sidewinder

Same here !

The new Tone Poet - I have quite a number of versions of this on LP and CD including an original and this is the best of the lot by some distance. The percussion comes across really clearly - fantastic reissue. I quite like that reverb.

Tone Poet version - excellent

One of the most interesting of the ‘Verve Elite’ CD series when those came out - and quite a difficult one to track down in that series back then.

Titus Oats Titus Salt Titus Caesar Vespasianus

Signed by the man himself. Looking forward to his forthcoming UK gigs in Ilminster and Conservative Club, Swanage . I also need to stock up on more CDs from him.

I only saw Steve Lacy just the once, in his later years - with Betsch and Abenel - but it was memorable. Recall that he covered some Monk tunes. Also that Dr Art Davis was sat at the next table and enjoying it, the only time I ever saw him too.

The Kristianstadt disk

I’m glad this has been posted - I’d wanted to check out those Small’s shows but the timing is incompatible with office working hours next day in the UK. Quite a contrast with 1979 - long powerful runs and the circular breathing missing but the great lyricism and blues feel still very much there. I think the last time I saw him would have been mid-2000s in London and I have a feeling it was with Bobby Hutcherson (or maybe I am getting him confused for that one with Johnny Griffin - or maybe it was both of them with Hutch). There’s also that ‘Coleman Family’ documentary on Amazon Prime on that site at present with more from George.

Kicking off with ‘Amsterdam After Dark’ - which I remember seeing him play in 1979.

CamJazz / Campi

Can’t go wrong with that set !

CD2 - Barbican performance 2016. Was there for this one, good to be reminded of it.

Nice LP with the Thad/Mel Orchestra on Nippon Columbia

Very sad to hear this news, yet another passing of an important artist. The Grachan Mosaic Select and some of his vinyl will get a spin today. RIP.

King LP

Need to give that one a spin. A brave and sort of unique album.

Rearward CD

Sorry to hear this, he was one of those stalwart guys in NYC who you always assumed would be around forever. The last time I saw him would have been with Bertha Hope’s Quartet. May he RIP.

Even spookier on the contemporaneous double-cassette version.

I think they recommend changing the bottle after a year or so but like you, I have kept mine longer and it still seems to work fine after a few years.

Yes, keep my concentrate in the back of the fridge too. Once mixed, the solution needs to be kept away from light.