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Joe Henderson “Double Rainbow: the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim” Verve cd This is an excellent cd in every way. Joe plays both so forcefully and so gently in his unique way, and when this came out was when I first realized what a badass Eliane Elias is. Herbie Hancock is equally wonderful here.

Grateful Dead "Here Comes Sunshine 1973, 17 cd box set, disc 9, May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium

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Roberto Carlos E Caetano Veloso “E A Musica De Tom Jobim” Sony cd I got this one chiefly because of Jacques Morelenbaum’s involvement. Nice!

What first turned me on to music in the way it is central to my life now was discovering Jimi Hendrix due to "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower" hitting the radio, and that sense of joy and exploration in the music Jimi crafted led me to really go deeply into jazz. As I get older I begin to realize that there is something I sense in music that I am attracted to and even obsessed with that has that joy and excitement of exploration as an important component. And I can find it in The Mound City Blue Blowers or the Duke Ellington Orchestra or Archie Shepp's Impulse work or Keith Jarrett's ECM work or many Brazilian artists. My answers would speak of a tradition of jazz as containing vital elements that can be revisited over and over with joy and an excitement to experiment and improvise.

I can see that would impact buying indeed. I'm at a different position. I protected my hearing as much as I could when playing in bands and practicing drums, and my hearing has pretty much remained the same since I stopped doing that thirty years or so ago. And my system -- where I throw as much mad money as I can at any time -- is more and more both revealing and musical and I can hear the differences between masterings etc. and enjoy doing so. I'm at the apex of my collecting though, and have instituted a loose attrition policy on re-buying music I already have. So after doing some comparisons I anticipate selling the Clark Japanese cds I've retained. I'll have the fun of doing the comparisons and will probably fund a lot of the box set this way. I enjoy listening to the way that digital has improved over the decades. There are great discs from every period of digital growth. We live in a great time for audio. Hopefully this week I'll receive an amp I paid for over the 21 months I was on a wait list. I find few things more exciting than getting a new stereo component to experience.

Tibo Delor “No Tom Da Historia – A Musica De Antonio Carlos Jobim” Maritaca cd

The cd box set is on amazon today for 56 dollars. That's a DEAL.

Grateful Dead "Here Comes Sunshine 1973, 17 cd box set, disc 8, May 26, 1973 – Kezar Stadium

I like it.

Jure Pukl "Broken Circles" Whirlwind Recordings cd

I do too, but as the Henderson and Mobley sets had better sound than the individual cds I have had I pre-ordered this set as well. I get that "sound" doesn't matter to some, but with the way my system shows me how each mastering sounds. . . for me it does.

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Of all these. . . I'm only on facebook. It started out because in some senses that was the best way to keep up with family. And it's grown to be a place where I can read about politics in a "private group" and find some interesting musical info. I only have a basic phone that does not connect to the internet, so any social media is only when I have the laptop open, and I have forums to go through first, and often don't get to facebook before closing the laptop.

You know it took me some years to realize that the cover photo section is a slice of the top.

Hank Mobley by William Claxton

A little quietly as Lucinda is sleeping, though luckily in the downstairs bedroom where she can hardly hear the music when played quietly at all. Nat Pierce, “Kansas City Memories” Fresh Sound 2 cd set. Discogs Nat Pierce Band - Kansas City Memories View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2006 CD release of "Kansas City Memories" on Discogs. Basie-centric in many ways, but pretty as the focus.

Orquestra Popular De Camara,” Adventure Music cd Quite an adventurous listen with tablas, violin, cello, piano, guitar, some sax and flute and wordless vocals. Wow. The usual excellent sound from Adventure Music as well. 600×600 102 KB

Dr. Jazz “Vol.15: George Wettling’s Stuyvestant Stompers” Storyville cd A well-lubricated session broadcast with a helluva band. Clarinet – Pee Wee Russell Cornet – Jimmy McPartland Drums – George Wettling Piano – Joe Sullivan Tenor Saxophone – Bud Freeman

Grateful Dead, “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” 17 cd box set, disc 6, Santa Barbara

Grateful Dead, “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” 17 cd box set, disc 5, Santa Barbara

I actually really like Wilkins here--but that relentless Cobham/Bruford like drumming--just hate it for this music.

Continuing with flute and guitar and the great engineering of Adventure Music. Toninho Horta & Nicola Stilo “Duets”

Harish Raghavan “Calls For Action” I so much want to love this album. It features two of my favorite current players (Joe Ross and Immanuel Wilkins) and it is very well-recorded. But the drumming just seems so wrong to me, throughout. Maybe it’s because I was once a drummer but. . . just spoils it for me, Followed by Ricardo Silveira & John Leftwich “Cosmos” A beautiful album featuring excellent flute from Hubert Laws, in wonderful Adventure Music sound. Ricardo