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My album of the week is: Charisma by Lee Morgan Lee Morgan - trumpet Jackie McLean - alto saxophone Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone Cedar Walton - piano Paul Chambers - bass Billy Higgins - drums "Hey Chico" (Morgan) - 7:17 "Somethin' Cute" (Morgan) - 5:39 "Rainy Night" (Walton) - 5:39 "Sweet Honey Bee" (Pearson) - 6:54 "The Murphy Man" (Pearson) - 7:34 "The Double Up" (Morgan) - 6:01 Great lineup in one of Lee Morgan's later efforts of his tragically short career. I got it because I am huge Mobley fan but I was blown away by how enjoyable this CD was and its now one of my favorites.

Hank Mobley,Tina Brooks, Elmo Hope and Curtis Counce

My album of the week is: Informal Jazz by the Elmo Hope Sextet aka Two Tenors with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley Elmo Hope — piano Donald Byrd — trumpet John Coltrane, Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone Paul Chambers — bass Philly Joe Jones — drums Track listing "Weeja" (Elmo Hope) — 11:00 "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) — 8:31 "On It" (Elmo Hope) — 8:58 "Avalon" (Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Rose) — 9:37 I discovered this by accident because I am a huge Hank Mobley (and Coltrane) fan and the thought of a collaboration between two of my favorite tenors plus under appreciated Elmo Hope was too much to pass up. I prefer this period in Donald Byrd's career vs his later work. It was originally called Informal Jazz by the Elmo Hope Sextet and since Elmo Hope never became famous and John Coltrane became a mega star the album was reissued as Two Tenors with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley. This is not a homogeneous quartet but mainly everyone going about their own agendas but with moments of individual brilliance (not surprising considering the all star cast). If you are a Hank Mobley and/or John Coltrane aficionado you will enjoy this.

If you like these shows why not ignore your dislike of Itunes and use it to listen to them? If you dislike Itunes more than you like the radio shows thats your choice. I happen to like Itunes and their podcasts of Coffeebreak Spanish have helped me immensely to learn Spanish.

My Album of the week: John McLaughlin: Time Remembered - John McLaughlin plays Bill Evans John McLaughlin: Acoustic Guitar Yan Maresz: Acoustic Bass Pascal Rabatti: Acoustic Guitar François Szonyi: Acoustic Guitar I first heard Waltz for Debbie played on this album. It is far and away my favorite version even thought I have it by the master Bill Evans. Beautiful arrangements and the all acoustic guitars evoke the intricate melodies of the original compositions. An amazing tribute that in my opinion improves on the originals. I bought this over 6 years ago and it has always been one of my favorite CD's

The Moon is $1500, Marantz $1000, Rega around $1000. If you are considering or have an SACD library get the Marantz if not why spend so much on a player that will be obsolete in a few years. Get a less expensive player and use an outboard DAC which is upgradeable like the Shiit or replaceable like many others. I read a review of the Sound of the Rega specifically related to the chips used being somewhat bright sounding but they liked it overall though. My friend has a Rega CD player with Rotel Electronics and high end B&W speakers it was the model before the current one and I thought the sound was a bit bright for my taste but that could have been the electronics room acoustics or the speakers.

Miles Davis in a Silent Way

Ever since I got my Ipod I never use the CD player and when I did use it I had MP3 discs but you never knew what song was coming next. With my Ipod I have playlists and can pick any song in seconds. Years ago I had a six CD cartridge and I wound up mixing up the CD's and cases and some getting scratched. Now my CD's are home and my Ipod does the rest. I guess there will be a market for CD players in cars for years to come because of the superior quality but that will become a niche like SACD.

My album of the week: Art Farmer - Farmers Market Art Farmer: trumpet Hank Mobley: tenor sax Kenny Drew: piano Addison Farmer: bass Elvin Jones: drums

I bought an LP of Sun Ra in the late 60's or early 70's with a tuba section. For the life of me I can't remember or locate it. Can anyone help?