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I always think that the piano trio is a seriously underrated piece of music.

I finally have summoned the courage to listen to some of the music I used to listen to with my Dad. Doing so makes me miss him so much. It’s been four years now, the happier memories remain and are not as tinged with sadness as they have been the past years. Listening to disc 4 of this set, the first disc of orchstral work, sounds really really good in my current system situation.

Vevor isn't bad, particularly for that price, but don't expect miracles. In my experience it does improve the sonics if the problems are primarily caused by dust and dirt that CAN be shifted by the ultrasonic bath (with distilled water and a few drops of dishwashing liquid). One recent case I remember was "much-loved" 2-LP set that had lots and lots of scuffs and light scratches (and certainly the dirt that goes with this kind of wear) that caused quite a lot of pops and crackles that I sometimes found intrusive. But after the Vevor cure the disc sounded much better on 3 of the 4 sides of the set. But there have been cases where I've lucked better (before using the Vevor machine) by gently wiping the (rotating) vinyl first with a pad (like your better half uses to remove makeup) imbibed with methylated spirit. In some cases the pad took a yellow-brownish hue from all-the grit removed from the grooves that way. And the Vevor machine won't remove all too clearly visible (and therefore grime-laden) fingerprints either. Methylated spirits helps here as a pretreatment too. As for that "sealed" problem, similar experiences here. I picked up a handful of LPs at a recent clearout sale that were in shrink wrap with a "Factory-sealed. Do not open" sticker. Judging from the dirt particles on the vinyl surfaces and even scuffs in one case at least two of the "sealed" records clearly were not new but had been resealed. But at a purchase price of 1 EUR each it did not matter. Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer chance ...

Count me in as a fan! It's my favorite McDuff record.

I saw Butcher playing last night in a fairly so so setting, but the group included Steve Beresford, and I was struck by how well they worked together. I know that they've recorded together occasionally. Does anyone rate any of their recordings?

Seems like there is less interest this time around. I was surprised that my 8 year old who is football mad had barely identified that it was coming. For my part I am still recovering from last night's walk home from seeing Mike Cooper at Cafe OTO to Angel.

I like that one a lot and spin it frequently. I think I first picked it up after a mention here. Love the cover too.

Many musicians mentioned here:

Blue Note All-Stars “Our Points of View” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 2 400×363 30.2 KB It’s been some time since I spun this one. Some of it I really like.

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I rarely see this mentioned when McDuff is discussed. Anyone else here who has and likes it? This may have been my first exposure to a good conga player in a jazz context. Fred Walker, later changed his name to Derf Reklaw Rahim.

Saw them both. Trane only once with quartet. Miles with 2nd great quintet and once near the end of his life. (Double bill with Gil Evans at Hollywood Bowl. I was hoping Miles would sit in with Gil's band but it never happened.)

Sounds like a Xanadu Barry Harris I purchased a few years ago. Horrible. I was going to toss it but never did. I recently purchased a Vevor ultrasonic cleaning machine so I may see if that improves the sound at all.

I have read this and thought it was very well done. R.I.P.

Yeah I bought a Inner City pressing of Monnette Sudler’s Time for a Change on a fair last year that was sealed. Never gonna do it again. Multiple scratches and even worse audible defects.

Playing this now. This is really fantastic. Thank you so much for this recommendation.

Nearly got run over taking this photo. Thought it was a deserted track. Not so.

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I was only a teenager in the 60s and wasn’t interested in jazz in those days, not until the late 90s, so never saw them.

I was way more into rock bands when Miles last toured and I was a kid when Coltrane died. My parents didn't even have any Brubeck LPs, much less Coltrane. We used to sing along with Mitch Miller.

There was an article in the NYT last week or so how Argentine fans are doing whatever they can, including going into debt, to go to the Cup. Crazy at those prices.

Tilaye Gebre - Tilaye's Saxophone with the Dahlak Band First listen. It sounds very similar to Hailu Mergia, with basically the identical saxophone licks played. I enjoy Mergia and Astatke but I'm not sure why this needed a marquee reissue.