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This week at SFJAZZ Thursday: Clone Row w/Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston Friday: The Cookers - current lineup w/Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Craig Handy, Azar Lawrence, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart

Yes, you do! Especially "Days of Wine and Roses", their instant classic.

Just received a 2025 MacArthur Fellows Award for "Improvising Musician and Composer"

The Dream Syndicate – "Medicine Show: I Know What You Like" (Deluxe Edition)

Wet Leg – "Moisturizer"

Listening now. I always assumed that Todd would fit in well with this band. Sounds good so far!

Exactly ✊

Maybe it's my system. Miles and Wayne sound fine, Herbie a little less so, and Ron/Tony difficult to hear. But I don't have an SACD set, so it might be different.

"This machine kills fascists"

Good show. More straight ahead than I expected, but they can certainly handle that.

I've gone back to the set this week in order to figure out why I rarely listen to it. What I've really noticed (and maybe I just have an inferior audio system) is that the bass and drums are deeply buried in the mix. So all the energy is sucked out of the performance and as a result it does sound like a lot of noodling between Miles and Wayne. Since Miles' trumpet is way up front, you can tell by the rough performance that he had been out of commission for a while with medical problems. That's just my latest take. Others might disagree.😎

Looking forward to it!

Tomorrow at SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab. Should be great in that intimate space! Mike Clark Quintet w/Eddie Henderson, Craig Handy, Patrice Rushen, Essiet Essiet

Oh ... OK then! 😎

I'm surprised they're re-releasing it on CD. I don't think it's been OOP for very long. Seems like something that would be for vinyl collectors.

I remember him with Kid Creole & the Coconuts. They had some good albums.

Not true. You still have some great Bert Jansch, and many of the songs are interesting. Not "just" folk songs. Try listening to the Live album (their last release)

50th Anniversary box

I don't have the 7 disk box of original Pentangle albums, but I have the other 2. Through the Ages is great! The BBC box was a little disappointing in that some of the recordings aren't very good, but I'm glad I have it anyway. All the original members are on Open the Door, except for Renbourn. Danny left after that.

Pretty sure I saw him once or twice with Richard Thompson. He had a VERY distinctive sound. Always enjoyed his presence on an album. Pentangle WAS a unique band. Pentangle 2.0 (they didn't call themselves "2.0") was really good, too. They released about 6 albums in the 80s-90s. A little bit electric, but not in a bad way. And not intrusive.

I have that. Should pull it out again, myself!