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Such beautiful music . . . a wonderful record. ❤️

Yes. The complete set includes more cuts, however. More Miles:

Disc 1 - The cuts with Coltrane

Yep. Junior Cook is a sideman on both of those Bill Hardman albums. Excellent.

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Now: Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions (Mosaic, 2001) Disc 8 - Aside from two cuts, this disc is devoted to vocals by Lee Wiley

Now spinning: Lorez Alexandria - How Will I Remember You? (Discovery, 1978) with: Flute, Oboe – Charles Owens Guitar – Grant Geissman Piano – Gildo Mahones Bass – Allen Jackson Drums – Jimmie Smith

Such an important distinction!

In a world of streaming, how much does one need to own? Probably a lot less than in the past. But I find that I still want to build a record collection. I enjoy having the physical objects in my home -- whether they're CDs or LPs. (I have a large collection of MP3s too, but somehow those music files don't count. OTOH, I think having MP3s is better than being dependent on streaming services -- because I know the music will be there if I want it.) I suppose I stream music about 10% of the time. I typically use streaming to (a.) preview music that I'm considering buying, (b.) listen to music that's out-of-print and prohibitively expensive (or entirely unavailable), or (c.) dabble in entirely new stuff. I use YouTube to stream. We have a family subscription, so it's commercial free. Of course, streaming audio quality is inferior to CDs and LPs, another down-side. (I realize that some streaming services offer high bit-rate streaming. I don't have any plans to go in that direction.)

Oh yeah. No doubt. The Bu Pleasant is AWESOME. Jim, either you or Magnificent Goldberg hipped me to that LP. And what about these? - Buster Williams' Pinnacle - Joe Chamber's The Almoravid - James Moody's Never Again! - Roy Brooks' The Free Slave - Don Patterson's These Are Soulful Days And we're still just scratching the surface.

Good stuff.

Lee Konitz - Inside Hi-Fi (Atlantic, rec. 1956) CD release with two bonus cuts One of LK's best, I think. That's the most MPS-ish ECM cover that I've ever seen.

I entered a descending-radius curve at too high a speed. When I realized that I was going too fast to make it through, I tried to bring the bike upright and execute an emergency stop. But I applied too much force to the front brake -- adrenaline, I guess -- so I went over the top of the handlebars. I landed in gravel and dirt on the side of the road. My left shoulder took the brunt of the force. I broke my collar bone and five ribs. All things considered, I was very lucky. It could have been much worse. . . . My sporting-style riding days are now over. From here on out, it will be the moto equivalent of taking a leisurely stroll through the park.

Yup. Both of those are terrific. Woody Shaw's and (to a lesser extent) Pat Martino's Muse LPs are acknowledged as classics of the era. But it seems like the rest of their catalog is more or less ignored. I could easily name 25 Muse albums of outstanding music that deserve wider availability. Concord's Craft imprint is reissuing all sorts of stuff from their many in-house labels -- Prestige, Fania/Tico/Vaya, Contemporary, Savoy, Milestone -- and this includes other LPs from the 1970s and 80s. . . . But nothing from Muse. I suppose the Muse recordings are just way off the radar of most jazz listeners.

Next up:

Prompted by some discussion elsewhere on the forum: Earlier today:

I've heard as much. I was in a motorcycle shop in NC a few months ago, and they had TWO. I was shocked.

Yep. A few months back, I watched a YT video of two guys who rode these bikes -- one rider was on a new one and the other was on an unmodified old one from the 1970s (!) -- all the way from Anchorage to the most northern point in Alaska. The new one did it without so much as a hiccup. The old one needed some repairs, which isn't surprising, given the fact that it was about 50 years old. But it made it. Honda makes unbelievably reliable products.

Honda just brought them back last year. The new ones and old ones are remarkably similar. The biggest change is that they've upped the engine size to 125 CCs. Suddenly, small bikes are "IN." Apparently, the new Trail 125s are selling like hotcakes. And there's the Grom too, along with Dmitry's Ruckus.

I can think of plenty of film composers whose music has independence aside from the films they're associated with. (Not sure if this is the same as "more famous than.") For example, Korngold's music often strikes me as more lasting and interesting than many of the swashbucklers he scored for. Morricone's and Rota's music might not be "more famous" than the films they were used in, but -- these days -- plenty of folks come to their music independently, without having seen the films. Even some of Bernard Herrmann's music fit the bill. Those screeching, dissonant strings are inextricably part of the film Pscyho -- but how many people actually watch Beneath 12-Mile Reef these days? I'm only aware of that movie because of BH's music, not the other way around. And you could say the same about a lot of Herrmann's scores -- if you put aside the blockbusters like Psycho and Vertigo.

Fantastic idea. I think Tucker's Mister Mysterious would get my vote for the "Best Muse Album That No One Talks About" award. I think I'll give that a spin next. And Hardman's Politely (also with Junior Cook) after that.

Were the ECM crowd the Sharks or the Jets? Now playing: Arthur Prysock - Jazz 'Round Midnight: Late Night Ballads & Blues (Verve) Old Town material from the 60s (mostly)