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Your wife has good ears! I may have purchased a pair of Magnepan speakers if circumstances were different. They do indeed sound amazing. But, since they are so large, they really don't fit in my room.

Such a fantastic record!

One more 85th Anniversary Blue Note Japan UHQCD: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “Roots and Herbs”

Maybe vice versa as well.

Now listening to works from Ashkenazy's excellent Sibelius cycle. Disc 1 from this set: Wonderful interpretations and immaculate Decca SQ. That looks interesting, Chuck. What do you think of it? I'm only familiar with Rott's symphony. IIRC, he wrote only one, right?

Mercury is now owned by UMG. (I've always liked that record-- I've always felt that playing with Trane upped Cannonball's solos.)

I'll take: Jamal ,Khan Sounds of Liberation (New Horizons) $20 Byard Lancaster, Monnette Sudler Jamal, Khan Drum Dance to the Motherland $15 Monnette Sudler Thanks

Does anyone have any San Diego recommendations? Not a US city that I know...

If you've ever thought of taking one of the many Jazz cruises out there but wondered what it might be like, here are the activity schedules from the McBride's World At Sea Jazz cruise that took place Jan. 20-27 of this year. I had a blast and truth be told, got a little more Jazz than I could handle by the end.

Tina Brooks “Minor Move” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD This session needed a better digital release and this one is it. Tina Brooks deserved a longer life and career.

I swore off physical media, but I suspect that I don't quite have everything that is on this box set, and that some of it may not make it out of the vaults in any other format. Hmmmm...... Just when I thought I got out, they pull me back in.

This album includes a fantastic version of Harry Warren's "There Will Never Be Another You."

Agreed, and many of us fit that description at some point in our past. I remember the cheap 3 LP 'Impulse Energy Essentials' set was critical to my jazz formation when I was 18 years old (my intro to Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Max Roach, Cecil Taylor, Pharoah, Freddie Hubbard etc.), though it would be totally redundant for me now.

Lovely.

Is this a limited edition CD set or can I wait until the end of the year to buy it?

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No worries! The recording sounds really good (it seems we can listen to the full concert:)

Double posting by accident

I bought this when it was released directly from Jaleel’s website and mine is crisp and clear.

Peetie Wheatstraw – Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 7 (4 April 1940 To 25 November 1941)

Horace Silver “Serenade to Silver” 85th Anniversary Blue Note Japan UHQCD

I would not consider the first one as it only has 4 GB of RAM. If you want Windows on your machine, skip the second one, as Windows 11 is a free upgrade from 10 and the only reason they wouldn't have done this is because the core processor is too old and isn't supported on Windows 11. Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft. So that leaves #3. Although I do wonder about the seller. Who specifies a minimum monitor size? If I were buying one, I'd probably check Dell's Outlet first. Here's one there: OptiPlex 7000 (7020) Small Form Factor Newegg.com is a place where I've had good luck. Here's a decent one there: Acer Aspire Desktop Computer

Every few years there is a new group of teenagers who should be (or need to be) introduced to Coltrane.