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That's great news, thanks for the heads-up! Pre-ordering now! Now if we could just get the Archie Shepp and Nathan Davis ORTF sets on CD.

The Isle of Wight version:

Great set. Ridiculous price.

I was thinking about this after have posted it. I think it is a Music Matters indeed.

Some favorite music, known for decades in edited form, a prayer was answered and it was released in unedited form Miles Davis “The Bootleg Series Vol. 3: Miles At The Fillmore 1970” disc 2, “Thursday Miles” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 300×272 9.85 KB

The last un-listened to disc in the "Enjoying the Ride" box set from the Grateful Dead. Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81) disc 3

A little warmer this morning, and it will be warmer still later this morning and this afternoon, which is good for the planned outdoor event. Starting off with a cd that I have neglected, and I realize I have yet to watch the Blu-ray in this set, need to correct that! Wes Montgomery “The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings” Jazzline cd and Blu-ray set

Yes! I pre-ordered last week.

just noticed that the cd set is available for preorder on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Here-Complete-Paris-Recordings/dp/B0FCS9QPF9 And, also at Dusty Groove.

I was at the Bath Pavilion performance on this tour. Mainly UK big band plus Ron Horton, Nasheet Waits and a few others. Got to chat with Hill either after the performance or at intermission, whilst he was sipping a local Bath Ales beer backstage (liked it). Very nice guy, signed my Mosaic booklet and a few other things. I was saddened when he mentioned that the tour schedule didn't time to sightsee Bath and the environs, got the impression he would have quite liked to.

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September 1 Essiet Okon Essiet - 1956

Wonder if anyone has previously mentioned an Ahmed Abdul-Malik set - six original releases on various labels (Riverside, Prestige, New-Jazz, RCA-Victor, Status) - would have been a nice Mosaic Select IMHO. The UK Avid label have 4 of the releases on a twofer CD set. Won't happen now with the demise of Selects. The recent live (Stockholm, club residency over 5 nights) tribute 5CD set "Giant Beauty" by [Ahmed] (yes, the brackets are part of the name) is highly recommended IMHO.

Week 13 results Sask 34....Winnipeg 30 Great game! The Riders held on to win. I have newfound respect for Tevaughn Campbell. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/31/recap-saskatchewan-34-winnipeg-30/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/31/riders-hold-off-bombers-to-win-on-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-edge-winnipeg-blue-bombers-in-wild-finish-1.2353603 https://3downnation.com/2025/08/31/winnipeg-blue-bombers-make-mistakes-lose-wild-labour-day-classic-to-roughriders-14-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/31/3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend-win-over-winnipeg/ ***** Week 13 preview https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-week-13-edmonton-elks-4-6-at-calgary-stampeders-7-3-game-preview-injury-report-and-predictions/

#4: Boy, is this good. At first blush, I thought it might be Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins, but the pianist is too forward and insistent. I suspect the pianist is Oscar P. The flugelhorn? Dunno, but I like it. #5: Another enjoyable cut. I suspect it's Oregon, who I dig immensely. If it is them, I'm glad McCandless isn't on oboe - he can sound cloying on that, #6: A tango? Besame Mucho, or some permutation thereof. Played in a very suave manner indeed! Love Me Or Leave Me? Well done - they carry the mood. Perry Robinson? #7: I think I have this: is it Dexter and Freddie on one of those Prestige releases? Or with Woody Shaw and George Benson on one of those late-stage Columbia releases? Anyway, it's Dex; nuff said. #8: A live track. Sounds like Lee Morgan. #9: Do the funky yak! it's got a good beat and you can dance to it. I could make out about half the lyrics, but it seems to be a shaggy yak story. Good groove. #10: I think I have this as well. Is it Kenny Burrell with some vocalist? #11: I could listen to stuff like this all night. Just needs a good single-malt scotch and I'm good. Is it a Texas tenor? #12: Beautiful way to end the BFT. Nice and stately. Beautiful tone and restraint. Good stuff! Thanks for posting.

Brantford had a very pleasant and well-rounded set to end the evening. I ended up enjoying it much more than I anticipated, maybe because I was there at least as much for the festival experience as for serious listening. Probably more. Let me put it this way - I would not pay serious money to hear them, but outdoors on a beautiful night, at no charge? Yeah.sure! And thank you!

Yep, me too, there's always a sense of excitement when I put on a Andrew Hill disc; it's like I just purchased it for the first time , and then the listening experience starts all over again.

I'd be really surprised if it was as early as the 70's. Seems to have a post-Wynton studied feel to it. But I've been wrong on these BFT's many times!

“Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord” is one of the most glorious things in Impulse’s discography. Also a major highlight in the careers of Cecil McBee (no mean feat!) and Lonnie Liston Smith

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This is just my opinion - some dude on the internet - but I think this would be better if the bass had more of an acoustic feel. It sounds like a pickup to me (what do I know?). I feel that a big acoustic bass has a lot of tonal character if well miked. But this bass sustains a lot and has a sort of fundamental tone, it's hard to hear the woody goodness of the instrument. To me it seems overwhelming and boomy. The horn is playing something that could be intimate but the bass is playing to an auditorium.