessions today. Under the shrinkwrap are 2 stickers stating "Used," but the material is obviously untouched. Nice package.

I heard ScoLoHoFo recently, and really did not like it. Nothing wrong with Sco, but those other three guys made it dull and lackluster. I think these days, Sco is better with a funk groove. When he does pure jazz dates (Works For Me is another that comes to mind), I think he's too respectful of the music - to bring out Scofield's best, he needs to be more greazy and sardonic - his Frank Zappa side. And those sidemen - Lovano and Kenny Garrett are not the way to go. He needs someone bolder and funnier, with a thicker sound (but no one comes to mind). Just my two cents.

I dunno. I owned a live album on Capitol, "Other Side Of This Life" (had this cover shot), but it didn't do much for me.

For those interested, eMusic has just listed this: Cool Dogs & Two Oranges

PARIS – If you've ever stared at a Jackson Pollock thinking, "This is what a Charlie Parker solo looks like," or been moved enough by Thelonious Monk to announce, "He is the Picasso of the piano," here is a show for you. "The Jazz Century" is being staged in an ethnological museum, the Musée du Quai Branly, but don't expect a collection of native curiosities from a strange, lost world. "This is not a music history exhibition," says curator Daniel Soutif. "You won't see Louis Armstrong's trumpet." Rather, Mr. Soutif has turned the museum's cavernous exhibition space into a multimedia exploration of jazz music's influence on Western culture and art -- as well as its roots in African and American traditions. It's an ambitious goal, but there's no denying the premise: Jazz may not be as popular as it was in its heydays in the 1920s and 1950s, but as even the contemporary artworks on display show, the music's vibrant spirit is still very much alive. More here: WSJ

Sad that the letter writers totally overlooked the sad, harrowing story of Albany's daughter.

Duke Ellington - At The Alhambra Stan Getz - Blue Skies James Moody and Hank Jones - Our Delight Herb Ellis - Soft Shoe Cecil Taylor - 3 Phasis Moondog (Prestige) Art Pepper - The Trip Bill Heid - Dark Secrets Benny Golson - The Modern Touch Larry Young - Testifying Jaki Byard - Hi-Fly Curtis Fuller - Four On The Outside

Two titles by Lorne Lofsky were just added.

I was just listening to Gary Burton's "Passengers," with Pat Metheny and Eberhard Weber. A long-time favorite.

For those interested, HMV now has the Second Quintet box for £13.99. An absurdly low price. See here.

Interesting that T.S. Monk was on drums. Wouldn't he own the rights? He could have put it out on his record label.

Just ordered The Secret Sessions. Thanks for the tip.

Got my Seven Steps box today. What a beautiful package!

I got the '60's Quintet box today. Long box, shrink wrapped, label easily came off. The booklet: The cover separated from the rest of the booklet. Just checked my credit card bill: it came out to US $32.13. Not bad. BTW, HMV's lowered the price of the Seven Steps to Heaven box to UK 19.99.

"For me there's always this radio playing in my head." Normally, hearing such a statement would be cause for alarm, an indication that someone isn't well. But from prolific jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, it's an honest response to how he's able to actively compose music given the myriad projects he's involved with at any given time. Hargrove, a Dallas native who has lived in New York since 1990, is coming to Fairfield University on Friday with his quintet, the band that released the "Earfood" disc last year. In May, he will release the first disc by his big band, which he has led for nearly 15 years but until now never recorded. In addition, he also leads the RH Factor, a funk/new jack r&b group, and lends his talents to jazz and pop recordings. More here: Stamford Advocate

Just noticed that the Joanne Brackeen album "Snooze" is available on eMusic under the title "Six Ate": Six Ate

On the outside chance that anyone here does not own "Blue Train," it's available today only as an Amazon download for $1.99.

I'll let you know when I get them.

In October 1963, a 25-year-old Johns Hopkins medical student sat at a concert grand piano in the East 30th Street studio of Columbia Records in New York and played a masterpiece of a jazz solo. Denny Zeitlin, from a Chicago family devoted to medicine and music, had come to New York for a 10-week fellowship in psychiatry at Columbia University. But the medical student, a pianist since the age of 2 and a professional musician during his high-school years, had also found time during his New York sojourn to study with the seminal composer George Russell, who became one of his champions, and to sit in with some of the city's leading jazz players. Continued here... WSJ

John Scofield - Live (Enja) The Beau Brummels - Laugh, Laugh (track from Good Time Music) Coleman Hawkins by Coleman Hawkins (Crown), The Hawk Swings (Crown) Coleman Hawkins - Masters of Jazz Vol. 12 Lou Donaldson Quartet - Forgotten Man Junior Mance - Here 'Tis Earl Hines - At Sundown Chet Baker - Strollin' Miles Davis, Stan Getz and Lee Konitz - Conception Paul Horn - A Special Edition Billy Harper - In Europe Jimmy Lyons - Give It Up Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces Of

I just got word that they're on their way.

Have you heard the album? What's it like?