Anthony Branker & Imagine “Songs my Mother Liked” Origin Records cd   300×300 19 KB     700×500 54.7 KB   Donny McCaslin - tenor & soprano saxophones Philip Dizack - trumpet Fabian Almazan - piano Linda May Han Oh - double bass Rudy Royston - drums Pete McCann - guitar Aubrey Johnson - vocals Anthony Branker - composer & musical director

No, that's Columbia's studio at 30th St in Manhattan ("the Church"). Can't remember whether it was at this studio that they raised the control booth some time in the 1950s, but this looks like it. F Not that I can see, sorry. This book is more focused on photography as art than as historical record, though. Many images are pretty dark and it's difficult to identify the subjects. F

Had trouble sleeping so I woke up and took care of a task, let Memphis outside for “business” and now am warming up with a cup of organic Mexican coffee. It’s COLD. Which felt nice. Starting off with the new Charles Lloyd, “Figure in Blue” on Blue Note, 2 cd set, disc 1 I’m not a HUGE Lloyd fan, I liked him up til ECM, not much of a fan of his ECM work or his work with the Marvels or others on Blue Note but liked his last one and this one is also very nice. A trio with piano and guitar.  I'm a big fan of Moran, and Marvin Sewell's sound is really dialed in nicely.   230×230 8.44 KB

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This price difference betwen hardback and paperback versions seems to be an increasing trend these days, at least in the "special interest" non-fiction sector.  Is there ANYTHING to warrant such differences with the hardback version? Particularly since it is not likely this can be recouped anywhere once these books hit the secondhand market. And production costs cannot really be THAT different.