JSngry

I knew the subject had come up here at least once before, but was surprised that it was 17+ years ago! My goodness, to think that a youngster could have been born on the day of that post and now be standing on the cusp of being able to legally view their first onrop. Where does the time go?

Badal Roy Ruddy Roye Blue Boyé

https://worldofjazz.org/jazz-in-kazakhstan/

How does getting Does 2 gonna go when dose 1 is sorta "freelanced"? Do they have you on file now and scheduled in for Round 2? No matter, congrats on getting that one!

From the vaults....

The Violinaires The Harptones Cellophonics https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/music/cellophonics

Not just re-released, remastered(remixed?) to add that ECM "sound" to them. I paid no attention until I hear an LP of Thesis, and I was like, WHAAAAAAAA???? Not sure if either it or Fusion has made it to CD in their original mix...Japan, maybe? Otherwise...

They just made them sound like they were.

oh, THIS Joe Henderson!

From 2010, various texts from the public record set to music (and some purely instrumental music as well)home of the instant classic: But don't stop there, there is no end of wonderful instrumental music on there as well, Ted Hearne is now on my list of names to pay attention to going forth...if it's not too late to catch up to/with the early 21st Century? Better get busy while there's still time! a-HA! I knew there was some Mingus in there, at times overtly! Just ordered:

Red Sovine Teddy Bear Annette Kleinbard

Saint Nicholas Eva Marie Saint Buffy Sainte-Marie

No party here. Party not called for at this juncture, not with all the variants and willfully aggressive dangerous humans still being encouraged to remain afoot. It's like driving on a Saturday night at 2 AM - you know there's idiots out there who don't give a damn about anybody. You know you're going to see them out there, you just hope that you get out of their way in time... Still, feeling good, and looking forward to resuming some return to normalcy, especially with known "safe", vaccinated friends and relations. Now, let's all hope that these "variants" don't turn into one or more full-blown mutations against which we have to start all over again...

Happy to report that all was well all day yesterday, and so's today. That little bit of minor inconvenience for half a day was the extent of any side-effect here.

It is still the jazz box set I am grooving to right now, going to play it straight through in one day. It's so consistent that I have no problem moving on to the nest one. Sometimes I want to listen a few times to let the music sink in, because, you know, don't know when/if you're going to here THAT again THAT way. But hell, 7 CDs, keep 'em coming, it's the same thing straight through, in the very best way. Just let 'em play, let 'em flow. You could load the set up in a changer and let it play all day in a Chico's or some place like that, and nobody would notice that it ever repeated, and the few(?) who did, hey, strike up a conversation, right? One more thing - I got a helluva deal on the box last week from Amazon, around $45. The deal was it was from "Amazon Warehouse", which I guess is the Amazon equivalent of a resuce do. The box had a little damage, and the discs were all housed in generic sleeves, but other than that, I think the packaging is intact, one jumbo poster-sized liner, tow-sided.notes thing. Not complaining! Also - this box says that it was licensed to sunnyside Communications, so did sunnyside do the American version of this box? I recall that there for a while it was only on Verve France, or something like that. Verve France and Amazon.fr.

Far out, man, like, Gonesville! That Odean side is, like flippity-scoo-dah baby. Like, I took it for a walk in my mind and I'm still out! Like, my medulla got permanently oblongatted, Nutty, buddy! (seriously, nice choice for a debut post, enjoy!!!)

Chi Coltrane The Chi-Lites Eugene Record

Definitely. And also, the older the record is, the more generous they can be with the VG+. I've never gotten outright burned by this unspoken sliding scale, but I have definitely noticed it, learned from it, and now transact with eyes wide open about it. By the same token - if you see any record there rated VG-, you know it's going to be noisy to the point where you need to decide exactly what you're looking for, an object, a nasic play copy, or a serious listening copy. If it's the latter, stay away form a DG VG-. (And for damn sure do this a DG Good). Otherwise, hey, proceed accordingly.

86! And still playing well! Happy Birthday!

Charles In Charge The Decider Big Boss Man

Right now, I am grooving on the Getz/Barron People Time box!

SARK Kevin Skar Tuukka Rask

Hamilton Burger Ronald McDonald Jack Box

Finished Wandavision yesterday...it ended up being more Marvel-y than I would have liked, but otoh, they waited until deep enough into it that I was too hooked to stop. Well done, then! Apparently, the show had some success getting people into the series who shared my disinterest in the whole "Marvel Universe" geekery. Is there a lesson there for MArvel Studios going forth, that they can make interesting TV without having to rely on all of that stuff? I hope so. I mean, it's nice if you have that to bring to it, but it was nice for me to not at all have to have it.