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I have saddlebags on the bike and I found a bag that fit well behind me on the seat and that was what I packed with me. I did this trip most often in two days one way, one overnight stay--I love being on the road and "in that zone" that I find in mind and body and did 12 or 13 hour days or so. I did do camping twice, and stayed in motels three times. I have a tool bag with tools that have been useful that is strapped down low on the frame in the front. During these trips I had little to no issues at all. When I stayed more than two days in Ohio I mailed clothes to my parents and then back to supplement what I brought.

Tuesday - Linda May Han Oh Quintet

How did you pack for those trips? It's at least a 2200 mile round-trip, I imagine. Did you stay in motels, or camped? What did you carry with you as far as tools and supplies?

In the case of my Fat Bob from late '07 through '14 it was my only vehicle used almost daily in Central Texas until early '13, and I drove it to visit my parents in Ohio back and forth about five times. It has been a very reliable bike.

Why not LPs in an empty wooden wine bottle box? For beginners ... 😂 Various: Very Good Music Compilation Vol. 1. New Noise Entertainment NNE005. [US 2017]

The band in featured in the video above, BTW. Randy Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Joe Farrell, flute, tenor sax; Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson, tenor sax; George Duke, keyboards; Robben Ford, electric guitar; Alphonso Johnson, electric bass; Peter Erskine, drums. Apparently to be heard on Jazz Of The 80's (Eastworld, EWJ-80190)

That is quite a lot of miles for a motorcycle, isn't it? I take it's been reliable, then. I do see a good number of older HD and BMW motorcycles with very high mileage on FB Marketplace. Also Goldwings. Those three makers specifically seems to last. Also see many dual sport and adventure motorcycles with low miles on the clock. People just want to get rid of them, probably were impulse buys. I have been putting around the neighboring towns (it's pretty dense here in Southern Mass and RI; one town flows into another. There's a place a few miles away, where borders of four towns come to a confluence at basically one intersection. Here's my Honda Trail, resting. Tomatoes at this farm stand are fantastic - juicy, fragrant, imperfect in appearance, cracked, scarred...as they should be. I take a large slice of an artisanal sourdough bread, this ugly tomato, burrata, olive oil, a bit of coarse sea salt, I got myself a good lunch. We are saving the seeds to plant in our little garden next year.

I've seen Jerome Harris as a leader a couple of times and as a member of few touring bands. I've never seen him play acoustic bass though. To be honest, I didn't know he played with Sonny nor that he's been playing for so long. When I last saw him, which admittedly was a long time ago now, I thought he was younger than me. It turns out that he's 73 now, which really surprises me. His CD, "Rendezvous", is excellent. If you don't have it, grab a copy.

Same here. But I know many musicians over here who rave about these three. I think their musical approach is easier to comprehend than the black roots for German guys.

There were opportunities outside of Jazz that paid well and Brecker made a lot of money doing this. That said, he made some great Jazz records as well, so I'd have a hard time agreeing with the sentiment that "his solo stuff isn't really Jazz". Sure, a majority of his work was outside the Jazz sphere but he is not the only Jazz musician to chose to make money outside of straight ahead Jazz. To be perfectly honest, considering his career as a whole, he did not really even make a lot of solo records. I count maybe 20 records under his leadership/co-leadership or as a member of The Brecker Brothers. Of those 20 recordings, there are some Jazz gems. I also know that the three times I saw him play live, he was playing Jazz, no question.

https://whatsupnewp.com/2025/09/christian-mcbride-steps-down-as-newport-jazz-festival-artistic-director/

It's a great record, you won't be disappointed The song 'Sugarplums' is the same as 'Sugar Plum', written by John Court and recorded by Bill Evans on several occasions I presume Bill picked up on it via Eddie Gómez although I have seen it credited to Bill and John Court

The Google books link to "Dameronia" led me to a page that did not display but below is what the Bruyninckx discography says about the recording session of 14 May 1945: I have this recording on Official 3046 ("The V-Discs Volume 2") but its liner notes give the dates for mx JD296 and 297 as 30 Oct. 1944. Not being familiar with the V-Disc matric numbering I do not know who is right.

"So What". I really like that there is no real dilberate effort to sound like Miles' So What, but the chord changes are there, and Grant "chording" behind Kenny Drew is awesome. Color me impressed. Grant, in my opinion, really turned "So What" into an outstanding track on the entire album.

I bet that was good. Never seen Ricky or Barker before. Here's Jerome w/Sonny at Montreux Jazz 1978

Cool. I didn't know about that one. Will check it out. I'm sure it's good.

I remember when this thread was created 15 years ago. My opinion about Brecker’s playing has improved over that time.

Not one of the all time great LPs. It had a few good moments. Mostly I am just surprised no one has put it out on CD.

Clifford Jordan's piano-less trio (featuring Philly Joe in his final days) is fascinating, yet it's never been released on CD, nor is it available for streaming or on YouTube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rotterdam_Session

Coming back to the original strange statement about Brecker not playing real jazz, those who know and love real jazz just need to listen him on those records on Impulse and Verve. And then, too, maybe someone should ask why Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, etc. were out there playing "not real" jazz with schlocky pop-jazz player Michael Brecker.

Brewers - 95 wins

The Sam Rivers is sold. Others are still available.

And the tables (possibly) turned. There's a story (maybe apochryphal) about Kenny G coming up to Brecker at a festival and saying to Brecker something like "you are so great! I can't understand why I'm so much more popular when you're so great!" and Brecker simply replying "neither can I" and walking away. Not sure where I first heard that story, maybe even here...

Yeah, Discogs does not show a CD release. 11 cuts, 32 minutes, song choices like "Strangers in the Night", "Somewhere My Love", etc. Doesn't look overly promising to me, but I do think the album cover is very cool!