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TTK, I like those Maynard albums, saw his MF Horn band live in the early 70's, was knocked out by "El Dopa". Jim, I agree with you on the cover, and it's OK if you call me Dude. That's well above midpoint of all the different things I've been called in my life.

We use Microsoft Teams at Cerner, and I really like it for meetings. Not so much for file storage.

Yes, a lot of excellent work with Jackie McLean that sat in the can for 15 years.

Zoom has made several changes in the past week. Don't know that their security is "good" now, but it's better than it was.

Wounded Bird released it on CD, but it seems to have not stayed in print.

I own it. It's good, but I long for the other session from Prime Element (the one with Lee Morgan) to be on individual CD. It's on the Elvin Mosaic.

Sheetz and Wawa have neatly divided up Pennsylvania, Wawa to the East and Sheetz to the West. There is a very very small area of overlap. The two companies run very different stores, but express great respect for each other. Wawa has great coffee, Sheetz coffee is awful. Sheetz has very good $1.99 meatball sandwiches, but in general their food is not bad but seems a little overpriced. Wawa makes a really good hoagie, and in general exudes more class in their menu. But I have no hesitation about stopping at either, the stores are clean, the gas is not expensive, and the food is dependable for what it is.

In our area, it's all about

Please IM if you have a CD of Green on Red - Gravity Talks you can sell me at a reasonable price, or if you have leads on same. Thanks!

RIP

Social distancing will slow down the spread, which will 1 - lower the spike, causing less shortages of ventilators/PPE/etc. 2 - buy time for the researchers to find a way to treat and to vaccinate for this thing. 3 - therefore, save lives. Pretty good return on the inconvenience, economic hardship, "forteiture of civil liberties".

Use the Prime credit card, and the membership will pay for itself (5% back on Amazon purchases). You also get the free expedited shipping, and the free Prime Video material.

I ordered a CD over the weekend directly from them with Prime, but am being quoted an April 18 delivery date. The last CD I had ordered came in about three-four days, a couple of days before it was supposed to arrive. My bigger problem with their deliveries is that they are frequently left at the wrong address, either the neighbor next door or the neighbor across the street.

Went to the link to give a listen. The music is great and the fidelity is stunningly good.

Forgot about his superbowl commercial, good stuff.

His radio show is a blast.

They did some good McCoy Tyner sessions.

New 3CD box of this, with complete 1974 concert added. "Mother Russia" is as majestic as music gets, and "Things I Don't Understand" and "Running Hard" are other highlights. And this stuff actually got played on FM radio here in Philly in the mid-70's.

"September Gurls" !!! One of the most perfect songs ever. She did glorious records in the mid-60's, as did Dionne Warwick. They still sound great today, every single from "Downtown" to "Don't Sleep in the Subway". I play them relatively often. It doesn't have to be rock or soul to be GREAT pop music.

And the Magic Triangle gems on Steeplechase.

I'm probably as openly born-again Christian as anyone active on the board, and I'm good with closing the churches to keep us alive. Have been doing everything online, including "attending" livestreaming of worship services, leading my men's bible study via Zoom, etc., and it's all good, and we're all healthy and protecting the health of others.

Here is my track by track commentary. Overall, the BFT had a great flow to it, really good as a listening experience, thanks! Really looking forward to the ID's on 8,9, and 11. 1 - good, Basie-ish big band. Seems to be a backward-looking arrangement, with the growling horns and such. I'm not particularly knowledgeable in this sub-genre, but enjoy it well enough. 2 - Old! does not speak to me. 3 - It's an interesting cut, yet feels disjointed to me in some ways. Not something I would return to. 4 -Nice track, but largely background music for me. 5 - I like this more than I would expect to, though I think it would benefit from brevity. 6 - I like the arrangement, not really in on the sax player. 7 - Nice cut. More "out" than I would have expected from the opening. I wouldn't mind owning this. 8 – Nice cut, modern without being out. I really really like this one a lot. Strong soloing, arranging, ensemble playing. First class performance all around. 9 – Very strong tenor playing, reminds me of Gato Barbieri. Good cut. Would really enjoy checking out whatever album this is on. Guitar playing is as much rock as jazz, but more controlled than, say, early Larry Coryell, and works for me very well. Drummer listened intently to what Tony Williams was doing in the late 60’s with Miles and with the Lifetime. Cut growns on me as it goes on. I’m going to stick with a guess of Gato Barbieri with, say, Paul Metzke on guitar. Whatever it is, I’m in. 10 – Boogie woogie! Certainly enjoyable, though those sorts of things all tend to sound the same to me. 11 – I like this. What interesting instrumentation, and “Delilah” is a marvelous song. Hope I own this somewhere already! 12 – Nice cut, though it fades into the background for me. 13 – Well played, though not something I would listen to repeatedly. Michael Brecker, maybe? I always respect him, though he generally leaves me cold.

Count me in on those who really appreciated Cedar on Rhodes. He was able to get a distinct sound. Especially sounded great on those early 70's Blakey albums on Prestige.

Not familiar with the Kuhn or the McDuff, which I should try to rectify, though it looks like neither ever made it to CD? I do love the Kirk, and am a huge fan of the Terry, especially "Baba Hengates". I like the Henderson, he made so many wonderful albums during the decade, but I am partial to "Joe Henderson in Japan", where his playing is especially "on" to me. Count me as a fan of those Thompson sides, though they have been so haphazardly reissued that I don't really know what are the original albums, and which are bizarro random compilations. Have not heard the Webster, but I appreciate his later playing for reasons I can't even verbalize to myself. Addendum: McDuff is available on CD, and I was able to grab one on ebay for $10. Looking forward to hearing it!