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A bit about his daughter from the great documentary Denis A. Charles: An Interrupted Conversation: (also some invaluable footage of the BMC trio)

So I have been on quite the dietary change for just about exactly 1 year. End of May the doctor noted an 8 pound increase since November and wanted an A1C test.  That tipped me into "diabetes" rather than "pre-diabetes" (which I admit I never really followed up on, figured it was just like a flashing yellow that I kept ignoring).  275 pounds was, I am nearly certain, a new high but I was not going to add a new drug, it was a wake up call. My buddy had the exact same wake up call three months earlier, refused new meds and in the three months since had lowered his A1C to a normal range and so it was game on for me too. Long story short, I am coming up on 85 pounds lost, with I think 15 to go.  So other than Kevin B., who else is on this sort of journey? And who among us has taken to Ozempic or the like and how has it worked?   I almost used "health kick" instead of "journey" above but I will turn 60 later this year and do not intend to ever have to lose weight again. I made a similar change starting around 2010 (probably at 250 or so) but now I understand what I have to do to maintain, if/when I decide I can lighten up the restrictions (among which would be something other than chicken and broccoli from our fave Chinese place, St Pauli Girl beer every once in a while, and bagels). I do think I will make the necessary changes to at least leave a good looking corpse behind when my time is up.

I've been going to quite a few Jazz shows lately where this style is in play. I wouldn't call it boring but comparing it to a lecture hall is a good analogy. To be honest, seeing a whole set of this style of music isn't my idea of a great show. Not a bad show, but not great.

I hear it differently but that's cool. We all get excited over things others don't and vice versa. What I like about these recordings is that they are exploring a new direction without diluting the jazz tradition with so many other influences. That's a fresh approach to my ears. I don't dig "jazz" with so much rock and world etc. influences.

I think Jazzbo is right in his description. It is modern post bop and studious with it. I personally found it very boring. Whilst it certainly is "intellectual" I found it perhaps not creative or very fresh. Everything is in the mix and played with slick facility but my feeling was that the songs aren't great and excitement doesn't even seem to be a goal. However, that is just my idiot opinion. I am at any point in time slightly agnostic about these players (I quite like Ross and Wilkins), so if you normally like these musicians a lot it is worth probably following Jazzbo's tastes over mine.  In any case, it is streamable, so there's the opportunity to give it a go and see who is right.