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Now playing Dave Holland “Dream of the Elders” ECM cd I love Steve Nelson’s vibe playing with Holland.

Spinning this one again as its spin this morning was interrupted by a request for Lucinda’s favorite breakfast to be prepared. This is a fantastic listen with this tight seasoned band: Cannon and Nat along with Yusef Lateef in the front line, with Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes. Cannonball Adderley Sextet “Jazz Workshop Revisited” Landmark cd

Dave Burrell, Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session, Paris 1979. NoBusiness Records NBCD 177 [Lithuania 2025]

My current transport and DAC combo has given me great sound and reliable performance, I actually have two and both have outlasted cd playersI have had trouble-free at least while giving me more satisfying sound overall--and the DAC allows me to use other digital components if I wish (I used to use it with my phono preamp which outputs DSD via HDMI into the DAC). There are more and more transports available year by year it seems, with a range of prices. I think it may be a good way to go and a good pick for the future.

That's quite nice!

I was never really a fan of the label despite some intriguing looking releases. The whole often seemed to be less than the sum of the parts, inadequate preparation, less than stellar sound and mixing (I know Cliff referred to no multitracks).

I'm also likely to be needing a new CD player. My existing one ( Primare) is having intermittent issues and is now over 20 years old. I'm very much inclined to go the same route with a CD transport as I've been using a standalone DAC for years (Moon). The DAC nicely handles digital inputs from my Minidisc player ( still gets occasional use) and streaming ( if I can be bothered to connect it !).

Detective Hole - Netflix, based on Jo Nesbo novels

Really?!?! Sad to hear that.

looks like the extra material is a 40 minute duo with Togashi -- wow. Surprised that didn't make it to LP back in the 70s but go figure.

Great album indeed !

Me too.

Ts find

This is a nice recording. Joe Henderson shines. I wish that band had stayed together and toured. I would have loved to see them live.

Chet !

And from what we've been told in the past, no royalties to the musicians either.