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Reading the Kalevala for the first time. I'm not sure what I was expecting - probably more Ossian goes to Iceland. I wasn't expecting a wry Scandi Hiawatha. Really enjoying it in the Bosley translation.

I'm a Connelly fan too - both the Bosch & Lincoln Lawyer novels.

My neighbour is a retired dustman with a "colourful" past. He reads crime novels and then gives them to me. They're a varied bunch quality-wise. Michael Connelly was the one that absolutely blew me away. Literary level writing, good plots, and, as a special treat, lots of jazz. I gifted them on to my dad who got similarly obsessed.

Mozart - Piano Sonatas K.330, K.331, & K.332 - Lili Kraus

Add Michael Connelly and Robert Crais.

If you want detective series with a twist, try the first Glen Cook Garrett P.I. book, "Sweet Silver Blues". Garrett is a human detective living in a world populated by gnomes. I read them (there are 14 of them) a long time ago and remember enjoying them.

Johnny Hodges And Wild Bill Davis (Volume 1 - 2 / 1965 – 1966). Jazz Tribune N° 1. RCA ND 89765 [France 1992]

Trimming Alan Grant's announcements is always a wise move. He got ridiculously pompous by the time he hosted Four Queens Jazz Night From Las Vegas.

David Crosby “If Only I Could Remember my Name” Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD I had to hear the epic “Cowboy Movie.” I love this one, and also the alternate version with Neil Young’s guitar in place of Jerry Garcia’s.

Joe Cuba – Cocinando La Salsa (Cookin' The Sauce)

On to some of my favorite current cats on this excellent cd–drummer Johnathan Blake, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and vibraphonist Joel Ross. Johnathan Blake “Homeward Bound” Blue Note cd

An early start to the day, and looking out on the new snow. Decided to play this new arrival. I have this music in several formats, the Mosaic LP version, a newer (and crisper) cd version, and this earlier cd version that sounds a lot like a straight unfutzed with LP transfer. The music is truly “timeless” if there ever were timeless jazz. Lester Young leading great outfits and the joy and skill shine forth. It’s been too longe since I’ve listened to these tracks! “Giants of the Tenor Sax: Lester “Prez” Young & Friends” Commodore cd IMG300×297 11.2 KB The awesome Kansas City Six and Kansas City Five recordings. Recorded on September 27, 1938 in New York or March 18, 1938 in New York

Excellent live album from Phil

That's why I don't spend a lot of time planning my schedule until much later. Things get changed, added, removed, etc.

Ts find Symphonies 3,4 * Sinfonietta For String Orchestra (André Cluytens, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoir)

Chester Himes has a whole series of detective novels, starting with A Rage in Harlem.