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Yes, it's a male and a female. Some good suggestions so far. We really like Dizzy. Some other suggestions are a little bit too 'specialised'. We'd like the connection with jazz to be pretty obvious. So far, Bebop, Dizzy, Ella and Pepper are leading the race. Thanks for your help. Any more ideas are still welcome...

He's already taken. We would have considered taking the three of them but it won't happen.

These two black cats are going to move in our house and we'd like to name them on a jazz theme. So far we have come up with 'jazz' and 'bebop' but we would welcome other suggestions. I can see the whole thread turning into a farce but I would really appreciate some serious input as well. Thanks!

Bon anniversaire l'ami!

Oops. I didn't intend to provoke such a heated debate. I have explained my reasons for putting Wimbledon first followed by the French Open. My ratings have nothing to do with my nationality although I was brought up watching the French open since I was four or five. But I believe my arguments are valid and that most players would agree with me. The French crowd are no way near as well behaved as the British spectators ( especially when a French player is on the court) but they would appreciate and applaud a good performance by a non French player. This is exactly what annoyed me with the crowd of Agassi-Baghdatis and Agassi-Becker today. The guy from Cyprus had a fantastic match and came up with some amazing shots but his shots were ignored and he was booed for having cramps! The other reason why I prefer Roland Garros is the unpredictibilty of the outcome of a match. It is also impossible to predict the winner of the tournament. (Unlike the US Open and even more in London). To me this is why the French is so exciting and special. The third criteria is the spectacular rallies and the possibility for players with a weaker serve to stand a chance to win a match. A guy like Santoro who may be completely unknow in the US is a tactical magician I could watch play on the clay for days and days and days. He managed to beat Safin on a numerous of occasions by dominating him tactically and by varying his shots. All that with a very weak serve.This makes the French Open more exciting than any other slam. There is no intention on my behalf to criticize the US Open or to put it down. I am a tennis fan and I enjoy this tournament a lot. But I can't sense the history and tradition that you can feel at Wimbledon. The spectators do not seem to be real connoisseurs of the game, hence all this noise in the stand and walking around when players try to get on with the game. To finish, I agree with you Dan when you say that spectators in South America or Southern Europe often go too far to defend their players in the Davis Cup ties but this is not something you would see in any of the four slam tournaments. Anyway, each of these tournaments has a special flavour and this is what makes them special. All the other tournaments have become very similar and this is not helping the popularity of tennis. Apart from these four big occasions, tennis has become a bit boring and this is something the tennis federation should tackle. My last point is to everybody. We all have different views and that is why there is a forum to express them.

My take exactly. US OPEN is far behind the two for me to as you stated. The amount of noise in the US OPEN and the behaviour of the spectators, has you also stated, is frankly unbearable and should not tolerate in a GRAND SLAM tournament. It sounds a bit like they are playing tennis in the garden of a massive Mc Donalds restaurant by an airport.

End of the road for Andre Agassi. Big champion on and off the court. Great guy!

My next Mosaic will certainly be the Miles Davis at the Blackhawk set.

I am surprised not to see 'No room for squares', 'Midnight special' or 'Trompeta Tocata' mentioned.

Ah, now the truth comes out! I can respect what you say ... just don't quite agree with it. No probs. I have enjoyed watching every minute of the US open so far ( apart from the rain!). The Agassi-Baghdatis game was a superb match.

I agree about tradition and history at Wimbledon making it the number 1 Slam. but I have to rank the US Open over the French. Its a tougher environment to perform in, even acknowledging the fact that clay makes play grueling and nearly endless at the French. I love tennis on the clay. The clay makes matches very unpredictable with fantastic rallies . It is always impossible to predict who is going to win Roland Garros (apart from the last two years) because there are always a lot of upsets. ( unlike at Wimbledon). And the fact that many top players like Stefan Edberg, Mc Enroe, Pete Sampras etc... never won it makes it even more special. It is always a tough one to win. Yeah, but the thing of it is, there are always champions who never do anything elsewhere. What does that say about the tournament? Edberg, McEnroe, Sampras, Borg, Connors ... great players in every other Slam, and winners of many, many tournaments. So a dirt dog won the French ... doesn't get them anything anywhere else. Because winning on the clay requires a very different game, a different tactics and a range of shots that you don't need on the grass or on hard court. All the players you mentioned did not have the right game to win in Paris even if Mc Enroe got very close. ( Borg won it 6 times ). It is true that a lot of French open champions don't win elsewhere either because they don't bother trying play on the grass or because they have a limited range of shots. That is why I think that Borg is the ultimate champion of all times: winning 6 French titles and 5 times Wimbledon is an amazing achievement that is unlikely to be seen again. I understand why Roland Garros does not appeal to everybody but I believe that in terms of entertainment, range of shots, shocks and drama the French open has more to offer than the US open and even Wimbledon where a lot of points are won with an ace or a good quality serve. Anyway, it is a tough call and my nationality ( I am French) makes me a bit biased!

I agree about tradition and history at Wimbledon making it the number 1 Slam. but I have to rank the US Open over the French. Its a tougher environment to perform in, even acknowledging the fact that clay makes play grueling and nearly endless at the French. I love tennis on the clay. The clay makes matches very unpredictable with fantastic rallies . It is always impossible to predict who is going to win Roland Garros (apart from the last two years) because there are always a lot of upsets. ( unlike at Wimbledon). And the fact that many top players like Stefan Edberg, Mc Enroe, Pete Sampras etc... never won it makes it even more special. It is always a tough one to win. It seems that being born in Spain, Argentina or Brazil helps a lot...

My ratings: 1 Wimbledon (and by far): There is so much tradition and history in that stadium. Spectators are so respectuous too unlike what I saw during the game Agassi-Baghdatis where the behaviour of some spectators towards the Cypriot guy was frankly appaling. 2 French Open 3 US Open (far behind the first two) 4 Australia: Catching up but still not as popular as the other three. The best way to measure the importance of these tournaments is to ask the players and apart from the American players 90% of the players place Wimbledon or the French at the top.

The useless search function is a good way to rediscover dead threads. Horace Parlan: Headin' south is my favourite with Larry Young : Unity

Not a bad day for this seller! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=002 Got mine two months ago on Ebay for $130!

Another one bites the dust! This one has remained in the last chance category for some time. Bye Bye Stan!

My boycott has paid off!! I am going to start buying European BN stuff again. I have been buying all my BN reissues from America despite the shipping costs since they introduced this Copy protection nonsense.

Lindemans raspberry beer. (Belgium). Not one for the purists but I really like it. A big for me.

I know I am very unlikely to find somebody prepared to sell or trade this gem but you never know...... I am looking to buy this set or trade it. I have the CD set which I am prepared to trade for the LP version. PM me if interested. Thanks.

It is a great website and it would be a shame if it was abandoned! http://jazzmatazz.home.att.net/

I am planning to do exactly the same thing this weekend. There are still a few LPs in that set I haven't listened. I really like LP7 in that set. A big

Very sad news His Mosaic set is full of great music. R.I.P

Count Basie Live Roulette (1959-62)

The Mosaic sale is working so well that they seem to have removed the offer from their website. The 'August sale' has disappeared.... I have just ordered the Bitches brew and the Joe Pass sets.

The Venuti/Lang and the Beiderbecke sets are also back ordered.