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Duke Ellington and his Orchestra “The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse” Fantasy/OJC cd 600×600 134 KB I’m enjoying the piano player’s “riki tiki.”

300×299 9.08 KB What a trio! RVG captured Monk’s pianism so well here. And the music! “Thelonious Monk plays Duke Ellington” Riverside/Universal Japan SHM-CD UCCO-5592

I agree, I had a TTPSU and then bought the NEO, a small step up. The biggest step up for me was the Groovetracer Reference Sub-platter--game changing.

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra “Way Down Yonder! The Legendary V-Disc Masters” Vintage Jazz Classics cd

I don't think you'll be disappointed. The vocal elements are not pervasive and seem quite appropriate. The writing, arranging and playing I think are killer. Now I've been returning to this one quite a bit.

Joel Ross “Gospel Music” Blue Note cd Second listen to this new release.

COLD. I’m getting used to it, especially when it’s not snowing. Lots of snow, over a foot, everywhere I haven’t shoveled, and on all the trees. BEAUtiFUL. I’m listening to John Coltrane “Crescent” Impulse Japan SHM-SACD, an amazing mastering of this classic material.

Interesting, I had no trouble finding them online over this decade, bought stereo and mono copies for myself and copies for others as gifts.

Yes, I have a lot of Moravian ancestry centered around Bethlehem, Lititz and Nazareth.

Roy Hargrove and Crisol “Grand-Terre” Verve cd

Miles Davis “Miles in the Sky” Columbia/Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD

Congrats! That looks like an excellent table. For about ten years I've had a P3 with the Exact2 cartridge and the Groovetracer Reference sub-platter, counterweight and Delrin platter, and for the last two years the Neo2 motor controller and I use the newest top of the line Rega belt. Love the sound!

My first box set was the Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne and then the Smithsonian jazz one, all LP sets. My first two box sets, LP sets, were the Keith Jarrett "Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne" and the "Smithsonian Collection of Classic jazz." Soon after that I think were other LP sets, the Colunbia/Smithsonian Ellington sets, "1938,"1939," "1940" and "1941."

You are correct.

Joel Ross "Gospel Music" Blue Note cd Just out yesterday. His releases never disappoint me.

Grant Green "Feelin' the Spirit" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD. I just love this album, have four different issues I've kept, they all sound very good. Herbie Hancock really shines on this session.

Pete B! Such a nice man. I found out a few decades ago he was married in a chapel where an organ built by my great great great great great grandfather, David Tannenberg, was played. I visited that chapel and heard the organ when I was a lad.

COLD! I’m getting used to it. Now spinnning Bobby Hutcherson “In the Vanguard” Landmark cd. The sound is a bit drab but great playing! Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba Kenny Barron - piano Buster Williams – bass Al Foster – drums

Jack Teagarden “Think Well of Me” Verve cd The last few times I’ve played this music I’ve played either the stereo or the mono LP, this time it’s the Verve cd. In any case the music is just so good.

Ella Fitzgerald “Day Dreams: The Best of the Duke Ellington Songbook” Verve cd The full (and the expanded) set is of course wonderful, but this is a very nice compilation compiling fine tracks.

A duo of Jobim recordings. Both from Universal Japan on SHM-CD. First “Jobim” (aka “Matita Perê” in the Brazilian edition) 301×282 51.7 KB 400×400 29.4 KB Followed by “Passarim” I will never tire of listening to these.

Me too. I'd like a handful of more volumes from throughout the Columbia period.

This is the story of Hurricane Carter. . . I mean Minnesota Martyrs.

Eliane Elias “Time and Again” Candid cd An album of originals by Eliane and husband Marc Johnson.

“Little Johnny C”, Johnny Coles Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD "etc." is Leo Wright, who was not under contract with Blue Note.