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Now and then, I close my eyes and pick out a record at random. This one came out. Disc 5. James Clay's flute is something of a revelation:

Disc One

Ditto! I really miss those cool 78 posts!! gregmo

Finally saw "The Joker" last night. Other actors are going to have to do a LOT to match Phoenix's incredible performance in that film to beat him for an Oscar. gregmo

It's not the best painting in the room. My vote goes to Titian's wonderful profile portrait of Francis I. If you want to experience completely out of control tourism, try visiting the Palace of Versailles. gregmo

It can be a bit like waiting for Godot..... gregmo

Belated thanks, Dan! I was traveling and away from the Board! gregmo

Well, it's November 3, and still no shipping notice on either of them. gregmo

I read it. Thought it was pretty good. gregmo

I wonder if there's some kind of tiff between DB and Mosaic? They haven't reviewed any of the recent Mosaics, including the Savory Collection. I wrote them about it--they even published the letter--but their only response was to talk about how much they'd published on Resonance. gregmo

I've been reading Eddie Condon's very entertaining autobiography, and that caused me to go way back to this one:

I'll take the opportunity offered by this thread to put in a plug for Amazing Grace, the documentary in which the great Aretha Franklin sings with the reverend James Cleveland and his choir. It's not a Pentecostal service per se, but you sure get the spirit of it watching this film. gregmo

After reading an interesting piece in the Mosaic Jazz Gazette: