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oe Locke David Hazeltine “Mutual Admiration Society” Sharp Nine cd I have enjoyed revisting this and “2” its sequel. I especially like the lower tempo numbers where the vibraphone “rings out” more. Engineering is really nice on this–all instruments are well portrayed and the overall balance seems very natural.

Starting a warm morning off with “Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival” Candid cd Wayne and Esperanza are “on.”

“The Mastersounds Play” Fresh Sound 2 cd set, disc 2

Miles Davis “Miles in the Sky” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 I love this period of Miles. .. forging new directions in music.

"Mitsuko Uchedo Plays Schubert" disc 8

“At Barloyd’s” box set, Fred Nardin cd

Some expressive jazz from seasoned masters to start off a bright Spring day. “The Ruby Braff George Barnes Quartet play Gershwin” Concord cd

Yes “Tales of Topographic Oceans” Atlantic 2 LP, LP 1 I have a long history with this 2 LP set. I was in a band with a great guitar player that I had spent a year beforehand just jamming with and helping him work out his original songs and favorite covers. We were blues guys who had that as our bedrock, but when he launched the band he wanted to branch out into more rock territory. Before he had urged me into a Mitch Mitchell style, and I had been practicing to Kenny Clarke and Jack DeJohnette drumming and shifted some of that into my “style.” All of a sudden he asked me to study this Yes release because he thought he and I both needed to “reign in our busy playing” and he also liked how Alan White had a bit more of a laid back “feel” and how he structured the drum patterns for each segment of these long full-side recordings. I liked Yes, but I was mourning the departure of Bill Buford, and I didn’t “get” what my friend was after for a while. I made tapes of the four sides here and did practice to them, and listen to them over and over and then tried a new approach in practices and what I thought was not a great idea at first became a good thing for us. And then the bass player quit. The first bass player that quit. It seemed with this band every time we would get “there” and get a gig someone LEFT. Sigh. That was a long time ago! My vinyl playback is the best it’s ever been and I’m enjoying revisiting this music and hearing it so well reproduced.

MTB “Solid Jackson” Criss Cross cd

Just played the last two tracks on my copy of the Dorham and they play perfectly. Anyone have any new thoughts on which Charles is the drummer?

Tom Harrell “Prana Dance” High Note cd Tom’s run on High Note has been great. Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn, producer Wayne Escoffery – soprano and tenor saxophones, producer Danny Grissett – piano, Fender Rhodes Ugonna Okegwo – bass Johnathan Blake – drums

I listened to them in the batches as they were mailed out. . . and I'm now re-listening. I won't say this one is a favorite but it is far from my least favorite so far--the way it is recorded presents a fascinating tableau on my system, I dig it.

Marquis Hill “Modern Flows Vol. 2” Alto Saxophone – Josh Johnson Bass – Junius Paul Drums – Jonathan Pinson Vibraphone – Joel Ross Marquis Hill “Modern Flows Vol. 2”Alto Saxophone – Josh Johnson Bass – Junius Paul Drums – Jonathan Pinson Vibraphone – Joel Ross Joel Ross! He shines here.

Renee Rosnes “Beloved of the Sky” Smoke Sessions cd Bass – Peter Washington Drums – Lenny White Piano – Renee Rosnesi Saxophone, Flute – Chris Potter Vibraphone – Steve Nelson

I’m glad I got the complete series of these concerts. Each recording is different. Horace Tapscott, Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “Live at IUCC 11/25/79” disc 2

Re-listening to this one as I got interrupted halfway through last night. A good one. . . enjoying Tom Harrell’s involvement a lot. Wayne Escoffery “Like Minds” Smoke Sessions cd

Wayne Escoffery “Like Minds” Smoke Sessions cd This one is waking me up from an after dinner slump!

Horace Tapscott, Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra “Live at IUCC 11/25/79” disc 1 of 2

I find it hard to believe how great the system sounds. Moving on to music from this century. . . . “In Common” Walter Smith III - tenor saxophone Matthew Stevens - guitar Joel Ross - vibraphone Harish Raghavan - double bass Marcus Gilmore - drums Recorded at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, NY December, 2017

Last night Lucinda and I watched Brittany Howard on “Austin City Limits.” Wow! The system sounded great and the performances were stellar! Now this warm morning on the main system more Prestige Coltrane. John Coltrane “Fearless Leader” 6 cd set, disc 5 Coltrane with Harden, Garland, Chambers and Cobb

Hi Randy, glad you are back.

John Coltrane “Fearless Leader” 6 cd set, disc 6 Haven’t listened to any Prestige Coltrane in some time. Correcting that!

Wes Montgomery “Movin’–The Complete Verve Recordings” disc 1

Grateful Dead “Sunshine Daydream” box set, Set 3 disc.

More Ellington, mid-forties. Duke Ellington “The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973)” disc 15 486×500 30.1 KB Ray “Triple Threat” Nance 300×241 7.01 KB