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I don't like sharing our house with wild rodents. We have bats in our attic and crawl spaces, and they get into our "Michigan basement". Wire mesh seems to keep them from coming into our living space. The rare mouse that somehow wanders into a room gets cornered and eaten or chased out by our cat. So far, no rats (fingers crossed).

He's so impressive on that session!

Happy Birthday, John Tapscott!

I think that "In The World" is great too; it was an LP on Strata East. I also love "Glass Bead Games". I think that you should give that one another listen or three. My favorite Muse recording with Clifford Jordan on it is Richard Davis's "Epistrophy/Now's The Time, Recorded Live at Jazz City", a very "live" date: passionate,boisterous, atmospheric, reflective, and "free" (for a Muse release). It was originally an LP, but had a nice version of "Highest Mountain" added on its CD incarnation. It has been one of my very favorite live albums since LP days.

Happy Birthday, Marcoliv!

Happy Birthday, Brad!

Happy Birthday, Rostasi!

Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton - "The New Tango" Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - "At Carnegie Hall" And, I received as a gift: Faruq Z. Bey and The Northwoods Improvisers - "Rwanda" (upcoming European LP)

Up to this point, I agree with you. "In Action" and "Misterioso" are my favorite live Monk records. I look forward to arrival of the "Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane" disc from Amazon (within the next few days via SuperSaver shipping ) to hear if my opinion changes. I'm expecting great music, even if Monk-JG is not supplanted.

"Lee Morgan" came out when I was an undergraduate at Cal State Northridge and it was a musical staple for me back then. By the time the CD, "The Last Session", came out, I had been long-parted from the LP. So I didn't notice, at first, the editing of Roy Brooks's spacey solo, but it was a part of the original vibe that I miss. So keep your LP. I heard Roy Brooks play his saw within Mboom. That was cool too.

Not Craw; CRAW!

"The Complete Andrew Hill Blue Note Sessions (1963-1966)", Disks 1 & 2

Happy Birthday, relyles!

It's how the music sounds to you that matters most. To me, FWIW, The Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, at least on that piece, sounded no worse than I would have anticipated; they were competent, I guess, but they lacked fire.

Parmigiano Reggiano has long been a staple . I know a place in the Bronx that sells really great Reggiano for $8.99 a pound. A recent discovery for me is another Italian cheese, Piave. It's somewhat reminiscent of Parmigiano when aged, but I prefer it when it's half-way there, eaten by itself.

Jon Hendricks was great. I also liked the messages from Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte. Robin Williams was pretty good. Herbie did "Eye of the Hurricane". Idris Muhammad is certainly no Ed Blackwell. I thought that Laurence Fishburne did his MC/"guide" thing well. I'm not a fan of Diana Krall, but I thought she came off rather well tonight too. Most of the rest of the performances, I thought, were poor to mediocre. I've found that virtually everything musical that Wynton Marsalis has a direct hand in has lacked vitality, but I sure appreciate him for using his "good offices" to help bring tonight's event.

Happy Birthday, Vibes!

Happy Birthday Dan Gould!

I can't remember which I had first: this album or the two long-out-of-print (and missed) DeJohnette albums from the period (which featured Abercrombie), "Untitled" and "New Rags". Anyway, "Timeless" and "Gateway" are the only two Abercrombie-led recordings that I've held onto through the decades. "Timeless" is an excellent and wide ranging program that I always play from beginning to end.

There have been worse times for him to be away...

Jackie McLean - Disc 3

Happy Birthday, Jim Dye!

Happy Birthday, Bill Fenohr!

Happy Birthday, Sidewinder!

Jackie McLean - Discs 1 & 2