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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.

Thanks for posting that. Is there an easy way to save the files, or can they only be heard while streaming?

The word "Delight" is very interesting. Why do so many Blue Note album titles or song titles include the word "Delight"? Is this something that jazz musicians would typically used in a title? Are there sessions on labels other than BN that used "Delight"? Or was this an Alfred Lion specialty?

I love Clubhouse - one of my favorite BN Dexter's. Some of it has a very greeezy feel. Freddie is spirited. And "Devilette" is just wonderful - a great tune. This album should have been released, and Gettin' Around (a listless date) should have stayed in the can.

Wall St Journal

EMI Mulls Lifting Online-Music Restrictions By ETHAN SMITH and NICK WINGFIELD February 9, 2007 In a move that could signal a shift in the music industry's antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC has been holding talks with several online retailers about the possibility of selling its entire digital music catalog in the unprotected MP3 format, which can be freely copied and played on virtually any device, according to numerous people familiar with the matter. If EMI strikes such deals, it would become the first major music company to embrace a burgeoning effort to expand the digital marketplace by removing restrictions on the ways consumers can listen to music they purchase online. Earlier this week, Apple Inc.'s chief executive, Steve Jobs, endorsed the idea of selling music without copy protections, arguing that they have done little to slow the piracy that has beset the music industry. The idea is that removing such barriers will help boost digital-music sales, because consumers would be able to play music purchased from any online store on any digital music device. Currently, for example, music purchased at Apple's iTunes Store can only be played on the company's iPod device, a problem that has caused much griping from record companies and competing music services. One person familiar with the matter said that several major music companies have floated the idea of scrapping copy protections in recent months. However, none appears to have gone as far down the road as EMI, and others are clearly still opposed because they say that copy-protection software is critical to stop piracy. On Thursday, Warner Music Group Corp. chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. said his company continues to believe that such protections are essential. The London-based EMI is believed to have held talks with a wide range of online retailers that compete with Apple's iTunes. Those competing retailers include RealNetworks Inc., eMusic.com, MusicNet Inc. and Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks. People familiar with the matter cautioned that EMI could still abandon the proposed strategy before implementing it. A decision about whether to keep pursuing the idea could come as soon as today. An EMI spokeswoman declined to comment on what she called "speculation." For EMI, the move represents a chance to shake off the notion that it has been a laggard in developing a digital-music strategy. While other music companies have experimented with different online endeavors, EMI, for example, is the only major music company that has not struck a licensing deal with Google Inc.'s YouTube. EMI is the world's third-largest music company by sales. While the company is home to acts ranging from the Beatles to Radiohead and the Beastie Boys, not all of its acts -- notably the Beatles -- sell their music in any digital form yet. With a few minor exceptions, the major music companies so far have insisted that their online music offerings come with copy-protection software. That software -- known as digital-rights management, or DRM -- is not always compatible between music players. For example, the DRM software in Apple's dominant iTunes Store isn't compatible with other companies' digital-music players, causing some to wonder whether it might be hampering sales. Continued growth of digital-download sales is generally viewed as a key to the music industry's ability to survive the ongoing decimation of sales of its core product, compact discs. CD sales began dropping in 2000, when the original Napster file-sharing service made it simple for people to access free digital copies of songs online. CD sales represent about 85% of U.S. music sales, but they have fallen more than 20% this year alone, compared with the same period in 2006, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Sales of digital tracks continues to rise, but the rate of growth has cooled in recent months, and has not kept pace with the decline in CD sales. That is a source of concern for the music industry. The argument in favor of DRM holds that, with CD sales quickly fading and digital-track sales still on the rise -- albeit more slowly than in the past -- it is critical for the music industry to protect itself in the new digital age. According to people familiar with the matter, EMI initially began exploring the issue in earnest in late December, when it circulated proposals to online music retailers. Part of its proposal was a request for a one-time, multimillion-dollar "risk-insurance" payment that would not be tallied against future sales. Three people familiar with the talks said online retailers generally balked at the request. EMI then returned with a new proposal in late January, around the time of a music conference in Cannes, France. EMI asked the online retailers to tell it what size advance payments they would offer in exchange for the right to sell its music as MP3s. Those proposals were to be submitted yesterday, said one person familiar with the matter. This person understood that EMI would decide whether to forge ahead with the MP3 strategy based on the offers' aggregate worth. The music industry's trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America, has continued to call for copy protections. It endorsed one alternative that Mr. Jobs outlined but dismissed, in which Apple would license its own DRM to competitors. RIAA chief Mitch Bainwol said in a statement that this would "enable the interoperability that we have been urging in the marketplace for a very long time." People within the music and technology industries believe Mr. Jobs might have written his essay after learning of EMI's proposed plans. But a person familiar with the matter said Mr. Jobs began work on the essay three weeks ago in response to actions by European agencies to pressure Apple into making its music products work with hardware and online music service made by other companies. In his essay, Mr. Jobs encouraged those groups to turn their attention to major music labels, several of which are partially or wholly owned by European companies. "Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies toward persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free," he wrote.

Any word on the new Bob Brookmeyer additions - are they worth downloading?

Here's an attempt: Music that isn't jazz but is somewhat sophisticated and that appeals to adults. Many of the vocalist reissues that have been released under the Blue Note imprint recently can be seen in this way: Julie London, for example, isn't jazz but does appeal to adults. In a more contemporary way, Phyllis Hyman might qualify (though she has more than enough compilations already). In a different light, think of the Leo Kottke compilations released under Blue Note: not jazz, certainly, but interesting, intricate music.

This month's downloads: Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit Cat Power - The Greatest Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come Stacey Kent - Love Is...The Tender Trap Lester Young in Washington, DC (Volume 1) Larry Levan's Classic West End Records Remixes Jackie McLean - McLean's Scene Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane Cecil Taylor & Buell Neidlinger - New York City R&B