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Thanks! An Instagram contact has also recommended Double Nickels, Stinkweed and Record High, but The In Groove seems to be the consensus.

It is that, although it is also closely aligned to and appears to support the way in which the company has sought to portray and capitalise on its post-acquisition cost-cutting measures. So a monument to white reaction on the one hand and to cynical corporate co-option of a good cause for financial gain on the other. I am not sure either of those really needs a monument. The discussion in the thread is in any case clearly far wider, and relates to the changes enacted by the acquirer in general, beyond the clickbaity headline and lede of the original article. What about "JazzTimes' acquisition by the BeBop Channel Corporation"?

Barry Altschul Trio – Brahma

Can we change the name of this thread to something more neutral?

Oh no! I hadn't realised she was ill.

Haino Keiji And Yoshida Tatsuya – New Rap

Thanks!

KAORU ABE & HIROSHI YAMAZAKI - Jazz Bed Duo 1971.1.24

Louis Armstrong - Louis and the Angels

Count Basie - Live at the Sands (Before Frank)

I'll be in Scottsdale, Arizona early next year. Any recommendations for second hand record shops there? Or in Phoenix, which looks close by to me on a map (although you never know with the US...).

Is Reddit dying generally?

So good. The Mann had an answer to everything.

There's always more Herbie Mann albums and you never know whether or not they will be excellent, terrible or average.

Ha! I hadn't heard of this. How is it?

Nice stuff.

Can you listen to samples?

Thanks! These actually look great.

William Hooker – Symphonie Of Flowers

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – The Continuum

Is Botti on those?!

The records are pretty ersatz though, whether he can play or not.

This is a great record.

Quite right. John Zorn is for the cheese course.

That's true, but you never know. My main problem with Botti has always been it's fake jazzness. Either play jazz or don't. Botti's records aren't even really smooth jazz. Those records are to acoustic jazz what the Disney castle is to Al Kerak: technically a castle in form only. But his playing itself is fine. On other people's records he's someone to listen out for with interest, even if not necessarily the highest expectations.