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@j_husker Very glad that your surgery went well. Stick with the PT procedure and you will get back 100%. Enjoy the music, it does seem to aid in recovery. I wish you the best. My hand surgery also went well. Though I am typing with only my other hand, pain is very minor and I am confident of a full recovery. I have enough dexterity with my thumb and first 2 fingers available through the bandage that I will (carefully) get to playing vinyl later today. Yeah!!!!!!!!!! |
Lots of spinning today: Zep III 1st UK press Zep II 2014 Deluxe Ed Remastered Donald Fagen The Nightfly Bill Evans Trio 64 Kansas Point of Know Return Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil And to finish the night, Yes-Close to the Edge is on deck. Enjoying the relaxing and just listening. Hope everyone has a great evening. |
@spiritofradio James, the Nightfly live showed up in the mail the other day but I haven't had a chance to listen yet. I did stream it first and enjoyed it a lot, more than the new Steely Dan live recording (which was not bad in any way). Hopefully I can get it on the turntable soon. I've been busy and am seeing Madeleine Peyroux and Paula Cole tonight and Wilco tomorrow. |
Brian, Yeah, you fellows got my re-interested in Ray Brown which, when I got Soular Energy, gave me a smack of recognition. Gene Harris’s playing made the hair on the back of my neck rise like it was brushed by the smoke rising from the grave of my prior self when I wore out my last days during the late 50’s on the covered stern deck of a big boat spinning jazz into the hot night. Or, maybe I heard him in a hotel bar once. |
If you get the chance check out the sonic wonders on this: In The Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace Ergodos Records (Dublin, Ireland) https://ergodos.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-echo-field-recordings-from-earlsfort-terrace |
good on ya @spiritofradio I was able to see Gene in a smaller dinner club back in the 80’s. Great time. McCoy Tyner at the same place once. Another great experience there.....in addition to Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Wynton, Monty Alexander, Joe Henderson, and I could go on. When I lived in Columbus, a city councilman, who I knew personally, opened up a jazz dinner club in the ’Short North’ area of town. I was always amazed by the acts he brought in, and took advantage of it for a couple/few years. Unfortunately if finally closed, but I was lucky to see some of the greats in a very cozy setting. It was awesome. |
Brian, I lived in The Village during my decade or so in Manhattan and so, well, I too miss my time with those small clubs where we could just drop in most of the time and see big names and drink expensive cocktails. The Blue Note sometimes sold out a show on certain evenings but not usually all three. Mostly, If we had a free evening we could catch somebody legendary in Jazz or blues at a one of a bunch of active clubs within walking distance. At the same time, The rock scene kinda sucked really. Hardly any small venues featuring rock. CBGBs wasn’t my style most nights (newwave/punk era). While back in the Northwest there were dozens of small clubs where you could go to rock out. That club in Columbus sounds like it was nice. I’ve been to some places in Cleveland and Cincinnati but I never made it to Columbus. |
PS for whatever this may be worth to anybody contemplating seeing the Stones on their current tour, I saw them in Charlotte last week and they were shockingly good. Very nice tribute to Charlie, and then two hours and ten minutes of pure rock and roll bliss. They've been my favorite band for forty years, but I was not expecting much more than a novelty act. Instead, they were...the Rolling Stones. I didn't see one person after the concert who was not also on cloud nine. Hey, you, get off of my cloud! Anyways, if you're thinking of seeing them, do it. I'm going back for seconds in Atlanta on Nov. 11. And now, back to our regularly scheduled program... |