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Thanks. I can't f**g read, but otherwise I may not have totally lost my mind. 🙄I thought she looked like a bodybuilder. Per Wiki The national [non-bodybuilder] beauty pageant was called "Miss Holland" from 1950 until 1990.

The plot thickens, because according to the always reliable Wikipedia nobody named Marie-José van der Laan was ever crowned Miss Holland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Nederland

In the stratospheric price range (e.g. $10,000) I doubt the records ever get played, because doing so would diminish resale value. So I betcha that'd work!

OMG, I didn't read the back of the cover carefully. She was Miss Holland! Apologies. Same name, so very possible, but if she was 18-21 in 1983 she's 59-62 today and the photo in that link looks quite a bit younger. Of course, it might not be a current pic. 😅

(with Billy Harper et al.)

No, that one was on Soul Note. That cover, though puzzling, has always made me laugh because the woman pictured surely looks like a streetwalker.

Off-topic, but while searching for names I recalled that Cecil McBee and Reginald Workman are still active, though they were pre-1970 BN sidemen only.

Looks more like a bodybuilder/weightlifter than a beauty queen, which ups the weirdness/disturbing ante. 🤔

Nice cover. But (perusing the back cover) that's a studio album and Woody Shaw isn't included, so the reissue in question must be something different? Despite sharing the title. 🧐 Strange.

Gesualdo binge (just ordered a recording of Tenebrae). I went for a mix of performers of the Madrigals, didn't want to commit to one ensemble.

I was once told by a tech guy that if SSDs fail, they "fail hard" and the data tends not to be recoverable. This was on the occasion of replacing a computer internal hard drive that had somehow failed by developing some "bad spots" (but almost all data was recovered). I've no idea whether that assertion about SSDs is true. 🙄

Nimbus West mini-binge: Nate Morgan: Journey into Nigritia and Retribution/Reparation Dadisi Komolafe: Hassan's Walk I'm a big fan of Nate Morgan even though he "objectively" might sound too much like McCoy Tyner at times. Plus Sonny Stitt w. Barry Harris, Tune-up/Constellation

Indeed. She has regularly performed not too far (just under 2 hours) from me at the Falcon in Marlboro, NY. Last time was Nov. 2023 iirc.

Need more info, not willing to commit at this time.

These types of things often show up at Dusty Groove, but it's carpe diem. The Woody Shaw can be preordered: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/168264/Woody-Shaw-Joe-Farrell:Vim-N-Vigor-Live-1985 and so can the Tyner: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/168263/McCoy-Tyner:Inner-Glimpse-Live-1986

http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=574 I love Brumel's Earthquake Mass and Glossa is an excellent label. May have to spring for this due to the unusual instrumentation (electric guitar?), even though the added material by Mota causes some trepidation. About this album For their new album, Graindelavoix and Björn Schmelzer have turned to Antoine Brumel’s amazing 12-voice Missa Et ecce terræ motus, “monstrous and unique”, in Schmelzer’s words. Recorded during their 2023 European tour, the ensemble has added to their regular singers four wind instrument players and, most especially, has invited the Portuguese composer and guitarist Manuel Mota, who provides some intriguing soundscapes which seamlessly blend with the spectacular singing. Björn Schmelzer: “This mass was unprecedented for Brumel’s time, totally incomparable to what else was being composed. It evokes many later genres and even contemporary styles, as you see when you perform it today. In any case, I am fascinated by musical works that are exceptional in their own time and in that specific sense are essential to a certain historical period. Taking such exceptional works seriously and seeing them as crucial means that you automatically change the existing image of the past, and I am convinced that you also change your own time.” In the booklet essay, Schmelzer builds on the similarities of Brumel’s composition to Pieter Bruegel’s drawing The Resurrection of Christ, providing yet another fascinating approach to one of the most outstanding and crucial musical creations of the Renaissance.

Lou Donaldson can be added to the list. Can't think of any others offhand.

If the weather doesn't suck (windstorm and/or snow possible, which might be a problem for me traveling from upland west), I want to see Marilyn Crispell and Michael Bisio in Kingston, NY (Lace Mill) on Sunday.

Strongly agree.

Maybe obscure and they also performed as a trio, but any recording including 2 or more from (Masabumi Kikuchi piano, Masahiko Togashi drums/percussion, Gary Peacock bass) is worth hearing IMO.

Some new arrivals (HIcks, Mizuno) and watched items (incl Black Jazz titles @ $6.99) from "The Bastards": Walter Bishop Jr Coral Keys Art Blakey (with Billy Harper) Moanin John Hicks Live In Tokyo (solo 2CD) Rudolph Johnson Second Coming Shuko Mizuno World Of Shuko Mizuno -- Live In 5 Days In Jazz 76 Sirone Artistry

This enja reissue has pretty vivid sound quality.