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Addition by subtraction! Darren May placed on IL ... hopefully never seen in a Red Sox uni ever again! Whatever happens with the two rookies I'd rather have them gain experience and do what they can than watch Mr. 100 Pitches to get thru 3 1/3 innings.

Herbie Hancock “Empyrean Isles” Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD Great sounding edition of this classic Blue Note session. Tony Willams always draws my attention here.

I never get tired of listening to this masterwork:

Getting ready for the 50th Anniversary edition that will be released Friday by listening to this SACD. Grateful Dead “Blues for Allah” Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab SACD

In honor of Dave Burrell's 85th birthday today Dave Burrell: High. Douglas SD 798 [US 1969] Personnel: Dave Burrell (p), Norris Jones (b), Pharoah Sanders (tambourine), Bobby Kapp or Sunny Murray (dr)

Mario Adnet “Saudade Maravilhosa” Selo cd Bright and silky textures of Adnet’s guitar and arrangements in stellar sound.

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Tania Maria & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen “Tania Maria In Copenhagen 1978/79” Stunt 2 cd set, disc 2, “Tania Maria Live” 1978 I’ve been ignoring Ms. Maria too long, once again. Even this early on her music is fully formed, fully her own. With Mark Berteraux on bass and Andre Ceccarelli on drums.

Starting off with an album that sounds better when I can turn it up more. . . will revisit it later. Jose James “1978” Rainbow Blonde cd Funky, dnaceable, R&B crooning James music. Nice!

regarding Donald MacDonald, the one thing I could find out easily is that he was dead by the time his wife, the violin player Betty MacDonald died in 2010... https://web.archive.org/web/20180817035122/http://macdeemusic.com/index.html there it says that he left the family at some point... the fact that they were still married decades later suggests that he may have died not too long after leaving his family... for instance, I can find one Donald MacDonald from Massachusetts born 10 August 1940 who died in August 1979... that might be him but without a birth date it's impossible to confirm edit: Actually, there was an obit in Downbeat back in 1979, Drummer Donald MacDonald died March 21 in New York City at age 41. Ill health had forced him to retire from performing, and he was residing in Woodstock, New York, at the time of his death. First studying percussion at Fredonia State Teachers' College, he played in Florida for several years. MacDonald worked and recorded with Jackie Cain and Roy Kral, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens and Gary McFarland, but was probably best known for his membership in Jeremy Steig's early jazzrock band the Satyrs, which included Warren Bernhardt, Eddie Gomez and Adrian Guillary; he was also in the White Elephant Band led by Mike Mainieri. MacDonald is survived by four children and his wife, who wrote db that a Final Bar "seemed the most fitting way for me to let all the musicians that he played with over the years know that he has passed on."

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I'm wondering how the master-transfer will sound like. On Porter Records anthology "The Complete Recordings vol. 1" it's a bit mushy and distorted here and there.

September 10 Dave Burrell - 1940

Oh, that's too bad. I know you're a big fan, Aggg! My first impression of the lineup is actually a little bit disappointing. So many of the acts are returning regulars - not that there's anything wrong with them - but I always hope to see great music that I've never heard or seen before. Most of the acts in the top section of the lineup are returnees who have recently played at BE. It's like the "Best of Big Ears". Zorn is frequently interesting and dynamic, but this is the third time in 4 years that there's been a mini-festival of his work. Again, I haven't begun to research the acts and I'm confident that there will be many GREAT shows. Not interested in the headliner shows (Byrne, Plant, Anderson, Metheny, etc), which will probably require an additional paid ticket anyway. BTW, my friends and I stay at the Embassy Suites, which is probably sold out by now. An added perk to that hotel is that you run into lots of musicians who stay there. Can't WAIT!

No, my bad. Angel was still with EMI, and BN was still under Liberty or UA, either way, not yet EMI.

Have you ever been French?

Temptation is greatly nullified by the amount of walking that would be required to do it right. Right now...maybe PT helps, we'll see. That, and I just spent all the saved money on something practical and more needed. But I would go see David Byrne, maybe. How old is he now? Maybe not, then. Are they streaming this thing now? That would work.

Same corporate parents at the time?

Definitely reminiscent. The same artist maybe?

@medjuck, Last year, I stayed in the Cumberland House Knoxville. It's a few blocks from the main drag, Gay Street, but easily walkable.

Life-affirming artistry.

Thanks guys.