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My recent Blue Note luck continued, as yesterday I found a pretty nice W.63rd mono copy of Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else.

Not me.

The ipod inspired me to re-listen to my entire CD collection. It took awhile, but it was quite fun. Now I have a backlog of unheard CDs, but I will get to everything eventually (except maybe my huge backlog of classical LPs).

At the Kessler Theater: Allan Holdsworth--November 13. Rebirth Brass Band--November 19.

Horace Silver--Six Pieces of Silver (Blue Note W. 63rd) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note, NY USA) Fletcher Henderson Memorial Album (Decca ten inch)--Great sound on this ten inch.

In Dallas right? At a rock club? I was there for that. Olinga! Small world! Yes, that was at Mother Blues, where I also saw Freddie King. Believe it or not, I caught that gig too! got-damn, ya'll too?! Dallas wasn't just the Soft Machine. first time I saw Freddie was when a friend's father got me a ticket to The!!! Beat-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13OyN_KrVg it's not Clapton or Scofield but what the eff is? hep Mickey Roker solo-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0jRumMJG4 There's a terrific DVD of Freddie King on the Beat. http://www.amazon.com/Freddie-King-Beat-1966/dp/B00005NC52/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1317990989&sr=1-1

In Dallas right? At a rock club? I was there for that. Olinga! Small world! Yes, that was at Mother Blues, where I also saw Freddie King.

The second jazz concert I saw, way back in 1974, was the Dizzy Gillespie Quartet, with Mickey Roker on drums (and Al Gafa on guitar).

On third listen, I'm still really liking the new Rudresh Mahanthappa, Samdhi, on ACT. With David Gilmore on guitar, Rich Brown on electric bass, Damian Reed on drums, and Anantha Krishnan, mridangam and janjira.

I would definitely have gone to see Lafayette Gilchrist, if I were not far away; I have two of his leader dates, Three (a trio date) and Soul Progressin' (with horns); released in 2007 and 2008, both are excellent but seem to be his last leader dates.

Nice ! Amazingly, it is virtually unplayed. The vinyl is not the same quality as Blue Note or Prestige, but the sound is the best I've heard of this album.

This was my lucky LP day. Horace Silver--Six Pieces of Silver (W. 63rd) Horace Silver--Doin' The Thing at the Village Gate (NY USA mono) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (NY USA mono) This Here is Bobby Timmons (Riverside blue label mono) Milt Jackson--Plenty Plenty Soul (Atlantic black label), and finally A Modern Jazz Symmposium of Music and Poetry with with Charlie Mingus (Bethleham red label mono deep groove)

Monk (Columbia two eyes)

I ordered two new Chico Hamilton CDs, Revelation and Euphonic, from cdbaby.

I also have a blue label version of Very Saxy, and it sounds awesome.

Lionel Hampton--Hallelujah Hamp (Verve)

Those 70s/80s Italian bootleg labels were usually pretty bad vinyl/pressings as well.

The version of the Octet that I saw for two nights at the Caravan of Dreams in the mid-1980s was rather exciting. It featured Julius Hemphill, Craig Harris, and Bakida Carroll. I recall being surprised that Julius Hemphill had only one leg. His playing was really terrific. Four sets of music by this group was not enough.

Chico Hamilton -- The Gamut (Solid State)

The Love Supreme Live is presumably the same recording that was issued on the France's Concert label and more recently in the expanded Impulse reissue of A Love Supreme.

I enjoyed the first season very much and am eager for the second to start. (That blonde princess is rather attractive.)

I saw him in January of this year, sitting in for a couple of songs in a group led by Jamire Williams and noticed him immediately. I only have one of his leader recordings, New York Accent: Live at the Kitano, which I do like.

It's well worth a listen. I've had a couple of spins and CD2, a suite comprised of Greek traditional tunes works beautifully. The arrangement by Farazis does a great job of facilitating a coming-together of the two disparate music traditions. CD1 is less immediately successful, to my ears, although there's a great Dream Weaver. Lloyd's sax and Farantouri's vocals blend beautifully a lot of the time. Maybe less successfully when Farantouri is more foregrounded with the band 'backing' As you'd anticipate the playing is top drawer from everyone but Lloyd just gets better and better as far as I can hear - the tone is luxurious I've really been enjoying this one. Very fine performance.

Sunnyland Slim--Slim's Shout (Prestige, blue label). There's some nice playing from King Curtis on this one. Coltrane--Meditations (Impulse, orange and black)

Last night, Lucky Peterson at Tuckers Blues. Too much extraneous stuff going on last night for the second anniversary of the club, things didn't quite click; but the night's highlight was a killer guitar solo on Etta James' "At Last."