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On Dusty Groove, I found a sealed copy of the first Louis Armstrong album I ever owned: Being on CBS's cheapo Harmony label, it came with no inner sleeve. Sound quality is actually pretty good; to achieve "Electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo," I think all they did was make one channel louder than the other. Would anyone have discographical info for this? It notes that Basin Street Blues and St. James Infirmary have Earl Hines on piano, so I'm guessing those are Okehs. There's a live Tiger Rag that I'm guessing is from the 1956 Chicago concert. If anyone can fill in the gaps, I'd appreciate it. Tracklist: A1 Tiger Rag A2 Honeysuckle Rose A3 Muskrat Ramble A4 Tin Roof Blues A5 Shine B1 Basin Street Blues B2 Body And Soul B3 Twelfth Street Rag B4 St. James Infirmary

Years ago, we posted work of a guy who "redid" ECM covers in Blue Note style. It was a hoot; wish we could still find them. It'd also be fun to do Blue Note covers in ECM style. Welcome!

I'm listening now to disc 7, and I must say a word about the great transferring. Allen has done wonders with the sound restoration. It gets better as the box proceeds; disc #1 sounds pretty raw, but I think a lot of it was transferred from cylinders. Good work!

Music Legends Eric Clapton, Van Morrison Team for Anti-Lockdown Single ‘Stand and Deliver’

A great interview. Hearing Beirach talk in his Brooklyn accent (Wikipedia says he was born in “NYC,” but it sure sounds to me like Brooklyn) crystallized a perception I have about ECM: they drain the personalities out of the musicians. It’s interesting that Eicher can’t relate to gutbucket blues. It’s like sweat and passion, or at least American sweat and passion, are alien to him. His perspective is more of the museum curator, or of the classical music aesthete. He may want us to expand our perception of other musical cultures, but he can’t extend himself to feel R&B. While ECM covers are often beautiful, what they rarely have are photos of the musicians. This upcoming Dino Saluzzi album is an exception: The photo humanizes the album - it shows us the real person making the music. Maybe, in the end, that's what ECM needs: less chilly distance, more real-person stuff.

Thanks for posting that. A very interesting article could (and should) be written about Miles's relationship with Chicago - how it influenced him, who he drew from there. The Jack Chambers bio of Miles mentioned quite a few things, such as he always played Chicago around Christmastime so he could visit his sister who lived there.

Just received the Hunter/Fortune. Interestingly, it's the Real Gone Music/Dusty Groove release.

It’s obvious that Mosaic needs a sugar daddy (or mommy). The sales on occasional releases won’t help them stay afloat.

Disc #3 of Craft's The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions would not play on any of my machines after a few minutes. There was no visible gouge or other identifiable defect. Because it would not play on any computer's CD drive, I couldn't make a copy of it. I wound up downloading that disc on mp3 from Amazon.

OK, fascinating, thanks Dave.

We love Thanksgiving. This year, it'll be just the 3 of us plus a cousin from Austin, but I bought a 16-lb turkey from Costco. The plan is: debone the turkey into 4 quadrants (see: https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/turkey-butchery-how-to-separate-breasts-thighs). Cook 1 or 2 quadrants with some combination of sous vide and oven (with quinoa stuffing underneath), 1 or 2 quadrants on the smoker, and 1 in the deep fryer. My wife makes great cranberry sauce using fresh cranberries. We'll have baked potatoes and baked sweet potatoes, maybe some leafy vegetable, maybe start with some chicken soup. End with chocolate pecan pie (filling is homemade, pie shell is store-bought). Since this is an absurd amount of food, we may prepare care packages for friends who are too scared to socialize.

I was never a big Betty Carter fan. I think she's a specialized taste, and a box would not necessarily sell well. A Select is a different story, but, ah well.

Try copying it to a blank CD, using your computer.

Also, if the music files reside on your external hard drive, does it need to be a NAS (Network Attached Storage) EHD, or will any EHD work?

Interesting. The article mentions a few times "your server" (as in "Plex has a feature it calls Sync, which allows you to save things to your remote device and your plays, skips, ratings, etc., get synced with your server when you get a data connection back") or "self-hosting your music library" (as in "It should be mentioned that there are other options out there for self-hosting your music library. I chose Plex because I already use it for other forms of media, but if you’re starting fresh you can go with other platforms..."). Are they referring to a virtual drive on Plex's (or a competitor's) server, or do your music files reside on a hard drive you own?

I bought it this afternoon @ $6.70. It's all about the algorithm; my purchase probably bumped the price up.

Do a search for "Wounded Bird" on Amazon (and on Dusty Groove) and you'll find many interesting things. Have we ever discussed Robin Kenyatta?

Correct. It sounds like GregK has set up such a system, since he can access it on his iPhone. I’m guessing a “DLNA server” and a “BubbleUPNP server” are two different technologies that accomplish the same thing, and each had its own mobile app.

Has anyone set up a music server accessible through the Internet? I'd think a Raspberry Pi (or any mildishly-old home computer) coupled with an external hard drive could make this work. I'd love to read step-by-step instructions to set up such an arrangement.

It's too bad Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg have no interest in jazz. This would be chump change for them.

Thanks for the tip. I like the Paich Mode EP, so I'll get this.

For those who missed it in the article, there's a link to the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive, where you can listen to many cylinders they've digitized (click on "discover"): http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu

Great article; thanks for posting it.

Release date November 20: Experience Hendrix announces a brand new collection that couples the brand new feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui with the accompanying live performances on both audio and video. The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience s storied visit to Maui, their performance on the dormant lower crater of Haleakala volcano on the island and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie produced by their controversial manager Michael Jeffery. Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the documentary incorporates never before released original footage and new interviews with firsthand participants and key players such as Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Warner Bros. executives and several Rainbow Bridge cast members, as well as its director Chuck Wein. The Blu-ray will include the full documentary as well as the 16mm color film shot of the two afternoon performances captured on July 30, 1970 mixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound. Also included in the package will be Live In Maui both of the aforementioned sets spread across 2 CDs, newly restored and mixed by longtime Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, and mastered by Bernie Grundman. The 2 sets finds The Experience - Hendrix, Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums - at the height of its powers playing flawlessly against a stunning natural backdrop. Included are breathtaking renditions of crowd favorites like "Foxey Lady," "Purple Haze" and Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," as well as then-unreleased songs like "Dolly Dagger" and "Freedom" that showcased the new direction Hendrix was moving toward. So I must mention how I came across this. My wife read in a local online site about someone's pet who went on the Rainbow Bridge. Not knowing what this was, she Googled it, and sure enough, there's a Wikipedia page for Rainbow Bridge (pets). This got me to thinking about the Jimi Hendrix movie, so I Googled that. It mentioned this album coming out.

It's basically like Denny's.