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“Nucleus Live at the BBC” 13 cd box set. This is a gem of a box set with a varied and fascinating batch of BBC recordings in great sound. It took me a while to “get into” Nucleus. I think I felt they were emulating Miles’ music too much, but over time (with the help I think of their album with Leon Thomas largely) I began to see what they were up to. I had a few of their LPs and then bought the cd collection of their studio albums and got into that. When these BBC recordings were releaed my enjoyment was accelerated. Wish I had heard these decades earlier! CD 6. Two different Nucleus outfits led by Ian Carr.

I pre-ordered a number of those 3-cd sets. Great pricing! Right now Gary Peacock “Tales of Another” ECM Japan cd With Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette. The Trio from a different angle so to speak.

Grateful Dead “Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” disc 1 As the 'seventies went on I sort of moved away steadily from rock and into jazz and blues almost exclusively, but this was one of my favorite albums of the decade and it’s great to hear it so well re-mastered now. Long live the Plangent Process! This reissue also features what soundboard they have of the very first Dead concert I ever saw!

Alex Koo “Appleblueseagreen” Clever Tree Records cd Composed By, Piano, Keyboards, Drums – Alex Koo Tenor Saxophone – Mark Turner Trumpet – Ralph Alessi

Boy Sony reissued these Miles discs over and over. I've also kept a Blu-Spec CD version that has "I Thought About You" added in where it belongs (I LOVE that track).

Miles Davis “Live in Europe” Sony SRCS 9756 lp facsimile DSD remastered cd I’ve loved this performance ever since I first heard it on my fake stereo lp copy in the mid-seventies. Just amazing music! This mono disc sounds much better.

Antonio Carlos Jobim “Passarim” Verve cd This is a beautiful album. I certainly wish Universal would remaster and remix this one, it would really shine.

Okay, I'm awake enough now for this one. Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis "Ow! Live at the Penthouse"

Weather Report “8:30” Sony SRCS 9147~8 lp facsimile 2 cd set, disc 1 1200×1200 184 KB I saw Weather Report for the second time the year this was released. In the late 'seventies and early 'eighties I loved this band!

I love all these cats and their dedication to mastering this style. “Bobby Gordon Plays Bing” Arbors Jazz cd

Monday Michiru “My Ever Changing Moods”

Tom Varner “Second Communion,” Omnitone cd, a very Don Cherry thang.

A second listen to this one. I like it. Greg Spero et al “The Chicago Experiment Revisited” Ropeadope Records cd Makaya McCraven (drums) Marquis Hill (trumpet) Jeff Parker (guitar) Darryl Jones (bass) Greg Spero (piano) Joel Ross (vibraphone)

Paul Desmond “Pure Desmond” CTI cd 2003 Desmond considered this an Ed Bickert album more than his; Bickert is well presented and featured. (Bickert is on guitar, and Ron Carter on bass, and Connie Kay on drums). I didn’t realize until today how different the cd versions are from the original LP, and how the two cd versions differed. Chronicled here: en.wikipedia.org Pure Desmond Pure Desmond is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond recorded in 1974 and released on the CTI label. In September, 1974, Desmond brought Canadian guitarist Ed Bickert to the United States to record the studio album, in a quartet setting with Ron Carter and Connie Kay. This was Bickert's first major appearance playing jazz on a U.S. record label in over a decade, and it served as a showcase for Bickert's guitar playing. “I consider it Ed’s album, really,” Desmond told writer Gene Le... 600×600 88.4 KB

Keith Jarrett’Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “After the Fall” ECM 2 cd set, disc 1 800×800 144 KB 1500×1049 277 KB A concert after Jarrett’s first battle with chronic fatigue. An excellent show!

I needed a nice jolt. This music is like what I imagine a stiff drink is to those who do stiff drinks. I just love every second of this music that I have been listening to for nearly fifty years. Miles Davis “E.S.P.” Sony SRCS 9709 lp facsimile DSD remastered cd

You're going to love that amp more and more each day. I do mine!

Revisiting this new SHM-SACD from Japan. . . wow, this sounds good. It’s the “over-dubbed” version and is probably the best I’ve ever heard this. Beautiful lp facsimile gatefold packaging as well. Part of the Acoustic Sound SACD series.

"Vase"

Keith Jarrett’Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “After the Fall” ECM 2 cd set, disc 2 800×800 144 KB A concert after Jarrett’s first battle with chronic fatigue. An excellent show!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Audio_CD Now playing Tom Lellis & Tohino "Tonight" Adventure Music cd

Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin “Love, Devotion and Surrender” Sony Quad SACD

If Mingus had approval status for this or any mix.

Wow. I haven’t revisited this recording in some time. This dance remix disc will challenge your system. It’s a good tool . . . if you get distortion-free clarity and a huge dynamic punch from this recording, your system can handle almost anything! Monday Michiru “Alter Ego: Nexus Remixed”

Stockholm Swing All Stars “In the Spirit of Duke Ellington” Interesting interpretations with a different feel than the Ellington band’s. 600×533 64.1 KB