Claude

Could it be that the Impulse! CDs have moved to the midprice range (like in Europe) and that this is the reason for mentioning them in the newsletter?

My last comparision: The Connoisseur release of "Pax" sounds very simlar to the Mosaic set. I like it a bit better, because it sounds a bit more dynamic and brighter than the box. "Eris", "Pax" and "Calliope", which were taken from second generation tapes, sound inferior on both discs.

BTW, it's worth noting that the Andrew Hill Mosaic set wasn't remastered by McMaster (as most of the Blue Note Mosaics), but by Odea Murphy and Malcolm Addey.

Now listening to "Black fire". The RVG has almost unbearably boosted treble, and slightly boosted bass. The Mosaic sounds much more natural. On both RVGs, I can't hear any benefit from the new transfer. The only differences are the debatable EQ choices.

As I write this, I'm listening to "Point of departure", which was an early RVG release (1999) with more extreme remastering choices. Compared to the Mosaic, it sounds very bright and thin. The bass notes are hard to follow, and the instruments are lacking body. This one should be avoided. As with most post-1963 Blue Note sessions, the sound is quite veiled. Maybe RVG tried to compensate this with the boosted treble on his remaster. From my memory, the other RVGs are generally better balanced, but not necessarily an improvement over the Mosaic.

What a spectacularly innovative function! I hope Mosaic has patented this, like Amazon did with their 1-click-ordering button

That's what many other labels are doing. It should not be forgotten that these tapes are degrading progressively and will become unusable. However, with the huge Fantasy catalog and the limited staff, it will take a couple of years to transfer everything, if it is done decently.

Concerning Miles, "Doo bop" would qualify most, but as it was released posthumously, Miles isn't entirely responsible for the result. I think that "Decoy" and "Amandla" are good jazz albums. "You're under arrest" is much weaker.

Indeed, it's not a bad album, though not even Chet's most important album from 1964/65 ...

Google can http://zenph.com/sept25.html http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue30/gould.htm

The Ellington longbox is neither from Mosaic nor from Universal, it's from Warner. That explains it's unique format. The Universal sets released in Europe use the same packaging as the Mosaic boxes, except for the different reference number and the missing limited edition number.

Of course, when we're talking about lives. But the other material things in a home will probably be much easier to replace than a collection (of anything).

I like the slight deconstructivist touch, but it's a poor logo for such a popular event. Without the London inscription and the olympic rings, it would make a nice motive for an "arty" t-shirt.

That's an amazing moment they caught on video. The only thing missing was Crocodile Dundee jumping out of the bushes to save the little buffalo. Here's how you can save Youtube videos: http://www.kissyoutube.com

If the CD is not even representative of the music that has been played at Yoshi's in the past 10 years (only 6 artists, most of them from the Concord catalogue), why bother if it is representative of the various communities within the jazz scene? The most embarrassing thing about this is that they wanted to sell a Concord promo sampler as a Yoshi anniversary celebration CD.

This evening I watched a DVD with a Chet concert from April 1988 in Germany. At that point, his playing was technically limited and very sparse, but every note was right on spot, and the atmosphere was very intense. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chet-Baker-Torino-.../dp/B000GNOLWO/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/movies/03raff.html?_r=1 http://www.filmforum.org/films/letsgetlost.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Get_Lost_(film)

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I have that 1964 concert, I downloaded it some years ago. The movie file was probably made from a VHS tape. I will check it.

It could be the same recording. I haven't found an english tracklist, but both CDs have 9 tracks and the lenght of the tracknames in japanese (whose characters only display as cubes in my browser) on the japanese CD are similar to the english tracklist of the US CD. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7425467 http://www.7andy.jp/cd/detail?accd=R0264872 1. Rocker 2. Autumn In New York 3. Godchild 4. Lady Is a Tramp, The 5. It's Only a Paper Moon 6. My Shining Hour 7. All Across the City 8. While We're Young 9. Last Night When We Were Young 1. ロッカー 2. オータム・イン・ニューヨーク 3. ゴッドチャイルド 4. レディ・イズ・ア・トランプ 5. イッツ・オンリー・ア・ペイパー・ムーン 6. マイ・シャイニング・アワー 7. オール・アクロス・ザ・シティ 8. ホワイル・ウィ・アー・ヤング 9. ラスト・ナイト・ホエン・ウィ・ワー・ヤング

In "invisible" mode, the user is indeed shown as being offline.

Was it Leonard King (the drummer announced for the concert in Zurich)? http://www.leonardkingdrums.com http://www.aiartists.com/jcarter/performances.htm

The new reissue has bonus tracks http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...=lk_organissimo

Is your turntable grounded? There should be a single thin wire from the turntable which is meant to be connected to the ground connector of the amp.

Last friday, I ordered the Jansons/EMI box set for only 10 Euro on amazon.de, an obvious pricing error (it's 40 Euro now) http://www.amazon.de/Sinfonien-1-15-Mariss.../dp/B000G6BJS0/ Another interesting complete symphony set is the Kondrashin Melodiya set from the 60's/70's, recently reissued http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IONEZG/