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I order from some of the big UK sellers (usually rarewaves these days, oxfordshire and some others frequently in the past) through ebay fairly often, and find usual 2-3 weeks, sometimes a little quicker, seldom slower. That being said, I agree give it another week if the seller is reputable.

IMO, if we can't get 12 different people, it's desirable to go to people being permitted to do two a year, to fill the calender.

Absolutely. An entire genre (New Age) largely strikes me that way. "Pretty" as an aesthetic value, not an emotional one.

Please don't sleep on his late-career work, which is aesthetically and emotionally stunning. Has proven to be a major artist when you add all of his phases together.

1 – I like the opening vamp, but lose interest as the cut goes on. Very very nice bass, which is the clear highlight for me. 2 – I identified on Saturday as track B1 from this classic. 3 – Out of my range, can’t relate to it. 4 – Pretty but cold. 5 – Really enjoying this, and it’s very new to me. Someone like Bill Frisell on guitar? The writing and arranging are fresh and wonderful. Suspect others will ID this, and I look forward to the reveal. Fine trombone playing, whoever it is has really mastered the instrument. The tuning on the guitar is pretty unusual to my ears, sort of reminds me of Mark Knopfler’s tuning (but not his playing). 6 – Sounds early on like samples from three different recordings playing at once. Not to my taste, though it is “interesting” for sure, and I did stick with it for the entire 7 minutes. It sort of grew on me as it went on and my ears adjusted, though not something I would seek out. My favorite part was the sax player, who just suddenly appears 2/3 of the way through. Very strange cut. Am curious for the reveal. 7 – I like this more than I would expect to. Clarinet and trumpet players interact nicely. Clearly recognized the clarinet player, so a little sleuthing led me to identify it as the first cut on this 8 - This cut is beautifully written and arranged, with great ensemble playing. Maria Schneider? Probably not, as I don’t remember her using guitar or featuring trumpet as much as this cut – though there is a lot of her material I have never heard (too expensive). If I don’t have this on the shelves, I will look to add it. 9 – One of those things that is probably more fun to play than to listen to. I can tell this must be of later vintage, as it has that “new” rhythm section approach which I don’t much enjoy. Obviously, all three of these guys can play (especially the pianist), but I’m not much interested in their work. Jacky Terrasson? 10 - I like this, and probably appreciate several of the players. That being said, it’s a little too rhythmically static for my tastes, but it’s nice and well-played, and I would not be surprised if I have this on the shelves somewhere. I do look forward to the reveal on this one. 11 – Very fun cut, though not something I would go looking for. But a very fresh sounding listen. Is Wendell Harrison involved in this one? Is it his session? 12 – Totally lost on me. They’re all competent musicians, but to what end? 13 – Yeah, I like this one. Sounds familiar, though I’m not placing it. Everyone acquits themselves well, especially the alto player. Looking forward to the reveal. Very interesting BFT, with some new sounds for me to experience, and really looking forward to the reveal on 5/8/10/13!

It's a fascinating album for sure, wouldn't want to be without it. Not sure how to stack it up against 'Juju', which I also adore, for different reasons. And all of his Blue Notes are varying degrees of wonderful (Even Motto Grosso Feio).

#2 is track B1 from this beautiful album. Lots of great sounding stuff on the second half of the BFT which I look forward to exploring! I would have thought much of it was older vintage.

Sonny Criss !!!!! And don't miss out on this gem, with compositions and arrangements by Horace Tapscott:

I think her Songbook albums are beautiful music. Not jazz, per se, just American music. I like her catalog a lot overall, own plenty (probably most) but there is much silliness at times that I do find virtually unlistenable, and I find the late 70's work heartbreaking due to the deterioration in her voice.

Shout out on those Free America titles. Fascinating music, great prices. Shepp was a monster in that period, his prime.

That's also my favorite song by them!

Really? That would be great! I'll look into that, thanks for the heads-up!

Not sure what's more depressing, the horrid "ran the grammy tables" song (though it does have a catchy bassline) or the horrid "cowboy rap" song that was #1 for 19 weeks. I'm 30 years past caring anymore about what's new/current in the pop world. Grunge and New Jack together killed it for me when I came to realize there was absolutely nothing on mainstream radio I wanted to hear. Very few exceptions since then.

"Our Kind of Sabi" is a great album and an enlightened choice! Also love his work on Stan Getz's "Dynasty" (which would also look good on your list unless you go with "Captain Marvel" instead).

Please note that the $21 showing as from me was donated on behalf of ejp626, who is donating the proceeds of his CD sale to me!

PM sent on the Jack Wilson and the Sam Jones

He did some really nice stuff on Sceptor (they leased some of the early stuff). "Billy and Sue" is a forgotten gem, "I'm So Lonesome, I Could Cry" is great - to me, the definitive version.

Thanks, she does do amazing work, and people are very thankful. Much of it timewise is actually tedious artwork, and she's 35 years into this work, so she has mental bandwidth during those stretches.

My wife listens to it while she does her work (creating facial prostheses for patients, such as a nose or ear for someone who lost theirs to cancer or an accident. 95% of the work is done alone in her lab working with her hands, the other 5% is contact with the patient ). We do have the book! I went with the audible trial membership, so she has access for now - would still like to get the unabridged CD set at some point for her, as she likes to relisten to favorites (has done Lord of the Rings at least 30 times!).

Saw that but haven't researched the terms thx.

Love "Another Country"! Fine album.