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Listening to the Basie material from the new Big Band V-Disc set. Some very fine music there!

Watched "The Christophers." McKellan does fine work, but I really liked Michaela Coel, whom I had never seen before.

I play mine on a Sony UBP model and that works for my budget. Those are less than $1k as well.

Best "current" film I've seen in a long long time. Agreed on all counts.

Is it worth spending 2000 to get SACD playback? Does SACD have any fans here?

I'm excited to pick up some of these titles on CD Online Day (sic) in a week or so. Starting with the Henderson, Lateef, and Terry Callier.

I'd be willing to bet that the Marantz and NAD models linked up thread work well and produce great sound. Both are under $1000.

Great movie. Jeffrey Wright is one of the best actors around.

I can't explain it, but I'm a total sucker for city skyline album covers, especially when it comes to jazz records. 32 Jazz almost never has good cover art but they punched above their weight class on that one.

The Cecil isn't there yet, nor the rest of their 2026 batch of releases that I can tell, but most Elemental albums eventually show up on bandcamp.

32 Jazz CD reissue Original cover:

Inspired by @mikeweil

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Freeman is awful. Always has been.

There are worse out there, surely.

👍- as original LP from 1972 on my shelf ...

Thank you. All guests enjoyed it. And there will be a second round in three weeks as our apartment is not that big.

Darius Jones, Legend of e'Boi

That's my favorite Prez... And congratulations with your wife Mike.

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Great way to spend a relaxed sunday afternoon after the party for my wife's 70th birthday. Lester's version of I Can't Get Started is the kind of music that I want to listen to and die peacefully when the time comes.