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I saw that Dee Dee Bridgewater group last weekend in Kansas City. It was great, a very memorable night of music. What a GREAT show. Made even more special in that she brought her mother and sister to see the show and introduced them. Her voice constantly astounds me. You have to see her live to get the full effect - it isn't captured in recordings as well.

Good move Noj! Looks like we got ourselves some "live chat music"!

Got an email from CD Universe that it was being "processed" today. I think it means that it's ready to ship.

SF Jazz Fest Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocal Baba Sissoko, tamani and ngoni Fatoumata Kouyaté, vocals Kabiné Kouyaté, vocals Lansiné Kouyaté, balafon Mamani Kéita, vocals Moussa Sissokho, djembe and congas Cherif Soumano, kora Adama Diarra, djembe Edsel Gomez, piano Ira Coleman, bass Minino Garay, percussion

Listened to a couple of disks already. VERY excellent music, so far.

Not true. There was a guy in Fond du Lac Wisconsin who also didn't care for the strip. ... and I heard of an entire family in Barstow, CA that refused to read it.

Matthew Shipp Trio at Yoshi's tonight. Should be interesting.

Only listened to the first disk so far. It's definitely a mixed bag. Some of it has that great Gerald Wilson feel, while other tunes are a little cheesy sounding. Needless to say, the tunes are pulled from a wide variety of sessions. From glancing at the liners, I expect that disk #2 has the "key" music.

Arrived today. Cool.

You're right. At least as far as the website is concerned. BTW, Hank & Onzy arrived today......right on schedule.

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No worries. The deal on the big boxes is better than the Selects, anyway. The $5 difference for those won't break the bank, I'm sure.

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Don't need to read the book. After a couple of reviews, I feel that I've already read it. I read the strip religiously as a kid, but got burned out when the characters became too commersh. As one of the reviewers mentioned, he started selling the rights uncontrollably at one point, which ruined any mystique that the comic had.

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I think you're about the only one still awake, HG.

There's something wrong when a playoff game is still being played at 1:30am EDT. Not going to attract many kids or new fans to the sport. Last night's game wasn't over until almost 2am EDT! I'm on the West Coast, so it's not a problem, but it ain't right.

For anyone who doesn't already have this, Amazon currently has it on sale for the very reasonable price of $61.97.

Sure, Ron...........no prob!!

If the UPS tracker is correct and if Mosaic's shipment is as quick as usual, I should have a wealth of boxes arriving on Monday - Joe Hen's Milestone box from Dusty Groove and Hank & Onzy from Mosaic. Whew! When am I going to listen to all of this??

Sherman Mr Peabody Bulwinkle

Whew.........those are some bad dudes, there.

Anita was on C-SPAN a week or two ago speaking and taking questions in a bookstore.

... or not enough.