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Just watch the salt. We use salted shelled pistachios, so you don’t need to add more salt.

How's the sound on the LP? The CD is maddeningly inconsistent - volume levels can fluctuate wildly, even within tracks.

True carnivore here, but I recommend this recipe - we eat it often: Spicy Toasted Garbanzo Beans and Pistachios

It's not opening for me. I'll keep trying.

I have the same set. My impression is that the first 3 albums would be much better in mono. BTW, the 3 singles you mention are on "Greatest Hits."

What have you heard about this speaker - is it worthy? Reviews are pretty good.

Here's a related question, and I'll use "The Crusaders - 5 Original Albums" as an example: Some, but not all, of these albums were originally issued on Blue Thumb ("Street Life" certainly was not). And yet, the Blue Thumb logo is shown on both the front and back covers. IIRC (and confirmed by Wikipedia), Blue Thumb was originally independent, then bought by Famous Music, then bought by ABC, which was sold to MCA, now absorbed into the Universal behemoth. So the question is: why show the Blue Thumb logo? Is it that the original owners of Blue Thumb, or some other owners along the way, retain some ownership percentage?

Release date October 15:

Release date September 24: With Overpass, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM's solo bass tradition. Johnson's experiments with the bass and its potential as a lead voice began during his tenure with the Bill Evans Trio, where his nightly solo feature on Miles Davis's "Nardis", inspired him to new ideas. This new studio album was recorded in Sao Paulo, Brazil and includes five original compositions.

Release date August 27: Comprising entirely of previously unreleased material, the fascinating 'Lost Tapes Vol. 3' from Jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader Don Ellis will be released on 27 August 2021. Sleepy Night Records is delighted to release this, the last in the series of 'Lost Tapes'.The collection is based upon a treasure trove of recordings, photos, letters, video, scores and music supplied to Sleepy Night Records by the late Ken Orton. The musician sadly died three years ago, but he had the biggest worldwide collection of Don's material and worked with Don's family to preserve his memory.'Lost Tapes Vol. 3' features never before heard tracks from Don's own personal collection, both in the form of studio material and other music recorded at various clubs on reel to reel and cassette tapes.The album closes, fittingly, with Don Ellis' last ever recording. Laid down in 1978, Vulcan was recorded in a club but on this collection Sleepy Night Records have enhanced this track, by adding in new keyboard parts, bass, drums, strings and a new guitar solo. By not deviating from the original spirit, and keeping the track honest, this has breathed new life into this cassette recording. The original version of Vulcan will be available on all digital platforms.

Release date August 6: One of Vancouver\x27s most beloved jazz groups of the past 10 years serve up heaps of grease playing the music of Eddie Harris, Shirley Scott, Hank Marr and other purveyors of greasy jazz! Usually a two horn front\-line, this edition of the Nightcrawlers features only the tenor saxophone with Cory Weeds at the helm. Filling out the sound of the band is percussionist Jack Duncan! Release date September 3: This project began in 2018, when Cory Weeds pitched an idea to me for a Joe Williams tribute show at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver. Williams is arguably one of the greatest jazz & blues singers we've ever had. In March 2019, we played two club dates, calling the show Nothin' But the Blues: A Tribute to Joe Williams. It was so well received, that we immediately began planning a follow-up gig. We decided to expand our theme, still travelling a blues path, but drawing material from other artists. Cory was an invaluable source, hipping me to such names as Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Jimmy Witherspoon, David Peaston, and Billie Poole. In September 2019, we played our second show at Frankie's: Steve Maddock Sextet: The Blues Project. Cory suggested we make a record for his Cellar Music label, so we invited our friend Bill Coon, a wonderful musician & composer, to co-produce. After several challenges and delays due to the global pandemic, we finally got the six of us into the studio in December, 2020.

Release date August 20: Donald Edwards Quintet with Donald Edwards on drums, Anthony Wonsey on piano, Ben Wolfe on bass, David Gilmore on guitar and Abraham Burton on tenor saxophone. Guest appearances by Sophia Edwards (vocals on track 1 and Frank Lacy (vocals on tracks 2 - 8). All compositions and arrangements by Donald Edwards. The album was recorded January 31, 2020 at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio and mixed and mastered by Mike Marciano at the Systems Two Recording Studios. The album The Color of US Suite is the second Criss Cross Jazz release after the death of former owner Gerry Teekens Sr. Tracks: 1. Little Hopes [2:24], 2. Red [5:32], 3. White [6:55], 4. Blue [5:06], 5. Intro To Black [2:11], 6. Black [9:46], 7. Brown [4:15], 8. Tan [3:24], 9. Finding Beauty [7:22], 10. Hurricane Sophia [8:20]

Release date August 27: The new album from the quartet led by innovative jazz drummer, Andrew Cyrille, carries the story forward from the 2016 release, The Declaration of Musical Independence. Each of the players (Bill Frisell, Ben Street and David Virelles) has space for improvisational expression, but it is Cyrille's communicative sensibility and what the New York Times called his "watchful, flowing pulse" that guides the band.

Release date September 10: Pat explains, “I wanted to create an ongoing platform to host a rotating cast of the newer generations of musicians who have particularly caught my interest along the way. From my earliest days in Kansas City onward, I was the beneficiary of so many older musicians hiring me, which gave me a chance to develop through the prism of their experiences and the particular demands of what their music implied.” Metheny has given this band concept the name Side-Eye and hopes that it might become a rotating group of musicians who could come and go in different combinations. So far, there have been four iterations, hence the V.1-IV sub-heading on the record. Whether searingly electric, powerfully intense or deeply contemplative, highly composed or totally improvised, or even with some new-fangled contraption of his own design, there is always that unmistakable Metheny sensibility at work that has stood at the forefront of jazz for what is now approaching five decades. The Side-Eye series is the latest chapter in his continually unfolding story.

Another pet peeve: when recording data is listed on a jacket in such an abbreviated form that it seems more like computer code, as if it costs them per character. Example: disc 4 of the Sir John Barbirolli Warner box. There are 17 tracks on the disc. Here's how the recording dates are listed: Recorded: 11.XII.1929 (9), 21.VII (3), 20.VIII (10-14), 1933, Kingsway Hall, London; 4.V (16), 18 (1-2) & 19.X (4-7,17), 1933, 29.VI.1934 (8,15), No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road London.

I still want to know the story behind the photos on the inner sleeve of Street Legal.

The last listing in the Wayback Machine is July 7. But none of the links (to specific years, etc.) work! I fear this valuable resource may be now lost to us.

Yeah, I did too. I weakened! Still, I love these years.

Looks like the deadlists.com website is offline. Hope it doesn't mean anything. Also, a new Dead box was announced today: 7 shows from St. Louis 1971-73. Looks interesting.

I have to echo what I said a year ago (I'm my own echo chamber!). In the May 2021 issue of Stereophile magazine, I was surprised to see a review for the Schiit Audio Vali 2+. They liked it...I think (it was a "it's great for the price!" review). But it sounds intriguing because it uses a tube. Schiit sells direct, so I went to their website. This Vali 2+ doesn't contain a DAC. Schiit recommends their Modi or Modi Multibit. Looking at the available connections, I'm baffled as to how to connect it to my computer. It also seems like they've developed a proprietary form of USB they call Unison USB. I suppose I could call them, but I like figuring things out on my own. It would be great if it was all presented in a clearer manner.

This got a very approving review in the Wall St Journal.

Absolutely! Truly a jazz master, and still playing his ass off.

I can’t tell from the CD Japan listings whether these are official and authorized, but I hope they are.

I’d say Cassandra Wilson is equally nondeserving.

I know nothing about these. I've provided Google translations for the Japanese product descriptions. Release dates September 22. Hibiya, Tokyo July 12, 1964 The 1964 Japan tour, which was Miles' first visit to Japan. A very rare Miles Davis Quintet with Sam Rivers as the tenor. Officially, the Shinjuku Welfare Pension Hall live on July 14th was released on LP in 1969, and has been made into a CD since then, but this is the live at the Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall on the third day of the performance in Japan. The play that Miles confronts the tenor who runs in the avant-garde unique to Sam, such as the first song "Dead Leaf" and "So What", is unique to this day. The historic first performance in Tokyo. Kyoto July 15, 1964 Even during the 1964 Japan tour, which was Miles' first visit to Japan, the performance at the Kyoto Maruyama Park Amphitheater, which became a legend in particular. Miles listens to a radical play that breaks through the boundaries at the rainy outdoor performance on July 15th, the final day of the performance in Japan. There is also a rare Sonny Rollins song "Oleo" that takes over Sam Rivers and solo from Miles. Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams support it. One of the best performances in Miles' live history. Milano, Italy October 11, 1964 Autumn European Tour in 1964 with Wayne Shorter as tenor. The official version has "Berlin / September 25th" on the first day of the tour, but this is a complete recording of the live performance in Milan, Italy on the last day. If it becomes the ancient capital of Italy in the fall, Miles' performance is not bad. Moreover, it is the 10th performance of the tour with W. Shorter that he wanted. "All Blues" with "Dead Leaf" and "My Funny Valentine" and the phrase "Jean Pierre" that may have already been in Miles's head is noteworthy.