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This one is in the pile (crate, rather ) of my "yet-to-be-listened-to" recently purchased vinyls. I'd been hipped to Hampton Hawes in the 90s after I read Ted Gioia's "West Coast Jazz" book where Hampton Hawes is given glowing reviews. The Vols. 1 to 3 and the three All Night Sessions were my first purchases and I have by now accumulated about a dozen LPs covering his 50s output as well as "Here and Now" from the 60s - and the "Bird Song" CD of previously unreleased 1956/58 recordings for Contemporary. Hampton Hawes is one of those artists where I so far have always felt I can never go wrong with my purchases.

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December 21 Cameron Brown - 1945 - 80 today

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I'd prefer no stone faces on that mountain.

that’s better

Thanks!

With him, the wide range of styles he composes for and/or plays make it understandable to give him a lot of room. But I am surprised that they're doing it for the second year in a row. First time all at one venue, as far as I know.

Yeah, it's older than that. Thanks for the advice

He whose name must not be mentioned apparently.

There's another volume (What It Be Like?)which is equally good.

I'd buy one of those "CD laser lens cleaner" discs. They only cost $10-15. If that doesn't help, then it's probably time to get a new one. Unless you want to take the top off and try to clean the lens yourself...worst case is you mess it up and have to replace it anyway. I saw some links estimating the effective life of a laser unit at 10,000 hours playing time. So if the player is more than 10 years old, there's a good chance the laser is dying.

When were you born? I was born in '43 and I was too young to have appreciated West Coast Jazz when it was new.

'get a new one' sounds about right then. damn

The laser unit of my Marantz SACD player started malfunctioning after 17 years. Replacements hard to find and you need a competent technician. A costly procedure. New players are one grand or more.

In the case of we-all-know-who it may well be.

But reaction to said narcissism seems to be.....

If you google cd lens cleaner, you can find: Products (discs with brushes) that claim to clean the lens; Videos on how to clean the lens manually. I think the former work to some extent (on at least some players), have never tried the latter. I also think that laser units sometimes just die, which in the price range of players I use means "get a new one". I'm not sure about high-end models...maybe those lasers get replaced.

This set has been mentioned, and what a great modern Christmas classic:

One egregious error I've spotted. Joe Albany (piano) is listed with Benny Green and David Hazeltine in a list of younger players who took part in regular jam sessions at a place called the Star Cafe. I mean, egregious unless there was another Joe Albany in NYC in the 80s? Cause Joe Albany was performing as a trio and Joe Albany's New Yorkers at The West End.