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by Yakov
Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:59 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: mp3 vs aac
Replies: 35
Views: 27892

i'm still a fan of vbr mp3 with winlame...
by Yakov
Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:41 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: CDR audio but not data... ideas?
Replies: 1
Views: 3528

CDR audio but not data... ideas?

A little while back I got a new CDRW from a friend... it reads and writes CD Audio perfectly... but I can't get it to write data CD-Rs no way no how. One program made some noise about a driver of some sort from Nero but even after I installed it, still couldn't get anything to work. Any ideas? Softw...
by Yakov
Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:23 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: What are your favorite songs right now?
Replies: 220
Views: 175512

This side up wrote:This is my second post so once again forgive me.

My favorite song today is "Don't You Miss Your Baby" from vinyl
Mosaic did a CD reissue of the Buck Clayton Jam Sessions
by Yakov
Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:34 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Play to someone?
Replies: 17
Views: 19198

sometimes when Paul ("Albert System") comes by to hang out I play a Boilermakers song, even though I know he hates when I do that :lol:
by Yakov
Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:49 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Jimmy Smith, R.I.P
Replies: 5
Views: 5286

thanks.
that's actually not a bad idea.

what i left out is that i hung out with them for over six hours.
Jimmy gave me an autographed photo at the end, which i've long since lost... owell...
by Yakov
Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:58 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Sidney Bechet
Replies: 73
Views: 52047

you don't have to be crazy to play soprano sax, but it helps.
by Yakov
Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:51 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Jimmy Smith, R.I.P
Replies: 5
Views: 5286

wow. i didn't see that coming. i guess i can post this now: My memory of Jimmy Smith by Yakov Chodosh. SwingDJs.com literary nonfiction supplement In the summer before my senior year of high school, I went to a summer program for nerdy Jews called CAJE, where the teenagers stayed in a dorm building ...
by Yakov
Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:14 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Zen blues: Count Basie's late trio recordings
Replies: 7
Views: 5518

all i can think of is the piano solo he took on From Spirituals To Swing at the Carnegie in the 30's (avail on that concert's box set)
by Yakov
Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:26 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Sweet Georgia Brown
Replies: 21
Views: 14991

FYI - amazon lists the 8-disc Verve Ella/Duke Cote set for $50 in zshops.
wow
by Yakov
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:54 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Zen blues: Count Basie's late trio recordings
Replies: 7
Views: 5518

Zen blues: Count Basie's late trio recordings

Count Basie recorded two albums with Louie Belleson and Ray Brown -- just the three of them -- in the 70's (80's?) called For The First Time and For The Second Time . I just got 2nd Time in the mail. It is a triumph of minimalism, taking his trademark sparseness to the extreme. I dunno about dancing...
by Yakov
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:54 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Sidney Bechet
Replies: 73
Views: 52047

Generatio Next! http://www.markmcm2002.verysmooth.co.uk/adverts_m-r/pepsi_cola1997.jpg but seriously folks... beating a dead horse, i know... but in my opinion we are different people living in different times, and for us to reinterpret "lindy hop" as something that can be done to, ferinst...
by Yakov
Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:38 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Sweet Georgia Brown
Replies: 21
Views: 14991

Gene Harris! Image
by Yakov
Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:25 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: louis prima complete capitol at buy.com ($56)
Replies: 3
Views: 3899

they sold out.
by Yakov
Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:58 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: How many different Count Basie CDs/ records do you have?
Replies: 16
Views: 12686

and i just got 8 more in the mail... :o this is from memory. Complete "Old Testament" Masters: Complete Decca (Decca, 3 discs) Complete Columbia (Definitive, 7 discs in 2 sets) Complete RCA Victor (Definitive, 3 discs) Kansas City 5,6,7 (Basie spinoff groups not necessarily including him) ...
by Yakov
Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:13 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Black & Blue Records
Replies: 6
Views: 5138

I've heard the Claude "Fiddler" Williams, it rawks.
B&B is a France based label.

thank you for making me feel wanted.
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