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Wow, I didn't know it was his birthday as well!

Cassandra Wilson “Live” Winter & Winter cd Drums – Mark Johnson Electric Bass – Kevin Bruce Harris Piano, Synthesizer – James Weidman Vocals – Cassandra Wilson Recorded April 18 1991 at Amerika Haus, München

Another disc from the Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary box set “Enjoying the Ride” Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91) disc 1 251×200 12 KB

Charles Mingus “Carnegie Hall Concert–Deluxe Edition” Rhino 2 cd set, disc 2 This was one of the best reissues of a few years ago, having the full concert is a great thing! Sound is killer.

Squeezing another one in. “The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946–66” disc IV 800×800 77.9 KB The alternates from “Plays W.C. Handy” 479×478 84.2 KB 603×484 40.3 KB

On to “Ella and Louis Again” Recorded July 23, July 31 and August 13, 1957 220×220 10.3 KB I’m listening to this music on this box set:

Starting off a cool morning with some music I love! “Ella and Louis” 300×300 26.6 KB Recorded 16 August 1956 I’m listening to this music on this box set: 830×553 59 KB A master class in singing jazz duets!

Happy Birthday Louis! (And Obama. . . and me).

The Duke Ellington Orchestra*– On to Side 2 Black And Tan Fantasy Willie "The Lion" Smith– Echoes Of Spring 3:12 Jimmy Rushing With The Benny Goodman Orchestra*– Boogie Woogie 3:07 The Benny Goodman Orchestra*– Cherokee 3:23

Pops is going to be 124 years old tomorrow so I’m getting ready with Side 1 of this 2 LP set, three great tracks of Louis. “Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)” Columbia 2 LP set. Followed by a track by Rex Stewart and one by Ben Webster.

Charles Mingus “East Coasting” Bethlehem/Solid UHQCD Japan Absolutely one of my favorite jazz albums.

Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago “THe Big Lift” Porto Franco cd

Freddie Hubbard “On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco” Resonance Records cd, disc 1

Tony Williams “The Story of Neptune” Blue Note cd Arranged By – Tony Williams Bass – Ira Coleman Drums – Tony Williams Piano – Mulgrew Miller Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Bill Pierce Trumpet – Wallace Roney Recorded at Power Station, NYC, on November 29, 30 and December 1, 1991

Elvis Prestey “From Elvis in Memphis” Legacy Edition disc 2 These Legacy Editions really do sound good. Nice mastering!

You're right, I have that one as well, like it a lot, forgot it was on this label.

Next, revisiting this second disc from the band Artemis. Artemis “Arboresque” Blue Note cd

A cool morning, it’s early, eerily quiet and still. I love living off the beaten path. Starting off with another disc from “Enjoying the Ride,” the most recent Grateful Dead big box set. Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89) (disc 3) 254×200 12.1 KB

I think this is Joshua Redman’s first for Blue Note, “Words Fall Short.” I really like it.

Blossom Dearie “Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s” Fontana/Universal Japan SHM-CD Such a great listen. For a Ronnie Scott’s recording, pretty darned good. Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals Jeff Clyne – double bass Johnny Butts – drums Recorded 1966

Jethro Tull “Still Living in the Past” cd 3 (mostly Steven Wilson 2025 remixes of sides 3 and 4 of the original 2 LP set)

Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra “1927-1928” Chronogical Classics cd BIX!!

Tonight at Noon, “To Mingus with Love” Prophone cd Hammond organ and horns Mingus!

Back at the stereo for a bit. Pulled out Dexter Gordon "Our Man in Paris" 24 Bit by RVG Blue Note Japan cd Earl "Bud" Powell on the piano chair makes this a special session. There are perhaps better sounding digital editions, but I still like this one, it's "earthy" sounding to me.