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Disc 1: Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

Now listening to this wonderful disc: Jaki Byard with Jimmy Owens and Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins? Yes, please!

Ugh. Terrible, terrible news.

Per discogs, it's never been issued on CD in the US or Europe. One Japanese reissue. (Probably for 1 week or so. ) My copy is vinyl too.

I just use an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of titles in my collection. Very basic: Artist name. Title. Label. Format (CD, LP, DL). Notes. That's it. Typically, I'll rip new CDs when I get them. Usually 320 bit-rate MP3s. Formerly, I uploaded all of music files to Amazon, but they stopped offering the service allowing you to upload files that you didn't buy thru them. Fortunately, the vast majority of my collection is already "out there" and remains accessible. So, as long as I'm connect to the internet, I can listen anywhere via their music player app. I've also got all of my digital files -- both downloads (mostly from emusic.com) and music that I've ripped from CDs -- on two separate external HDs. Since I can't upload to Amazon anymore, I recently bought a 400GB micro-SD card for my phone. After I buy a new CD, I rip it and then copy it to the card on the phone. So the new stuff isn't on the internet. But that's O.K. In fact, it's nice because I can listen regardless of whether I'm connected to the internet. Especially nice for times like camping and such. You can put a LOT of titles on a 400GB card, even if you rip at a high bit rate. And it's amazing how inexpensive storage is these days. I paid something like $60 for it. I suppose I veered off-course a bit, and took us down a trail that the OP didn't ask about. Oh well. Hope that's O.K. ;-)

Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s 03/24/20 - Duke Ellington & Ray Brown – This One's for Blanton (Pablo, 1975) 03/24/20 - Dave Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds (ECM, 1973) 03/22/20 - Stanley Cowell Trio – Illusion Suite (ECM, 1973) 03/22/20 - Catalyst – Perception (Muse, 1973) 03/20/20 - Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973) 03/19/20 - Gary Bartz Ntu Troop – Juju Street Songs (Prestige, 1972) 03/19/20 - Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins – The Grand Reunion (Chiaroscuro, 1972) Still putting in super-long workdays. So practically no progress on the blog, write-up-wise. Which is a bummer. But I guess the world's got bigger problems right about now. So... Observations? Criticisms? Contemplative musings? Incitements to riot? I mean... what do you think? One note: ECM put in a strong showing this week with three stone-cold classic titles. (And how is it that Cowell's Illusion Suite isn't in print?!?! That is an outrage against all who hold music dear. Clearly, Manfred, you've dropped the ball on that one.) It seems like Black & Blue often recorded artists who were playing the Nice Festival. Wish I could've been there -- but I was only a kid at the time. ... At least we have the recordings.

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I was sorry to read about this last night. R.I.P. Mantilla always sounded good.

Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine - In Concert (CTI) with Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette Combines two LPs (sorta) on one CD. Hancock received co-leader billing on Vol. 2 of the original vinyl release. I think he should've had it on this CD release too. His contributions are at least the equal of Freddie's & Turrentine's.

Disc 2: Works by Ravel, Falla and Rodrigo A desert-island disc.

Groove Holmes with Teddy Edwards & Pat Martino. Ruby Braff. Prez!!! Some strong stuff today. 👍

An excellent band making superb music.

Joey Baron - Down Home (Intuition, 1997) with Arthur Blythe, Ron Carter, and Bill Frisell I really like this disc.

Yes, I feel the same way about Never Again!

Stanley Turrentine - Never Let Me Go (Blue Note, 1963) I've been listening to Stanley Turrentine and Shirley Scott every day for a few weeks now. Not even starting to get tired of them. Not. One. Bit.

Oh yeah. RRK's on FIRE on that one!!! I've been listening to a couple new-to-me CDs, freebies from a friend. and

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More Turrentine:

Al Grey Jazz All-Stars - Travelers Lounge Live (Travelers Productions, Inc., 1977) with Jimmy Forrest and Shirley Scott (exclusively on piano)

The dude just had charisma, didn't he?!?!

Fathead Comes On and House of David from this 32 Jazz set: