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There was a Mosaic box set of some very good Blue Note material.

Ben Webster "Saturday Night at the Montmartre" Muzak Japan 2 cd set, disc 1 Great sound for this material.

SFJazz Collective "Music of Michael Jackson and Original Compositions" disc 2 I confess when I first get to know a few of their tour recordings of the pop music I think "These arrangements and sounds are a bit cheesey" for a few minutes and then BOOM I'm bowled over by trombone solos, or drum and bass grooves, or that alto sax right where it should be and I'm gone on a cool listening journey.

Okay, I'm glad you dig it so much. "Sounding" only gets an album so far with me. I would need two hands to count the Grateful Dead studio albums I think are more substantial musically than this one.

I don't think so, though he was not alone in being very concerned by Jerry's heroin addiction. Here's an interview with interesting material: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grateful-deads-robert-hunter-on-jerrys-final-days-we-were-brothers-97334/

Cassandra Wilson "Song Book" Verve (compilation of JMT Records material)

Dave Brubeck "Time OutTakes"

That's the first and only time I've ever seen "Go to Heaven" described as a masterpiece.

Mark Turner "Dharma Days" Warner Bros. cd

Dale Fielder "Dear Sir: Tribute to Wayne Shorter" Clarion Jazz cd

Dexter Gordon "Montmartre 1964" Storyville cd

Actually I saw them in '80 with Brent and after seeing them several times with Keith and Donna it was a big let down. "Go to Heaven" had a few good songs (I confess I do love "Althea") but I hated Brent's songs and singing and the band's "feel" had changed not to my liking in concert. I was becoming discenchanted with rock in general and getting more and more into jazz from fusion and I just dropped the Dead--and other bands. I touched base with the Dead now and then after that and nothing drew me in. When I got back into the Dead this century I found nothing had changed. I like pre-1980 (espeically from the start to the "retirement") and didn't get into anything from beyond.

Keith Jarrett Trio "Tokyo '96" ECM cd

Joe Castro "Passion Flower: for Doris Duke" cd box set, disc 1 Three different trios intermixed on this disc. Enjoying it a lot.

Sun Ra "Egypt 1971" 4 cd set, disc 1

I ordered from Resonance. . .I got a shipping notice this morning.

Herbie Hancock "Speak Like a Child" Blue Note Japan 24 bit by RVG cd.

Wow, I'm so glad he recovered.

Miles Davis "Big Fun" disc 1. Today is a great day for "Great Expectations"

Haven't seen that, don't have Netflix. My neice is a beautiful woman and so damned sweet. Gives me hope for the human race. Edit to add: I looked the actress up. Some similarities, especially the eyes, but not a close match. Both are stunning.

Ricardo Grilli "1954"

Yes, very trying times.

Thank you. Last night he was moved from the hospital to the "skilled nursing" wing of his assisted-living facility for "rehabilitation." He is sounding much better and we're optimistic that in (an unspecified length of) time he can return to his apartment. Hopefully we dodged a bullet; m siblings and I are NOT ready to lose him yet.

"Basie Jam" Pablo cd Bass – Ray Brown Composed By, Written-By, Piano, Organ – Count Basie Drums – Louie Bellson Tenor saxophone – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Zoot Sims Trombone – J.J. Johnson Trumpet – Harry Edison