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Milford Graves Memorial Fund link. I hadn't seen it before, so sharing in case others haven't either. Unlocked Festival sounds fantastic.

Streaming has changed my music listening and collecting habits immensely. I've got a lot of physical media that I'm going through to purge at this point. If the rights are ultimately owned by a major, then chances are it'll be on a streaming platform in perpetuity (unless that major is Sony who for some reason can be weird), so there's no real reason to hold onto el cheapo CD versions.

When we were helping care for my MIL while she was battling some very aggressive cancer up to October of last year, there was a lot of time spent at the hospital. They would not allow any cloth masks by themselves. Everyone had to wear surgical masks as baseline. There's a reason(s) the medical community held to that standard and continue to do so, and I don't think it's anything nefarious. It's because proper masking works.

Azymuth's Telecommunication Last Summer in Rio is super smooth, but not cheesy. My favorite track on this album.

Well done

I'm a pig on a truffle hunt. Well, that's one of my mottos anyway.

Thanks for the review

Will be interesting if he does allow his "harshest critics" to remain, along with threads such as:

Kyoto Jazz Massive actually popped up in the continued play algorithm once that Of All the Things record played through and I dug that sound too. United Future Org will be checked out as well. Thanks for the lead! This started popping up over the weekend and I didn't know it had previously unreleased tracks. Adding to the queue.

Well that sucks. Noted. Enjoying these enough to keep digging.

Interesting. I don’t have that one but thought it would be decent since Nana is on it. WP/NP: New group for me. The Strata record caught my attention and was perfect listening for Sunday afternoon evening. Of All the Things went perfect with Monday AM.

Haven't seen a post from @Dmitry in a while so hopefully he's still on board for May.

Participating in the BFT's has opened my approach to listening to "jazz," but I realize I'm still very much a novice with this music and hope to keep that sense growing in terms of recognition/knowledge of all aspects of this idiom. It's a struggle to articulate my thoughts on those songs, but that's a challenge I want to get better at because letting it rest at "this song is good" or "I like this" seem shallow and rather dismissive and maybe disrespectful at times. No idea what key songs are in for any genre. Rudimentary music ability as I've only had few years playing an instrument and that was long, long ago. I would say my literacy level for sheet music is still at that middle school level, but I had a very good teacher back then. I can follow the notes if reading while hearing a song, but bass clef and percussion sheets confuse me a bit. It's my own regret in life that I didn't stick with playing for a longer period, but I had to make a decision at about 12 years old and well, 12 y/o kids don't make the best decisions. One has no real grasp on how that will basically affect the rest of your life when your 10 - 12 y/o self is making that determination. Oh well. Thankfully others made different decisions and put things on tape. I listen to a lot of genres fwiw. Outside of "jazz" I dig reggae and most any JA music style the most. While those styles aren't technically difficult, there's still an enormous amount of feeling & emotion that I connect to; and dabblers and interlopers can be spotted real quick, mainly due to drummers not being able to carry the swing in that syncopated beat, but there's other factors at play too. Other genres I dig are funk, rap, hip hop, R&B...but also mainstream pop (there's some really good funk-influenced tunes being produced on the charts these days), "smooth" jazz and soft/yacht rock...all kinds of "world" music - the list goes on. Country and classical are outside of what I typically enjoy, but there are oases in those deserts that I've been able to find. But back to "jazz," I tend to concentrate on overall composition and the conversations that I can pick up along with some true feeling being expressed. My antenna isn't always in tune so I return to things I may be challenged with so maybe the frequency can be picked up better. The SGQ was like that for me. Couldn't connect at all at first, but kept coming back and it finally hit me, and I'm glad it did.

Last time I listened to this set it definitely seemed like something was off, like maybe some more rehearsal or playing time before laying down these tracks was needed.

If I'm not mistaken the guy says this is an underrated release due to...the liner notes? I enjoyed the story but I'm not sure I make the connection between this album being underrated and the content of the liner notes.

The Fresh Sound Spencer is on Apple too. Crazy that FS is the one that gets this music on an American streaming platform. Not sure that’s legal but interested parties can’t afford to sue these companies anyway.

Yeah, all these streaming platforms have their own shows now. McPhee’s Shakey Jake gets a nice showcase in one of the episodes. Right before a Paul Anka tune.

I’m just glad opinions about art don’t have the power of law.

He played acoustic bass on Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages. Tremendous player. Far too young. RIP.

Never saw Atlanta actually. May have to check that out. I started watching Severance. It's weird. One of the weirdest shows I've watched in a while and very dark literally and figuratively. While it can be compelling at times I wouldn't say it's enjoyable. This playlist on the other hand, is a great mix. They included Take 4 of On the Corner from the complete OTC set, some Buddy Terry and Joe Henderson among others.

Live it up!

There’s a market for these things it seems. I’m not in it, but they’re making money - otherwise this stuff wouldn’t get produced.

Based on the songs here, I'll give it a try as well.

I stumbled across this playlist in Apple Music and stopped when I saw Joe McPhee kicked it off. I haven't seen any episodes (wiki link for the show here), and don't really know what it's about but so far I'm loving this playlist: Joe McPhee - Shakey Jake Yes I Can, No You Can't - Lee Morgan Hub-Tones - Kamasi Washington Volunteered Slavery - Roland Kirk Summun, Bukmun, Umyun - Pharoah Sanders ...and further songs from Jimmy Smith, Dorothy Ashby, Jamie Branch, Albert Ayler, et. al.

Indeed