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I would guess that some of the medical problems being mentioned (especially heart rate and blood pressure) might be related to SMOKING weed. I've never heard any reports along these lines about edibles, particularly if they're low dose. And if you buy them in a reputable store - not from a rando dealer.

For those of you who love Woody's Berliner Jazztage album, I hope you grabbed Mosaic's "Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions" box before it sold out.

I never quite "got" them, but they're always highly regarded. I've never seen them either, but they're coming to SF in February, so I bought a ticket. Got to see the Jeff Parker Expansion Trio about a month ago and he was stronger than I've ever seen him. Looking forward to seeing Tortoise!

It WAS! They had a couple of substitutions: Donald Harrison had a gig with Ron Carter, so Craig Handy filled in. Eddie Henderson was under the weather and Mike Rodriguez sat in for him.

Did NOT know that. But dubbing is rarely good😎

Yeah! These two! BTW, Secret Agent was also known as "Danger Man" in the UK.

Have a good one, David! This from last Friday at SFJAZZ

David - you are correct! Just tried to shake things up a bit. 😎

The Cookers played that at SFJAZZ last night

Interesting band. Don't know that much about them, but they played here in SF recently. Unfortunately I didn't go. Excellent album.

Saw the Cookers tonight at SFJAZZ. Great show! I've seen them a number of times before, but they seemed especially energized tonight. It's been a while since I last saw them and there have been changes in the sax section. New members: Azar Lawrence and Craig Handy (who really brought the energy tonight!). Also, Eddie Henderson was not available tonight because of illness, and Mike Rodriguez (of the SFJAZZ Collective) filled in nicely. Can believe the Octogenarian rhythm section just keeps on playing like there's no tomorrow.

A lot of those Black Jazz albums are great. I first discovered that label because of the Doug Carn albums. I was very happy when they were reissued a few years ago and grabbed quite a few, including that one.

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.😎