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LaMont Johnson "Sun Moon and Stars" Mainstream Records/Solid Records Japan CD Bass – Reggie Johnson (tracks: A1 to A3), Stan Gilbert (tracks: B1 to B4) Congas, Bongos – Pondaza* Drums – Mel Lee (tracks: A1 to A3), Ray Pounds* (tracks: B1 to B4) Guitar – Art Johnson (tracks: A1 to A3), Mike Deasey* (tracks: B1 to B4) Keyboards, Cowbell – LaMont Johnson (2) Producer – Carolyn Judd, LaMont Johnson (2) Tambourine – Ray Pounds* (tracks: B1 to B4) Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Charles Owens Trombone – Yusef Rahman Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Sal Marquez

Duke Pearson "Now Hear This" Blue Note Japan SHM-CD. Big Band Peaerson!

A happy circumstance. Guess there's life in those old Mosaic bones yet.

Whenever there are major changes in my system (now it's the inclusion of a ZROCK2 and the new firmware for the DSD) I end up listening closely to this recording. . . I know it so well that it reveals "the state of the art" of my system clearly. And it's such amazing music.

"Studio Treiste" Chet Baker, Jim Hall and Hubert Laws, CTI (50th Anniversary CTI Sereis, King Records CD, Japan)

McCoy Tyner, "Expansions" Blue Note Japan SHM-CD. What a group! Tyner with Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis, and Freddie Waits.

Count Basie Vol. 4, Masters of Jazz (France)

Listening again to this excellent date from Paul Jeffrey. This is my favorite of his albums and I'm glad to have this cd version to replace a record that is noisier than I'd like. Some great writing, playing and arranging. Paul Jeffrey "Family" Mainstream Records/Solid Records Japan

Billie Holiday "Volume 8" Masters of Jazz, Media 7 (France) CD.

Alright, you caught up with me!

Three “Johnnys” to listen to as the snow falls gently.First “Jeri Southern Meets Johnny Smith” on this excellent sounding Roulette/Warner Music SHM-CD from Japan.Then this Verve cd . . .”Johnny Smith” . . . beautiful.And now this UHQCD from Japan of the Bethlehem album “Songs from the Heart” by Johnny Hartman.

Congrats Joe! Neat new cover.

There won't be any surprises for someone who has been collecting Miles (official and unofficial) for a few decades. But of course I'm getting a set.

Wow. This one is going to be stuck in my transport for a while! I love Jobim and this has excellent arrangements and playing and mood. . . from excellent musicians. EXCELLENT sound as well, which is expected from Adventure Music Records. Mario Adnet and Paulo Jobim "Jobim Orquestra y Convidsdos'

I'm with you. Over the years I've cooled to much of Mr. Fuller's playing. I do business with cdjapan all the time and get "points" that translate to a lot of the shipping cost going away so it doesn't seem that expensive to me. especially as it's UHQCD. I too have the material from "elsewhere" (via a saint). If this had come out in the US (like the Miles, Monk, Bu, Brownie of a few years ago) it would be about 25. . . . Not sure if it's coming out in the US though. Probably. It's Coltrane on Blue Note, corn fed animal to take to market.

Beautiful sounding cd from bossa trombonist Vittor Santos--"Renewed Impressions" on Adventure Music.

I have a handful of UHQCDs pressed in Japan this year and last and it may be system dependent but they sound really good on my system. So at least the discs should sound good. Probably decent alternates too.

Chet Baker "Indian Summer: The Complete 1955 Concerts in Holland" (featuring Dick Twardzik)

Freddei Hubbard "The Body & The Soul" Impulse Analogue Production SACD

This one again, this time simply because it sounds so good. Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch" Blue Note Universl Japan SHM-SACD.

Miles Davis "Seven Steps to Heaven" Analogue Productions SACD

Jovino Santos Neto Quintet "Live in Olympia" Adventure Music CD

"The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard" Impulse SACD from Analogue Productions Bass – Art Davis Drums – Louis Hayes Piano – Tommy Flanagan Producer – Bob Thiele Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore Trombone – Curtis Fuller Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

My favorite Paul Jeffrey album finally released on cd. Paul Jeffrey "Family" Mainstream Records/Solid Records Japan with George Cables (p), Stuart Butterfield (fr h), Joe Gardner (tpt), Hamiet Bluiett (bar), J.C. Williams (b cl), Bob Stewart (tuba), Wilbur Ware (b), Stanley Clarke (b), and T.S. Monk. (d)

Eric Dolphy "Out to Lunch" Blue Note SHM-SACD Of the four new SHM-SACDs I've heard this one sounds the best.