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Great pix, Larry! Thanks for sharing! I guess I'll share a few too. My wife Lynet and I just celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary by motorcycling up to North Georgia, where we rented a small cabin for four days. No TV. No internet. No mobile phone. We were UNplugged. Both the motorcycling and relaxation were outstanding. Here's a couple pix from a moto-ride. It rained on us a bit, so Lynet is kitted out in her rain gear. Here we are relaxing on the porch of the cabin that we rented: The view from the porch was nothing but TREES. Here's a 180-degree panoramic shot: And here's a recent pic of our kids: Left to right: Aaron (with typical smirk), Carrie, Jacob, and Elena. We're celebrating Aaron's birthday and Jake's graduation. Family & friends. Music. Motorcycling. That's what I like best. I'm too vain to get all my gray colored!

Today, I took one of my occasional trips up to Chattanooga to visit McKays. It's always great fun to see what they have. Here's what I brought home: JAZZ - Bill Evans - Empathy + A Simple Matter of Conviction (Verve) - Art Farmer, Frank Morgan, a.o. - Central Avenue Reunion (Contemporary) - Wood Herman - The Raven Speaks (Fantasy) - Ethan Iverson, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Ben Street - Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) - Frank Kimbrough Trio - Lonely Woman (Mapleshade) - Jason Moran - Soundtrack to Human Motion (Blue Note) - Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem) - Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall (Verve) - Edward Simon Trio - Poesia (CamJazz) - Steve Turre - Rhythm Within (Antilles) OTHER STUFF - Roseanne Cash - The Essential Roseanne Cash (Sony Legacy) - Liszt: Selected Hungarian Rhapsodies; Czardas Obstine / Alfred Brendel (Vanguard) - Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 and other works / Alfred Brendel (Vanguard)

Erroll Garner's Complete Concert by the Sea (3 CDs) for $5.39 at amazon.com

Franco D'Andrea Trio - Bud and Lennie (Philology)

Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (Verve; originally Decca) Discs 1 & 2

That's my favorite Ray Bryant record. It's been a steady diet of Erroll Garner for me today. Disc 1

Erroll makes me feel good.

Disc 1 - The Small-Group Sides I think Vol. 1 is just a shade better. But I'm with you: Vol. 2 is no collection of barrel-scrapings. Both volumes are well worth hearing.

I'd agree with that assessment -- if only because the music on Castles of Ghana is SO POWERFUL. But the entire series is such a compelling and unique body of work! It's ALL "unmissable" in my book.

Now this: Solo piano.

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity (ECM)

To all the dads out there, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

Finzer recently played a local club here in Atlanta. I couldn't attend, but a trombone-playing friend of mine went. He got me this sounvenir from the show. Good stuff.

A few weeks ago, I ordered this Japanese import: Any Clare Fischer fan needs to hear it. The music AND sonics are OUTSTANDING.

Agreed. Now spinning more from Wallington: George Wallington - Our Delight (Prestige, 2-LP set) LP 1 - Trios with either Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, or Curly Russell (b) and Max Roach (d); originally released as two 10" LPs: - George Wallington Trio, recorded Sept 1952 - George Wallington Trio, Vol, 2, recorded May 1953

Erroll Garner - Magician (MPS, 1973) as reissued on

Brad - If you make it to the store, let us know what you find. I've been to the PREX one time, 20-some-odd years ago, and I came away with a big haul of LPs -- both jazz and classical.

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