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They're hardly alone in that, though those are some strange moves they made.

Tenor saxophonist Bootsie Barnes, 82, has passed from Covid-19. He was a constant factor on the Philly scene for decades, a fine player. Here is more from the Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-pennsylvania-new-jersey-deaths-confirmed-case-updates-news-20200423.html Robert ‘Bootsie’ Barnes, noted Philly tenor saxophonist, dies of coronavirus at 82 MICHAEL BRYANT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Local legend tenormen Bootsie Barnes (left) and Larry McKenna. To celebrate their 80th birthdays they recorded the 2018 album "The More I See You." Barnes died Wednesday from the coronavirus. Robert “Bootsie” Barnes, the Philadelphia tenor sax player who played with Lee Morgan, Philly Joe Jones and Albert “Tootie” Heath among many other jazz luminaries, died on Wednesday at Lankanau Medical Center in Wynnewood at age 82. His wife, Sandra Tuner-Barnes, confirmed her husband’s death on Thursday. She said he had been hospitalized for 22 days, and the cause of death was coronavirus. Mr. Barnes was widely respected and well known in the jazz world for his hard driving playing, earthy tone and adventurous spirit. He grew up in the Richard Allen Homes in North Philadelphia, was particularly in demand as horn player who paired off with organists in the great Philadelphia tradition, teaming with Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Trudy Pitts and Shirley Scott. When starting out, he also frequently played with his childhood friend Bill Cosby whom he met in kindergarten, and who was a jazz drummer before he moved on to comedy.I In the 1970s, Mr. Barnes toured with saxophonist Sonny Stitt. Over the decades, he served as a mentor to generations of young Philadelphia jazz musicians. In recent years, he frequently played with fellow Philly sax man Larry McKenna, with whom he recorded the 2018 album The More I See You, in celebration of both of their 80th birthdays. — Dan DeLuca

That is a good one, needs CD reissue (as do many excellent MPS sessions).

RIP hydroxychloroquine "miracle cure".

Big fan here. Birthday good wishes.

Has to be an improvement over the Wilpon mess.

Count me in if there is a CD release.

I like it a lot, but there is a lot of space given to other instruments, not tons of Pharoah. "Morning Prayer" may be Lonnie Liston Smith's greatest moment. The whole second side of the album has a great flow to it, like a suite. I'm all in on Pharoah's Impulse albums, even though they are internally inconsistent, and any given album can be (and often is) all over the place. They make for fascinating (though occasionally maddening) listens. And I have no problem listening to the long cuts the whole way through.

I'm a huge Auger fan, and this is the album that started it for me 50 years ago. My current listen. Unknown in USA, apparently a cultish following in UK. A discovery for me, so far so good.

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Nonetheless, we'll miss the USPS if/when it is gone. Hope they take care of the funding soon.

Awaiting arrival from Amazon, due in Monday-Tuesday.

Another new Bob Dylan cut distributed this morning! He's really inspired right now.

I have three packages sitting somewhere between here and St. Petersburg, Russia, so I feel your pain and will raise you one. When USPS misroutes them, they do eventually arrive. Overseas, not always.

We have some friends who are teachers, and they are having a very hard time coping with the online format day after day. I couldn't do it, find myself sometimes mentally exhausted after leading a single meeting on MS Teams.

Amazingly good. By far the best rock record of 2019 that I am aware of.

Shipping was $6.37 not terrible. I did order it but couldnt find anything else worth buying for the free shipping

Not fair, but good!

But it is limited and cannot be used for this set (I tried).