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It's more of a testimony or curiosity within the discography of the two artists. I believe it was an impromptu meeting organized at the last minute.

Love the late 60's Miles vibe on this disc

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Among those Motian-led Winter&Winter albums with Kikuchi, my favorite is On Broadway Volume 5 with Loren Stilman and Michael Attias, that one is just wonderful...

Just streamed it trough Spotify and it’s just as dissapointing as I expected. That starts with the bad audio quality. For an 80’s recording this sound really bad. Than it’s the repertoire played here: if they had chosen originals this could have been fire. With these standards they just play nicely. But it’s nothing more than standards played nicely.

I like Juliana. If I remember, I was a disappointed with that album because the drums sounded like cheap samples.

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Still waiting to put the CD in this sleeve (customed the sleeve to CD size already)

Coltrane said (in the Kofsky interview?) that the reason he "pulled back" for a quick minute was that he messed up his favorite mouthpiece and it took him a bit to find another one that gave him what he really needed. Conspiracy theorists said the the record company pressed him into it because "Chasin The Trane" was upsetting a LOT of people. Coltrane countered that he always wanted to have a balanced catalogue and the mouthpiece problem seemed like a good time to do it. That makes sense to me, because his pitch on Ballads is a bit off, like he was using a less than ideal mouthpiece. By all accounts he was an inveterit mouthpiece geek. It's SO damn easy to work on one just that one mivro_adjustment that fucks it up, and when that happens, game over.

March 13, 2026: T.K. Blue and African Rhythms Alumni, A Tribute to Randy Weston, Walton Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Quamon Fowler, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 14, 2026: Bnois King, Blues and Tattoos Festival, Gainesville Larry Lampkin, Troy's, Arlington March 20, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Monk's Jazz Club, Austin March 21, 2026: Sunny War, Anne Harris, Sable Sisters (Kaia Kater), Buffalo Nichols, Jake Blount, Justin Robinson, Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, Southside Preservation Hall, Fort Worth Shelley Carrol, Scat Jazz, Fort Worth March 22, 2026: Sarah Hanahan, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston March 26, 2026: Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith Clone Row, Isaiah Collier, William Hooker Quartet, SML, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 27, 2026: Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet, John Scofield Trio, Roscoe Mitchell and Tyshawn Sorey, Ghost Train Orchestra: The Music of Moondog, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio, Miles Okazaki Trickster, Nate Smith, Ned Rothenberg, Nik Bartsch, Sullivan Fortner Trio, Tim Berne, Thomas Fujiwara: Dream Up, Saha Gnawa, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 28, 2026: Darius Jones Trio, Either/Orchestra, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Mary Halvorson, Miles Okazaki: The Compete Monk, , Nate Smith, Nik Bartsch Ronin, Hania Rani, Patricia Brennan Septet, Shabaka, Yasmin Williams and William Tyler, Incerto, Electrical Field of Love, L. Shankar, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee March 29, 2026: Brandon Woody's Upendo, Chicago Underground Duo, Dave Douglas Gifts Quartet, Either/Orchestra Plays Eithiopiques, Hania Rani, Julian Lage Quartet, Marc Ribot, Matt Mitchell's Zealous Angles, Miles Electric Band, Nels Cline: Lovers, Openness Trio, Tom Skinner, Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee May 30, 2026: Jackie Venson, Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City April 1, 2026: Samara Joy, Winspear Opera House, Dallas Pat Metheny Side-Eye III, Majestic Theater, Dallas April 2, 2026: Kaia Kater, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Samora Joy, Austin City Limits April 4, 2026: Samora Joy, Tobin Center, San Antonio Melissa Aldana, Bates Recital Hall, Austin April 7, 2026: John Fedchock, Parker Jazz Club, Austin April 10, 2026: Coltrane at 100 (Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Ndudzo Makhathini, Matt Garrison, Jefftain Watts), Cullen Theater, Houston April 11, 2026: Rakesh Charaurasia (flute) and Amit Kavthekar (tabla), Matchbox4, Houston April 12, 2026: John Beasley's Unlimited Miles (John Beasley, Mark Turner, Sean Jones or Marquis Hill, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Williams, Terreon Gu)), Eisemann Center, Richardson April 22-26, Delgres (Guadeloupe), Natu Camera (Guinea), Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette April 23, 2026: Nicholas Payton featuring Butcher Brown Presents the Supreme Blue, Monty Alexander "Jamericana", Charlie Musselwhite, Kyle Roussel, Kenny Neal, Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Nidia Gongora (Columbia); Yusa (Cuba), Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses, Jamil Sharif, Peter Harris Presents Firm Roots, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 24, 2026: Hiromi's Sonicwonder, Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Andromeda Turre, Astral Project, Parlor Greens (w/Jimmy James), Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials, Sevana (Jamaica), Joy Clark, Wendell Brunious, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 25, 2026: Mahmoud Chouki, Louis Ford, Little Freddie King, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 26, 2026: Ron Carter Quartet, Catherine Russell, Roger Lewis and Baritone Bliss, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal, Chris Thomas King, Tuba Skinny, People Museum, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival April 28, 2026: Robert Cray, Empire Theater, San Antonio April 29, 2026: Robert Cray, Heights Theater, Houston April 30, 2026: Isaiah Collier (The World is on Fire), Steve Masakowski Family Band, Sasha Masakowsti as Trash Magnolia, Helen Gillet, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 1, 2026: Terence Blanchard with Ravi Coltrane; Charlie Gabriel; Victor Campbell, Stephen Walker, D.K. Harrell, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Jackie Venson, Main Street Crossing, Tombull May 2, 2026: Dianne Reeves; Uptown Jazz Orchestra; Alexey Marti, Leroy Jones, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Larry McCray, Leyla McCalla, , New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Kenny Garrett, Jazz and Blues Market, New Orleans Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (sitar), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin May 3, 2026: Herbie Hancock; Jason Marsalis, Trumpet Mafia featuring Keyon Harold, Jackie Venson, Lila Ike (Jamaica), Doreen's Jazz New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival May 8, 2026: Guitar Prasanna, Windmills, The Colony May 9, 2026: Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Cullen Theater, Houston Guitar Prasanna, Windmills, The Colony May 16, 2026: Chucho Valdes, Paramount Theater, Austin Sandip Chatterjee (Santoor) & Subhajyoti Guha (Tabla), Plano May 17, 2026: Lucia, Eldorado Ballroom, Houston June 4, 2026: Abhisek Lahiri (Sarod) & Subrata Bhattacharya (Tabla) June 6, 2026: L Shankar (double violin), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 22, 2026: S. Akash (flute) & Vivek Pandya (tabla)/ Manas Kumar (violin) and Ojas Adhiya (tabla), Unity Church of the Hills, Austin August 27, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, San Antonio August 28, 2026: Buddy Guy, Austin City Limits August 29, 2026: Buddy Guy, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands August 30, 2026: Buddy Guy, Majestic Theater, Dallas October 10, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Stafford Center, Houston October 11, 2026: Niladri Kumar (sitar), Austin October 18, L. Shankar (violin), Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Swaminathan, Amit Kaythekar (percussion), Matchbox4, Houston

Warning - Concord started repressing titles as CDrs. I got burned about 5 times. I have only bought a couple of used ones since. Sealed ones are suspicious. I will go through this link just in case...

I had never noticed this before but Jeff McMillan's Lee Morgan chronology has Lee taping a propaganda film for USIA in June 1969, and playing with a big band on the program. Nipsey Russell, Billy Eckstine, Etta Jones and Joe Carroll were also involved. It is mentioned in downbeat (2/19/70) and Cadence (7/1/69). Lee was in California most of the month, so it would be in early or late June. The video or audio may still be out there. I asked on Facebook and googled. The USIA archives are either in the DC suburbs (National archives in College Park, MD) or Fayeteville AK. Let's find this before the Jazz Detective does. College Park is next to Hyattsville where Lee recorded that Left Bank DC gig that Fresh Sound said was in Baltimore.

Cut-out dump? Carpé! * Upon further inspection, maybe not a "dump," and not all are cut-outs...but there are still several available.

Julianna Hatfield - Sings the Police

Combine analyses https://www.cfl.ca/combine/cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/10/university-of-ottawa-university-of-calgary-top-all-schools-at-2026-cfl-combine/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/10/3-cfl-combine-testing-numbers-that-turned-into-on-field-impact/ https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/11/5-cfl-combine-records-that-jump-out-of-the-page/ ***** Bralon Addison, a favorite of mine, has retired as a Redblack. https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/11/bralon-addison-signs-one-day-contract-to-retire-with-redblacks/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/article/addison-signs-one-day-deal-to-retire-with-redblacks/ https://3downnation.com/2026/03/10/former-redblacks-ticats-receiver-bralon-addison-retires-from-cfl/ ***** 7 probably unbreakable records https://www.cfl.ca/2026/03/11/7-cfl-records-that-may-be-untouchable/ ***** Hamilton analysis https://3downnation.com/2026/03/10/breaking-down-the-hamilton-tiger-cats-depth-chart-after-2026-cfl-free-agency/

Thee Marloes, Di Hotel Malibu Never heard this that I can remember. They're pretty heavy for that era

I'm in for everything except the Blank For.ms/Jason Moran/Marcus Gilmore records. It's not that I have zero interest in that group, but I don't feel a need to own those and I strive never to be a completist for completion's sake. Back on the topic of Kikuchi, the next recording I'm looking forward to listening to is his Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two at the Village Vanguard

Yes, absolutely.

Not the band with Watson, but I dig this track: