First music of the day

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Another cool and damp morning. We’re finally getting typical November weather, though I think we’ll have a few warmer and sunnier days starting tomorrow. I love the quiet and peaceful vibe of this time of morning outside.

Started off with a re-spin of some of the Garland at the Prelude disc 1 then saw Ron Carter talking about Stanley Turrentine’s “Sugar” on Facebook and decided to spin this “CITI-RVG” cd version from King Records Japan. What a great session with Freddie Hubbard and George Benson and Ron Carter.

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Re-listeing to disc 5 of this new box set. In part because it is one of the parts of this box set I did not have before, and in part because I just don’t want to get to the end of this set so am saving disc 6 for . . . probably tomorrow.

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Nate Wooley - ‘Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes’

Mary Halvorson Guitar
Susan Alcorn Pedal Steel Guitar
Ryan Sawyer Drums
Mat Maneri Viola
Trevor Dunn Electric Bass
Nate Wooley Trumpet and Amplifier

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Always interesting ideas from Nate Wooley.

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I must admit as much as like George Coleman with the Quintet I really enjoy what Wayne Shorter brings to it as I listen to Disc 5.

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Gary Bartz “The Shadow Do” Prestige Japan cd

Starting off a relatively warm morning with the humor and light funk of this Bartz album.

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Co-producer– Gary Bartz

Bass, Backing Vocals – Michael Henderson

Congas, Percussion – Mtume

Drums, Synthesizer – Howard King

Guitar – Reggie Lucas

Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer – Hubert Eaves*

Producer, Backing Vocals – Larry and Fonce Mizell

Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Larry Mizell

The Mizell Bros production is dominant, but Bartz’s stamp is heavily here as well. From 1975

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Another Gary Bartz, with NTU Troop, “Follow, the Medicine Man” Prestige Japan cd

Bass, Electric Bass, Voice, Percussion – Stafford James
Drums, Voice, Percussion – Howard King
Electric Piano – Andy Bey, Hubert Eaves
Guitar – Hector Centeno
Vocals – Gary Bartz
Vocals, Percussion, Electric Piano – Andy Bey
Voice, Electric Piano, Percussion, Sopranino Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Gary Bartz

From 1973

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Jon Hassell Vernal Equinox, lifting the mist off ghe prarie this morning

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Rather warm again. Was just thinking "Wow, we haven’t had snow yet. . . unusual. . . " and looked at the upcoming weather and we have some snow predicted for Thursday. We’ll see!

Finally listening to the final disc of this box. What a great set. One could wish that the last two discs sounded a bit better, but if wishes were horses there would be dung everywhere.

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I had a part of a dream last night that I was looking for a Blossom Dearie record. Well I have a few, more on cd, and decided to listen to this one.

A nice one with full orchestra from 1964, originally a Capitol LP, on cd from the US on her own Daffodill Records (manufacutred by Capitol Special Products) and later a Capitol cd, and from TOCJ Japan a few times.

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The sound of the morning dew, a bead of water clinging and slipping along a blade of grass, awaiting the rising sun. Harold Budd Brian Eno Ambient 2 The Plateux of Mirror

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Nice quote, I can almost hear the bead of water slipping along the blade of grass.

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Starting off a relatively warm morning with a re-listen to this one. Man. … the sound on this is vivid. Of course as the leader is a bassist that is very closely miked, but OMG it sounds as if you are five feet in front of a wondeful bass.

Outside this morning there were four deer in our side yard when I took Fiona the dachshund out. They stood and watched me as I watched them for a few minutes. Then they moseyed off calmly. This is the third morning this month I’ve encountered deer, possibly the same deer, and we’re all more relaxed with each other. A big plus to living here.

Buster Williams Quintet “Somewhere Along the Way” TCB cd

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Joe Henderson “Inner Urge” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Joe with McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Elvin Jones

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Decompressing with Keith Jarrett Trio The Old Country.

[lonson]

Re-listening to the second half of this one again this cool morning. Fiona the dachshund and I were battling wills this morning. She wanted up way too early, and I managed to get her to go back to sleep twice. . . but lost this third time. I could use more sleep–going to have to make up for that later.

This Nash cd is quite nice–it’s fun to have the two trumpeters alternating here (not playing together)

Ted Nash “Still Evolved” Palmetto cd

Bass – Ben Allison
Drums – Matt Wilson
Piano – Frank Kimbrough
Producer – Matt Balitsaris
Tenor Saxophone – Ted Nash
Trumpet – Marcus Printup or Wynton Marsalis

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Miles Davis “1958 Miles” Sony Blu-Spec CD2

One of my versions of this session that is much talked about at the moment as an LP and SACD are forthcoming from Analogue Productions.

My beef with this new reissue is they are casting it as a “warmup to Kind of Blue.” Um, no it’s not.

I’ll get the SACD eventually when I can find it without paying 10 dollars shipping, further on down the road. It’s fantastic music and this cd sounds really good–as does the mono version in the Mono Albums box set.

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Music For Bass Clarinets showcasing the strengths of tmy Vitus RI-101 Mk2, Wilson SabrinaX, and Gryphon PZ 3.10. The AUVA EQ 1 offering a welcoming improvement, clearly opening up the sound.

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Finally getting to sit down and listen this morning. We are having our first snow! It’s later than usual this year, and not much, a fine snow that is dusting the bare trees with its fragile beauty, the forest across the street looks like a moody black and white photo. I like the bare trees so much better with snow!

Listening to some slightly funky Milt to start off the day.

Milt Jackson And His Gold Medal Winners “Brother Jim” Pablo cd

Followed by

“Introducing Brad Mehldau” Warner Bros cd

Two excellent bass and drum teams forming trios here. An exceptional debut.

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At the moment the cd version of this seems only available in Japan, but I had to have a copy so I ordered one and it arrived yesterday. Would have been prohibitively expensive, but I had a lot of points with cdjapan which defrayed the cost.

Joel Ross is on board, one reason that I ordered but I do have almost all of Hill’s previous releases and enjoy the musical journeys he leads one on.

Marquis Hill “Composers Collective: Beyond The JukeBox”

And now finishing up listening to . . . .

The amazing SACD stereo/quad release of Santana “Borboletta” from Sony.

This recording is part of my listening foundation, I’ve enjoyed it ever since its first release and man it has never sounded better (listening to the stereo SACD layer). Just such a great sequenced, mixed and performed album now in sonic glory.

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Zoot Sims “Compatibility” Jump/Delmark cd

Starting off another cold wet morning. . . way too early but Fiona the dachshund would not be denied. I’ll try to get some more sleep in a bit.

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Artie Shaw “More Last Recordings:The Final Sessions”

Great sessions before hanging up his clarinet.

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