Wondering when this topic would come up... Uri Caine: I have a couple of his JMT CDs (Toys, Sphere Music) that everyone was so thrilled about, but didn't do a thing for me. At least Urlict/Primal Light was somewhat interesting. Maybe a subtopic... (seeing Vandermark's name)... too much of a good thing: Vandermark- maybe it's just one big blur lately, but there hasn't been too much of his stuff over the last couple of years that has sounded different from his stuff from the previous years. But he's still a 10 in my book. Even if he won't come to Denver to play (of course most likely nobody else in Denver has even heard of him...), and just about nobody comes to Denver to play. Dave Douglas- his last few haven't done much for me (before that, very nice...). --Frank