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This one again–it was sounding so good. Jonathon Blake “Homeward Bound” Blue Note cd Acoustic Bass – Dezron Douglas Alto Saxophone – Immanuel Wilkins Drums, Producer – Johnathan Blake Piano, Keyboards – David Virelles Vibraphone – Joel Ross

Duke Ellington “Jump For Joy from the 1941 Production” Smithsonian LP

That's cool. She's no Jerry Garcia.

Tom Harrell “Passages” Chesky cd Quite a band! Bass – Peter Washington Drums – Paul Motian Flute – Cheryl Pyle Percussion – Café Piano – Danilo Perez Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Joe Lovano Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Composed By – Tom Harrell

Birthday boy.

Jack Teagarden “Think Well of Me” Verve Elite cd This music again, this time on cd. In this case they are both great. The LP is a bit more “laid back” and atmospheric. This cd is focused and more room-filling with detailed strings and harp and the sound of Jack’s trombone (how I love that sound!) is big and dynamic. Don Goldie’s trumpet is also brilliant and full. (Man that guy can play). I’m glad I have both formats. One day maybe I’ll grab a mono LP.

John Coltrane “A Love Supreme” SHM-SACD Universal Japan 2023 Sound is very good.

Chet Baker “Stairway to the Stars” Prestige cd The Prestige Sessions of Chet Baker produced some great Chet.

This one is new to me, and very nice. Simon Belelty “Pee Wee” JoJo Records cd

Stan Getz “East of the Sun: the West Coast Sessions” 3 cd set, disc 2 600×604 92.2 KB I used to ignore this cd set because of brightness. Now with the Decware ZROCK2 tubed EQ component in my system(s) it can be made to sound just right.

I sell or give away many duplicates, some I keep and compare. I have lots of time on my hands and I am interested in music playback. It's rather easy to google SACD if interested.

Walter Smith III “Return to Casual” Blue Note cd

I've seen the series a few times. If I had my druthers it would have been great if it had ended at the end of Season 4, and the final season didn't happen. I enjoyed that season least.

Birthday boy. Hope his situation is improving.

I can't help you, sorry. I had a few volumes on LP, and then bought all 25 two cd sets Storyville put out, which reissues all the Treasury Shows and also other contemporaneous shows to fill out the discs. That's a lot of music. . . but it's music I like!

How many times have I bought “Ballads”? A number of times. Right before my wife “retired” and my finances took a nosedive I ordered this and “A Love Supreme” from the “Verve Acoustic Sounds SACD” series that Universal Japan has put out in SHM-SACD (non-hybrid) format. I’m breaking in a new transport and have a new amp that is almost broken in and later I’ll do some direct comparisons between other issues and this one but damn this sounds really good. Beautiful lp facsimile gatefold as well!

No argument about Carmen. . . she had a lot more seasoning than Gitte did at the time.

Grateful Dead “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” Disc 15, RFK Stadium

I like both of these singers. Gitte's last name is one of my family names on my Dad's side (Americanized). She was a lovely woman when she sang with the Clarke Boland Big Band--that's a good one. I love Alice on this great cd:

I’ve neglected this one too long. Great vibe for this early morning. And a version of one of my favorite Sade tracks. Dr. Lonnie Smith “Breathe” Blue Note cd

"Falando de Amor: Familias Caymi e Jobim cantam Antonio Carlos Jobim" cd Finally found a good copy of this, wow!

No, I got an MP3 version from a pirate site. That's all it's worth to me.

The Dallas Dillies "We Think We're Cool" Ego Shmego Records

There's also a 2 disc set of all previously unreleased material from this period, and the four discs altogether mirror the musical content of the truly lush Blossom Dearie Fontana box set just released. https://www.discogs.com/release/27667356-Blossom-Dearie-Discover-Who-I-Am-The-Fontana-Years-London-19661970

I have the same box (on LP and CD) and I agree. I like Mabel a little. About as much as I like Sinatra, but then I am not a Sinatra fan.