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Anticipating the new Hendrix box today, I’m spinning disc 2 of this penultimate one. “Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision” cd 2

Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, September 30 1983

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Great points. And what about those people that read several books at the same time, rarely finishing one before picking up another? Asking for a friend ...

This Milestone CD compiles two Jazzland LPs: The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance and Big Chief!

Ordered mine the other day, really looking forward to this one

The first thing I would say to this is that I don't believe it at all & AI agrees, saying this about World Population Review, "The website is generally reliable but should be used with caution as it does not always provide accurate information." In this particular instance, how the hell could they come up with this number? Who reports every book they read in a public way? Do any of you do this? This seems more likely a statistic from some website like Goodreads, which is going to exclude a ton of non-readers by definition. Someone who doesn't read books is not going to open a Goodreads account. The other thing I would add is that when I was still working, there were many mornings spent around the breakroom table where I was pretty much the only one who regularly talked about books I was reading.

Another cold morning with a wife fighting pain. I got her back to sleep and read about someone’s upcoming “trillion dollar pay package.” That made me shiver and think of “Million Dollar Bash” so I put on disc 3 of this great box set. Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series Vol. 11 The Basement Tapes Complete " Columbia 6 cd set, disc 3

Everest LPBR 5077 (FSR 511 - 1986) - Ernie Wilkins "Here Comes The Swinging Mr. Wilkins" - rec. 1959/60

It's 6 CDs, not 4... The Tracklist can be seen here at Bandcamp https://corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/album/the-bottle-tapes Thanks for the hint!

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Most likely I'll get this, even though I very rarely made it over to the Empty Bottle. One time I saw the Portico Quartet play there, which wasn't exactly typical... And indeed that appears to have been 2010, so not even in this timespan.

Finals picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2025/11/06/cfl-beat-256/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/tiger-cats-alouettes-head-into-east-final-with-solid-run-threats/ https://3downnation.com/2025/11/07/3downnation-cfl-picks-straight-up-against-the-spread-east-west-finals/ My picks... I'm going with both road teams this week. Alouettes over Tiger-Cats - The Als are undefeated when Alexander starts. They are starting Alexander. Lions over Roughriders - The Lions have been unusually impressive for the past six weeks. ***** Finals previews https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/06/3-strengths-for-every-team-in-the-division-finals/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/06/4-division-finals-lessons-from-the-regular-season/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/final-four-matchups-set-for-hamilton-and-saskatchewan/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/montreal-alouettes-10-8-east-eastern-final-preview-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats-11-7-keys-to-the-game-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/hamilton-tiger-cats/battle-at-the-hammer-tiger-cats-vs-alouettes-for-cfl-glory/ https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/bc-lions-11-7-western-final-preview-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-12-6-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds-keys-to-the-game-players-to-watch/ ***** more on Ryan Dinwiddie https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/pivotal-time-redblacks-look-to-dinwiddie-to-turn-teams-fortunes-around/ https://3downnation.com/2025/11/06/ryan-dinwiddie-views-dual-ottawa-redblacks-role-as-lighter-workload-than-coaching-toronto-argos/ ***** Argos' coaching options https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/former-argos-oshea-steinauer-should-top-clubs-head-coaching-list/ https://3downnation.com/2025/11/05/14-candidates-to-be-the-toronto-argonauts-next-head-coach/

Corbett vs Dempsey will be releasing (4CD & Bandcamp download) this various artists compilation of live material from Chicago's "Empty Bottle" I'm definitely in on this one For the first time, a release of select music performed at Chicago's Empty Bottle in the heyday of the creative music boom of the 1990s. From 1996-2005, writer and producer John Corbett and musician and composer Ken Vandermark teamed up to curate a series of concerts, the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series. Together with annual international festivals, the series comprised more than 500 performances over its nine-year span, which was lauded in the international press and helped focus attention on Chicago as a hotspot for improvised music. The majority of the music was dutifully documented by Malachi Ritscher, from whose archives The Bottle Tapes: Selections from the Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series, 1996-2005 is drawn. Over the course of six CDs, arranged in chronological sequence, the box set revels in the span of the music presented at the Bottle, from the hardest blown free jazz to microscopic free improvisation and other kinds of experimental music. The lineup incorporates nearly 100 international musicians, including Peter Brötzmann (who formed his Chicago Tentet at the Empty Bottle in 1997), Milford Graves (performing solo), a Bobby Bradford quartet with Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake and Wadada Leo Smith, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, the Dutch bands Available Jelly and Clusone 3, Von Freeman in his only performance with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, Jim O'Rourke duetting with Cor Fuhler, Mats Gustafsson and Thurston Moore in their first face-off, Chicago Underground Quartet, Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet, and much more. The package comes with a lavishly illustrated 64-page book, loaded with never-published photos and vintage ephemera, including Dan Grzeca's beautiful posters, as well as an in-depth essay by Corbett, with play-by-play notes on the music. https://corbettvsdempsey.com/records/the-bottle-tapes/

I have a Japanese cd of "is" and the Groove Merchant "Sundance", so I have all but the alts.

Glad to be social medialess their reissues are excellent.

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Live performance at this Ann Arbor radio station releases tomorrow on Bandcamp. https://griotgalaxy.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-wuom-1979

your understanding is indeed correct. the Jazz Dispensary instagram account was one of the most irritating uses of social media by a major record label that I have seen in a while.

Chick Corea's "Is" sessions were the first time I heard him in such a context - still very much worth hearing: IMHO his playing was a little too busy to be one of my favourites. But I love the Directions and Special Edition albums. Saw him live twice with these groups. and it was great. Unfortunately the last time I saw him, in a trio with Foday Musa Suso and Jerome Harris, he seemed kinda uninspired, playing routine grooves instead of trying to sound a little more "African". Foday Musa Suso was great, really leaning into the music, but Jack played like he was watching the performance from his favourite tv sofa.

If my understanding is correct, Craft is a division of Concord, and Concord currently owns the Muse catalog (which they've criminally neglected, in typical Concord manner).

Did you get a bill for the tariff after delivery?