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👍 - as CD with five additional tracks on my shelf!

Verve MV 2632 St (Japan 1979) - Buddy DeFranco " Closed Sessions" - rec. 1957 Side A: with Don Fagerquist (tp) / Georgie Auls (Ts) / Carl Perkins (p) / Barney Kessell (g) / Leroy Vinegar (b) /Larry Bunker (vibes) / Bob Neal (dr) Side B: with Ray Linn (tp) / Paul Smith (p & harp) / Howard Roberts (g) / Joe Mondragon (b) / Milt Holland (dr)

Ts-find, also other works on the disc besides 'Bach'

I thought it was my connection. Glass fiber below the road, but the old thin copper telephone cables from there, for forty apartments. But other sites load as always.

Ts-find, Narciso Yepes

Our new family member Memphis.

A swinging start to a cool Sunday morning. Kevin Hays “Go Round” Blue Note cd

(👍) - Too bad I don't have this CD, but I saw the trio live as the rhythm section of 'The Cookers' at the 'Theaterstübchen' in Kassel. Unfortunately, they only played two pieces as a trio - but they were wonderful!

When I woke up this morning, even before getting out of bed, I thought, Today is the last Saturday of September. And then I immediately thought, Darn! I missed the Grand Final. Oh well. Brisbane Lions 122 Geelong Cats 75 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/afl-grand-final-2025-geelong-vs-brisbane-live-blog/105822258 https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-grand-final-celebrations-live-updates-brisbane-lions-the-toast-of-the-town-geelong-cats-commiserate-after-2025-afl-decider-20250927-p5mydk.html https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/a-rare-contest-50m-goal-and-an-unholy-trinity-of-errors-the-moments-that-turned-the-grand-final-20250927-p5myca.html

He led the jazz big band of the local radio station for several years, the news of his passing was reported on their news pages today. R.I.P. This was his farewell concert:

Sounds like a nasty way to go Sad. RIP

oh that´s bad news. I first heard him with Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band. It was shortly before Thad and Mel separated....., and I remember that´s the first time I had heard that great pianist.

Max Roach with Strings ! I heard them live.

yes thats it, I ask the tenor player the way he wants to do it.

RIP

RIP. Excellent, versatile pianist.

I know his work from two early albums on the Gatemouth label. RIP.

My speed is usually good, but not always. I thought it was my phone and/or wifi getting wonky.

It is sad to learn of Jim McNeely's passing. I admired his work as a pianist, composer, bandleader, sideman arranger and soloist. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to hear him in person once, during IAJE in January 2001, where he performed most of his upcoming OmniTone CD release Group Therapy and on another occasion when he was a part of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He was also a delightful interview. The last time I talked to bassist Martin Wind circa 2021, he shared that Jim McNeely had recently moved to Maine to focus on compusing. Jim McNeely will be missed, but He has left a substantial legacy.