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Vikram Chandra: Sacred Games

This was a really, really excellent show. I expected a very decent show, but last night ended up being one of the best shows I've seen in recent memory. The atmosphere of the club was perfect, the crowd was VERY into it, and the band was absolutely SMOKIN' !!!!! The grooves were deep and the soloing was fantastic. Superb stuff. If anyone gets the chance to see Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts on this tour, I'd highly recommend it, as they are playing at a very high level. They'll be at The Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque in April. Looking forward to seeing them.

Saw Eddie Palmieri's Latin Jazz Orchestra. Brian Lynch (trpt) & Yosvany Terry (alto) were the horns. Hot show!!

I like Paste. Very little on jazz, but very good on what it covers. YMMV on the reviews.

Oh, come on. Some of those look pretty good. Especially if you only have the Wes & Cannonball on crappy old cassettes(like I do).

Sonny Rollins: Trio & Brass (Japanese CD reissue) Ellery Eskelin: Quiet Music (Prime Source 2 CD set)

FWIW I like Snijbloemen, the Melford & the Ortegas.

Saw Madeleine Peyroux tonight in Santa Fe. She did 3 Leonard Cohen songs so all was well with me. Actually the whole show was very nice (IMHO).

The reason I asked is that he's going to be in Albuquerque in May with a sextet. The 6th member of the group is listed as Val - turntables.

Have a nice day. Going out to lunch with my wife. Both of us going with friends to see some live music tonight. Can't complain.

I heard something about turntables in the group. Is that true?

Isn't that amusing? Read my web log for today. Survey | Keep swinging Durium I did. Thanks. I suppose a lot of us have had similar experiences.

I bought this too. Hadn't heard these since my old vinyl days. Glad to have them again.

West is an excellent CD (IMHO). Going to see Lucinda live the first week of March.

Interesting releases. Thanks for the link.

Mosaic marathon: Eldridge followed by Farmer / Golson.

I have the Atavistic reissue. The sound is more than tolerable if you want the music (which I did).

Sonny Rollins - Max Roach (that's 3 with Max) Miles & Trane

I'm convinced!!

Book or DVD only. No good for CDs.

I never had this one, but I sold Nommo about 10 years ago for $75.

Junior Mance Trio: Ballads 2006 - Japanese only issue, really nice, Hiroshi can get it.

I have Clubhouse on CD too. Came out 1990. Landslide is the Dex I've never seen on CD. BTW, the only one of these I NEED is Compulsion (finally).

I agree with Lon.

I bought In Concert because when I had vinyl it was my favorite Simone album. Sounds fine to me.