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That's also my impression of this album. It looks like Wynton forced himself to produce an absolute mainstream album for his new label. A jazz CD for everyone, the perfect risk-free gift for somebody whose music taste you don't know. Just as the Norah Jones album. The vocal track with Dianne Reeves "The Feeling of Jazz" is so full of clichés, as if meant as a jazz demonstration piece for people who have never heard this sort of music. I really prefer his latest Sony projects. Although pretentious, they weren't compromised to please the mainstream public.

Royalties go directly to the musicians. Copyrights go to the composers (if different from the musicians). Normally, something has to be paid to copyright collecting societies too (GEMA in Germany, SACEM in France), even if the musicians are also the composers.

Bruno, Customs tax is now harmonized within the EU. Basically, you pay your local VAT + 3-5% customs tax. If you have to pay more, it's probably some service fee that private delivery companies charge you for filling in the customs papers. I order from CDuniverse a lot, always 3-4CD worth ca $50 + $10 shipping. I had to pay customs tax in only 1/3 of the cases. Theoretically customs tax is due for every package worth more than 20 Euro. When you order from amazon.de, you will have to pay the price including your local VAT. This will be calculated on checkout. The displayed prices include the german VAT, which is 16%.

This could have avoided by installing the Windows update published on April 13: Windows Security Updates for April 2004 More MS info on Sasser: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp Removal tool by Symantec: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...moval.tool.html

The recent "Ornette!" reissue (release date October 2003) which I bought at Zweitausendeins came in a regular transparent jewel case. http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C24JW/

Here's ticketing info on the concerts in Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris. I won't be able to go. http://www.bozar.be/FR/search_detail.asp?id=2854 http://www.northseajazz.nl/nsj303.html http://www.ticketnet.fr/shop/fr/manif.asp?...0&idtier=142889

Here's the list of "Warner Jazz Masters" CDs from the german Warner site, if this may help: Link Edit: Go to http://www.warnerclassics.de and click on the link "Lesen Sie hier mehr zu diesem Album" below the Milt Jackson/John Coltrane album

It IS a Definitive CD box (Definitive Records DRCD44409). Disconforme is the company behind Definitive Records. http://www.disconforme.com/pages2/definitive/defcat.asp This music has just entered the public domain in the EU, so obviously Definitive would reissue it.

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The worst CD I bought in the last 5 years was a second hand copy of Gary Thomas' Overkill. I love his intense early JMT albums, but this is just a poor attempt at rap/funk fusion. It showed up in second hand bins significantly often.

K2s are not distributed by the european Fantasy license holder ZYX, they are very hard to find in Europe. So I guess sales in Europe are almost zero, especially since most of the K2 titles are also available in ZYX-style "20Bit"-remastering and sell much cheaper ($8-10)

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hile we're at Flash movies, check this soothing animation: http://www.erkanstefan.de/fuckshitup/rgb.swf Does anyone know if it can be reduced to avatar size

BTW, the first version of Mahler's First symphony had 5 movements. A second movement "Blumine" (andante, ca 7 minutes long) was then eliminated by Mahler. It is the cheesiest and dullest pieces of music he has composed.

Sony Germany just got reprimanded by the competition authorities because of a mailing campaign, where letters with a US army-style envelope and stamp were send to households of registered Playstation owners. They contained a "bloodstained" piece of cloth with the inscription "We're in deep shit, get us out of here" (in german), no indication of the sender or further text. The "ad", which was hard to recognize as such, was for a Playstation war game due to come out. Some who received it thought it came from troups in Iraq http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzkultur/...,295576,00.html

Mahler 4 and 5 usually fit on one CD (not together, but individually). And occasionally 8, and even sometimes 9 does as well (though I think they have to really rush the tempos on 9 to get it on one disc). But your basic statement is true, that plenty of Mahler's symphonies are LONG!!! The only Mahler symphony that is always longer than 80 minutes (CD length) is the 3rd. The 2nd, 6th and 9th are also longer than 80 minutes in most interpretations, but there are recordings which fit onto one CD. In my view the first symphony is rather accessible as far as Mahler's works go. I especially like the haunting slow start of the first movement. Just yesterday I bought yet another version of this symphony, the 1964 Decca recording by Georg Solti (5 Euro bargain at Zweitausendeins). Mahler is the only classical composer of whom I have three and more versions of every work. Bernstein is my favorite Mahler conductor, the 9th my favourite symphony. For Mahler starters, the Telarc recordings by Benjamin Zander are a good option, they contain a free CD where the conduction explains his vision of the work. Zander has recorded the symphonies 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 until now. www.telarc.com

The pigeon movie is rather funny, although it would not have been necessary to demonstratively "kill" the pigeon.

Like Alfred: CD Universe in the US Amazon.de and Zweitausendeins.de in Germany But I buy not only in the US to get non-copyprotected versions but also because of the lower prices an the current $ rate. Full price CDs generally cost 17-22 Euro in Europe, and only $14-18 in the US (12-15 Euro).

Another point against seperate DACs is that in the price range up to $3000 they cost as much as complete CD players of the same level. So the argument that older CD players can be upgraded with a DAC at a lower cost isn't true most of the time. An obvious advantage of external DACs is that several digital sources can be connected, for example also a DVD player or a PC soundcard.

Congatulations. Best wishes to you Jim and your two Boogaloo sisters Soon you will face competition in the family:

I have three computers at home, an old desktop PC working as an internet gateway, a desktop PC and a laptop connected with wireless LAN. They are between 3 and 6 years old (333, 1000, 400 MHz), but I've not felt the need to upgrade, except install bigger hard drives and more RAM, get flat LCD screens and a USB 2.0 card to connect my MP3 player. I have optimized the two desktop PCs to run as silently as possible, which is easier with slower CPUs. I use the workstation PC as a recording machine for radio broadcasts and LP-to-CD transfers. But for internet browsing and E-book reading, I mainly use the laptop. My next PC-related purchase will probably be a DVD burner and a video capture card, to transfer VHS tapes to DVD-R.

Thank you Yannisse, but I don't think that's an answer to my question. Even shipping 4CDs should not cost $23.5.

I just wanted to order two CDs from CD Universe I chose the "ship together" option (which was confirmed by the shipping date) and Airmail, which should normally give $10-12 shipping cost, and not $23.5 . The Help page still states the same international shipping rates as always. I emailed CD Universe, but they haven't replied yet. Does anyone have an explanation for this high shipping cost? Here are the other shipping options:

The new Zweitausendeins catalogue (Merkheft Nr 189) also contains some interesting jazz DVDs from Storyville for 13 Euro/disc: - Art Blakey (1982) - Eddie Lockjaw Davis (1985) - Duke Ellington (1929-43) - Stephane Grapelli (1982) - Johnny Griffin (1981) - Monterey Jazz festival 1975 - Steps Ahead "COPENHAGEN - Live 1983 - Swing vol. 1 (1937-47) - Kenny Drew - Clark Terry (1985) - Lenny Tristano (1965) - Louis Armstrong (1962) - Tribute to Charlie Parker Vol.1+2 (1990) and some blues DVDs by the same label. For more info, search for "storyville" on the 2001 website. They also have the Ken Burns series. 12 episodes on 4 DVDs for 20 Euro each.

I also remember hearing Wynton duetting with the drummer on some of his later recordings. I don't remember which albums these were, it must have been in some longer suites.