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Various: Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 1 - Composers – Conductors. NEOS 11060 [Germany 2010]

Modern bossa with Miho’s gentle sweet singing and a small jazzy combo with great arrangements. I have their follow up release as well.

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Cool, rainy morning. Was a tiring day yesterday, fixed the motorized insulated blind on the main living room window, augured out a non-draining bath tub, and unsuccessfully attempted to fix the dryer–three things going wrong at once. I’m feeling like just melting into the chair this morning. Starting off with Grateful Dead, “Enjoying the Ride” box set, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85) disc 2 Then on to. . .. Les McCann “Never A Dull Moment! Live From Coast To Coast (1966-1967)” Resonance Records 3 cd set, disc 3

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And "At This Moment" is a classic of the blue-eyed soul style! Not to mention peak Alex P Keaton. Green smilie here. In all seriousness it turns out I don't seem to have those extra tracks and I may go about remedying that.

Enrico Rava Quintet: Plays Miles Davis. Label Bleu LBLC 6639 [France 2002]

August 20 Enrico Rava - 1939

Billy Vera knows his shit. His work on the Specialty reissues was pretty damn solid too. Look at that though, how this video is credited to "Billy Vera", like Judy Clay was an afterthought. It never stops...

Agreed it is the best work they ever did by a longshot, the only label that truly captured their magic. Columbia did not know what to do with them, and Stax just tried to fit them into the Stax mold.

Markus Rutz - Many Moons picked this up on a whim from Dusty, due to the inclusion of Greg Ward on it. He's only on one track but it does include Sharel Cassity on a handful of other tracks which is a plus. On first listen I really enjoy it. Very modern compositions, in the vein of Roy Hargrove's Earfood if i had to compare. My jazz listening isn't as frequent as it used to be so I may be off with the comparison.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out.

Stephen King: Never Flinch

Couple sold, above is still for sale.

Week 12 picks https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/19/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-12-picks-5/ https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/19/weekly-predictor-who-wins-in-week-12/ ***** Week 11 reviews https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/19/5-pff-stats-that-stand-out-from-week-11/ https://3downnation.com/2025/08/19/3downnation-cfl-awards-the-best-and-worst-of-week-11-3/ ***** Caleb Evans tore his ACL, and is gone for the season. The Als have brought back Shea Patterson to be their #5 quarterback. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/08/19/caleb-evans-out-for-season-als-sign-qb-shea-patterson/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/montreal-alouettes-qb-caleb-evans-torn-acl-out-for-season-1.2347985 https://3downnation.com/2025/08/19/montreal-alouettes-qb-caleb-evans-suffers-torn-acl-out-for-season/ https://3downnation.com/2025/08/19/montreal-alouettes-sign-shea-patterson-amid-rash-of-qb-injuries/ ***** Week 12 preview https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/west-division-powerhouses-collide-in-week-12-action-on-tsn-1.2347892 ***** Sask analysis https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/just-for-kicks-riders-need-to-address-serious-kicking-problem/ ***** Baltimore Stallions article https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-history/30-years-later-the-american-team-that-made-cfl-history/ ***** ***** ***** *****

From Simon Spillett on Facebook: “Some great news. A major new triple disc release of previously unheard Tubby Hayes material is to be issued very soon. I'll share more information on this as and when possible but I can tell you it's going to be a cracker. It will include sets by his quartet, quintet, octet and big band, as well as with the Jazz Couriers, and also features a couple of 'overseas' special guest appearances too. Best of all, it's in stunning audio quality. Watch this space...” https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16zTpspWFU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Dan Barrett & Frank Roberscheuten “A Portrait of Duke” Arbors Jazz cd Dan Barrett (trombone, valve trombone, cornet), Frank Roberscheuten (clarinet, alto, and tenor saxophones), Tom Baker (cornet, trombone, tenor and alto saxophones), Joep Peeters (baritone and alto saxophones, vocals), Onno De Bruijn (drums, maracas), Karel Algoed (bass), and Christian Hopkins (piano). Recorded in April 1999 in the Netherlands Great sound and playing!