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Ugh. A very muggy morning. Starting off with some final recordings. . . . 599×591 104 KB Artie Shaw “More Last Recordings–The Final Sessions” Music Master 2 cd set, disc 1 Followed by Wallace Roney “Misterios” Warner Bros. cd

Antonio Carlos Jobim “Stone Flower” CTI+ RVG Series King Jazz SHM-CD Perhaps my favorite edition of one of my very favorite musical releases.

Miles Davis “Milestones” Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD, stereo edition

Shamelessly stolen from a member's f'book page. Sharp Trunket transistor radio 1960 Samantha Fish

Now onto disc 3 . . . I love re-visiting this set. Bob Dylan “The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966: The Bootleg Series Vol.12: Collector’s Edition” 661×558 26.5 KB “I just can't help it if this train gets lost."

Good music for a stuffy morning after a stormy night. . . . The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Conducted By Horace Tapscott “Live At I.U.C.C. 6/24/1979” disc 2

Cannonball Adderley “Somethin’ Else” Blue Note/HDTT cdr. Sounds marvelous.

Re-listening to this great disc to start off a warm morning. “Milt Jackson Meets the Clayton-Hamilton Big Band–Explosive!” Qwest cd

They are family. Losing family is really hard. Caring about family is most often easy.

“Milt Jackson Meets the Clayton-Hamilton Big Band–Explosive!” Qwest cd

A sad morning. I’m starting to slowly lose my listening partner, Fiona the miniature dachshund. She’s nearly blind, nearly deaf, and fading. She’s been my good companion for years and I hate seeing her this way. I’m taking good care of her. Right now we’re listening to Dave Burrell “High Won – High Two” Freedom/Muzak Japan lp facsimile cd Fascinating.

I miss Christiern. . . he was problematic sometimes, and he and I got into it often, but made up and became correspondents in his final years. But what a legacy. . . .

Looks awesome Charles--and I bet the sound is out of this world.

Possibly what happened is he did not (wish to?) leave Detroit. . . and had only a local career for a spell.

Anita O’Day “Volume 1: 1941” Masters of Jazz Media7 cd

Oscar Peterson “The Trio” Pablo cd

The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Conducted By Horace Tapscott “Live At I.U.C.C. 6/24/1979” disc 1

The Blue Note 7 “Mosaic” Blue Note cd 496×512 40.8 KB Alto Saxophone, Flute – Steve Wilson Bass – Peter Washington Drums – Lewis Nash Guitar – Peter Bernstein Piano – Bill Charlap Tenor Saxophone – Ravi Coltrane Trumpet – Nicholas Payton

Deliciously cool out this morning. Walking the old dog is getting harder. . .she doesn't like the dark as much now and she is not as interested in walking. Sat down and decided to spin this one again. Just because.

Perhaps they were signed to Transition by Wilson and the label went out of business before any recordings were made. Drummer Butts released singles in '68 and '70 on other labels.

Now onto a new arrival, the new remaster reissue of Sun Ra “Strange Strings” . . . a bizarre even by Ra standards recording. If it weren’t for the anchor of the amazing Ronnie Boykins bass playing . . . i probably would not listen to this. The original cd issue has been in deep storage a long time so I can’t do a comparison but the sound of this mastering is excellent. Cosmic Myth Records cd

Re-listened to “The Genius of Coleman Hawkins” because it was still in the transport and . . . well it’s a great album. Now, enjoying the cool and quiet of this lovely morning, I’m on to “Stan Levey Quintet,” Mode/Muzak Japan lp facsimile cd. These Muzak remasterings sound wonderful! And this is a really nice date. 579×591 68.4 KB Quite a band! Piano – Lou Levy Bass – Monty Budwig Drums – Stan Levey Tenor Saxophone – Richie Kamuca Trumpet – Conte Candoli

I don't have one beyond "it's cool." And probably a display of proficiency as I don't imagine that was an easy beginning to a solo.

“The Genius of Coleman Hawkins” Verve cd 600×533 41.6 KB