November 14 George Cables - 1944

I was just rereading that passage from the thesis about Patton, how he was offended by Blue Note putting white women on his album covers, apparently becoming increasingly bitter about this in later years... Apparently, he was still ok with this at the time of Got a good thing goin' (which is also the much better cover) but That certain feeling came out after his conversion to islam and he felt having a white woman on the cover was at odds with that... So when the time comes for a Tonepoet of That Certain Feeling, they might redo that cover as well, since they're redoing so many covers anyway... That said: that certain feeling is my favorite Patton album... NP: Jakob Bro - Montclair Sessions (with Wadada Leo Smith among others)

Meaning to make my way back to Mingus. Meanwhile, Inspired that this title is appearing in the 2026 Tone Poets series, I am spinning this: