jazzbo

Something to bring a little chill to the cold morning with its bad news. Paul Desmond “Pure Desmond” CTI/Legacy cd 300×300 19 KB Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond Bass – Ron Carter Drums – Connie Kay Guitar – Ed Bickert Recorded at Van Gelder Studios Recorded September, 1974

Music to listen to as unfortunate international news breaks out. Dexter Gordon Quartet “Live in San Francisco '82” Hi-Hat cd Band – Dexter Gordon Quartet Bass – David Eubanks Drums – Eddie Gladden Piano – Kirk Lightsey Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon Recorded: Keystone Korner, San Francisco December 1982

Chick Corea & Origin “Live at the Blue Note” (the single disc, not one from the box set)

Me too, for 17 years now.

Well she's not part of my world. I often want it warmer too, and then I think of Texas in August, and I get over it.

Bob Dylan “Melancholy Mood” Sony

Tom Harrell “Light On” High Note cd This is the first recording of a working band he kept for years and which was a great unit. Tom Harrell – flugelhorn, trumpet Wayne Escoffery – tenor saxophone Danny Grissett – piano, Fender Rhodes Ugonna Okegwo – bass Johnathan Blake – drums I really like all the albums recorded with this quintet.

About 21 degrees, and we had about 4 inches of snow since this time yesterday. I'm getting good exercise shoveling. We decided to cancel the picnic. (Photo taken yesterday).

Monday Michiru “Maiden Japan” . . . one of her jazziest early ones.

Yes, I know. . . I just don't dig it that much.

Just re-read the book, probably re-read for the third time, I like it much more than the movie.

The first playing of a Miles Davis recording in 2026. Miles Davis “Four & More” Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD

Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones Trio “Live in East Berlin 1967” The Lost Recordings 2 UHQCD set, disc 1 Jimmy Jones, Bob Cranshaw and Sam Woodyard with Ella.

Sad news. My best to his family.

Jack Teagarden “1930 Studio Sessions” Jazz Oracle cd Jack was busy and in demand this year. It’s been a while since I reveled in the early Jack Teagarden music–this disc sounds great this morning.

Paula Morelenbaum is one of my favorite singers. Her supple voice, her graceful phrasing, the confident and competent choices she chooses. . . she comes across as majestic and masterful to me, and also humble. She’s just something else. I love to listen to her. The SWR Big Band creates a beautiful, interesting tapestry for her artistry here. “Bossarenova” Paula Morelenbaum SWR Big Band 452×452 54.7 KB

Joe Pass “Intercontinental” MPS cd with Eberhard Weber and Kenny Clare

I’m resting from about an hour of shoveling. 8 inches of snow or so overnight. May get some more tonight, but likely not nearly that much. I’m chilling with a great batch of music–Basie on Roulette. He had a great band during these years (and before, and after!) and Roulette really recorded the Orchestra well–I have always enjoyed the sound of these recordings. And this 2 cd set is a very good sampling of the Roulette years. “Count Basie and Friends–100th Birthday Bash” Roulette/EMI 2 cd set, disc 2

Well that's great--we all should be able to live our lives as we please ideally, as long as they are not harmful ways. I myself no longer enjoy the night life, I'm an early to bed early to rise guy from decades of work and now it's just how I live. I lived in areas so devoid of good live jazz that I don't feel the need to see it. Don't need to be at clubs or parties. It's been something I haven't needed for over twenty years. . . really this second half of my life, thirty-five years ago when I first married my first wife it started to end. . . and it's not missed. It's no longer about money so much as it's about temperament and living methods. Certainly if I were earning money as a musician that would be different, though like you without alcohol, but my days of performing were brief enough and ended 35 years ago.

Happy New Year one and all! I stared at the 5 inches of snow we got overnight and am glad it’s too early to start shoveling yet! Thought about what my first disc of the year should be. . . and then realized I’m not into deep thought yet. So grabbed this one because I saw it’s red spine and the sound came to me and i realized I wanted to hear that sound. Mario Adnet “More Jobim Jazz” Adventure Music.

This is probably my last disc spin of the year, so I selected Ellington and this was the first one I pulled out. Duke Ellington “1939-1940” Chronogical Classics cd Great variety here including solo piano, piano-bass duets, small group sides and full Orchestra sides.

Ben Wolfe “The Whisperer” Posi-tone cd Evans is very good here.

It’s been too long since I spun this fantastic disc. It is one of my all-time favorites. A great disc to play on the final day of the year. Betty Carter “I’m Yours, You’re Mine” Verve cd. Unfortunately her last album. She was something else. A brave and brilliant artist. Betty Carter – vocals, producer Mark Shim – tenor saxophone Andre Hayward – trombone Xavier Davis – piano Curtis Lundy – double bass Matt Hughes – bass Gregory Hutchinson – drums

Gary Crosby's Nu Troop "Migrations" Dune cd I'd forgotten about this cd. Really fine playing a la Jazz Messengers in great sound,.

A busy morning. . . I spent some time shoveling last night’s snowfall as we had a plumbing inspection to be done (as part of a yearly program we have with the plumbing firm we use, who are nice people and knowledgable). All our plumbing is in excellent shape (should be as we have had a number of things corrected in the past few years) but he did find a gas leak right before our meter. So we contacted the gas company and that is taken care of, just a slight leak that required a tightening. Finally we could have lunch and relax. . . Lucinda is napping and I’m spinning Allan Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra “Louis Armstrong’s America Vol. 2”, disc 2 of the 2 cd set. Lowe is a character but a really interesting musician and this music is very entertaining and. thought-provoking.