CJ Shearn

https://bit.ly/3n77lgQ

Planning on reviewing soon, it's on my review list after Monk and Terje Rypdal.

Very interested

RIP. I had communicated with him a few times wondering if he might have been a distant family relative, my father's mother's last name was Sisco. Didn't turn out to be the case, but he seemed very nice.

I'm gonna limit this to albums this year Conspiracy Terje Rypdal Art Of The Quartet Benjamin Koppel Swallow Tales Sco Big Vicious Arctic Riff Marcin Wasilewski Trio feat Joe Lovano From This Place Pat Metheny Angular Blues Wolfgang Muthspiel Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard Gerald Clayton ONA Thana Alexa Lagos Pepper Soup Michael Olatuja Blue Soul Dave Stryker Iron Starlet Connie Han Live and Unreleased Brecker Brothers

Yeah, that's funny! Anyway Art Of the Quartet is easily one of my favorite albums of the year

Disc 1 Hank Blue Note '63-70. Sounds great.

I received mine today! Looking forward to digging in. I believe it was stated by others in this thread, but there are parts of a Hank interview where he basically claimed he was feeling stifled artistically at Blue Note and everything at a certain point was the same record. I'll see for myself shortly.

What I have been digging AND loving since I upgraded six months ago... really perfect for my apartment The biggest change: Focal Chorus 716 floor standing speakers Yamaha RS 202 stereo receiver Still use my old 80 GB Sony Playstation 3 as CD transport... it's a tank Schiit Modius DAC. Excellent audiophile system on a budget, the Focals bring a matter of factness and realistic image and presentation I really enjoy... horns and vocals and drums sound great... lots of dynamics. The Schiit Modius DAC for $200 is really nice, brings out a warmth and there is no digital glare, nice separation too. The Cirrus Logic DAC inside the PS3 is too forward and aggressive For my first system, I love it!

Finally on the way.

Hope mine is on the way soon too!

Mine hasn't shipped yet, probably soon.

Art Of The Quartet is excellent. Just finished spinning disc 1

RIP

In the meantime I got a digital promo to review and I sampled half the album on Amazon HD Music this morning.

Hilarious

Was never a fan but RIP

Yeah, right? Doesn't seem legit to me, the seller says in the description he's selling his personal collection... I'm wondering if this "original" was manufactured in another country.

My friend sent me this eBay listing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/JIMMY-SMITH-Midnight-Special-ORIG-BLUE-NOTE-JAZZ-LP-RED-WAX/124333177622?hash=item1cf2d5bb16:g:YmkAAOSwTyhfWok1 The seller claims this is a DG mono RVG original with the ear and there were only a few copies made. I don't recall hearing about any "classic" Blue Note on colored vinyl nor have I seen any other than modern day limited edition pressings. When did Blue Note do this ever in the classic era? Is it a cleverly disguised great market version?

Good choice

Great! Vol. 1 is fantastic.

I streamed some of this earlier, was going to buy a copy, but maxed out my funds this month. It's very, very good.

Definitely gonna check it out. The only Cindy album I have is Another Lifetime

Sam Harris is a really good player... hey, as I said before I respect your taste, and the depth of listening you do, so no issues there

The rapping on Origami Harvest was absurd, I agree. He tends to go at extremes in his work and almost intentional absurdity to test the limits. I think he gets that bandwidth because mainstream jazz media is always functioning on biases, and as a freelance writer doing my own thing I see that. I mean, we all have bias' but just like Grammy awards, if you look to those things as a means of validation for what you are doing, that's the wrong track... however, rightly or wrongly it builds connections. There's a tremendous Bay area bassist named Chris Trinidad whom I think has fresher ideas than say the direction Derrick Hodge is going with his projects (even though I reviewed Color of Noize favorably, it is something I listen to when the mood strikes) but it just is what it is Checking out Santos Silva's Quarantine Concert on Youtube now... she has a gorgeous tone. Thanks for the heads up. Again, this is not something I'd listen to all the time, but when the mood hits, this stuff is perfect. Like mjazzg said all this stuff can co exist.