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I got a tracking number. As my grandfather would say "won't be long now said the cat whose tail got caught in the lawn mower." (He had his own way with words).

Ricky Ford “Hard Groovin’” Muse cd Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Roy Hargrove – trumpet Geoff Keezer – piano Robert Hurst – bass Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums 200×200 69.1 KB

Beverly Kelly Sings with the Pat Moran Trio” Audio Fidelity/SSJ HQCD Japan lp facsimile cd Bass – Scott LaFaro Drums – John Whited Piano – Pat Moran Vocals – Beverly Kelly Recorded in December, 1957, New York. 300×299 7.26 KB

There is not a whole lot of work with Bavan. I like it fine. . . it's another voice, another style than Ross, I can handle a different style injected in.

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan “Live at Basin Street East” RCA/BMG France cd

Joe Farnsworth “In What Direction are you Heading?” Smoke Sessions cd

Grateful Dead, “Enjoying the Ride” box set, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85) disc 1

Joe Locke “4 Walls of Freedom” Sirocco Music cd Starting a cool morning off with this one, a quartet recording with Bob Berg, James Genus and Gary Novak from 2003.

Cool. I had all the material in the set when it came out except the unreleased live material which I was delighted to have. Now Joe Locke Quartet "Moment to Moment--the Music of Henry Mancini" Milestone cd

I'm still "Processing." Something to look forward to!

Eliane Elias “Illusions” Denon cd Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Stanley Clarke (2 tracks) Bass – Eddie Gomez Drums – Al Foster or Lenny White or Steve Gadd Harmonica – Toots Thielemans (2 tracks) Piano, Producer – Eliane Elias Recorded at R.P.M. Studios, N.Y.C. on Oct. 22, 23, 24, 1986

I imagine Ravi has been consulted re: any tapes he may have still unreleased.

David Bowie’s final work. . . pretty fascinating. Too compressed in mastering, but if I adjust my gain structure down it sounds better. David Bowie “Black Star” Sony Blu-Spec cd

Time for a listen to this beautiful album. I love late Jobim. A family of musicians playing lovely music they love. Antonio Carlos Jobim “Passarim” Verve Japan cd

Dan Barrett “Melody in Swing” on Arbor Jazz. Barrett is an amazing trombone player, one of the few modern men who mastered Jack Teagarden’s water glass as a trombone bell method. 200×200 8.83 KB

I’m on to another Tom Harrell. His work captivates me and I often have to hear more than one at a sitting. I think it’s in part because his “sound” is very like my best friend’s on the trumpet, and I sense the connection. Another one on High Note, by that same great working band. Tom Harrell “The Time of the Sun” High Note

Gene Ammons “Legends of Acid Jazz” Prestige cd

Grateful Dead “One from the Vault” disc 2 “Blues for Allah” material and other songs performed for a select invited audience in great sound. Man this sounds so good today!

300×300 10.9 KB Count Basie “Basie Roars Again” Verve mono LP I’ll have to dig out the Verve Basie Mosaic set soon, this is a great LP also included in that set, from 1956.

I have digital versions of this LP in stereo, but this mono Roulette LP has a rich sound of its own that I wanted to hear. Jack Teagarden “Portrait of Mr. T” Don Goldie was an excellent trumpeter and vocalist and is a real asset in the late Teagarden bands. And how cool to have a version of Bix’s “In the Dark”. . . .

Erroll Garner “The Complete Concert by the Sea” disc 1 This release continues to fascinate me. I had earlier versions of this acclaimed and extremely popular release, but not only is the complete, twice as long as previously released, concert here, but the extraordinary Plangent Process has been used to TRANSFORM the sound here. And if I had a time machine I’d go back to this performance night and revel in the delight. I am certain that visually Garner is as riveting and involving as the audio material is for me. He was one of a kind and like other great pianists I love to hear he is a master of a musical universe. If you have been familiar with the other editions of this music the transformation of the sound is fascinating.

More awake now, I want to hear a bigger sound. . . . “Duke Ellington: Live At The Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973” Lost Recordings/Diavelet cd It took me a while, but I’ve learned to really love “late” Ellington. This one is in excellent sound.

It was a stuffy night. . . slept a bit fitfully. Starting off the morning with a nice trio recording.

My favorite interpretations.

Pharoah Sanders “Message from Home” Verve cd Produced by Bill Laswell