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I hope so.

I've been collecting Mel Powell for decades, think his work is awesome. I have the "Trios" with Quinichette and with Ruby Braff on this excellent Vogue Jazz 2 LP reissue: https://www.discogs.com/release/5843598-Mel-Powell-Trio-Bouquet

Miles Davis “At Newport 1958” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 2 cd set, mono cd 300×300 9.9 KB Followed by Scott Hamilton & Friends “Blues, Bop & Ballads” Concord cd 300×300 8.2 KB

No that's true, I only ever saw him four years ago. My wife has been in the store about ten times since then I bet, and she's . . . memorable. She may have mentioned my love of jazz and audio a few times since then, I'm unsure. But the guy is a canny businessman. . .I've seen him take notes while on the phone, and he's knowledgable about curios and folk art. . . he's managed to keep a shop in a small town open for over 25 years, no small feat these days. Besides the Ellington I also got a Jazztone sampler 10"-- a Wild Bill Davis Epic 10" and 12" --Benny Golson "Killer Joe," "Chico Hamilton Trio" on Pacific Jazz and a Billy Eckstine 10" on Emarcy, and Johnah Jones "Muted Jaszz" on Capitol.. And for my wife:

500×500 57.2 KB “Gerald Cannon” Woodneck cd

About four years ago accompanying my wife to one of her favorite antique/junk shops one of the owners told me he sometimes gets in jazz records as my wife told him I was into jazz. So four years later he calls me up and says he got about 50 jazz records in. I went to take a look. A lot of the “jazz” was Boots Randolph type stuff, and big band legacy dance records, but I did find 8 that I picked up 3 for 10 dollars. Since I could get 1 more to make 9 I picked up a Barbra Streisand that my wife wanted because it had a cute photo of Barbra as a kid on the cover. This was about 3 weeks ago. In that time I have been looking on and off for the SpinClean fluid that I had in the kitchen before our remodel, and never have found where my wife stashed it when we cleared out the old kitchen. So I finally caved and ordered a new bottle (which was part of amazon’s Black Friday sale!) They all needed cleaning BIG TIME but cleaned up pretty well. The first I’m playing is one of four that the guy said “no one will want because they probably have nothing to play them on” as he thought they were 78s. What they were though were 10" LPs, 33 1/3 rpm. “Duke’s Mixture” Columbia 10" LP. I’ve known of this, heard all the music, but never saw one in the flesh. It’s actually in really good condition cover and disc. 500×488 44.7 KB

Followed by “Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet” Blue Note reissue LP

No new snow this morning! No shoveling needed! That makes me happy. Starting off with Anthony Williams “Lifetime” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD 200×200 57.3 KB

Bill Evans “Green Dolphin Street” Milestone cd

Yusef Lateef "Cry Tender" New Jazz SHM-CD Japan Bass – Ernie Farrow, Herman Wright Drums – Frank Gant, Oliver Jackson Flugelhorn – Wilbur Harden Piano – Hugh Lawson Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe – Yusef Lateef Trumpet – Lonnie Hillyer

Bill Evans “You’re going to Hear from Me” Milestone cd Bill with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell, Copenhagen November 1969

One of my favorites. Zhang Ziyi!

I do not listen to Pink Floyd. I do not listen to Pink Floyd. Now playing: Frank Morgan “Listen to the Dawn” Antilles/Verve cd Kenny Burrell!

Santana “Welcome” Columbia LP

Made a change in isolation on my vinyl playback chain and wanted to see what condition my condition is in. . . no better way to do so than to play my OG vinyl of Miles Davis “Bitches Brew,” record 1

On to disc 4 Dexter Gordon “The Complete Prestige Recordings” FOLLOWED BY The Jazz Crusaders “Live at the Lighthouse '66”

Yes, it's me. It's a "joke" hat supposed to resemble a baked turkey.

Followed by Dexter Gordon “The Complete Prestige Recordings” disc 3

It's great. My favorite one though is her last. I think that is a masterpiece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Yours,_You're_Mine

The amazing Ms Carter! Here she is mentoring great jazz stars in the making. Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Betty Carter - vocals John Hicks - piano Curtis Lundy - double bass Kenny Washington - drums

“Miles in Tokyo” Sony Blu-Spec CD2 2023 499×500 27.4 KB Followed by Bob Dylan “John Wesley Harding” Mobile Fidelity (stereo) SACD 500×500 65 KB

Chris Rogers “Voyage Home” cdbaby cd

Listening to this one again. . . it sounds really really good today. Sean Jones “Roots”

300×264 9.57 KB Danish Radio Big Band Featuring Jesper Thilo “A Little Bit Of Duke” Dacaop cd Another cold morning. Still managed to dodge the heavy snow they predicted. . . another day of “storm watch.” Starting off with some Ellington music from Denmark. FOLLOWED BY Sean Jones “Roots” 300×300 7.59 KB Acoustic Bass – Luques Curtis Alto Saxophone – Tia Fuller Drums – Jerome Jennings, Obed Calvaire Piano – Orrin Evans Piano, Organ – Eddie Howard Producer – Al Pryor Trumpet – Sean Jones Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY , 2006

500×500 25.7 KB Emily Remler “Cookin’ at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988” disc 1 of 2 Remler in quartet performances with pianist Cocho Arbe, bassist Carson Smith, and drummer Tom Montgomery (May 28th, 1984) and trio performances with bassist Carson Smith and drummer John Pisci (September 19th, 1988). My late first wife and I stayed at the Four Queens around 1995 or so. Although I’ve visited the new portions of Las Vegas, the old city area was favored. Nice sound on this first disc.