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Super cool. Crazy how that album still sounds fresh 30 years later

That’s the way I understand it. This is on a label Michael Session son is a part of. Sounds like there may be multiple live tapes out there so I’m excited for what may come.

Everyone seems to want info on who buys what and who owns what listening to what by what means but for what reason? My music collection is my hobby and I’ve come to terms with it, no matter the format and I don’t expect others to have the same hobby. People only bought records/tapes/cds because that’s the only way you used to be able to hear the music on demand. It’s not some great mystery to be unlocked.

I love Tapscott but Michael Session is the reason I sprung for this. His Session N Session album is desert island for me and I have 3 copies. If I see it in the wild I always feel compelled to buy it. Saw this release on Bandcamp. Looks like vinyl and digital only. I sprung for the “bootleg” copy. https://horacetapscottmichaelsession.bandcamp.com/album/horace-tapscott-michael-session-live-in-avignon-france-1989

I’ve got a preorder in for this one already. Looking forward to it

Damn, a man on an island. His last two have gotten repeated spins from me. I feel his evolution has been interesting and unexpected from “When the Heart Emerges”. He’s gone the way I expected to see Christian Scott lean after “Yesterday You Said Tomorrow” (desert island record for me). “On the tender...” and “Origami Harvest” caught me on first listen. Very interestiing to see other put off.

Ask my wife she would say theft for spending money that isn’t mine.

I was charged as well.

I guess who you are depends on how you relate to his remarks. My apologies for referencing this excerpt.

Kinda funny he said he didn’t feel comfortable as a brown person in Texas (totally understandable) but then went to Boston. this was a wonderful insight into his music. I wish more things like this came out in interviews But a revelation occurred while he was at Berklee. He went to India to play with a Berklee student band at Jazz Yatra, a festival that no longer exists. "It was my first time in India in over 10 years, my first time going as an adult, without my parents. And I was going there to play music. It was a lot to deal with. I was terrified. I was confronting head-on all these questions: 'How Indian are you? How American are you?' It was a mindfuck. Then I went to an all-night event in Bangalore. There is a tradition in India of concerts that go all night, 'til dawn. What I heard blew me away. It was unbelievable. I found out later that some of the greats of Indian classical music had performed that night, both Hindustani and Carnatic. I went to record stores the next day and bought as many cassettes and CDs as I could carry. And that's about all I listened to for a couple of years."

Finishing up Disc 1. Where has this been my whole life. This is fantastic stuff.

Went to have lunch with my wife at the park close to her job in OC and decided to stop at a record store nearby to see if they still had the Oliver Nelson big band mosaic I saw on the wall probably a year ago. This is a predominantly vinyl shop so I thought they might be affordable since it was cds. They still had it and next to it Gerald Wilson’s mosaic set. They had to get a ladder to see how much it was, turns out it was priced at $60. Asked about the Gerald Wilson and was told $60 also but they would cut me a deal if I bought both and take $100 for both. Now I own both.

Jason Palmer - At Wally's Vol. 1. Jason is a fascinating player. Mellow yet dynamic. This is a much more "lively" set compared to his Rhyme and Reason set which was live at the Jazz Standard. Rhyme and Reason sounds like a studio album recorded live in front of an audience versus At Wally"s which sound like a live set that happened to be recorded, if that makes sense. I don't think I've ever heard Jason as "fiery' as his presence on Michael Thomas' Event Horizon which was live from the Jazz Standard, but no matter what or how he plays he is always enjoyable.

I think the length of this thread shows how poorly the USPS has been operated for a long time and that we all concur on that front. It became exponentially worse with the new post master general, at least where I am.

JD Allen - Toys/Die Dreaming popped up on my apple music last night and ran through it twice without even realizing it. Excellent album. Now:

Heard from Scott they should be mailing next week.

The best way to fix something is to know nothing about it

This is for me also. More cds than LPs. Probably 5 to 1. Still getting 50ish pieces of media a year usually in waves.

Gregory Porter - All Rise from my local store today. Showed in stock on their site and I popped in and out quick before work. Another fantastic album by Mr. Porter.

Louis DeJoy is a man who was appointed in May and never worked for the USPS. It has been a big thing in the news lately...

I feel like that may be at the end of the album so you listen to the rest hahaha

Gary Bartz - Love Affair not my favorite Bartz but enjoyable enough to spin every now and again.

Haha. I’ve looked at a couple local shops that are doing things differently. One is having people wait in line, 6 allowed in at a time and 20 min time limit (it’s a really small shop), the other is doing online reservations and you can pick up if you get it. I put in an online reservation for one title in the Sept batch. Don’t really care if I get it though

Ah. I was under the impression the vinyl version was poor also. I may look for the Japanese version. This music does deserve to sound better.

Just finished up listening to this Bobby Timmons cd. Following it with Bird in Sweden.