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Good to know. I pulled that out and listened to it yesterday.

FYI, price drop on the 5 CD set to $35.22.

I would throw "artisinal" in there, too.

Sounds great! I was definitely planning to pick this up, but the Amazon 'extra disk version' threw me off. Seems to be the same price, anyway. Thanks for heads up on "In the West," Lon. I saw that it was being released, but didn't really look into how it was different from the original. Looks like it's worth getting, too. I only have the LP, anyway.

I'm sure this is a must-have. The Winterland tracks that were released in the 80s (2 LPs, then CD) were some of my favorite of his live recordings. I just noticed that Amazon is releasing a limited edition 5 CD set with the additional disk consisting of an amateur reel-to-reel recording from a February 4, 1968 Winterland show. Anyone (Lon?) heard this stuff before?

Nice piece in the SF Chron

As romantic as manned space flight sounds, these robotic flights to distant planets are MUCH more scientifically sound. How about those Mars rovers? They were only supposed to last for 3 months. One just died, but the other one is still going ... 7 YEARS later!

RIP, Eddie. He drummed for nearly every touring artist I saw at the Keystone Korner in the 70s. Very sorry to see him pass on.

Giants.........stick a fork in 'em. Oh, well, it was nice while it lasted.

Watching those videos, it seems as though our friend, Mr. Wilson, has some "issues" he's trying to work through.

Got tix to see him in Oct w/José James vocals, Chris Potter tenor saxophone, Gerald Cannon bass, Joe Farnsworth drums. They're "revisiting" the Coltrane/Hartman album.

Ha! I never noticed that.

New Blu-ray edition

I like that Adorama portfolio site. Very cool. So are you shooting actual film? I'm not aware of any Voigtlander digital cameras. That'a very gutsy, considering the current technology.

Is anyone from the original Yardbirds left other than the bassist and drummer? The current lineup includes McCarty(d) and Dreja(g). They've put out a few albums recently that aren't half-bad, surprisingly enough.

Going to see Dave Alvin on Saturday.

How about Jazz Crusaders? BTW, should someone tell them how to spell "Regularly"? [update: looks like someone did]

GUNther Schuller

Cool!

I think we're talking about the NY Times, aren't we?

He's going to be playing here in the upcoming SF Jazz Festival Fall Season. I should probably get tix.

I don't remember a "jazz" listing in the Sunday Times - it's usually lumped in with "Pop", IIRC. As kh said, it's the Friday paper that has the listings.

Nice piece about what Booker is doing these days. He’s a Soulful Survivor With New Music to Make

I always thought that "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse" was a very cool and underrated album. RIP

Grachan Moncur III Some Other Stuff (Rudy Van Gelder Edition), $3.29 (Amazon)