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Instead of posting here, since I'm only around every couple of months to read up on what's new, I posted something about Guy on my microblog (it's the entry for December 5th, 2025, just in case you read this later on). deus62 | microblog Guy was a wonderful human being and became a friend.

Sun Ra and his Arkestra “Supersonic Jazz (Expanded Edition)” Cosmic Myth 2 cd set, disc 1 This new mastering sounds wonderful. 240×240 20.1 KB

Although I've listed many of these in other threads over the years, here are some more jazzy Christmas albums I've picked up over the years: Barbara Dannerlein - Christmas Soul Bobby Timmons - Holiday Soul Christian Sands - Christmas Stories Eddie Higgins - Christmas Songs (Venus) Jeff Hamilton - Merry & Bright Tim Warfield - Jazzy Christmas Tony d'Aveni - Winter Wonderland Urbie Green - A Cool Yuletide

A sedative indeed. Going to spin Kenton Christmas now, I think!

I have to admit, until I read his obituary, I was unaware at the breadth of his playing. I thought he was a straight-up jazz guitarist. What an incredible discography: https://www.discogs.com/artist/268217-Phil-Upchurch?superFilter=Instruments+%26+Performance. He played with so many artists across genres from jazz to blues, from funk to rock, from R&B to gospel... even multiple Christmas albums... he was there.

Decided to break out the 4 disc Steven Wilson revisit of Yes “Tales from Topographic Oceans” and listen to cd 3, the alternate version of the album using studio run-through and live material. Wow. A great experience with the stereo in it’s current form. Love this music!

Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron: Deep Down. SoulNote SNGG001-2 [2016]

December 5 Enrico Pieranunzi - 1949

Full moon, bright and vivid. We went to bed early, I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep, a lot on my mind, and some clogged sinuses. Firing up the system to get some early morning sound. Re-visiting disc six of Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963" . . . . What a young force, real talent bursting out of him.

Ts-find, 1963 version

This looks real good. https://www.jazzfromdetroitfilm.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOfQ45leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR4Z8Il4cUx39-uarNcTBPXfsYg5XRt7ri1a9ElFgugpjHTgrSQ8JAla17GG2A_aem_O41UOsDWDxDQTsNT6dAkgA

Thanks.

It be a bad day for R&B and/or soul jazz guitarists; first Cropper, then Upchurch. RIP. The king of NY, Cornell Dupree and Melvin Sparks both passed in 2011. Seems like a fourteen year cycle.

He was a major dude. He even had his own orchestra, the PHIL-Harmonic:

Leonard Cohen soundtrack!!

For this session, maybe?

Yes, 10/10 for McCabe.

Correct! I miss on BFT tracks I own most months!

PM sent Edit: I see this is a CD, first thought vinyl. So to Felser!

Oh good grief! After whiffing on the album of #5, it now transpires that: #3 is one of my favorite pianists; I own the album; I make him a near-automatic suspect on almost any un-ID'd BFT piano track. #3 is this.

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LP 1