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Wayne Shorter “Night Dreamer” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD

Freddie Hubbard “Breaking Point” Blue Note 85th Anniversary Japan UHQCD 600×525 62 KB Freddie Hubbard trumpet with James Spaulding on alto saxophone and flute, Ronnie Mathews on piano, Eddie Khan on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. Quite a band!

Standing for hours in the cold yesterday tired Lucinda and I out, and I retired a bit early and woke up early. Still cold, and QUIET . . . the system is really shining as it warms up. Starting off with: Miles Davis “Freedom Jazz Dance–Bootleg Series Volume Five” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 3 cd set, disc 3 300×261 9.98 KB I find it fascinating to listen to this set and hear the development of the material in the studio by the Quintet. Sound is excellent as well.

Louis Armstrong portrait by Robert Crumb.

“Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand” Chiaroscuro/Solid Records Japan cd Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone Dollar Brand – piano Cecil McBee – double bass Roy Brooks – drums

Paul Gonsalves Quartet “Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick” Monkey Dog cd followed by “Keith & Donna” Round Records LP Keith and Donna Godchaux, 1975, with Jerry Garcia on board. Reminds me of “Cats Under the Stars.”

Listening to one of the first LPs I’ve ever owned, given to me by a Peace Corps volunteer my father directed in Swaziland (now Eswatini) unwanted from a care package they all received from Atlantic Records in 1969. It still plays and sounds wonderful! Leo Wright “Blues Shout” Atlantic mono LP

Thelonious Monk & Tete Montoliu at Deutscher Jazz Salon, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany, May 1961. Photo by Susanne Schapowalow

Bill Evans “Morning Glory–The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires” Resonance 2 cd, disc 1 Bill with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell

Grateful Dead “Dave’s Picks, Volume 10 (Thelma, Los Angeles, CA • 12/12/69)” 3 cd set, disc 1

Woke up to the sound of an owl hotting nearby in one of our trees. Always makes me happy to hear that! Gearing up to stand in the cold for hours today along with thousands nation-wide. . . I know I’ll wish it were warmer! Starting off with: Randy Weston with Monty Alexander “Montreux/Zaragoza & Ramatuelle Jazz Festivals 1988” In & Out cd This is as interesting a listen as I thought it would be. And sound is quite ggood as well. No bass or drummer, just the two pianists and two percussionists.

“Charlie Parker on Dial Completed” Spotlite/TOCJ Japan 4 cd set, disc 2 Bird on the West Coast. 300×252 7.37 KB Some of my favorite Bird!

Dollar Brand “Pre Abdullah Ibrahim” DA Music cd Solo piano from London, 1965. Really like this.

Last week I was looking for my earlier cd version of this title and decided to order the newer release as I know it would sound better. It sounds really good, a great mastering job imo. Charles Rouse “Two is One” Strata East cd IMG450×450 36.8 KB I note that it’s “Charles” not “Charlie” Rouse. Rouse with two guitars, cello, bass, drums and percussion. . . I like it.

On to a long time favorite. Duke Ellington “Jazz Party” Columbia mono LP

Starting the day with SFJazz Collective “Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions: Live in New York 2011 - Season 8” 3 cd set, disc 3. This was a great ensemble, and a great listen.

I have this set--it's a very nice set! Great price.

Hi Jose. Welcome.

I love this singer, first discovered her during her tenure with Jobim in the “Familia” band, and then searched for her participation elsewhere. Maucha Adnet “The Jobim Songbook” Kind of Blue Records I began seeking out her brother’s work as well, he arranged these tunes for this release. 500×500 22.9 KB Acoustic Bass – Nilson Matta Acoustic Guitar – Romero Lubambo Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By – Mario Adnet Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca Flugelhorn – Claudio Roditi, Randy Brecker Piano – Alfredo Cardim, Helio Alves Saxophone – Joe Lovano Trombone – Jay Ashby Vocals, Producer – Maucha Adnet Recorded July 2004

Carlos Santana “Oneness” Columbia cd

Randy Weston “The African Nubian Suite” African Rhythms 2 cd set, disc 1 Recorded live on April 8, 2012, at the Skirball Center in New York Randy Weston Producer, Composer, Band Leader, Pianist Ayanda Clarke African Percussion Neil Clarke African Percussion Martin Kwaku Obeng Balafon Alex Blake Bass Lewis Nash Drums T.K. Blue Flute & Alto Sax Lhoussine Bouhamidy iGnawa Salieu Suso Kora Ayodele Maakheru Nefer Candido Percussion Min Xiao-Fen Pipa Jayne Cortez Poet Tanpani Demda Cissoko Singer Billy Harper Tenor Sax Robert Trowers Trombone Cecil Bridgewater Trumpet Howard Johnson Tuba 300×300 23.7 KB

“Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim” RCA Japan cd I wanted to hear some flute, and Jobim’s flute sounds lovely here.

It’s warm but the cold returns tomorrow and hangs out. Spring! Statring off a quiet morning with the Rudy Vang Gelder Remasters version of Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins “Bluesy Burrell” Moodsville/OJC cd.

“Charlie Parker on Dial Completed” Spotlite/TOCJ Japan 4 cd set, disc 1 Bird on the West Coast.

After seeing it mentioned here I pulled out my Japanese copy of the 4 disc Charlie Parker on Dial Completed. It really sounds great. As does the last edition of this music I listened to, the Mosaic Dial box set. I usually tend to gravitate to Savoy sides for Bird, but the Dial have a lot to enjoy.