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https://www.allaboutjazz.com/sinatra-in-vegas-with-sun-ra-discovery?utm_source=trial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_01_04_21&fbclid=IwAR2xy_0y4j0tkcAM__TstgO8xulJuRsexKpdI97b4ktitVrvv-3zTwD4WCA Atomic! Sun Ra and Frank Sinatra at The Sands, a previously unknown 1966 recording of the Intergalactic Navigator onstage with The Chairman of the Board, was released today in a joint venture by Blue Note and Mobile Fidelity. "We didn't know if it was real when we first found these recordings. Had we been had? Or did we have what we thought we had? Was it really what it was?," Don Was, president of Blue Note, wondered about his first encounter with the material.

This seems a good moment to recommend this album, if you can find it:

Thanks.

Jazzbo, where do you go for reliable recommendations regarding system upgrades? Which sources do you trust?

Cool Blues was released on vinyl as part of the LT series. The CD was notable and welcome because it was speed-corrected.

Dexter in the doctor’s office...his voice sounds like a cello.

RIP. I don't remember if I saw A Sunday In The Country, but am glad I saw Round Midnight.

In the beginning, yes, but mid-2000s they also did first releases (I don't count Mosaic boxes as "prior releases"; for one thing, the Conns required designing covers that never existed before): But I don't think this was even on a Mosaic: I think the overriding point of the Conn series was that they were limited editions, made for a smaller audience (what one might call "connoisseurs"). I remember that Concord tried something similar with a limited-edition series of OJCs - Tadd Dameron's Fontainbleau was one of them. But then they never took those titles out of print!

Michael Cuscana! I wasn't aware of this BN typo.

You should check it out. Excellent music, full of polish and fire.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9393159/Music-executive-friend-Bob-Dylan-Sally-Grossman-dies-aged-81.html?fbclid=IwAR0_6N2qsVqgT-0BYJe3wjPR6zeWcHXIoLOquXUebR4wtaxKhGnDWapU4eg Friend of Bob Dylan, Sally Grossman, who appeared on his album cover and was at the center of enduring rock mystery over singer's motorbike crash, dies aged 81 Music executive Sally Grossman, a close friend of Bob Dylan, died aged 81 She was the wife of Dylan's manager and folk music kingpin Albert Grossman Sally appears on the cover of Dylan's 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home She was there the day Dylan had his mysterious 1966 motorbike crash

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Sounds like it was the fault of the pressing plant, not of SteepleChase.

https://store.dead.net/grateful-dead-skull-roses-50th-anniversary-expanded-edition-2cd.html?eml=2021March24/5284336/6131962&etsubid=25405212 Just announced: GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES) 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION 2CD DEAD FREAKS, old and new, get ready to reunite on June 25th with the release of GRATEFUL DEAD (SKULL & ROSES): EXPANDED EDITION. In celebration of the 50th anniversary, the 2CD set will feature the album’s original 11 tracks, newly remastered from the stereo analog master tapes by Grammy® Award winning engineer David Glasser using Plangent Process Speed Correction. We're topping it off with more than an hour of previously unreleased live recordings taken from the much-requested July 2, 1971 performance at the Fillmore West, the band’s final performance at the historic San Francisco venue. Standouts include the 17-minute Pigpen spectacular “Good Lovin’,” an achingly beautiful take on Merle Haggard’s “Sing Me Back Home,” and a spell-binding version of “The Other One” that rivals the one captured on the original Side 2.

I love how the cover looks like a Muse release.

Release date June 18: Understanding is a previously unreleased recording of drummer Roy Brooks captured live by the Left Bank Jazz Society at The Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, MD on November 1, 1970. Featuring a stellar band with trumpeter Woody Shaw, saxophonist Carlos Garnett, pianist Harold Mabern and bassist Cecil McBee, Understanding was recorded 5 months after the classic live album The Free Slave (also recorded by the Left Bank Jazz Society). This recording features a full performance by great musicians at their peak, providing a you are there experience of the excitement of great music and an appreciative crowd. Mastered from the original tape reels by Kevin Gray, the limited-edition 180-gram 3LP set includes an extensive booklet with rare photos, plus interviews with Carlos Garnett and Cecil McBee. Award winning arts journalist and critic Mark Stryker contributes the main essay as well as remembrances by American journalist, educator, author, activist and friend of Roy Brooks, Herb Boyd, alto saxophone legend Charles McPherson who grew up with Roy Brooks, Louis Hayes who got Roy the gig with Horace Silver and more. This project came about as a desire by Reel to Real Recordings to make a positive contribution to Black Lives Matter. Understanding is our celebration of the talent, courage and spirit of the Black musicians who created a timeless and universal art, with the recognition that the injustices of 50 years ago are still with us. All proceeds from album sales will go directly to The Detroit Sound Conservancy. Understanding is produced with the cooperation of Cecil McBee and Carlos Garnett and the estates of Roy Brooks, Harold Mabern and Woody Shaw.

This would be a good supplement to what you have: A 4-CD set from Proper. You'd get early recordings from 1942 and 1943, stuff from L.A. in 1945 and 1946, the "One Night In Birdland" material, Carnegie Hall in 1949 with Red Rodney, Birdland with Dizzy from 1951, and some Rockland Palace material.

SQ is very good. The only issue is that Columbia squeezed 8 tracks to a side. Columbia did that as well as, if not better than, anyone else, but the volume is low as a result. Just turn it up, no biggie. This twofer was U.S. Columbia CG 31617. I got it not too long ago from Dusty Groove for a good price. If you're shopping, be aware that there is a different Chiaroscuro date with the same title. I've often wondered whether the Weather Report albums released on ARC/Columbia had anything to do with the earlier ARC:

I'm happy with this:

They still have a website: https://philologyjazz.wordpress.com/about/ and a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/philologyjazz The last post on the Facebook page was in 2012.

The picture looks like Mann was taking a selfie of the group.

That might be Hubert Laws. Interestingly, per Wikipedia, the Sharrocks do not appear on this album. Musicians are: Roy Ayers - vibraphone Charles Tolliver - trumpet, flugelhorn Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo Gary Bartz - alto saxophone Herbie Hancock - piano Ron Carter (tracks 1 & 2), Miroslav Vitouš (tracks 3-6) - bass Grady Tate - drums Herbie Mann - producer Could the person next to Ayers be Tolliver? The person on the lower right might be Bruno Carr:

I haven't seen many Savant/High Note releases lately, so this is welcome news. Release date March 26: As with many professions, it was a difficult thing to be a jazz musician during the pandemic year of 2020, but alto saxophonist Jim Snidero found himself in a unique situation: he was able to assemble a quartet for a feasible, safe, limited-audience gig at Pennsylvania's famed Deer Head Inn. Snidero and his colleagues relished the chance to commune with listeners, and one another, on the bandstand again at long last. Live at the Deer Head Inn is the result, and as Snidero remarks in the liner notes, "It just felt like the perfect opportunity to cut through the fog of this damn pandemic and mark this moment in time." The energy and excitement are palpable on this, as Snidero rallies his players and the audience in an exuberant set of what he calls "comfort music," beginning with a trenchant take on Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time" (with Bird's daughter, Kim Parker, in attendance to hear it). The depth of swing and interplay is evident in every measure, and Snidero's sound and phrasing reveal a disposition of his own, guided by a unique melodic and harmonic concept - qualities that have earned him recognition in the Downbeat and JazzTimes Critics Polls.

Fascinating; I'll play with it. Thanks for the tip.

How does one narrow the stereo width using Audacity (what are the settings or the workflow)? I'm assuming this is different than making it mono.