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Giant Beauty by أحمد [Ahmed] compositions by ahmed abdul-malik, re-imagined and arranged by [ahmed] I’m on the second disc right now. Edit to add: I may not go any further with this set and put it up for sale. Repetitive short phrasing for an hour or so seems to be the modus operandi. Not very enjoyable, though very well-recorded.

Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band “Now Hear Our Meaning”

I’m listening to disc IV. The rain has died down making that a little easier.

Joe Lovano “Tenor Time” Somethin’ Else cd Great band and playing! 800×700 181 KB

Continuing with more well-recorded jazz guitar. . . "Albare Plays Jobim--A Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim" [img]https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/fdfb82fd6d1ffbe85895c58dd4decfbc[/img] [img]https://albareplaysjobim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/v2-albare.jpg[/img]

Jack Wilkins “Merge” Chiaroscuro Records cd 800×600 80 KB 2 LPs from '77 on one cd Bass – Eddie Gomez Drums – Jack DeJohnette Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker Guitar – Jack Wilkins 800

Another cool morning! I’m treasuring these as they will get fewer and fewer in the coming weeks. Robert Hunter “Tales of the Great Rum-Runners” Rounder Records/Rhino 2 cd set, disc 1 I bought this when it first came out, and I was then a recent Grateful Dead explorer. I loved the cover. . . the record not so much. A lovely gal (in all ways) I then knew liked it a lot so I gave it to her and never replaced it. I like it a lot more now in this new release, in part because it sounds so good and my system is so different (in important, improved ways) than it was at that time, fifty years ago.

Cassandra Wilson “Thunderbird” Blue Note cd

Bennie Green "Mosaic Select" discs II and III Babs and Bennie! Babs was a tremendous talent imo. I once asked Michael Cuscuna to compile all his recordings in a Mosaic set. His very appropriate response was "Lon, you must be out of your mind!"

Sam Rivers “Fuschia Swing Song” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD A fascinating album; Jaki with Ron and Tony are something else. I met Sam about 40 years after this was recorded. Still one of the most amazing performers I’ve seen and one of the nicest persons I’ve met.

“The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World” Pablo 3 cd set, disc 2 (all Elllington Orchestra)

I dug out the Deluxe edition of this one to listen to the “Detroit Mix” that Marvin submitted to Motown and which was rejected in favor of the remix that became the original release of the album. It’s a great alternate version. And this music in either form is just. . . amazing, masterful. And this edition includes a bit more clearly the line that is also repeated by Donny Hathaway on his “Live” album and explains for me life and after-life and the cosmos: “Everything is everything.”

“Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson +4” Verve Universal Japan UHQCD Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals Oscar Peterson – piano Herb Ellis – guitar Ray Brown – double bass Louie Bellson – drums

Sonny Rollins “Freedom Weaver” Resonance Records 3 cd set, disc 3

Ricky Ford “Loxodonta Africana” New World cd Ricky’s first as a leader. Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone Oliver Breener, Charles Sullivan – trump Janice Robinson – trombone Jonathan Dorn – tuba James Spaulding - alto saxophone Bob Neloms – piano Richard Davis – bass Dannie Richmond – drums LP cover: 600×589 180 KB cd cover: 700×700 230 KB

Rudolph Johnson “Spring Rain” Black Jazz Records/Collector’s Choice Music cd Spring Rain. . . because spring rain is falling right now. Bass – Reggie Johnson Drums – Ray Pounds Piano – John Barns Tenor Saxophone – Rudolph Johnson

This is one I have bought three times. The 2 LP set is gorgeous. The US cd was really nice sounding. Then I bought the Japanese SHM-CD version and was really surprised how superior it sounds to the US cd. A marvelously recorded session played by real masters. And James created a deeply moving tribute to Billie–without singing like Billie at all or even arranging the material in a way that mimicked or echoed the way the material was done for Billie. A very impressive work. Jose James “Yesterday I had the Blues–the Music of Billie Holiday” Blue Note Japan SHM-CD

Grant Green “Live at the Lighthouse” Blue Note Rare Groove cd

This is one of those rare recordings where the engineering is an essential part of the story-telling, and Kevin Gray’s mastering lets that story ring out. Where RVG placed Jones’ drums as an anchor, how delicately he recorded Wilbur Little’s bass and Candido’s drums, where and with such careful attention to volume and intensity he placed the horns and flutes. . . there is mastery here that is a perfect vehicle for the music. This is one of the 85th Anniversary UHQCDs that has really impressed me by bringing out the heart of the music. Elvin Jones “Poly-Currents” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD It’s nice that Mrs. Jones is featured on the cover as well as her composition included is one of the best performances

McCoy Tyner “Sahara” Mobile Fidelity Labs SACD 600×600 92.2 KB

Newport Jazz Festival All Stars “Bern Concert '89” Concord cd Some great Ricky Ford! ???? Hickory Stick does appear here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_for_Joy_(Cannonball_Adderley_album)

Yes, it was probably Tracy. . . but those two, those three. . . I don't know a couple of originals or bop workhorses would have been more. . . anticipated? effective? We got what we got and it's fun. I can't hear "Alabama" without Teagarden's voice coming in my head.

“Nat King Cole LIve at the Bllue Note Chicago 1953” disc 2 Listening to disc 2 again. This is a very charming set. . . Nat is so inviting, you feel as if you are there. And . . . John Collins and Lee Young!

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago, Japanese LP facsimile 24bit cd 1996, PHCE-3065 640×640 115 KB I haven’t spun this in some time and it’s a treat to hear again. But. . . I’ve long been puzzled. . . who chose “Limehouse Blues” and “Star Fell on Alabama”?