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Birthday boy Red McKenzie

Jim Hall “Where Would I Be?” Milestone/OJC cd Airto! I love it when Airto is on the drumkit. And Hall always has such a rich guitar tone. It’s the type I dream of when I have a guitar in hand. Jim Hall - guitar Benny Aronov - piano, electric piano Malcolm Cecil - bass Airto Moreira - drums, percussion

Claudia Villela “Asa Verde” Found a cheap copy of this often expensive cd. I really like Villela’s work. She’s quite a singer with an interesting tone.

Now listening to disc 4 of the new Japanese SACD set of Miles Davis "Complete Live at Plugged Nickel" 8 disc set.

Happy Birthday Art Tatum! Art at the piano with John Collins, Slam Stewart, and Jimmy and Marian McPartland.

I’m listening to disc 4 of the new Japanese SACD set of Miles Davis “Complete Live at Plugged Nickel” 8 disc set. Followed by. . . . Keith Jarrett “Koln Concert” ECM Japan SHM-SACD UCGU-9059 Wow. It’s been some time since I played this music, and in fact I don’t think I ever played this SHM-SACD version before since buying it. This music was some of the rare music that I loved that I could share with my late first wife. . . she would listen for a while and most times fall asleep, peacefully and deeply. And I would finish up the cd the only one awake. For a long time I was unable to play this because it brought me grief. That has passed now. This is an album that I can almost play back fully in my head. It was the second Jarrett LP set I bought, first being “Bremen/Lausanne” which I got after discovering Jarrett on “Miles at Fillmore” and “Live/Evil.” What a DIFFERENT Jarrett was revealed on the solo albums. I still have my LP version of this, I should play it again soon. And I kept a gold cd version from ECM Japan, and this one. . . wow. The sound. Detailed resonance and sustain, each note attack. . . lovely. This is fantastic music in my opinion. One day it might be interesting to hear another master pianist interpret these pieces. There’s a timeless quality to it all.

I'm listening to disc 4 of the new Japanese SACD set of Miles Davis "Complete Live at Plugged Nickel" 8 disc set.

It's not that good.

Walter Smith III “Return to Casual” Blue Note cd 600×600 373 KB 890×1024 92.8 KB

The new SACD version of Miles Davis "Complete Live at Plugged Nickel" 8 cd box set from Japan, a Tower Records exclusive, arrived last night via DHL. Now listening to disc 3

Bill Evans “Treasures -Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969)” Elemental Records 2 cd set

Now on to discs 2a and 2b

Sun Ra, “Haverford College, January 25, 1980” Modern Harmonic cd. A live solo recital on electric piano. Quite interesting.

The new SACD version of Miles Davis "Complete Live at Plugged Nickel" 8 cd box set from Japan, a Tower Records exclusive, arrived last night via DHL. I listened to disc 3 last night and am listening to disc 1. I know many of us were hoping that the tonal balance of this version would be improved. Well. . . I don't think that it really is. Listening to the SACD layer there are subtle improvements in the depth of the sound stage and some instances of dynamic contrast improved, but the overall "tone" of the music remains basically the same to my ears. I'm a bit challenged as I have been listening to the second (gold disc) Japanese version of this release for years and the separate 2 LP versions from Japan and in the "Complete" box that are based on the US Wilder remix. My copy of the original US box set is somewhere in my storage unit fifty miles away. When others get the set and compare directly there will be a moreo definitive comparison I am sure. Anyway: I love the music, and the subtle improvements SACD brings are nice to listen for and hear.

The Ben Gay Boys "Rub it In"

Johnathan Blake “Homeward Bound” Blue Note cd 679×679 152 KB Blake, Wilkerson, Ross, Virelles, Douglas–this is one helluva band. 600×600 93 KB

Bebel Gilberto’s tribute album (newly released) of her father Joao’s material, on cd: “Joao” . . . . 600×600 12.5 KB Followed by Stevie Wonder “Inner Visions” Audio Fidelity's gold cd

Bobby Hackett, Muggsy Spanier, Lee Wiley, ERNIE CACERAS, Edmond Hall, Gene Krupa, so many great soloists on any of the Town Hall Concerts. Eddie Condon "Town Hall Concerts, Vol. 4" Jazzology 2 LP set, LP 1

Such beautiful music. Duke Ellington “Ellington Indigos” mono Columbia LP

Andrew Hill “Passing Ships” Blue Note Tone Poet LPs Sides B, C

Jay Hoggard “The Fountain” Muse cd Kenny and Jay are always a nice combination.

“The Teo Macero Edited Version” of “Miles Davis Complete Live at Plugged Nickel 1965” set, the second Japanese release, on gold cd. Man this set sounds good! Tomorrow my newly limited edition SACD set of the US remastered and remixed version should arrive from cdJapan. I’m looking forward to hearing that! Disc 3

Billie Holiday “All Or Nothing At All” Verve/Analogue Productions SACD