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Just purchased a very rare OOP Phil Woods CD Live at the Five Spot 1957. The seller is located in NYC so I should have it by this weekend! It is not on Spotify but maybe you all can check Amazon HD, Tidal and Qobuz. Here is the track list Cecil ... 
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@ezwind    Sonny Rollins Quartet Symphony Hall, Boston 10/19/78 I was never aware of that concert until I read the new Sonny Rollins biography recently. That concert  was an attempt at by Milestone Records, of whom Rollins, Carter, Tyner and... 
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Daniel Humair: Cool Trading with Attila Zoller and Mike Formanek - YouTube Never Odd Or Even Final1080 by the Michael Formanek Drome Trio with Chet Doxas and Vinnie Sperrazza - YouTube The Rub And Spare Change - YouTube  
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Brecker Michael Brecker - Softly as in a morning sunrise - YouTube Coltrane Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Live At The Village Vanguard, 1961) - YouTube Rollins Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Live From Village Vanguard/1957/The Rudy Van Gel... 
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@mahgister Here is a couple more with multiple baritones Line for Lyons - YouTube Blowing The Blues Away - YouTube  
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@curiousjim  I'm happy that KEF fixed both of your speakers or gave you two brand new speakers (I'm still confused). Enjoy your new speakers. I have never had the pleasure of listening to the KEF UNI Q tweeter/midrange driver but a couple guys o... 
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Here is the complete Miles Davis Quintet set at the 1956 Pasadena Civic Auditorium CA. Miles Davis- February 18, 1956 Civic Auditorium, Pasadena - YouTube  
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The Miles Davis Quintet's first album for Columbia Records, Round About Midnight, sold more copies then all of his Prestige sessions combined! The Sony 2001 24 bit remaster of Round About Midnight has really good sonics. I also have the 2005 Lega... 
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@curiousjim  Replacement speakers are here and getting setup! You are replacing the middle drivers (tweeter/midrange combo) on both speakers? Either way I hope its a success let me know.  
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@curiousjim   I’m sure there’s better out there, but the 5’s are making me happy now All that matters is that you are satisfied with the way they sound. I have found that speakers and room placement and acoustical room treatments matter more ... 
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Excellent Miles Davis article about his terrific "comeback" performance at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival. After the show, George Avakian, of Columbia Records, signed Davis to a huge contract. Avakian had to sit down with Bob Weinstock, of Presti... 
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@curiousjim Those KEF R5 look like great speakers. I noticed they have 2 rear firing ports. Did they come with foam inserts to close one or both ports as/if needed. How far away from the wall do they sound best? Just asking because rear firing p... 
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@frogman That Desmond/Hall duo is really good. And that "dry martini" tone will always be recognizable in just a few notes. This Evans/Hall session gets repeated listening's in my desert island rotation. Great dialog here as well. Telepathy in mo... 
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@alexatpos Watched all of the Zawinul clips. Very creative and engaging music. If I remember correctly you really don't care for this type of music anymore and much prefer the Milt Jackson recording subsequently posted. I wonder have you had the... 
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 To Ravi Coltrane, the son of jazz legend John Coltrane, Brecker's ability to improvise effectively in a variety of styles had a lot to do with timing. "Michael came out during a time when there were all these strands of music happening," Coltran...