to hear the irrepressible jimmy smith playing in handcuffs with organ and drums recorded on the left coast and a bunch of string arrangements recorded on the right coast playing a platter full of afterhours ballads is more than i can bear.
this album is more depressing than most funerals.
sadly the last hour of your 11-03-08 edition were not on the archive.
those 2 barton moments hours every week may be the most sensitive creative hours i hear all week, and i hear a lot. this is beautiful.
(10-27)one of your finest programs i have EVER heard, bright. a beautiful beautiful show. the halvorsum, shoup, and mal recordings i must pick up on, among several others. awesome programming.
i hope to leave fond memories and far better fulfilling lives for my daughter and grandchildren, and i hope my lifelong musical collection will find its way into the hands of someone(s) who can appreciate it. fat chance of the latter!
i just finished listening to(and recording) last week's program. this makes very lovely early sunday morning listening.
it would be hard to imagine a more satisfying, or moving program.
thank you for your efforts, and your taste.