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Hi Alfred, My previous post was meant to those wo don't know Zweitausendeins already. I visit their Munich store a few times per year. I´ve noticed that their jazz selection in the Merkheft has been reduced lately. No more RVGs and box sets. But the choice in classical CDs is still huge.

Isn't that Mingus' sandal tapping the rhythm?

Alan Lankin has some of the Spanish BNs on his sale list http://home.att.net/~lankina/jazz/

The reason of these problems is that the PC has to do two things at the same time: convert mp3s to wav (which takes some processing power and hard drive speed) and burn the CD. The same can happen when copying a CD directly to a CD-R (CD reader to CD writer) "on the fly". It is safer to extract the CD first and burn the CD-R afterwards. Most CD burning software have such an option.

Thanks Alfred, I already got it from Amazon.de (60 Euro) some time ago. When ordering from Zweitausendeins, be sure to check their catalogue for other great bargains. In Europe, they charge a fixed shipping cost (8.80 Euro for my country) independent from the number of CDs.

As Mike hasn't posted this thread in the vinyl forum, I suppose one is allowed to name the first jazz album bought, be it on LP, CD, 10inch record or 8-track. No generation should be discriminated

Pat Metheny Group - Travels This must have been in 1984, when I was 16 years old. I played it over and over again, and bought in on CD later.

Another brand to consider is KEF. The KEF Q7 (1400 Euro list price per pair, street price is lower) is an excellent speaker, considered to be a bit bass-heavy (around 100Hz), so it could please you, but cannot be placed close to the walls. The Magnepan MMG are, as far as I know, not distributed on Europe.

I think it is still available in Japan. One of the greatest Mingus concerts, with the best version of "Meditations On Integration" and a wonderful Ellington medley. The sound is not very good though. Music written for Monterey, 1965 is also one of my favourites, a very spontaneus and loose concert. Lonnie Hillyer smokes.

Sorry Daniel, I can't help you if you don't like Dynaudios B)

Thanks for bringing that up, Rooster. The October 28, 1967 concert from Antwerp, Belgium is simply the best Miles live recording I have ever heard (I've heard almost all, including many bootlegs). As it is a radio broadcast, the sound is very good.

And the link to the closed message board is still the first one on the front page. They don't seem to care much about their web presence.

Here is the former european DVD release, by IDEM also: Collection Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual : Art Pepper / Bola Sete

Yes, it has been released by IDEM Spain, on a DVD with three Jazz Casual shows: Gerry Mulligan / Art Pepper / Art Farmer on www.freshsoundrecords.com It is a DVD with a PAL side and a NTSC side (regionfree), so it should play on any DVD system. Picture and sound quality are good.

I see a very strong Coltrane influence in the music he plays on the Jazz Casual TV show from 1964 (available on DVD). He still sounds like Art Pepper, although much darker than in the 50's, but the rhythm section plays in typical Coltrane style. Jazz Casual Air Date: May 9, 1964 Live music performances and interviews Art Pepper - saxophone Frank Strazzeri - piano Hersh Hamel - bass Bill Goodwin - drums - The Trip (Pepper) - D Section (Pepper) - Untitled (Pepper)

Yes, according to Wynton's website http://www.wyntonmarsalis.net/pressrelease.html

Wow! Almost as impressive as your new avatar

Yes Mike, you are right. I also wrote that in the first paragraph above

Blue Moon and Fresh Sound are related or the same company, that's why there is just one website.

http://www.disconforme.ad or http://www.freshsoundrecords.com Also check this one: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3127

- Jim Alfredson (b3-er) for setting up and managing this board - John (Couw) for making those indispensable booklets for the Zweitausendeins Fantasy box sets - Hans (J.A.W.) for keeping us updated on the latest japansese reissues (I still haven't ordered some yet, but it's reassuring they exist ) - Chris Albertson (Christiern) and Johnny E. for posting interesting articles in the Politics forum (but some of Berigan's and Dan Gould's post were quite useful too ) - Michel Devos, the only board member that I've had the pleasure to meet in person Thanks and happy new year

Finally! Dolly Parton on Blue Note !

I heat the jewel case with a hair dryer (take out the CD first and don't heat too long, for the case might change it's shape ), which loosens the glue and lets you peel off the price tag easily. For the rest of the glue traces, I use this traditional cleaning product from Luxembourg, unchanged for the past 40 years. The label doesn't say what it is composed of, it must be a secret formula Roboto.lu

Except for those Mosaic sets which include many different sessions, I usually compile and burn CD-Rs with the individual album track order, so I can listen to one session at a time without having to check the booklet first. I have those CD-Rs in my CD shelf and use them most of the time. They serve as a backup too.