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How are those Teddi King sides? I know a little bit of her later work and am not moved one way or the other. But yet she appears to have had a cult of some sort. What was she doing exactly?

Baseball sucks today, and cricket is all highlights, so... TRACK ONE - "Little Niles". Alto is ALMOST too ripe, but I stress- almost! I like it ok, kinda late in the game if it's new-sih, but that ok. Maybe it's an older player? TRACK TWO - Not in the mood for this vibe. Not at all. Sorry. TRACK THREE - Ah,,,but no. A bit too much of not enough. It's like Oscar Peterson with a lot more brains, ultimately meaning that it's still like Oscar Peterson. TRACK FOUR - "Azalea". The original is one of the greatest ever. But the tune is AFAIK, largely uncovered. So what are you supposed to do? You can't let the original die. But a relatively flat-line version like this does it no favors. How about people taking a spot on their records an just put in the original and call it, "We We Going To Do This Tune, But Why Bother? Just "Listen To This Instead". I might buy that record and never listen to it once, just out of respect for honesty. And oh, the lyrics are epic the way Louis sings them. This is not epic, not at all. Too bad about that. TRACK FIVE - More flat-lining of an Ellington Classic. This isn't a theme, I hope? "Sunset and the Mockingbird" for "The Queen's Suite. Whoever it is doesn't matter. Nothing added, just flat-lined. So it's live, good, people can hear this live and then go out and buy the Ellington record. And live is always good. But it's not always better. TRACK SIX - "Parisian Thoroughfare". It's ok, very expert players, but again, flat-lined. Can't fault the notes, though. Just don't really like how they don't bounce. TRACK SEVEN - Piano duet(?) on "Sweet Gergia Brown. Not bad. They(?) work together quite nicely. Funny though, these four hands aren't as confounding as Earl Hines' two! TRACK EIGHT - I think this is Lew Tabackin? Playing "Star Eyes". If it is Lew, he sounds like he's gotten to be at peace with his inner Ben. This one is just dandy1 TRACK NINE - Took me a whole to jog out the cobwebs, but this is the Cat Anderson Black & Blue album. What finally did it was hearing the temor and finally glomming that YES - Harold Ashby!!!! That's not a bad record, and Cat was a lot more than a high not show! TRACK TEN - No idea who else the trio is, but that drummer is Alan Dawson. "Scrapple...." is such a tired head, but you only gotta play it once at the top and then again at the end. In Between is up to you. And this is SPLENDID! TRACK ELEVEN - This sounds like a 10"...and like heroin! Shooten up and Bebop. "Stella By Starlight". I like it a lot, it's not at all flat-line, that shit bobs and weaves, and that's the way I like my bebop. It's funny that now that everybody's supposed(?) to be sober, their shit don't swing, but I would wager that there a bare minimum of one junkie in this band, possible more, and this shit SWINGS!!!! No idea who it is, but I would buy it. Sober. TRACK TWELVE - See #11. This is deadly sober. And not in a good way. Innie or Outie? TRACK THIRTEEN - Gil & Ten. "Nobody's Heart". the first in a long, distinguished like of Gil Slo-Mo Big Hairy Spiders charts, each on better the the one befoore (with the stipulation that "Barbara Song" is in a world of its own). TRACK FOURTEEN - At first I was thinking Stephane Grappelli and I was like oh GOD no, but then it got some grit, so I will guess at Stuff Smith? I'm not real deep on him, but what I do know is awesome. I like this one even if..."How High The Moon"? I guess you gotta play something. So play "Ornithology"! LOL! TRACK FIFTEEN - Brubeck, pre-Morello judging by that bombing bass drum. They're in a dancing mood, they are! So let's dance then! Some fine stuff in here. Thanks!

She left the jewel box in the player? There ya' go. Go to the last place you KNOW you had it and then let the memory start to fill in what came next, step by step. Assume nothing! Some people were born under a bad sign, but I was born under a black hole. Experience talking here.

Yeah, at Storyville I've had for a whiles (thanks to Red Trumpet RIP), the other two I streamed for about a week at leisure. Often, that's enough, curiosity sated, money saved. Streaming is good for me like that. Like the Getz Roost set, yeah. That was all good fun, but enough of that, point made. Next. This Konitz stuff, though, for $8.99, yeah. I'll have some of that, for sure!

That record is so hot that...

I missed the Konitz that packaged all three Storyville records together. They're all on Spotify, but if it comes back in at 8.99, I'm still game.

Are you concerned about his rumored disruptive personality?

Had that in my car for a week this past spring, so it's still relative fresh in my .mind. Interesting record.

Well now, Padres!

Delphos B. Derrick - Time To Eat!!!

Ex Libris John C. Calhoun, whose copious marginalia remains quite legible.

A stealth Warne date!

The Full Gold All-Stars - Our Toes Are Stronger Than Your Heads!!!

Lloyd is a little overly fluttery, but Cedar Walton is in there all the way. With Buster Williams and Billy Higgins also being in there, Lloyd don't get in the way none, not at all!

Indeed! I have that one here: It really is breathtaking.

Wynn Danoska - You Can Never Tell!!!

I had a Mosaic set mailed from Marysville, OH on the 25th via Media Mail, it arrived here today, the 29th. Routed straight from Columbus to Dallas, then out to the usual centers for delivery to Plano. My USPS most definitely does NOT suck!

Tyner made enough Milestone albums that a box set of them would be easy.

Washington wins by 96 runs! Who needs Travis Head? LOL