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Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love” Culture Factory cd

Airto “Free” CTI/Columbia cd

Archie Shepp photographed by Val Wilmer

Downright cold (that damp cold) morning. Starting off late with a great trio recording. . . . Danilo Perez “Panamonk” impulse cd I can’t believe how great the system has sounded lately. It’s been a real solace.

Pepper Adams “Urban Dreams” Palo Alto cd Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone Jimmy Rowles – piano George Mraz – bass Billy Hart – drums

Kenny Burrell “Heritage” Voss Records cd Yet another great Burrell record. Recorded May 27, 28, 1980 at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, California.

I'm enjoying the cool but it has been cooler than usual this week. Yesterday was just rain all day, hopefully that system has passed. Started off with some comparative listening to Miles Davis "ESP" digital releases. Started off wtih the most recent Blu-Spec CD2 release which seems the Wilder remix, then listened to portions of the earlier Blu-Spec CD2 which is of a Japanese release and closer to the OG if not the original. I prefered that--the stage is a bit more forward, usually not my preference, but the imaging and body of the imaging was more satisfying. Now lisening to the Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD and relaxing into it's sound.

Michael Cosmic/Phill Musra Group/World’s Experience Orchestra “Peace In The World/Creator Spaces/The Prayer” Now Again 3 cd set, disc 1 Cosmic is right. Years ago I sent a copy of this set to a friend who I thought would really dig it. Well, his response is “you have got to be kidding me.” I dig it though, a lot.

Watched the finale of The Voice. The winner, Adam David, was a surprise. Here's a middle-aged white bar band front person with decades of experience and real discipline. . . I figured he didn't have a chance of winning. But he did.

Teri Thornton “I’ll Be Easy To Find” “I’ll be Easy to Find” is a great album by Ms Thornton on Verve, I have the cd, but i’m actually listening to a cdr of two that I have that are from rehearsals for the album courtesy of a friend of the producer. The former band musician in me likes to hear bands working out material. . . and these pros are doing a great job of mastering these tunes.

Dexter Gordon “The Complete Trio & Quartet Studio Recordings 1974 1975 1976” disc 3

“Brittany Howard Live from Austin City Limits” LP

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges “Back to Back” Verve Master Editon cd

Starting off a cool rainy morning with a classic I haven’t played for some time. John Coltrane “A Love Supreme” Impulse Japan SHM-SACD lp facsimile cd. This particular edition sounds amazing.

I love Teefsky's tenor playing!

first listen to. . . Gerald Clayton “Ones & Twos” Blue Note cd 600×600 141 KB Pianist & composer Gerald Clayton featuring vibraphonist Joel Ross, flutist Elena Pinderhughes, trumpeter Marquis Hill & drummer Kendrick Scott with post-production work by Kassa Overall.

Just finished starting a big pot of spaghetti sauce and am sitting down for a nice listen. “Black Art Jazz Collective presented by The Side Door Jazz Club” Sunnyside cd

Herlin Riley is an amazing drummer!

“Harry Connick, Jr. 20” Columbia cd

The day is starting off even a little cooler than yesterday, but it should be about as warm as yesterday, but sunnier. That sun will be welcome! Popped in another volume in this excellent songbook series from Lumiar Records. “Songbook Vinicius De Moraes Vol. 3”

I like a LOT of the Marsalis family recordings. They're jazz.

“Songbook Vinicius de Moraes, Volume 1”

Billie Holiday “Volume 15: 1945-1946” Masters of Jazz, Media7 France cd This is a nice volume in the series with some live material in better sound than I have elsewhere. I’m hoping one day to find and buy Volumes 16 and 17.

Huh. I have that one too. Doesn't have the interview though. (I found a reason to have the Classics as well--rationalization is a collector's necessity). And yes the Classics are getting harder to find, especially affordably, though some I see now and then are cheap--less popular or known artists. . . .

This material was also in the Chronogical Classics series of Ellington cds, "1933" https://www.discogs.com/release/26438309-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-1933