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Yes, I'm a Sanders fan. Have been for decades. He had such an interesting evolution as a player and he was an amazing human being. The spelling of his name does mess me up though. As a student of Egyptian history I feel it should be "Pharaoh."

I´m glad you also listen to my hero Pharoah Sanders. You might like my composition "Tune for Pharoah" it will be out on my upcoming album we just recorded and will be out early next year. With vocal....great lyrics by my singer.....

Very much agreed. I'm gonna spin the whole album again right now.

No time to play them but it was a big day for music deliveries. . . got this set in the mail And this box set delivered by amazon

My favorite Halloween tune. I love this track. I think I've played it five times today.

Let us know what you think after you've had a chance to spin it. Hopefully the Varitone doesn't get in the way of the groove! 😁 Stitt & Patterson could be considered The Anatomy of Hip. Oh, wait-a-minute...

This being October 31, please get your Trick-Or-Treating out of the way and then begin posting on November 1. And have a comfy seat and/or sofa handy, napping is built into at least a part of this one. https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/2025-blindfold-tests/ Oh yeah, a very special thanks to Rod Stasick @rostasi for his assistance with "post-production", just cleaning up some (a lot of) slop to ensure that things sounded and flowed the way they should.

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This time I had a weird experience with UPS. I had ordered the Loren McMurray double CD from amazon.de, as this was much cheaper than having it sent from the US, but it turned out they had it shipped from the US branch, which used UPS. The tracking mails I received indicated it would be delivered by Hermes. Next was the infor it couldn't be delivered (although I was at home) and it would be delivered to aneighbourhoof pick up post which was to be located in the town of the delivery bas about 15 miles from where I live. Recepted was signed by some character MILOS. Thus the package was classified as delivered, but I had no idea where. Tracking number was unvalid at the Hermes tracking page! It should have revealed the adress of the pickup station. AI operated help pages at amazon or other sites ended in limbo. Then last night I searched my e-mails and found an obscure one leading to a UPS tracking note. On the UPS tracking pages the number was valid and hinted at kiosk run by some guy named Milos a mile from where I live. I went there today, hoping it had not been returned, and it was still there. The guy was amazed when I told him about the contradictory info I had been given. No hint at the amazon tracking page this was delivered by UPS, and it indicated the wrong town and did not identify the post where it had been deposited. I had amost given up on the package. He could have put it in my mailbox. Usually the services do when the package is small enough to fit in there. The number of dumba....... among delivery services has reached a new high point. I know the pay is as low as the stress is high, but still .....

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I must admit I was disappointed, if not unexpectedly, that her voice had aged to such an extent. You can hear what she wanted but could not get anymore ......

I had two history classes with Dr. Bennett Wall, who told us that he flunked George Blanda twice when he taught at UK. How you can tell when the pickings will be slim at an estate sale, this was on the first items pictured.

Chrys Roney, the publisher and sister of Wallace and Antoine Roney, has done a good job expanding the scope of Hot House, especially by adding a digital premium edition with bonus material.

We have a family of deer in our neighborhood.

Recorded In Englewood Cliffs, NJ; January 4, 1971 (#1-5) and July 9, 1971 (#6-11). #1-5 originally released as Turn It On! (Prestige 10012); #6-11 as Black Vibrations (Prestige 10032).

Is that from his late '60s recordings?

Escoffery is pretty good. I've heard him on some Tom Harrell records, and I believe he's been valued in big band settings--Mingus, Ron Carter.

I agree, one of my favorite solo piano albums. He went different directions afterwards, but this was his high water mark.

Amazing detail and depth. Lots of tight bass.

Bad! Bossa Nova had three additional covers on Prestige. (The tiger cover was the second.) Weird. It was even issued on reel-to-reel!