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Of course!

Not to mention that despite all the "USA USA USA"-ness of the ad, Chrysler is owned by Fiat.

Bob looks like he's had a fair amount of "work" done (or at least some Botox injections).

Blakey 1960, disk 3

Amazon US now has pre-order on this for $41.44. I went ahead and placed it. If it comes further down before release they will give you the lower price, too.

Revelatory Archive of a Giant of Jazz Library of Congress Acquires Max Roach’s Papers

The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions - disks 1 & 2

Congrats on the new acquisition, Lon! Looks like you got a real winner! Sometimes it's worth it to pay up for something you know will improve your joy of playing. I was surprised at the prices of his guitars - MUCH more reasonably priced than I would have guessed considering the workmanship that obviously goes into each one.

Blue Mitchell - disk #4

Same here. I don't change strings as often as I should, but am always amazed how much better the guitar sounds after I do. ... maybe I'll do that TODAY!

I picked up the 'stereo' box of UK releases a few years ago, and that's more than enough for me. I grew up listening to the American versions ("Rubber Soul" might have been my first record), but with one exception I'm not desperate to hear those versions again. I DO want to get the US version of "Help." The incidental music was an integral part of the album for me, and I probably haven't heard that stuff in about 40 years. I have a friend who's a Beatles collector, so anything I need to know or hear I can get from him. He buys EVERYthing!

Jazz drummer, DJ Bud Spangler dies at 74

RIP, Bud. Definitely a Bay Area institution.

Larry Young - disk #4

That IS a great deal. I might have to spring for it.

Hey, David - have a GREAT b-day! (in 7/4 time, of course)

Now THAT'S probably worth getting! You can hear some of it on the Amazon page HERE.

eMusic Ben Allison The Stars Look Very Different Today $3.92 Yusef Lateef The Blue Yusef Lateef $3.92

Charles was the opening act at the first jazz concert I ever went to - 11/20/71 at UC Santa Barbara. The headliner was Freddie Hubbard w/Junior Cook, Geo Cables, Alex Blake, Lenny White I don't know who was in his band at the time, but it was a little before "Waves" was released.

Heeeeeeeeeeere's Bill!

Here's video. Unfortunately it doesn't include the O'Reilly tribute section.

O'Reilly was actually good - shocking, huh? I thought the whole performance was good, too. They covered a lot of ground on a short period of time. Of course seeing Chick, Dave, Jack, Terrence and Wayne together was awesome.