Of course he is..... Seriously, though, don't you think that, with the help of a good friend who can teach him how to edit, Mr. Pollard could release a fantastic, highly acclaimed masterpiece every 2 years instead of the 'gems among the mediocre' stuff that typifies (in my view) most of his albums? Or is it refreshing to see an artist who consistently puts his creativity out there, unvarnished, for the world to see?

Clearly, I'm in the 'edit' camp...other examples of artists I'd advise to switch from quantity to quality include Stereolab and Woody Allen (though Match Point was quite good). Thoughts?

Still working on the Jazz 50 project. It's gonna take some research and a lot of listening on my part. Other than emusic.com, which has the odd decent jazz find, are there any other online music sources for jazz that you afficionados out there could recommend?