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On the U.S. site, if you click on the link that says "Please read the announcement for details on how this change affects your account," it takes you to a page with a sidebar called "How the change affects your account". Here it tells you what the status is. In my case, in January, I will be paying about the same annual fee, but getting about 1/2 the monthly downloads. Of course, I can pick any plan that I want at that point.

Looks like we're going to be there until Saturday evening. I'll have to see what I can catch on Friday. Jeff Parker and "The Trio" look very promising.

Doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in this era of Miles, Aggggg.

Most sensible post on this subject that I've read since the "news". I'm not happy to be paying more, either, but just as I wasn't surprised when the unlimited policy ended, I'm not surprised about this development. The online music business is growing by the day and competition will force prices to equalize somewhat.

I've been wanting to check him out. He also happens to be photographer Lee Friedlander's son.

Big fan, too. Never saw them with Mingus, but saw the quartet at least a few times - always entertaining. Interestingly, I find their BN albums among their weakest.

My sub expires at the end of January and they are converting my 75/mo to 35/mo for almost the same price. Don't like that, but there are other plans. A couple of interesting notes to take the sting away: * Free Booster Pack! To celebrate the addition of all this great music we're giving you a 15-track booster pack (good for 30 days), free! The booster pack will automatically be added to your account in early August * New album pricing Ever hesitate to download an album comprised of many tracks because it'd eat up so many credits? Album pricing will allow you to download selected albums of 12 or more tracks for the price of 12 downloads. The change will be a boon to fans of classical music and two-minute thrash-masters alike.

Here's the link for the entire announcement. More of the good stuff Not sure if I like this or not. Prices are apparently going up for one thing. Also, I can get major stuff from Amazon if I really want it.

uhhhhhhhhhhh. nevermind on the Johnny Griffin suggestion.

Yep, nothing wrong with Selects, music-wise. To get the full impact of the "Mosaic experience", you need to get a "big box" set, though.

How about Johnny Griffin?

Great to hear that Tom kicked it all week. Good for him! ... and the lucky fans who caught the shows.

Had some pretty good BBQ last night at a Texas-style place in NYC called "Hill Country". It's in the west 20's - worth checking out. Of course if you want both BBQ and Jazz.......then you gotta go to Blue Smoke/Jazz Standard.

Really great meeting Michael and Peter! Enjoyed the whole show. My favorite piece of the night was "St Vitus Dance" by just the trio. Nothing wrong with Tom Harrell and Eric Alexander, but those three musicians really captured something on that tune. Having said that, I feel fortunate to have seen Harrell. I'm sure he doesn't do many live shows these days and that night he was in fine form.

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Conn's a full-time student these days.

I love that Mosaic set! One of those 'hidden gem' boxes that has grown on me over time. Why are you selling?

Thanks for that rec. Listening to the clips - sounds great.

Crazy. You just had a big one 6 months ago! Just the fact that they have streets blocked off from State St is pretty scary. Not to mention San Marcos Pass appears to be closed, too. I'd hate to see the Botanical Gardens go and they're right in the middle of it. I saw that they lost a building already. Hope you're OK, Medjuck!

Saw Mingus Dynasty w/guest John Handy last night. Sort of a tribute to his albums of 50 years ago - "Ah Um" and "Blues and Roots". Needless to say, very entertaining. A great version of "Pork Pie Hat" with Ku-umba Lacy singing Joni's lyrics. Also a good job on "Fables of Faubus". It was good to see John Handy playing these tunes, but he seemed a little lost a couple of times. Maybe it's been 50 years since he played them? Craig Handy tore up the place on tenor. I'm used to seeing him play alto, so that was great to see. He played some flute, too.

I bought tickets for Thurs 5/21, 10:30 show. See you there! Do I need some sort of "reservation" other than my ticket?

Too bad the CD is damn near impossible to find (unless you want to spend $70 on it). This used to be on eMusic, but seems to be gone now.

Maybe this is a case where the book is better than the exhibit.

Did I Cause Kaos? Yes!

That was a great review. I wish it was a closer than 3,000 miles to check it out.