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Count Basie and Benny Carter Legendary Radio Broadcasts The Basie sets are from '37, '38 and '40. Carter is from '39, '42-'43 and '46. Bandcamp link is here. The Basie is excellent. Per the notes, this is from the oldest preserved broadcast from Chatterbox, PA.

By chance I came across this discogs review of Sunday Mornin' by Jenell Kesler(?), which somewhat parallels the original post of this thread. "Norman Weinstein said of the record, “Green had the misfortune of being saddled by his record company with painfully stupid concept albums that may have contributed to his depression and drug abuse. Imagine if Impulse Records had asked Archie Shepp to do a country and western collection or a cliche-laden gospel set? Green suffered these indignities and more. Sunday Mornin' suggests just how consistently great he would have been if Blue Note had permitted him to do no-nonsense, mainstream jazz sessions.” As to this comment, I can see both sides, yet we all don’t become drug addicted because of our jobs, and Green could have easily refused to lay down these tracks, and no, I don’t think this Sunday Mornin’ is a shining hour for Grant Green." There's more at the link. I have no idea if this critique is accurate at all.

Only when listening to the BFTs here.

I have one of these but found it to finicky to use on a regular basis. And the resulting drink wasn't worth the effort, to me anyway.

I found a used Nespresso machine for cheap not too long ago and like it. It's a pod system which is unfortunately wasteful, but effort is made to break these pods down for compost and recycling to ease that hangup. Probably not going to win any tasting contests but it's easy and a good counterpart to the French press we use for regular joe. Also, Costco's mocha freeze from the food court is good and only $3.50 or so.

It's about time. Obnoxiously old school when the NFL has just about everything on the field recorded.

Reads like a jazz tabloid.

I never thought of it as him getting stuck.

I think it's the song Green with Envy where he repeats a couplet at least 8 times.

Finally starting at volume 1 and loving it, via Spotify. Sound is great.

Damn, although I'm not exactly sure what that means. I mean, did that attitude affect the MJQ at all?

Great reissue.

This one is good. Reminds me I need to give it another listen.

Great album. I think it was on the Mosaic Select.

House of Bush: House of Saud by Craig Unger. Heavy stuff that I need a break from after each chapter, so I'm interspersing it with both music and this one: Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud Both as audio books on Spotify.

Thanks!

Wow. I'm shocked about that. The first and only time in Smith's recorded discography?

Which Substack? I'm a newbie there and need some recs to fill out my feed.

That opener is so good though. No. 1 Green Street

I absolutely love Grantstand, the album with McDuff, Hardwood & Lateef. Also dig his trio record, Green Street (Ben Tucker & Dave Bailey). In one of those tunes he repeats a triplet like 6x in a row. He's got nowhere to hide in this setting and he definitely shines. The blues influence is unmistakable and his sound is incredible.

Any recs from the Corbett vs Dempsey catalog? The Mars Williams/Hamid Drake album is fucking awesome

Most of the live Monk I've listened to have either Dunlop or Riley as drummer. Of those sets, I prefer the Dunlop dates but wouldn't say that Riley was weak or less compatible. Seems the consensus here is that there's no consensus.

Tried to sleuth a bit on that clue, but Liebman has been an educator for a long time. He's got to have a lot of former students.

I'm interested in finding out who this is. The way you wrote this, it seems like this was a recent release.

Yeah, Sommerhausen is fine streaming. A little on the LOUD side but not problematic.