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Borbetomagus - Live in Allentown

Here it's not so much that there are many CDs that I really cannot locate anymore or definitely have misplaced, but it's more a case of not immediately knowing where to look for them at any given moment without searching in several places ... I ran out of my well-arranged CD storage space (holding 600 CDs in a wall-mounted IKEA rack) quite a few years ago, then moved all my R&B/Blues, Rockabilly/Roots R'n'R and Country/Western Swing CDs into separate racks and boxes (different versions, from IKEA too, unfortunately discontinued years ago) sorted within these styles and periods. So the remaining main problem now (a "luxury problem", I know) is how to maintain some systematic order among my jazz CDs. With a fairly large number ariving over the past 3 years, up to now these have been in several different places dictated by when I bought and shelved them (those shelved more than, say, 4-5 years ago take up more than all the initial space available in that wall-mounted 600-CD rack). To re-sort them in a way where everything is better locatable, I recently ordered (at Amazon) stackable boxes with lids that hold 100 CDs each (something like these in the link below). The first four have been allocated as follows (more will be ordered to expand these or for other styles): - Swing + Chronological Classics CDs (most of my CCs are Swing anyway) - Cool & West Coast Jazz - Bebop, Hard Bop & other Modern Jazz - European jazz https://www.amazon.com/BCW-Storage-Box-Lid-Compartments/dp/B0FJMB9W4S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DY5ELNGHVCI8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jqNPgE4P-SICP3pgKKLF51o1noljJSSdtsBTcy_v1J9PKE6jRDsdWQJwGQOPhQei_BAsPG-s-wGgA8XfjTTs7mjNDzsR6ch0s9oRUeu2k3Z9U1s83oTrdKPIMVfEuMQuaqqqW7x9_NwuQwh0wI6BXimqxJvBvf566Xm7Rwqz2XGJ2D8YzeZ7R-jpvJQI1JqTmxp4ap4n0Z92ZKEIXZTnCo-_6gb9ydQkH63uDaXUkXp8aE6MX4BkpWHPWAtprYr_-7sZHxE2SBU-bz7CLDHXHrP0XlCOMK2hUU6HHCKKSLA.YscaQC8trYqtxt0c5xNrQHmG_RvSHiBAm29c7ZjZsyI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Protected+cardboard+CD+box&qid=1771429532&sprefix=protected+cardboard+cd+box%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-1 Eventually I'm afraid there will be no option but to rearrange all the CDs so that those that I tend to spin most often will go into the 600-CD wall rack and the others (except most box sets - whether CD or LP-sized - which are separate again) will go into the 100-CD boxes. No more to-and-fro searching, then, I hope. And I'm still battling with myself over whether to reallocate space freed on shelves in the adjacent room specifically for my "vinyl overflow" to accommodate at least certain CDs after all.

Now spinning one of my desert-island discs: Chick Corea - Return to Forever (ECM, 1972)

Mark’s on the show again this afternoon to talk about “Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit,” the documentary film adaptation of his book about Detroit jazz that’s showing Saturday at the IU Cinema in Bloomington. We’ll be playing lots of Detroit jazz as well by Kenny Burrell, Barry Harris, Ron Carter, Geri Allen, Bob Hurst and more. On WFIU from 3-5 p.m. EST, 103.7 FM in Bloomington, online at wfiu.org

February 19, 2026: Bruce Saunders Quintet with Peter Bernstein, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin February 20, 2026: Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable, Granville Arts Center, Garland February 21, 2026: Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth Branford Marsalis Quartet, Robinson Fine Arts Center, Plano Davy Mooney, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton February 22, 2026: Branford Marsalis Quartet, Wortham Theater, Houston February 24, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Parker Jazz Club, Austin February 25, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, JazzTX, San Antonio February 26, 2026: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Trio, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth February 28, 2026: Bnois King, Balcony Club, Dallas March 5, 2026: Pat Metheny, Charline McCombs Empire Theater, San Antonio March 6, 2026: Pat Metheny, Paramount Theater, Austin Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony March 7, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Wortham Theater, Houston Jackie Venson, Windmills, The Colony VVS Murari (Violin), Ashwani Shankar (Shehnai), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam) and Amit Kavthekar (Tabla), Kathak Rhythms Studio, Plano March 8, 2026: Bnois King, Poor David's Pub, Dallas March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 14, 2026: Bnois King, Blues and Tattoos Festival, Gainesville Larry Lampkin, Troy's, Arlington March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin Chirag Katti (sitar), Windmills, The Colony March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, Sable Sisters (Kaia Kater), Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Justin Robinson, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth Chirag Katti (sitar), Windmills, The Colony Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 22, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston March 26, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith Clone Row, Isaiah Collier, William Hooker Quartet, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 27, 2026: Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Roscoe Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey, Ghost Train Orchestra: The Music of Moondog, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Ned Rothenberg, Nik Bartsch, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Thomas Fujiwara: Dream Up, Saha Gnawa, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2026: Darius Jones Trio, Either/Orchestra, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Hania Rani, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, L. Shankar, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, Hania Rani, Julian Lage Quartet, Marc Ribot, Matt Mitchell's Zealous Angles, Miles Electric Band, Nels Cline: Lovers, Openness Trio, Tom Skinner, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee May 30, 2026: Jackie Venson, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City April 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Samora Joy, Austin City Limits April 4, 2026: Samora Joy, Tobin Center, San Antonio Melissa Aldana, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2026: Rakesh Charaurasia (flute) and Amit Kavthekar (tabla), Matchbox4, Houston April 12, 2026: John Beasley's Unlimited Miles (John Beasley, Mark Turner, Sean Jones or Marquis Hill, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Williams, Terreon Gu)), Eisemann Center, Richardson April 23, 2026: Nicholas Payton featuring Butcher Brown Presents the Supreme Blue, Monty Alexander "Jamericana", Charlie Musselwhite, Kyle Roussel, Kenny Neal, Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Nidia Gongora (Columbia); Yusa (Cuba), Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Jamil Sharif, Peter Harris Presents Firm Roots, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 24, 2026: Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Andromeda Turre, Astral Project, Parlor Greens (w/Jimmy James), Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Sevana (Jamaica), Joy Clark, Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2026: Mahmoud Chouki, Louis Ford, Little Freddie King, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2026: Ron Carter Quartet, Catherine Russell, Roger Lewis and Baritone Bliss, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal, Chris Thomas King, Tuba Skinny, People Museum, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 28, 2026: Robert Cray, Empire Theater, San Antonio April 29, 2026: Robert Cray, Heights Theater, Houston April 30, 2026: Isaiah Collier (The World is on Fire), Steve Masakowski Family Band, Sasha Masakowsti as Trash Magnolia, Helen Gillet, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2026: Terence Blanchard with Ravi Coltrane; Charlie Gabriel; Victor Campbell, Stephen Walker, D.K. Harrell, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Jackie Venson, Main Street Crossing, Tombull May 2, 2026: Dianne Reeves; Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Alexey Marti, Leroy Jones, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Larry McCray, Leyla McCalla, , New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Kenny Garrett, Jazz and Blues Market, New Orleans Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (sitar), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin May 3, 2026: Herbie Hancock; Jason Marsalis, Trumpet Mafia featuring Keyon Harold, Jackie Venson, Lila Ike (Jamaica), Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin Sandip Chatterjee (Santoor) & Subhajyoti Guha (Tabla), Plano May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston June 4, 2026: Abhisek Lahiri (Sarod) & Subrata Bhattacharya (Tabla) June 6, 2026: L Shankar (double violin), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 22, 2026: S. Akash (flute) & Vivek Pandya (tabla)/ Manas Kumar (violin) and Ojas Adhiya (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 27, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, San Antonio August 28, 2026: Buddy Guy, Austin City Limits August 29, 2026: Buddy Guy, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands August 30, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 10, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Stafford Center, Houston October 11, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Austin October 18, L. Shankar (violin), Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Swaminathan, Amit Kaythekar (percussion), Matchbox4, Houston

Thanks very much for your help, John! Your scans arrived and have been printed and copied on suitable off-white paper to match the tint of the book's pages to make them almost undistinguishable.

Don Winslow: The Final Score

Tell Me Lies - final season (HULU)

Wow, I didn't realize that the bluenote board archives still exist.

I just crossed over 30 years of posting stuff on the internet. I started sometime in 1995 on the rec.music.bluenote newsgroup. How time flies. This may have been my first post: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.bluenote/c/bAXCUZGNkbg/m/5ITeHd-pkjsJ

Ts find, Bartok plays Bartok, Microkosmos (excerpts)

Immanuel Wilkins “Omega” Blue Note cd Mr. Wilkins’ first album as a leader, featuring his then working quartet: pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Daryl Johns, and drummer Kweku Sumbry. 1000×1000 235 KB

Continuing with disc 8:

Miles Davis “Bitches Brew” Sony Quad/Stero SACD 7" edition, disc 1

Staring the morning off with the next disc int his massive box set. 740×411 44.8 KB Yes “Tales from Topographic Oceans” Super Deluxe Edition. cd 5 of 12, the first cd of the instrumentl mixes. Fascinating to hear this music (remixed) without the vocals.

Very nice! Too bad this apparently has not been pressed on one of those "live Basie" vinyls (or CDs??). No trace in the Basie discographies of any "Shake Rattle & Roll" with Leon Thomas following the "I needs to be bee'd with" that Basie announces at the begining of this clip. Tunes like "Shake Rattle and Roll" must have been the repertoire played by Basie while he provided the backing for the Alan Freed R'n'R tours and concerts for some time in 1956/57.

Mike, I listened to it through streaming services. I haven´t been able to find a physical CD for sale.

February 18 Kamasi Washington - 1981

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