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I hadn't realised that it was out yet. Just purchased and will be listening to it tomorrow. Great track titles.

This guy is a drummer, and it is a drummer's album. It's a weird one. A bit like a soundtrack or library record in the way it presents short snippets of excellent ideas but then moves on too fast.

It's definitely worth a stream. Quite unique. It suffers from tracks being too short and fading out, but there are lots of interesting ideas.

Jerome Cooper - For the People

David Lee Jr. – Evolution

I feel like there should be whole Jackie Paris or Mel Torme records...

The Three Suns – Fever And Smoke

Retrospectively Brel seems to have been highly esteemed in 1960s Anglo culture. But it seems to me that, barring the odd Nina Simone cover, there are very few versions of Brel tunes on jazz vocal tunes. Can anyone think of any? Or any theories as to why his music did not form part of the 1960s school of new jazz and easy listening standards?

It sounds like it is just going to be a website written by Adler. Still a step up on what it was, I guess.

John Coltrane - Ascension Cheers.

Emile Barnes The wife and the one year old are marooned in Welsh Wales by a storm, and I'm into day three of the two sick elder kids together with a hefty work schedule that went on to 2am last night. 2 and a half hours sleep. Hanging on to this record this morning.

Is there a wider tour happening?

Baden Powell E Paulo César Pinheiro – Os Cantores Da Lapinha Streaming this. Highly recommended for fans of Os Afro Sambas, albeit with a bigger and more festive sound with cuica etc. it somehow preserves the air of malevolent mystery that other album has. Not much on the record on the internet. Perhaps it is a comp. How is this? Interesting. Class.

Poison Idea – Pick Your King E.P.

Okay. I'm up for photos.

Why at this time of year? Shouldn't you be thinking about sleigh rides and/or reindeer transportation?

Yes. Nice stuff. Good flinty saxophone tone. Quality perhaps not kept up throughout but enjoyable.

Eraldo Volonté – Eraldo Volonté Presenta Jazz (Now) In Italy

Daunik Lazro - The Entrance Gates Of Tshee Park

Gato Barbieri - Latin America, Chapter IV

Bobby Wellins Quartet – Live... Jubilation

Definitely interesting to listen in 2024. Instructive in various ways. The musical second side is good too I was just streaming. I don't really know the background.

Carl B. Stokes, Oliver Nelson – The Mayor And The People – A Black Suite For String Quartet And Jazz Orchestra

I reckon you would be going for the audiophile and pure jazz fan market though. When it comes to the hipsters posting on Instagram, Steeplechase is about as hip as Pablo. Not enough sunglasses.

I don't mean "play" in any technical sense. Just that hipster jazz fans do not care about Steeplechase. Unlike the likes of Black Jazz, Blue Note, Strata East or Palm, I don't think people would buy them. We might, but very few others.