brownie

Bradley Wiggins and the Sky team continue to lead the Tour de France. Much talk nowadays about one of their 'secret' weapons, the French-designed flattened chainrings Osymetric It looks like proper use of brain science (not the chemical type) boosts the riders' capacities!

Not me I want this

Kenny Drew 'Home Is Where the Soul Is' (Xanadu)

My mono copy of Evolution is also stamped 'P'. In superb shape BUT it has been played numerous time! A beautiful vinyl... BN knew quality back then! Did not know the LP could get so high in auctions!

These ones!

Maria Cole, the widow of Nat King Cole, died of cancer Tuesday in South Florida. Obituary in The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard

One of the very first item I sold to Fred Cohen at his Jazz Record Center was a Dutch 45RPM EP that had the four tunes recorded by Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers. This was after I found a very decent copy of the Columbia LP.

Andrew Hill 'Andrew !!!' (BN, stereo, Liberty label)

There's also one session by the Jazz Messengers (Byrd, Mobley, Silver, Watkins, Blakey) with Dutch singer Rita Reys

Happy birthday Keep them coming

Thelonious Monk 'Misterioso' (Columbia, stereo)

Larry Young 'Of Love and Peace' (BN stereo, NY label)

Apart from 'Marty', Borgnine was the villain in many of the movies I saw when I started getting interested in films ('From Here to Eternity', 'Johnny Guitar', 'Bad Day at Black Rock', among others). I already miss him...

22-year old Thibaut Pinot is the kind of young rider France has been hoping for for years. Hope he will mature into a fine all-around cycling champion. He was great to watch! Yesterday's stage turned out to be the best one so far. Today's timelap will surely see Wiggins accentuate his lead.