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I had a rough night. I’ll make up for some sleep later. Starting off with: The most recent Japanese remaster of this timeless session. Charles Mingus “East Coasting” Bethlehem/Solid Japan cd CDSOL-3808

Steve Lehman Trio with Mark Turner “The Music of Anthony Braxton” Pi cd

Melissa Aldana “Visions” Motema cd Melissa Aldana (tenor saxophone) Sam Harris (piano) Pablo Menares (bass) Tommy Crane (drums) Joel Ross (vibes)

Yes, they are quite good. Now. . . . A big storm passed through two hours or so ago. About half the blooms on our dogwood have been dashed to the ground. No damage that I have discovered yet however. Going to be a mild day, I think. Starting off with a newly arrived cd from Lauren Henderson, “Musa.” Great choice of tunes, and nice, nice, nice. What a sensuous voice.

When I first started collecting LPs this one was all over. I had already started collecting Miles records so I never picked this up, knowing I was going to get all the albums separately. But a friend had this and it would be spun during some partying.

I get that but the solos and melodies are worth it for me. I have a lot of the Mercer material on Chronogical Classics cds.

This was good.

500×500 28.2 KB Aaron Parks “Little Big III” Blue Note cd 400×400 9.2

Peter Evans "Being & Becoming – Ars Memoria" More Is More Records cd

Jason Moran “All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller” Blue Note cd Bass – Tarus Mateen Drums – Nasheet Waits Drums, Vocals – Charles Haynes Piano, Organ – Jason Moran Saxophone – Stephen Lehman Trombone – Josh Roseman Trumpet, Vocals – Leron Thomas Vocals – Lisa E. Harris, Meshell Ndegeocello FOLLOWED BY Grateful Dead “Dave’s Picks Vol. 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (11/20/71)” disc 2 of 3

Followed by some hard swinging. Bobby Shew Quintet with Carl Fontana “Heavy Weights” MAMA cd Bass – Bob Magnusson Drums – Joe LaBarbera Piano – George Cables Trombone – Carl Fontana Trumpet – Bobby Shew

Starting off a beautiful morning with a disc I have not spun in a while. I need to get more Weber Iago. Such an interesting writer and pianist. Weber Iago “Os Filhos Do Vento: Children of the Wind” Adventure Music cd This is more classical than jazz . . . pastoral, evoking vivid texture.

I have and really enjoy the six cd complete set, but someone gave me this promo sampler. . . and wow. Wow. This is a great disc, a great summation of the set. “Things Ain’t What they Used to Be” right where it is is very effective.

Another, later, Kenny Burrell. “Stormy Monday Blues” Fantasy/OJC cd Combines the albums “Stormy Monday” and “Sky Street” “Stormy Monday” Kenny Burrell - guitar Richard Wyands - piano John Heard - bass Lenny McBrowne, or Richie Goldberg - drums “Sky Street” Kenny Burrell - guitar Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Kirk Lightsey - piano, electric piano Stanley Gilbert - bass Eddie Marshall - drums

Yes, I know many artists are not offering cds now. I don't do audio on a computer so I'm not going to be buying WAV files . . . probably not. It is tempting to get all of Ms Henderson's catalog at once, but my luck with downloading and burning cdrs etc. has not been good the last few years and I will probably forego the files route. I'll investigate her music via cds as I see fit to spend the money.

Jefferson Airplane “Crown of Creation” Culture Factory cd Great to listen to this music from my long ago past.

Chet Baker “My Funny Valentine” Pacific Jazz/EMI Norway 2 cd set, disc 2 This is a 2 cd set from Norway. The first disc is a best of Pacific Jazz compilation, the second disc is a collection of rare recordings from '84 to '88, six from Norway, one from Paris, France. Excellent sound on these rare tracks, great playing. https://www.discogs.com/release/1206664-Chet-Baker-My-Funny-Valentine

Art Pepper Quartet “An Afternoon in Norway–The Kongsberg Concert” Elemental Music 2 cd set, disc 1

I forgot what a great album this is with that vibe that only Big Joe backed by Basie can really deliver so well. Great band! Count Basie & Big Joe Turner “The Bosses” Pablo/OJC cd Big Joe Turner - vocals Count Basie - piano, organ Irving Ashby - guitar Ray Brown - double bass Louie Bellson - drums Harry “Sweets” Edison - trumpet J.J. Johnson - trombone Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - tenor saxophone Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone

A warm, clear, dry morning. A great way to start the day is this nicely-recorded gently swinging session. “Paul Meyers Quartet featuring Frank Wess with special guest Andy Bey” Miles High cd Guitarist Paul Meyers, Frank Wess on tenor saxophone and flute, bassist Martin Wind, drummer Tony Jefferson–Andy Bey on “Lazy Afternoon”

Kenny Burrell “Asphalt Canyon Suite” Verve Japan SHM-CD My guess is that the four alternates released on cd in Japan in 2014 are all there is to worthy of release. Just my guess however.

Kenny Burrell “Night Song” Verve Japan cd Six sessions together yielding a great sounding album. “Blues for Wes” has some great octave-playing by Kenny, a real tribute.

Herbie Hancock "Empyrean Isles" Blue Note Japan 85th Annniversary SHM-SACD

A late start today. On another board they are discussing this title and I decided to pop a copy of the SHM-SACD in. Not my favorite Larry Young recording perhaps, but what a band--Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones joining Larry Young. Larry Young "Unity" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD

The Elsbeth season finale.