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The snow stopped before dusk yesterday, but it’s cold! Hope the snow stays so that Lucinda’s great niece and nephew can throw it around when they arrive from Austin on Tuesday. Starting off with Harold Land “A New Shade of Blue” Mainstream/Solid Records Japan cd All Land/Hutcherson sessions are great!

I just want to add that I find the sound on the two discs I have listened to (twice each) FANTASTIC.

“Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions” Mosaic Records 8 cd box set, disc 2 600×600 34.3 KB More Dickenson and then a Ruby Braff session.

Re-listening right now. This is a good one with some of the greatest young ones.

No. From 2011.

Appaloosa

Out of/Into “Motion I” Blue Note cd

Zoot Sims “Zoot at Ease” Progressive/Solid Records Japan cd Zoot had a beautiful sound playing soprano. Reminds me of Barney Wilen’s.

Bill Evans Trio “Consecration II” Timeless Records/Solid Records Japan cd

#255 here and agree about the excellent mastering of the wonderful original engineering.

Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD Wow. This one really shines in the SHM-SACD version. The detail on Billy Higgin’s drums draws one in. . .the clave and rim shot strokes so delicately presented, the dynamics from gentle to harder strikes so clear. And Hancock’s piano (one of my favorite of his performances ever) is placed just right in the center and so well captured. Just a delight to listen to.

Yes! Buster Williams is given a similar prominence on "A New Shade of Blue" and delivers. NOW--Jeepers creepers! Arrived too late to start listening to last night, now disc I

Harold Land “Choma (Burn)” Mainstream/Solid Japan cd Bass – Reggie Johnson Drums – Ndugu*, Woody Theus Piano, Electric Piano – Harold Land Jr, Bill Henderson Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land Vibraphone, Marimba – Bobby Hutcherson

A thirty second look at discogs indicates "Yes." And both are originally Time Records releases. I have a Japanese cd version of this Paris and like it! "The Song is Paris" is also very good.

Andrew Hill “Dusk” Palmetto cd 300×299 8.88 KB One of my favorite later Hill works.

Horace Silver "Blowin' the Blues Away" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD I wish it was just that easy, that one could blow the blues away. Sounds great.

Awesome! Enjoy! Mine is due today.

Dave Brubeck Carmen McRae “Take Five Live” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 400×401 17.3 KB Carmen McRae - vocals Dave Brubeck - piano Gene Wright - double bass Joe Morello - drums Such a great album!

Joe Henderson “Page One” 85th Anniversary Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

I remember I tried my hand at it and allaboutjazz took a few of my reviews and then told me "try not to include an opinion." Well, I tried. That didn't turn out to be something I was really comfortable with.

I’m certainly not sure I would qualify these two releases “jazz” in the strictest sense–over time I’ve come to think of jazz as material more closely aligned to the tradition. But I used to own these Ayers Uqibquity albums when released and at the time they were in fact a sort of personal joy as no one around me was into these, or the George Duke Epic lps they resemble to me, or electric Miles, or the growing interest of mine in acoustic jazz of the 'forties, 'fifties and 'sixties. All my “peers” were more into Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Bowie, and the pop on the radio. . . I was fine sharing an interest in Yes and Bowie, but the rest. . . a little dab did me and they were constantly around me to the point of annoyance. The engineering on these Ayer albums stands out to me now–my system is so much better and the clarity and texture so prevalent that these sound reborn to me. So 'seventies and yet carefully and skillfully recorded. And fun to listen to! This new three cd set is really a reminiscent and ear-opening one for me. 500×500 42.1 KB I followed listening to the first disc in this set with the first disc of Miles Davis “Agharta,” the 2023 Blu-Spec CD2 edition. Wow. I have been holding off listening to this as it’s a mood and opportunity item, and the system is different from the last time I immersed myself in it, and again I’m taken back to the time of this album’s first years when it was a solo pleasure of mine and blew my mind. This time the sound of the hall and the textures are so well-presented. . . I love my system and the ability it has to transport me into a musical world. Amazing music! In 1975 Reggie Lucas, Michael Henderson, Al Foster and Mtume were a lift-off stage propulsive unit. 200×200 13.2 KB

Kenny Barron "Innocence" Wolf Records/Solid Records Japan cd This one is new to me, a re-reissue from last week. Nice! First released in 1978. Kenny Barron – keyboards Jimmy Owens – trumpet Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone Buster Williams – bass --or-- Gary King – electric bass Brian Brake --or-- Ben Riley - drums Rafael Cruz --or-- Billy Hart - percussion

First session of the day. . . a cold clear morning. Yesterday’s meager snowfall glistening in the moonlight. Andrew Hill “Point of Departure” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD Another great sounding SHM-SACD