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Thanks. At this point I don't think I need to continuously upgrade unless there are major revelations.

I would be interested to know how the new reissues compare to other relatively new ones, like the Mosaic Select Tolliver, and the Mosaic Clifford Jordan box

Cool! Not often you get to see musicians of that caliber in a space that holds (MAYBE) 30 people?

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Not necessarily "new releases", but in the past couple of years I discovered Clean Feed Records (Portugal) and the great variety of albums they put out. Not only that but their CDs are VERY affordable, especially when they have sales -frequently 50% off, about 5€!

I don't know their music that well, but this album is pretty impressive

Charles Lloyd is always good on flute The pic is from this year's Big Ears concert & tribute to Zakir Hussein

Saw him and his Trio about a year ago perform in a tiny neighborhood bookstore in SF. Great experience!

Well, I haven't listened to it much - which probably says something

Just booked my room 😁

Pretty excellent

Some very nice Andy Bey tracks in this trilogy

Excellent new album from Myra

Excellent new album from the former "db", "Contental Drifter" and producer of indie rockers like REM, etc.

I last saw her at Big Ears in 2022

A friend of mine saw Tyshawn/ Roscoe in Philly. Would have liked to see the two of THEM for sure! I got a good dose of Tyshawn at Big Ears this year. He was all over the place. He's an amazing talent in many settings.

That version of Nuclear War was amazing! 👍

I have a similar one (DRA-800H) and have never had that problem. But I have had a similar type of issue that I've never been able to solve. I stream music from Tidal through it and something always shuts the App down after about 20 minutes. Like you, I've turned off the sleep modes on that AND my TV, but it still keeps happening. Does NOT happen with any other streaming Apps, though. Very weird.

Excellent album!

Haven't listened to this in a long time. Ex-Beefheart musicians, with Sam Galpin on vocals (sort of a cross between Beefheart and Lowell George). Mallard released 2 albums in the mid-70s. Worth tracking down!

G. Calvin Weston - Drums Vernon Reid - Guitar Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Bass

Two drummer-centric shows at SFJAZZ this weekend - both with Joe Warner & Tarus Mateen: Give the Drummer Some: Nasheet Waits Give the Drummer Some: Marvin 'Smitty' Smith Unfortunately I couldn't go on Thursday for Billy Hart