On my list of Jazz greats would be, amongst others, Dave Brubeck, who i was fortunate enough to see in Paris in the eighties. I think that my regrets would be more in not having seen artists while they were still hot and producing good music but still alive. I tend to think of this more in the pop genre, but there are so many bands that are out there that have come and gone that are not in fact dead but rather just comatose.

I think there is a shitload of good jazz still being created by people like Medesky, Martin and Wood, Bugge Wesseltoft, Amon Tobin, Erik Truffaz (yadayadayada) and i think it is pointless to regret the things you missed and that one should just get out and see something new.

Personally, the one regret that i have is never having seen Johann Sebastian Bach perform the Toccata and Fugue in D minor at St. Blasius in Muhlhausen.

As for the Band of Horses, Stuart, i'd love to get to see them before one of them dies!...13th sounds fine!