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Good news! I don't seem to have gotten a shipping notice. . . hopefully I will or will get the discs in the mail.

Ethan Philion “Meditations on Mingus” I want to say this is a splendid release. The Mingus material selected is STRONG. I mean Mingus strong, that’s really something. This ensemble inhabits the music of Mingus in a unique, almost mysterious way. And this is truly one of those rare recordings where the engineer sees the arranger’s vision, and the arranger senses the engineering possibilities, and beauty emerges–or at least that is how I hear it and feel it.

Keith Jarrett “Budapest Concert” ECM disc 1

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra “Ellington Jazz Party” Columbia mono LP Sounding very good. One of these days I need to get a stereo LP 'fifties release (I have two stereo cd releases).

A fantastic album from the last few years: Jonathan Blake “Passage” Blue Note cd Jonathan on his father’s knee on the cover.

Eddie Higgins "Speaking of Jobim" With Jay Leonhart, Terry Clarke

I'm not drinking anything, and it turns out I'm thirsty. Going to fix that with a glass of cold milk.

Wayne Escoffery “Veneration” Savant cd Wanted to hear more Joe Locke. Recorded live at Smoke, 2007

Bob Dylan “More Blood, More Tracks” disc 1

Geof Bradfield “Birdhoused” Cellar Live cd Geof Bradfield: tenor saxophone Marquis Hill: trumpet Nick Mazzarella: alto saxophone Joel Adams: trombone Clark Sommers: bass Dana Hall: drums 900×1200 17

Miles Davis “The Complete live at the Plugged Nickel 1965” SACD disc 8

Buster Williams “Unalone” Smoke Sessions cd This is a good one for a rainy morning! 700×700 70 KB

Starting the day off with this quartet album. Joe Locke Quartet “Moment to Moment-- The Music of Henry Mancini”

Nicholas Payton “Gumbo Nouveau” Verve cd

Jazz is Dead 12 – Jean Carne

That video clip is very nice. Sad news.

Tom Harrell “Prana Dance” High Note cd Re-visiting Tom Harrell releases this year has been a fun thing.

Joe Locke “4 Walls of Freedom” High energy initial track here, high energy start for the morning.

Nicholas Payton “Dear Louis” Verve cd 567×565 125 KB Been a long time since I’ve spun this. I appreciate it more every time I spin it. Bass – Reuben Rogers, Walter Payton Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Contrabass Saxophone, Flute – Scott Robinson Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Flute – Bill Easley Drums – Adonis Rose Guest, Vocals – Dianne Reeves, Dr. John Guitar – Peter Bernstein Organ – Mel Rhyne Percussion – Kenyatta Simon Piano – Anthony Wonsey Producer – Nicholas Payton Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Tim Warfield Trombone – Vincent Gardner Trumpet – Ray Vega Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Paul Stephens Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Electric Piano, Arranged By – Nicholas Payton Tuba – Bob Stewart

Some Latin jazz to warm things up. Cal Tjader And Charlie Byrd “Tambu” Fantasy/OJC cd Bass – John Heard Electric Bass – Joe Byrd Guitar – Charlie Byrd Percussion – Mayuto Correa Percussion, Drums – Dick Berk, Mike Stephans Piano – Mike Wolff Vibraphone – Cal Tjader Recorded September 18-20, 1973

Lou Donaldson “Midnight Creeper” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD One of my favorite Blue Note “Soul Jazz” releases, in great sound. Alto Saxophone – Lou Donaldson Drums – Idris Muhammad Guitar – George Benson Organ – Lonnie Smith Trumpet – Blue Mitchell Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 15, 1968 I can imagine the saints come marchin' in to "Love Power"

Wallace Roney “No Job Too Big or Small” Savoy Jazz cd A compilation drawn from his Muse recordings.

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Wallace Roney “The Standard Bearer” Muse cd