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I think it had to more with what they were playing, not like the sound technicians didn't make adjustments during their set. They stunk all on their own.

Alela Diane "Wild Divine" (Rough Trade Records) 2011 ....

May 18 Ezio Pinza - 1892 Meredith Wilson - 1902 Big Joe Turner - 1911 Perry Como - 1912 Charles Trenet - 1913 Kai Winding - 1922 Gary Paxton - 1939 Jim McNeely - 1949 George Strait - 1952 ***** Mike Whitmarsh - 1962 - my favorite pro beach volleyball player

FS/FT: Roland Kirk - Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings (11 CD set). $69 shipped in USA or best reasonable offer or interesting trade. PM if interested. I also still have the Mosaic Woody Shaw Complete CBS Recordings (3 CD set) available. $65 shipped in USA or best reasonable offer or interesting trade. Take both for $125 shipped.

Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess (Columbia) Roland Hanna, Impressions Billy Ver Planck Orchestra, Jazz for PlayGirls (Savoy)

Great song material .... btw special mention goes to Rufus Reid ....

I did indeed buy that cd just for that cut.

I saw him only once, two years ago at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. It was basically a straight ahead jazz set, with an alto/trombone frontline and Geoff Keezer on keyboards. Favorite solo by David Sanborn for me is on Billy Harper's Priestess, on the Gil Evans album of the same name.

Joe Reisman – Lady Chatterly's Lover / Memphis Night Walk ... 1959

Ceramic Dog in Kingston, NY Marc Ribot Shahzad Ismaily Ches Smith

Superb release .... probably his finest hour ....

May 18, 2024: Pt. Ronu Majumdar & Vid. Shashank Subramanyam (Flutes), Bates Recital Hall, UT, Austin Eric Mingus, Meridian Brothers, Fresh Grass Festival, Bentonville, Arkansas Tutu Jones, The Goat, Dallas May 28, 2024: John Fedchock, Parker Jazz Club, Austin May 29, 2024: Larry McCray, Tannenhill Tavern and Music Hall, Fort Worth May 31, 2024: Samara Joy, Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston Larry McCray, Gruene Hall, New Braunfels June 1, 2024: Samara Joy, Jo Long Theater, San Antonio Vid. Ambi Subramaniam & Vid. Pravin Godkhindi, TBD, Dallas June 2, 2024: Larry McCray, Antone's, Austin June 4, 2024: Larry McCray, Lava Cantina, The Colony June 6, 2024: Bill Frisell Trio, Lowdown, Tulsa June 14, 2024: Billy Harper Quintet, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston June 15, 2024: Jugalbandi of Hindustani Flute By Praveen Godkindi and Carnatic Violin By Ambi Subramaniam - son of L Subramanian -Yashwant Vaishnav (Disciple of PT Yogesh Samsi) On Tabla, Sowmi Narayanan on Ghatam, Akshay Anthapadmanabhan on Mridamgam, Houston June 16, 2024: Billy Harper Quintet, Stateside Theater, Austin June 21, 2024: Buddy Guy, Shreveport, Lousiana June 22, 2024: Buddy Guy, Hot Springs, Arkansas June 29, 2024: Mokoomba, Thomas Mapfumo, African Vibration Festival, McKinney\ July 3, 2024: Mokoomba, Antone's, Austin July 18, 2024: John Primer, Antone's, Austin August 24, 2024: Bobby Rush, Arlington Music Hall September 1, 2024: Cassandra Wilson, Stanley Jordan, Riverfront Jazz Festival, Dallas October 13, 2024: Branford Marsalis, UTD October 17, 2024: Buena Vista Social Orchestra, Majestic Theater, Dallas November 16, 2024: Matthew Whitaker, Eisemann Center, Richardson December 7, 2024: Shemekia Copeland, Kessler Theater, Dallas March 18, 2025: Anoushka Shankar, Eisemann Center, Richardson April 12, 2025: Hiromi's SonicWonder, UTD

Another one for the Hil Evans completidtd!

I believe new OJC CDs from Amazon are now CD-Rs. I know all Mode/V.S.O.P. discs sold there are CD-Rs. I had the label confirm that they were only going that route from here on out. I'm not sure if it's an Amazon thing, but I've seen a lot of Venus Jazz CD-Rs.

Many (all?) opening acts back then were often hampered by having to use the headliners sound system. A lot of them never even get a sound check. I can't tell you the number of times an opening act sounded terrible up on stage. I can remember at least a couple of bands apologizing for their sound because of it.

Just realize that what he died of, prostate cancer, is pretty easy to detect and if caught early, it's usually very treatable. Any man over 45, just make you get your PSA tested every year and don't avoid the finger test (DRE) during your annual physical because it's uncomfortable.

I need to learn to open CDs from Amazon promptly, as occasionally I've found that I've been sold a damned CDR. While some people have said that manufactured CDs have sometimes signs of digital rot and no longer play, I've never had that happen in 40 years of collecting CDs. However, I have had several CDRs that have failed completely. Are there particular labels that only sell CDRs now? I know that is the case with Acrobat, but my recent discovery was two recent releases from Mark O'Connor's OMAC label. Please share any labels you've encountered that have taken this money-saving shortcut without informing buyers prior to purchase.

Schubert- String Quartet D.32 and D.804

Steel Pulse "Handsworth Revolution" (Island Records) 1978 .... superb debut LP .... made possible by Burning Spear for whom they performed as opening act in the later 70`s ....

I can't say that I ever enjoyed listening to David Sanborn, but what I mainly heard was his Warner Bros. recordings, which were of zero interest to me. I remember his solo as a guest on Gordon Goodwin's arrangement of the monotonous Average White Band hit "Pickin' Up the Pieces" and singling it out as the one weak track on the CD. I do have that Legends of Jazz boxed set where he plays on a show along side Phil Woods and the anonymous liner note writer mentions Sanborn to be "considered as one of the great saxophonists of all time," while Woods easily eclipsed Sanborn's best efforts. I never did tune into Night though it sounds like I missed a few shows that would have been of interest.

Everything But The Girl "The Language Of Life" (Blanco Y Negro) 1990 ....