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It's the Miles Dick Cover.

I'm glad that Monty was there to ease Billy's anxiety about his fear of permanent darkness!

RIP Claude.

Beautiful.

Wow! My starting assumption would be that since that B-Side is credited to Byard, that the main (almost only) solo would be him, on tenor. Of course, that's just an assumption, nothing more. I do find it interesting that the label claims New York, not Boston, and that Holiday is spelled with one "l"...maybe it's the name of the label owner?

Problem appears to have been resolved.

I've notified Jim A.

Cecil McBee on #12?

Teeter The Texaco Terrier - You Can Trust Your Leg To The Man Who Wears A Peg

Listening in hopes of the Reverse Rapture of Miriam Adelson. TRACK ONE - My initial gut reaction was that this was some rewritten/expanded version of :Half Mast Rapture", but it didn't take long t disabuse that notion. Second reaction was/is that this is quite well written. That bassoon is on it! Same for the cellist. The flautist is a little missing in the upper register, which tells me that it's not a classical player. And who, there are a few noticeable (on my phone, anyway)splices between composed and jazz section. the soloists are all good but not immediately identifiable. Elvin? I like this a lot, actually, especially the composed sections. TRACK TWO - That Leo P guy? "Nica's Dream". Very barking tone/attack. Sound is impressive, ideas, not so much. Almost sounds like a smooth jazz approach to hard bop. Once or twice is enough for this one, for me. TRACK THREE - Ok, this one I have - "Cool Struttin'" by Bennie Green, Jimmy Forrest, and Sonny Clark on Green's Time record. Green & Forrest made a good front line (and also did at least one more together) This is a good record. TRACK FOUR - Sounds like an Eddie Harris solo record, but not one that I have. I like the textures and the notion. The actual music, not as much., which is why I don't think it's Eddie Harris. When Eddie played simply, he always had a palpable power in reserve. This? Eh...But I do like the textures. TRACK FIVE - No idea. A bit too much for me. It's like driving through a car wash in a convertible with the top down, but the dryer is out of order. You know, why did THAT happen? TRACK SIX - I have this one too - Benny Carter's OTHER impulse! album. I love the AM-ready reverb! The entire album is lacking the BADASS punch of the first one, but it's good, and this one is such a charmer! TRACK SEVEN - Nice arrangement! Bud Shank? Art Pepper? Trixie Sorbet? I don't know? Kudos for not following the crowd. TRACK EIGHT - Sounds like a late-60s/early-mid 70s Gil Evans. But if it was, I would have it and I don't. Ok, opening up into some guitar textures that came later than that. I like it, it's got a good zone, but a little Billy Harper or Hannibal (or a lot) (Or both) would do no harm one bit. Not one bit. Although this trumpeter is not unaware of Johnny Coles, thank you for that. TRACK NINE - Oh my! Sounds like a still-forming player, but that's ok, they're going the right way(s). Sounds like they all are. What a sound, vocal like a mo! Form is reminiscent of a Joe Harriot piece, maybe? But this is not Joe Harriot. I like this one a pretty lot much! TRACK TEN - "Sophisticated Lady". Ran Blake? But I think maybe not? But I also think why not? I like it. TRACK ELEVEN - Not Mingus. T-ing him up. Not Chet Baker. He gone. Tenor vibrato, say hi to Miriam. Where is Jackie Paris when you need him? TRACK TWELVE - This one rings true to me. A ot, actually. Not "great", but TRUE. Nice set. Stop by any time!

Jimi Tenor is not without merit!!!

"Walkin'", or if you go back to Gene Ammons, "Gravy".

RIP Fay Vincent This says it shortly and succinctly: https://www.lonestarball.com/2025/2/2/24357332/former-mlb-commissioner-fay-vincent-has-died

Have you heard the sublingual whispers that the Hunts are contemplating using the "ok, KC. fine then, you don't build us a new stadium, we'll just move our Chiefs back to Dallas" tactic? The mind boggles...

Miriam Adelson has begun flooding my streaming channels with "aw shucks, it's wholesome and it will go to the schools and besides, it's evil to not have it!!!" ads for "destination resorts" aka casinos. That's said to gave been her motivation in buying the Mavs, to build a "destination resorts" for the Mavs to call home. I've had wildly mixed feelings about Mark Cuban over the decades, but I have zero ambiguity about Miriam Adelson.

I've found the Moserobie label to be pretty consistently fine: https://moserobie.bandcamp.com/

The only way that this makes sense is if they have learned something about Luka's durability and tendency towards injury that's only going to get worse over time. But even at that, Anthony Davis? And we don't even get good new operas.

Not seeing the logic in that trade at all. Nobody is.

I don't know that it's fair to criticize music that was not yet fully formed for being not yet fully formed.

Check out Mtume while you're at it. I might post that Mtume was to that band what Ron Carter was to the 60s band? My maxim for that band is that "the music is in the middle". It really was its own ecosystem. The term "electric jungle" was not just a figure of speech...

Thanks. Those two...you were on it to have gotten them early on!