Vern - thanks; however, this is the room where stuff starts and then gets filtered. I have a lot of work on the tunes. I just had to put them together cause I was out of it for a year and that was terrible.
No music is no fun. 
Yeah - looks like you are doing a lot of spring cleaning on the 2nd system.
Yes. I am getting rid of everything not currently in use. Life tends to steer us in unknown directions and this will simplify things for a while.
Good news is that you are listening and that is cool
Yes. What I have pieced together is now a really satisfying system and my lovely bride is ok with it in her living room.
The show with Chad McCullough and Matt Ulrey will be special, enjoy!
Chet Baker “Strollin’” Enja/Solid Records cd
Double Bass – Jean-Louis Rassinfosse
Guitar – Philip Catherine
Trumpet – Chet Baker
Recorded live at the 7th Jazz Festival Münster, West Germany, June 1985.
Great sound on this reissue. . . and a nice intimate live recording with long tracks.
Just saw this:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba “Mi Gran Passion”
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Abdullah Ibrahim “Mindif” Enja/Solid Records CD Japan
Bass – David Williams
Drums, Percussion [Gambray] – Billy Higgins
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Craig Handy
Piano, Flute, Voice – Abdullah Ibrahim
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ricky Ford
Trombone – Benny Powell
Tell me a musician representing more of the heart and soul of music with his compositions and performance than him…I don’t know any.
Well, that’s a very subjective thing I would say. He does. . . but then so do a number of others in my assessment.
I can name hundreds who meet this same criteria and may very well “represent more of the heart and soul of music.”
But while I am nowhere as impressed with him as you are, I am glad you like him.
Not taking anything away from Abdullah Ibrahim, many come to mind. Where to start, well there’s Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charlie Mingus for a start.
Yes, I’m aware this is extremely subjective and even I know many other, from an absolute perspective more important musicians and composers 
His melodies and style just touch me in a special way. If you got to know people of Africa personally in the one or other way, you might have experienced general deep emotionality.
I just wanted to express my appreciation, not connected with an absolute aspiration.