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I visited them a few weeks ago, to pick up some titles. The office was bustling, people were very nice and friendly; nothing seemed amiss.

"A La Modal" has Dex on soprano sax. On the whole, I'd say the music's worthwhile to get, although it may mirror many other collector tapes of the period.

I like these better than the original Prestiges, which could be pretty artless.

Just noticed there's a radio ad in the midst of one of the Woody Shaw performances. Now think sound quality's not that great.

No. I'll let you know if that changes. Glad you asked, though. I did a search for Dewey Redman, and found that eMusic now carries the Palmetto label!

eMusic has just added At The Bimhuis 1982: http://www.emusic.com/album/11011/11011661.html

eMusic is now carrying a label called Tuff City; their titles seem to be singles sessions with alternate takes. Does anyone know about this Dexter Gordon session? There's only two tracks: Jingle Jangle Jump (take 1; 2:28) and Jingle Jangle Jump (take 2; 2:29). Here's the cover:

I've listened to them on my computer with Aiwa speakers (not bad, but not great). The sound quality of the music is listenable and enjoyable. "In Your Own Sweet Way," "Invitation," and "Stepping Stone" are Woody Shaw only; "The Panther" and "Body and Soul" are Dexter Gordon only; and "Green Dolphin Street" and "A La Modal" are Dexter with Woody. It's very possible that the Woody and the Dexter/Dexter with Woody tracks were recorded at different concerts, as the Woody tracks have better sound quality. The tracks do not list recording dates, locations or personnel, so it's hard to be definitive (Dexter does announce his band as Ronnie Matthews, Stafford James and Louis Hayes, but who knows if that's for all his tracks?). The Dexters sound like cassette quality, but from the mixing board; the bass is LOUD. Woody's trumpet is a little low in the mix on his tracks.

I've just looked these up on iTunes. They're both pretty cheap: $3.96 for volume 1 (4 tunes, ~ 54 minutes), $2.97 for volume 2 (3 tunes, ~ 65 minutes), if that matters to you (it does to me!).

Just noticed that the Biograph release is now available on eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/11014/11014269.html

It's funny how perspective means everything. The original free-form FM radio station in the NYC area was WABC-FM (they were so free-form that, when they decided to change their call letters into something individual, they chose the title of the Zappa cover "WPLJ"). So I always heard WNEW-FM as a watered-down version of WPLJ, and I always heard them as pretty commercial. I read the article as about nostalgia. There's nothing wrong with that. Think of how many people get misty-eyed over The Brady Bunch. Well, it means a lot to them.

I think there was a thread about this recently, but I can't find it.

What's your favorite jazz cover of a Dylan tune? One that comes to mind is David "Fathead" Newman's version of "Just Like A Woman."

I'll be needing a refill of Discwasher D4 fluid soon, and did a web search. There's a site, Jerry Raskin's Needle Doctor (http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Audio-Accessories) that has excellent prices. Is anyone familiar with them, or has used them?

Emily Remler. The first time I heard Catwalk, I was struck by how her sound and tone was similar to Metheny's. And she was a very good guitarist.

This is the part that got me: "He also claims that he has not made vast amounts of money from what he has done – and that the number of recordings sold by his company (including non-Hatto discs) between April 2006 and the time of writing only number 5595. The number of recordings sold in the previous year was only 3051 (he confirmed these figures to Gramophone)." While the story, I guess, is intellectually interesting, it's sad that so much work was expended for so little payoff. It sounds like the classical community is as small (or smaller) than the jazz community.

What's your experience buying from them - are they reliable and trustworthy?

Very sad. RIP.

For Costco members, they're carrying What It Is for $49.95: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?...av=&browse=

As a reminder, these can be purchased directly from Yazoo: http://www.yazoorecords.com/order.htm "Web Special: For every 4 items purchased — receive a 5th item free!" No mention on the website that they're ceasing production.

When they started carrying Candid, they started with just a few titles; each month, they add more. Now they have a large part of the catalog. Here's hoping they'll do the same with Storyville. I've just noticed that they have a lot more Storyville titles! It's interesting that I don't recall seeing these listed in the "New This Week" lists. Anyway, check out: Billy Strayhorn - Piano Passion: http://www.emusic.com/album/10985/10985109.html Louis Armstrong In Scandinavia Vol. 1: http://www.emusic.com/album/10985/10985147.html Duke Ellington - 1943 Carnegie Concert: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984546.html Ben Webster Live At Ronnie Scott 1964: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984954.html Thad Jones - Eclipse: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984502.html The Noble Art Of Teddy Wilson: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984606.html Duke Ellington - Togo Brava Suite: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984908.html Horace Parlan - Relaxin' With Horace: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984951.html Ben Webster plays Duke Ellington: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984535.html Stuff Smith Quartet - Swingin' Stuff: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984372.html Sahib Shihab - Sentiments: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984815.html Clark Terry And His Orchestra feat. Paul Gonsalves: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984605.html Stuff Smith Quartet - Hot Stuff: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984375.html Ed Thigpen - It's entertainment: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984673.html

This month's downloads: Ray Bryant - Solo Flight Sun Ra - Fate In A Pleasant Mood / When Sun Comes Out The Complete Dexter Gordon on Prestige, disc 5 Charlie Hunter Quintet - Right Now Move Hank Jones - The Talented Touch / Porgy And Bess Curtis Fuller - New Trombone George Benson - The New Boss Guitar Lennie Niehaus - Zounds!

Anyway, I preordered Old & New Gospel, AT's Delight, and The Cat Walk. Still wondering about the Delights. Tadd's Delight, Sid's Delight...I know there are others.

I did it! Slurped up about 90 tracks; lotsa fun. Good site too, if anyone else hasn't yet checked it out.

That tune almost certainly was "All Across The City," later recorded by Hall with Bill Evans I believe and probably elsewhere. "Two Jims and a Zoot" (A&R man Teddy Charles) is good one -- top-notch Raney and some fine work from the young Steve Swallow.