Ike Quebec "Bossa Nova Soul Samba" 24 Bit by RVG lp facsimile cd from Blue Note Japan

It's Ike's "birthday" today so a good reason to play this classic. Gives me a Kenny Burrell fix as well.

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Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" Sony SACD, 2002, remix.



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I think there are two Sony SACDs of "Bitches Brew," both the "remix". . . and I'm sure they're out there. The Mobile Fidelity SACD is the original mix, which dare I say I prefer because I listened to it more than twenty years before the remix was released. But they're both great iistens.

Right now,

Jimmy Rowles/Red Mitchell/Donald Bailey "Trio" cd

I love Rowles, so much personality in his playing and he delivers unique interpretations of songs.



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That's really interesting. . . way cool to have instruction from John whether one knew him or not.

I've not had anything like that. The only famous person who ever came to one of my schoolrooms was Haile Selassie, then Emperor of Ethiopia, who came to visit our US State School classroom outside Addis Ababa in the big US Army base we had in Ethiopia at the time. He came and shook all of our hands. The funniest thing was we were told that his dog Lulu would come into the classroom first, and she did, tiny little thing, ran around the classroom before the Emperor and his guards entered.

My late first wife had the coolest classroom appearance though: in her eighth grade in Arlington, VA her classroom was visited by Duke Ellington who came to talk about music. My wife had no idea who he was but was impressed and a bit charmed. I wondered why Duke would show up there and then discovered that her teacher was a very attractive young black woman, one of the first black persons to teach at the school. Knowing Duke's eye for the ladies, that explained that. (And the D.C. area was where Duke was born and spent his youth--his father was a White House butler; Duke visited D.C. a lot throughout his life.) Man, I was envious she got to have that experience.

I can only imagine how instruction like that would alter one's playing as I'm totally self-taught at anything musical. I was stubborn as a young one back from Africa, felt isolated and  just trusted and relied on myself.

My African experience was varied and wonderful. In Ethiopia I was bused from living near the Palace and the African Unity Building to the US Army base where Army brats and Embassy Brats were schooled as if they were in an American suburb, yet I got to travel the country wtih my father at times as he went to administer to and check up on Peace Corps volunteers out in the villages. I got to see ancient walled cities and churches that might have been started in between the 3rd and 11th centries C.E. and even got to feed a hyena with the Hyena Man of Harrar. *

* This current fellow is likely the grandson of the then Hyena Man of Harrar:
https://www.nationalparks-worldwide.com/eaf/ethiopia/cities/harar/harar-hyena-ma...

Then for three years in Swaziland (now Eswatini) I was able to be the only American in possibly the best school in Africa, alongside students from all over Africa, Indian students, and English students whose parents did not believe in apartheid. A fantastic education where I learned that we are all alike and all capable of fraternity and love, marred only by the fact that there were about 5 percent girls who we had only classroom interaction with.

I'm in this photo:
https://www.waterford.sz/about/history/WKHistory22.jpg

I'd not trade these experiences for anything--in important ways the best years of my life.

Rodney Kendrick "The Colors of Rhythm" Impulse cd

with Curtis Lundy and Cindy Blackman (Santana)



Not your grandfather's piano trio recording.

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"The Edu Lobo Songbook, Volumes 1 and 2" Volume 1



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Mose Allison "Ramblin' with Mose" OJC cd

With Addison Farmer and Ronnie Free.

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A shift to more modern sounds from Brazil. Muiza is aided by her brother Mario here as arranger and producer. Santos himself contributes in one his final recordings. Great sound as expected from Adventure Music Records.

Muiza Adnet "Sings Moacir Santos"



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Lon wrote on 08/18/23 at 09:49:27:


Absolutely fascinating, Lon. Thanks for sharing that.

Most folks don't talk about the past much, but most of my life has passed and most of my best memories are in the past.
As I say that, we are all making fresh, new treasured memories right now. Recognizing them as treasure in the moment might be the trick.

For example, my wife sprained her wrist at work this week (mild sprain, but I have chased heat and cold for her, since, pampering her booboo) but we have been together all the later part of the week, as a result.
A great end to the week!
I can't keep her from picking up everything she sees, though  -  part of her work prep/recoup, it seems.

So I have not been listening much today, except for music she likes which is quite different from my normal fare. She loves Chicago, for instance and I'm  "OK"  with most of it.

One of her latest comments on "my style" of jazz, "They're not even playing the same song!"


But she does enjoy vibraphone and I have always had a soft spot for vibraphone.

On CD from my shelves, a young one coming along.

Dan McCArthy, City Abstract.

She heals fast, but thanks, Lon.

I'll have to look up that Joel Ross fellow.

Another newcomer (new to me) I have begun to follow a bit is Teodross Avery.
I know everyone who has ever lined up a reed on a sax mouthpiece has done a tribute to Coltrane, but this guy holds my interest a while longer.
Spinning this next:

That was the first of his I bought! It's a great listen.


I received my little bundle of SACDs from Japan, yesterday, late.
It only took three weeks. I have to say that's not bad at all.


I intend to bust into them next, starting with that "Ballads" release that prompted me into action and got the order going.

I had this and the Benson cd above posted in the wrong thread. Correcting that, placing them here.

Matthew Stephens "Woodwork"

This is my first album of Stephens' as a leader. Nice!





In from bandcamp

Furio Romano Quintet plus Tom Harrell "inside Out" cd



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https://www.radiofrance.fr/s3/cruiser-production/2022/09/4ab3edee-ebe2-46e2-90ef...

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Lon, we were talking about newer music we've acquired and we found one to agree upon.

Just as a means toward creating a usable conversational device, I am going to define "new" as any recording originally released in this century, if that's OK.

Here's another where I followed an article, then gave a it chance on a streaming platform and ended up buying the CD.

The Dave Wilson Quartet, One Night At Chris'

I forgot how good this one is!

Paul Gonsalves "Gettin Together" OJC cd



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Johnathon Blake "Passages" Blue Note cd

Another great session with Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross as sidemen. A cd in honor of Blake's father, John.

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Too modern for me but what kind of a pianist !!!


photo ar

I bought that 2 LP when it was first released. It's been played a LOT.

Right now
Ella Fitzgerald "The Best is yet to Come" Pablo cd



I'm not a big Nelson Riddle fan, but it's ELLA!

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A rare occasion: Lucy is listening with me. She enjoyed the Abbey Lincoln, and is now enjoying:

Jim Tomlinson "Brazilian Sketches" featuring his wife Stacey Kent on a few tracks. Very mellow, just the way Lucy likes it.



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Jack Teagarden "Mis'ry and the Blues" Verve mono LP

I just had to buy a mono version of this release. I have had both mono and stereo LPs of both of his other two (excellent) Verve releases and there is a significant enough difference between them (both great) to own both versions and I had to experience that duality with this title (perhaps my favorite).

It has a great balance of band and Jack both singing and playing trombone. And a nice balance of punch and swing. Love this music so much! Don Goldie plays great trumpet on this date as well.




In from eBay

Jefferson Airplane "Surrealistic Pillow" Mobile Fidelity (mono) SACD



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Lon, you mentioned Teagarden a few times in the recent pages and got me wanting to hear some trombone.
I only have two Teagarden, though and one is a recent compilation disc. Sad showing for a trombone jazz fan.

But, after those I dug this one out, and as the name implies, one of the (infamous?) Marsalis brothers. This one includes Branford, but it checks a few more boxes for me with baritone sax and bass clarinet numbers. Some very rich tones here.


Delfeayo Marsalis, Sweet Thunder

A change of pace.
It's hot out and I had to go out and do plumbing!! It was a No Wait for the pro scenario!
One of those fancy fifty dollar back flow preventers "required" on outdoor spigots these days went south and it was running free and flooding the area between my house and a neighbor's, flowing right past my air conditioning condenser unit. EMERGENCY!!

Anyway, after making myself human again, I am going for some blues/rock.

Joe Bonamassa, Sloe Gin

Seems odd that one CD would just get stuck and then again.

Great how the company stood behind their product.
I've only bought cables from them, but it is good to know how well they treat customers.


Another one of my favorites from Bonamassa, this one with a vocalist, Beth Hart.
Good stuff!