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Oh, I understand that way of thinking, for sure. It doesn't make sense, but it makes complete sense. One note: There are actually four volumes in the series. I have three (so far), but I intend to get the fourth eventually to make my "set" complete!

The original albums are re-sequenced across the different volumes. I think everything is there; it's just re-arranged. I wish the producers hadn't done that. But the music is so irresistible that I just roll with it.

That one's on my list too. Yamashita's trio + Schoof. Can't hardly miss with that lineup. Hopefully, Solid will re-reissue sometime. In the meantime, it's YT.

Now spinning: Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Tintinyana (Kaz Records UK, 1988) "The African Recordings" series, Volume 3

Thanks for all that you do, Jim!!!

32 Jazz CD reissue and Arthur Blythe - Calling Card (Enja, 1995) with John Hicks, Cecil McBee, and Bobby Battle This is a companion disc to Blythe's Retroflection (Enja, 1994). Like that release, this album was recorded at the Village Vanguard in June 1993.

Such a bummer when that happens!

Tania Maria, Boto & Helio - Via Brasil, Vol. 2 (Barclay/Sunnyside, rec. 1975)

Next up: Disc 1

Last night and again this morning: Bill Evans - Half Moon Bay (Milestone, 2006) with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell; recorded at The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, CA in November 1973 It seems like Evans' trio with Gomez and Morell doesn't get nearly as much love as his trios with LaFaro & Motian or Johnson & LaBarbera. But I still think Gomez & Morell made a terrific unit. Consider: - The Tokyo Concert. - Since We Met and Re: Person I Knew from the Vanguard. - Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada. - This album. All damn good records, imo.

Next up: Jordi Sabatés & Factor Quántic - El Secret de la Criolla [The Secret of the Creole] (Grabaciones Accidentales, 1989)

Baden Powell - Selección (Barclay/Movie Play, 2 LPs) A souvenir from my recent trip to Spain.

Now: Dakota Staton - Confessin' (Groove Merchant, 2 LPs) LP 2 - originally released as Madame Foo-Foo (1972) - with Richard "Groove" Holmes

Now spinning on my turntable: Paco de Lucia - Almoraima (Philips, 1976) Such a fantastic album! So many disparate things converging to make a unique stew -- just like the country of Spain itself.

Sorry to hear this news. R.I.P.

Me too. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Next up: Sheila Jordan with The Steve Kuhn Trio & Special Guest Theo Bleckmann - Jazz Child (HighNote, 1999)

Now playing: with Kenny Drew, NHØP, and Alex Riel; recorded at Metronome Studios, Copenhagen, September 5th, 1965 An extraordinary session, even for Ben. Time-standing-still music.

I would've if I could've! Fred McGriff, who helped the Atlanta Braves to get "over the hump" & win the World Series in 1995, has been voted into the MLB Hall of Fame. Scott Rolen has been voted in too. Congrats to them both.

Nice! I still have vivid memories of the 1979 "We Are Family" Pirates that won the World Series. Such a great team. Along with Tekulve, they had Willie "Pops" Stargell, Dave Parker, Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock, Phil "Scrap-Iron" Garner, Omar Moreno, John Candelaria, and all the rest. I have an old family photo tucked away in a drawer somewhere of me (age 12 or so) and all my cousins wearing Pirates T-shirts. . . . "We Are Family" indeed.

I had to look up those two names. They were before my time.