BFrank

A lot of those Black Jazz albums are great. I first discovered that label because of the Doug Carn albums. I was very happy when they were reissued a few years ago and grabbed quite a few, including that one.

This week at SFJAZZ Thursday: Clone Row w/Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, Nick Dunston Friday: The Cookers - current lineup w/Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Craig Handy, Azar Lawrence, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart

Yes, you do! Especially "Days of Wine and Roses", their instant classic.

Just received a 2025 MacArthur Fellows Award for "Improvising Musician and Composer"

The Dream Syndicate – "Medicine Show: I Know What You Like" (Deluxe Edition)

Wet Leg – "Moisturizer"

Listening now. I always assumed that Todd would fit in well with this band. Sounds good so far!

Exactly ✊

Maybe it's my system. Miles and Wayne sound fine, Herbie a little less so, and Ron/Tony difficult to hear. But I don't have an SACD set, so it might be different.

"This machine kills fascists"

Good show. More straight ahead than I expected, but they can certainly handle that.

I've gone back to the set this week in order to figure out why I rarely listen to it. What I've really noticed (and maybe I just have an inferior audio system) is that the bass and drums are deeply buried in the mix. So all the energy is sucked out of the performance and as a result it does sound like a lot of noodling between Miles and Wayne. Since Miles' trumpet is way up front, you can tell by the rough performance that he had been out of commission for a while with medical problems. That's just my latest take. Others might disagree.😎

Looking forward to it!

Tomorrow at SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab. Should be great in that intimate space! Mike Clark Quintet w/Eddie Henderson, Craig Handy, Patrice Rushen, Essiet Essiet

Oh ... OK then! 😎