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Glad it's appreciated gents.

Indeed. Thanks for posting these Dan. Some fantastic playing and great music overall.

Unfortunately, there's probably a decent insurance payout for that test and she could be - again, unfortunately - looking to drive revenue. I had the triple diagnostic on my heart last year: CT with contrast, EKG and ultrasound. Came out great with no blockages so I immediately went and made sure to eat pork belly, chitlins and fried gizzards later that week. Clean bill = eat my fill.

Glad that bft contributed at least a little. Thanks for posting these albums as Ive not heard them before, nor most of the artists. Discoveries like this are always nice.

Thanks. If you would PM me your address I will get back to you later today.

The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars And MGM Sessions (1943-1954)” Mosaic Records 7 cd set, disc 2 I’m continuing on a revisit of this interesting set of Herman music. Great sound!

My late uncle had two bypass operations before he turned 45. His son decided it would be a good idea to get a calcium scan. His score was 750. They then followed up with a cardiac catheterization and they found several severe blockages. Within two weeks of getting his cardiac calcium score, he had a quadruple bypass. It was his story that got me to finally get one. Good thing I did. My results were pretty bad but not bad enough (yet) to require bypass surgery. Strangely enough, my older brother got a score of 0, which blows my mind. I think a lot of it has to do with high cholesterol. My cholesterol has been high for much of my adult life, even while taking statins.

Marveling at how wonderful the system sounds this morning. Started off with side 2 of “Ellington Jazz Party in Stereo” Columbia LP. . . the engineering on this is just superb, and with Mr. Five by Five and Dizzy the music just soars, and all that percussion! And now on to Jimmy Smith “The Sermon” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

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Just saw Orson Welles' The Trial, which I enjoyed aside from the ending.

This is a nice compilation

I completely agree with the above comment on getting your Agatston score from a coronary calcium scan. I mentioned it here years ago, but <crickets>... I've noticed that there's usually reservations about getting something like this done just because it could bring bad news, but bad news can be life-saving news. It only cost me $60, but maybe the price has more than doubled due to more people getting it done - or just plain greed? I have a newer, young(ish) doctor who seems doubtful that I really scored "0" and keeps hinting that I should get it done again, but it's really an expense that needs to be done again only after 10 years minimum. Very strange that she thinks this way when I have absolutely no other problems: no physical ailments, no high cholesterol, take no medications, senses working properly ... Anyway, it's a really good indicator of heart health - even more accurate than cholesterol numbers.

I just wonder which one of us is the horse?

Billy Strayhorn - Cue For Saxophone (London). This used to be a tough CD to find but looking at discogs these days, maybe not so much any more.

I really don't want to continue discussing this with you other than to say for years I have been working to eliminate "noise" throughout my system and it has paid dividends in improved sound. That's the simple truth of my experience. I'm done discussing, I don't wish to make any further comments about yours..

Continuing Saga of the Wealthy White Alto Player I may be talking to myself here, but since it's off topic, you can skip it if you want to. ] Since the Wealthy White Alto Player (WWAP), thought the chart I wrote was Classical music, I wrote on the rhythm sections' charts "Strip Joint Music". On the trumpet player's charts I wrote "HARMON MUTE"above the staff so they wouldn't start a fight with me like the dick trumpet player in the other band almost succeeded in doing, and I brought the chart down to the rehearsal last night, expecting the worst. As soon as I walked into the room, the WWAP said to me, "I didn't bring my alto part." Luckily, I brought an extra part to conduct from, so I put it on his stand ( but I felt like shoving it you-know-where...) I gave the trumpet players their parts, and reminded them to use their mutes, which I should have done with the other band, I guess... Since the leader of the band, the WWAP, didn't even bother to send out reminders to the band about the rehearsal, we were missing two trombones, one tenor sax, one trumpet, and worst of all, a bass player.. Instead of conducting the band on my arrangement, I was forced to play the bass part on my guitar, so I just told the band, "Make believe you're in a strip joint and some blonde with big bosoms is doing her thing on the pole." Just to embarrass the WWAP, I added, "This is not classical music like our leader thinks it is." The guys in the band were making all types of lewd jokes which I can't repeat here, and I counted it off and we stumbled through it. The WWAP had obviously worked hard on it, just going off on some of the technical things, but since I was trying to play bass on it, I was too preoccupied to notice specifics. The WWAP just said, "Bring it down again when we have a bass player". To be continued...