I finally picked up a copy of the Craft cd of the Savoy title "Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra."

Sounds really good (mastered by Paul Blackmore). But so does the Savoy/Denon cd I've had since that was first released. It's one of my favorite Sun Ra discs.

Slept in a bit this morning. A cool morning out there, felt nice. Starting off with Bob Dylan "Planet Waves," the second Dylan I purchased, on LP.



I love the arrangements here with the band, and these songs paint a little world I really want to inhabit.

Donny Hathaway "Someday We'll All Be Free" Atlantic France 4 cd collection, disc 2

A great artist gone too soon. This is a great collection.

On to disc 2

SFJazz Collective “Inaugural Season 2004” 3 disc set

A cool morning, Tobi was excited to patrol the back yard for a few minutes. Just when I was thinking "I should have put on a jacket" he was ready to come in for breakfast.

Re-listening to this "Stan Tracey Spectrum--Tribute to Thelonious Monk" 3 cd set, disc 1. Great sound and interesting interpretations.

On to disc 9 of this box set. . . . Soon the 1976 box will be out.

Bob Dylan "Rolling Thunder Revue 1975 Live Recordings" Columbia 14 cd box set.

Claudia Acuna "Luna" MaxJazz cd

Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass, Arranged By – John Benitez
Backing Vocals – Bethany Yarrow
Drums – Gene Jackson
Percussion – Luisito Quintero
Producer, Arranged By, Vocals, Written-By, Lyrics By, Backing Vocals – Claudia Acuña
Producer, Piano, Instruments [Fender Rhodes], Arranged By, Written-By, Backing Vocals – Jason Lindner
Soprano Saxophone – Jimmy Greene

Art Hodes "Up in Dolly's Room" Delmark cd

I just love Art's playing, and he is in great company here on this one recorded on March 15th, 23rd and April 25th 1972.

Bass – Truck Parham
Clarinet – Volly DeFaut (ten tracks)
Drums – Barrett Deems (ten tracks)
Piano – Art Hodes
Trombone – George Brunis (two tracks)
Trumpet – Nappy Trottier (two tracks)

Didn't sleep too well, a lot on my mind--both my wife and I are dealing with things we don't want to and feeling a little overwhelmed.

The morning is a bit warmer and very still. An owl hooted at us as we walked around the block, Tobi being rather more full of pep than usual. I realize how lucky I am to have such a great dog, a real companion.

Starting off with a two cd set that I have wanted for a long time and finally saw an affordable, sort of, copy that arrived yesterday. I never realized that the outer case of this set was actually metal! Although I have a lot of the material on other cd releases, sixteen of these were previously unreleased at the time (1993) and I had not heard all of them. Great music, very well presented!

Clarke-Boand Big Band "Historically Speaking" Emanon 2 cd set

On to something a little different, and in stereo. . . .

Charles Moffett "The Gift" Savoy/Denon cd

Charles Moffett – drums, trumpet, vibraphone, vocals
Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone, alto clarinet
Wilbur Ware – bass
Dennis O’Toole – drums
Codaryl Moffett – drums

Free, groovy jazz from 1969

Swedish Radio Jazz Group "A Swedish Tribute to Duke" Phono Suecia 2 cd set

Alto Saxophone – Hans Åkesson, Johan Hörlén
Baritone Saxophone – Erik Nilsson
Bass – Dan Berglund
Bass Trombone – Anders Wiborg
Drums – Egil Johansen
Piano – Esbjörn Svensson  
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Krister Andersson
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Lennart Åberg
Trombone – Bertil Strandberg, Mikael Råberg, Ulf Johansson
Trumpet – Hans Dyvik, Jan Allan, Jan Kohlin, Peter Asplund, Clark Terry

Recorded live in the Berwald Hall, Stockholm on May 21-22, 1994.