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3 of 6 tunes by Tina Brooks.

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Maz Roach Quartet, The Loadstar (Horo) The Six, The View from Jazzbo's Head (Bethlehem)

Tyshawn Sorey Trio with Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi)

I'm giving this one another spin before the holiday season moves onto next year...

Vanished indeed.

Sadly, I think that too is now pretty historical, and by some decades. As I remember, Tex Wyndham had some five way genre distinction: 1. Black Downtown New Orleans Jazz (King Oliver, Louis Armstrong's 5s and 7s, Lu Watters, Turk Murphy), 2. White Downtown New Orleans Jazz (ODJB, NORK, the Dukes, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain), 3. New Orleans Uptown Revival (Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Ken Colyer), 4. Chicago Style (Condon and co), and 5. European Trad (Ball, Bilk and Barber). I may have misremembered or mischaracterised this. If you read his column it seems like there were different definitions of "classic jazz", with some festivals permitting some styles and others not. Wyndham was very condescending in his pleas for forbearance and understanding. It's like a glimpse into a vanished world.

I really like Sam records but the Artisan series is really a waste of money. The only thing you pay that +100 dollars for is the artwork.... I just wouldn't know why I would do that. Every one of them eventually gets a normal release for 30 dollars.

a Lee Morgan favorite combined with an excellent Scotch I bought at the distillery itself when I was there hiking the Rob Roy Highway

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Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe “An Evening Of Yes Music Plus” Fragile 2 cd set, disc 2 This time I’m listening to the gold cd set, not the promo set. Sounds the same as far as I can sense, but the gold discs are cool. 600×450 87 KB

The OJC CD of "Olio" is going for crazy money these days. It's good but not that good.

The space limitations of vinyl records, limiting music to approx. 20-25 minutes per side, also has a lot to do with the lack of bonus tracks on new vinyl reissues. A lot of time there is no room for bonus tracks without adding a second record for the bonus material. An example of a recent Sun Ra reissue that did include bonus tracks is the 2024 Strange Strings Expanded Edition (2 lp). That is a wonderful album as well. I personally like to have the album as originally released on vinyl so the lack of bonus tracks does not bother me. I also buy the Sun Ra CD reissues if it is something I may want for the bonus tracks.

One of their worst was the compilation of Jaki Byard Solo and Jaki Byard With Strings. They resequenced the tracks, alternating between the two albums and omitted his solo version of “Hello, Young Lovers.” They should have reissued them separately in the original track order. I have been trying to find Oleo without success. I am surprised that I overlooked it when I could get Fantasy CDs for $5 each at a media discount. I took frequent advantage of it before the catalog was sold to Concord.

Pluribus season 2 being made!!

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra “Duke 56/62 Vol. 3” CBS France LP. These are mostly vocal items, most from singles. I have Vol. 2 as well, and am on the lookout for a less expensive Vol. 1 than I see available right now.