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Nice. Adding this with the other recent live releases to the wantlist.

Thanks for posting. Will have to check this out

Listened to the Hubbard yesterday and the Dorham today. Mingus tomorrow. All bandcamp downloads so none of the CD issues which suck to hear about. Really enjoying Cedar Walton on this Dorham date. To those that have the CDs/LPs, how are the interviews in the booklets?

Of note to @Ken Dryden for my Yamaha with a similar issue I was able to reference troubleshooting steps in the manual, which allowed me to get the system to display the error code. The result I got was the dreaded "likely needs repair" but at least the problem is known. I would assume Denon would have a similar troubleshooting feature like the Yamaha but I'm not 100% on that. There is something to be said for vendors that offer this service.

I guess the question is are repair prices typically worth it or is it better to get a new receiver? Obviously that's up to the individual owner, but what does a bad board typically cost to replace on these mass produced models? I've got a similar issue with a recent model Yamaha receiver (manufactured in the last 10 years) and haven't the first clue where to send it for repairs because the local shops that used to do that kind of thing are long gone. Meanwhile I'm using a 90s model Pioneer that keeps trucking along until I figure out a solution.

Cool to break them out like this. I love those records too. Without looking, several if not all the Byrd albums have Pepper Adams on them I think.

Yeah, biggest one Ive seen. We have them in NC but I've never caught one despite trying. I would eat what I catch but probably wouldn't for one that big as it's likely as old as the hills. Still ongoing with no signs of stopping in the US. Most people here buy fish at the market already fileted, strangers to what the entire fish actually looks like, or how good the rest of the fish is outside of the filets. You'll basically only see whole fish at the market in ethnic supermarkets. And you'll find the "trash" fish there too - shad, bluefish, milkfish, etc.

Gold & Greed about Forrest Fenn's treasure hunt. And then Kings of Tupelo, another wild Netflix documentary.

Great reading your review of this. Will be giving it a spin

Definitely will check this out.

Very cool. And yes, I mean the Ellington Conferences. Do they typically have any Ellington literature publications at those, along with CDs or other audio media?

Have any of you ever attended one of the Ellington Society events?

Yeah I'd be all over this if it wasn't for the drive.

I have a couple of them purchased 2nd hand and the pressings are good. The ones I have are Byrd's Fancy Free and the JM's Freedom Rider.

Nice. Thanks! Do the mid- years for Ellington start in the post-war 40s? How exactly are those eras divided?

Great question

Thanks for the link. It's always hilarious to read how these musicians back then seemed to universally dislike Cecil Taylor's music.

Just discovered her videos. She's a LA based musician and I find some of her deeper dives pretty interesting. Sharing a couple of links to segments I enjoyed but there are plenty more.

Can't seem to find a sharable image of Montreux's lineup but it heavily skews toward pop, with what seems to be the majority of jazz acts relegated to the Casino stage.

That actually looks decent to me. Dark horse act that Id want to see would be Louis Cato, Scofield and Marcus Miller. Cato is the band leader for Colbert's late show and in the small musical segues between commercials they play some really interesting stuff. After Shorter passed they played Footprints which I would have loved to have heard. Colbert even remarked after that one that it was intense. So this trio would be 2 guitars and a bass, and I'm guessing maybe a rhythm section? Despite the commercialism necessary for television these days I think Cato has chops.

Re Tord, I've always wanted to get one of his LPs so that I could speed the songs up. His pacing seems deliberately slow and dragged out. Wondering if I can get him up to hard bop time and if that would sound better...?

Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA & the Mob by Dan Moldea Audiobook on Spotify. Helluva first chapter synopsis on the beginning of the Storyville jazz scene in New Orleans and its subsequent transition to Chicago.

Which ones are hitting the most for you? I tend to dig Vesala and Garbarek from those early years the most.

I do think the tracks with Croker are the highlights by far. I get this. It made a nice soundtrack on the way the other day though. Taking a page from Liberace's playbook maybe, only enhancing the sex appeal. I guess piano music doesn't really sell, but sex does and likely always will so put them together if you have to. I'm sure she's no slouch on the keys either.

FWIW, 2 of the 7 songs on Alexander's newest album aren't written by him. One is I Can't Make You Love Me and the other is the public domain Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Obviously per the OP he throws in other standards during live performances, so he's not solely playing his own compositions.