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He did some good work as a sideman in the 70's with a bunch of people such as Shaw, Nat Adderly, Norman Connors, Carlos Garnett, and was on a couple of choice Strata-East albums by Charles Sullivan and Cecil McBee. His solo piano album on Steeplechase is a gem. RIP.

Led the league with a .340 average in 1955. He was 20 years old. Had a great reputation as a human being, and an uncontested hall of famer as a player. 134 OPS+ for his career, 93 WAR, played 22 years. Mr. Tiger. He, Bruton, and Colavito were a wonderful outfield for a few years.

It woul have been here, too, if our retirement plans hadn't been decimated .

I have preferred WFH ever since the technology came in place to support it well. My wife already worked from home 95% of the time anyways (and my cat hangs out with me much of the day), so I have great company. And almost all of my meetings are remote even when I'm in the office, working with people here in Malvern/Philly, in Bangalore, and sometimes in Brasov, and most of my meetings have Bangalore representation. Very little tangible benefit to me being in the office, and less distractions from home most days. Plus it's really nice to have windows (the glass kind) to look out while I work. I would love to WFH the rest of my career. What I miss is being able to safely/routinely go out to do basic shopping, church, restaurants, etc. But I'm personally wired well for our current existence. However, it is very hard on a lot of people in many ways (I do worry about mass trauma/depression). And the sickness/death is a horror, as are the economic consequences.

Self Portrait continued what Nashville Skyline had begun, the lowering of expectations. No one could have been expected to continue at the level of Bringing It All Back Home , Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, and Dylan chose not to try. I agree Skyline and Portrait are enjoyable on their own terms, but it's a much more minor enjoyment than the landmark albums that preceded them. I like New Morning even more than those two.

A lot of really good India Navigation and Horo albums that never made it to CD, and ownership of those catalogs seems to be in flux (or worse).

I'm not crazy about the red/yellow motif, but it's OK. I like the other two better, especially that Jazz Corner of the World cover. This one is a favorite of mine, coverwise (needless to say, the music ain't bad, either):

Thx. Must be needle drops.

The albums from the end o his Argo/Cadet run need CD release also, especially "Extensions". I do like that "Oil Can Harry's" album.

This one is spectacular: As is Ervin, for that matter. But I guess we won't see anything but Binglerosie (your great term) from them, sales concerns being what they are.

Booker Ervin, Booker T. Jones, Cory Booker, I'm a big fan of all three, especially Mr. Ervin. And there's always

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.