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Halfway through and loving it! Relaxed atmosphere, great playing by Pepper who get's fine support ... sound is decent (drums and piano too low in the mix), not too bad really. In the band intros on Disc 2 however, Pepper announces Al Neil as the pianist ... no mention of Neil anywhere in the booklet though. https://alneil.vancouverartinthesixties.com/music

Oh yes I could see the comparison with that. That’s a great record.

The Braves are putting their games on the internet. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/atlanta-braves-release-details-for-bravesvision/ar-AA1YqBFe

One underrated player per team https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/12/1-underrated-player-from-every-cfl-team-to-watch-in-2026/ ***** Combine analysis https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/12/1-position-group-to-watch-for-every-team-at-cfl-combine/ ***** The legislature will allow the Riders to have tailgating this year. https://3downnation.com/2026/03/12/saskatchewan-roughriders-tailgating-law-passes-final-vote-given-royal-assent/

that would have been really interesting...

Nice. Don't think I knew about these.

Agreed! Capricorn Rising (Rivers with Pullen) teases out how that might have worked

Lieb & all the percussionists sound great -- but electric bassist Oscar Stagnaro steals the show.

Sound varies depending on the original alums. Some is very rare. The Verve with Brookmeyer is the jazziest, with a killer solo from Schifrin on the longest track. As with Sergio Mendes or Joao Donato all is a bit on the lighter side. They all were under more commercial presurd than jazz pianists, it seems to me. I would like to tell you more, but ghis is one of my temporarily misplaced items .....

Max on the intro, playing 3/4 over Duke's quarter note triplets...a delight, and delight first, then analysis. Always.

These DJ mixes released by Blue Note Japan in the late 90s were a nice introduction to all the samples that had been used on rap songs.

I like him and enjoy the stuff with Dizzy. I used to love those tv themes like Mannix but am not sure I want to go the whole 16 disks. What are his best jazz albums? Is this euro-compilation good?