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PM sent on Lennon box.

as promised... couple more to follow

This one is. A clue is that this is recorded well after Strata-East ceased production. Second clue is that this is a very well known record label.

Last week Tony Malaby, Jakob Sacks, John Hebert & Tom Rainey. An hour of continuous music with composed themes & stunning improvisations Tamarindo which is Malaby, Brandon Lopez & Nasheet Waits. Hour freely improvised followed by a 15 minute coda/encore. Very demanding yet rewarding midnight set. seeing these two wildly different extraordinary drummers back to back was a treat. Seeing & hearing the *great* Tony Malaby never gets old. Must be close to a hundred times now over the past 15-17 years. Grand master on tenor & soprano saxophones. Nobody sounds anything like him. Jack Wright on alto & soprano saxophones with Evan Lipson on double bass & Mike Pride on drums. The next night they added Brandon Seabrook on banjo. That 35 minute set top 3-4 sets of the year. Jack Wright at 82 destroying atoms. One of the greatest improvisers on the planet Jonathan Moritz on tenor saxophone with Shayna Dulberger on double bass & Mike Reid on drums. Great set of 3 tunes. Moritz is great. Duo with Daniel Carter & Ayumi Ashito. Wondrous soft improvisations with Carter as always switching from the large array of horns. Flute to trumpet to clarinet to soprano, tenor & alto saxophones.

Update- New Riders/Bear's Sonic Journal Listed Paypal friends/family only. Shipping via USPS media mail at cost. You can combine sets from this list with the jazz and classical threads that I have up. Thanks for looking. John Lennon Signature Box (CD)- Discs and contents are mint. Box is VG++ $50 $42 $37 $35 Steve Miller Welcome to The Vault- Discs and contents mint. Box M- $50 $42 $37 $35 Bear’s Sonic Journal, Doc and Merle Watson. Slight box wear $70 $50 Warren Zevon- I’ll sleep when I’m dead- Slight box wear $12 $10 Johnny Cash- Unearthed (box set) still sealed $20 $18 Todd Rundgren- Complete Bearsville- $80 $70 New Riders- Bears Sonic Choice- Box has been “smushed.” It looks as though something heavy was set on it. I received it this way. $30

Oh my it finally cooled down. Still dark, quiet, still. Pulled this from the shelves, a nice way to start the day. MTB “Solid Jackson” Criss Cross cd Brad Mehldau (P) Mark Turner (Ts) Peter Bernstein (G) Larry Grenadier (B) Bill Stewart (D) 500×500 31.2 KB followed by Shirley Scott “One for Me” Strata East cd Shirley with Harold Vick and Billy Higgins. From 1975. Very nice reissue! Nice dynamics. 500×500 38.6 KB Original cover:

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Missing David S. Ware

This is for Geezer, a brilliant writer:

So is this:

RIP Ryne Sandberg. Truly one of the greats Those WGN cable games back in the day...between them and the Braves on WTBS, people everywhere got to see, respect, and bond with teams and players that were heretofore less than fully real. Sandberg +and Andre Dawson!) was a vivid example of that.

Finished Too Much. Watched Untamed, episodes 1 & 2 - Netflix.

Ronnie Fairway - THWAAAAKKKK!!!

I really dig that album, that band.

More Mahler: Disc 7 - Symphony No. 5 An outstanding performance by Klaus Tennstedt and the LPO.

Here we go... Recorded 1969(mostly)-1970 They recorded a few of these earlier, for RCA, but this is Columbia and this is the late 1960s. I wonder how "tuned in" these guys were tuned-in to what was going on in the world at the time. Even in the best of times, this is some pretty serious, intense music. Oh, nice flooring!

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I pre-ordered the CD version of an LP that hasn't been reissued in a long time and never on CD:

I'm now listening to Mahler's Third Symphony, as heard in this set: Remember the original album cover, illustrated by Maurice Sendak?

Could 11 be Cecil Payne, maybe the Strata-East? How many baritonists are more well known than Charles Davis?

Try explaining how that's possible to the binary-coded people of today...