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A cold morning. Quiet as a tomb. Memphis is not feeling up to the day yet. I got enough sleep and can’t shut my brain off so I’m up. Pulled this up from the shelves, bought long ago and neglexted. Michael Brecker and Eliane Elias “Amanda” Denon cd

To this day, I have no real idea about this record and if the band gells, nothing (and no, I won't cheat and listen to it on Youtube).

I first heard the Japanese LP selections from this date relatively early in my jazz journey, but still after I was kind of familiar with Miles in general and this band in particular. I don't hear structure particularly well and it would never occur to me to make an effort to check their work to see if they had abandoned the form of Stella or not. Sure, I can hear that in some sense they are pushing things further than on My Funny Valentine or Four. I hear the energy and interaction and inventiveness and soul. To me this is raw and real in a way not even come close to again til the Lost Quintet. When I first heard it, I hadn't heard nearly as much by the Quintet's members as I have now, but I don't think that's changed my perception here much. I know the tunes a little better than I did then, but my enjoyment isn't much affected by how well I know any of them, which varies a good deal. I think assumptions about the accessibility of jazz performances based on 1950s pop paradigms are just weird. There are many ways to approach this music.

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This sounds great. Top notch ensemble!

I'm jealous, jazzcorner! Is this as good as it looks?

Week 19 results Sask 27....Toronto 19 The Riders never trailed. The win clinches first place. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/recap-saskatchewan-27-toronto-19/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/roughriders-defeat-argonauts-to-lock-up-top-spot-in-the-west/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/riders-top-argos-to-clinch-cfls-west-division/ https://3downnation.com/2025/10/11/saskatchewan-roughriders-clinch-first-in-west-as-corey-mace-refuses-gatorade-shower/ https://3downnation.com/2025/10/11/toronto-argonauts-show-fight-but-fall-short-in-saskatchewan-seven-other-thoughts/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/who-cares-how-riders-clinch-first-place-with-win-over-argos/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/cfl-scores-today-saskatchewan-roughriders-27-toronto-argonauts-19-riders-clinch-west-division-top-seed/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/3-stats-that-defined-saskatchewans-westjet-thanksgiving-weekend-win-over-toronto/ ***** Calgary 37....Hamilton 20 The Stamps never trailed. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/recap-calgary-37-hamilton-20/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/stamps-ground-game-punishes-ticats-to-snap-four-game-slump/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/tiger-cats-fail-to-lock-down-first-place-in-east-division-after-loss-to-stampeders/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/event/calgary-stampeders-hamilton-tiger-cats-20251011/11824115/ https://3downnation.com/2025/10/11/calgary-stampeders-run-over-hamilton-snap-losing-streak-eight-other-thoughts/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/11/3-stats-that-defined-calgarys-westjet-thanksgiving-weekend-win-over-hamilton/

For decades, I played for a wedding band that was always "The Mister X Orchestra". Sometimes it was a five-piece orchestra, sometimes a sixteen-piece orchestra, anything in between, but it was always "orchestra". But there were never strings! Unless you count a fiddle player for honky-tonk numbers...

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I burned what would have been Duke Ellington Masters of Jazz vol. 13 for myself. After playing vol. 1 to 12 I finish with vol. 13. Vol 14 and further are on the 2 Mosaic boxes and the big RCA box. For me no need to burn more CD's.

At the recommendation of the trusted few, I bought the download via Prostudiomasters. I think it is indeed asonic upgrade albeit not a dramatic one. This one is warmer, fuller and a little more precise to me.

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Tony Malaby, Dave Ballou, Angelica Sanchez, Brandon Lopez, Billy Mintz & Randy Peterson tonight at Close Up

Aretha Franklin “The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970” Atlantic 2 cd set, disc 1 The Plangent Process really brings out subtle magic in these singles. Wow.

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Verve Hip-oSelect.com B001 4657-02 - Stan Getz " The CLEF & Norgran Studio Albums" - rec. 1952 to 1955

Marion Brown: Marion Brown. ESP-Disk' ESP 4011 [US 2005] Liner Notes by Clifford Allen This is the only complete issue with all four tracks. See: https://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/r/marionbrownquartet.html

The Great Jazz Trio Autumn Leaves