A bit warmer this morning. I want to dive right in to the set that arrived yesterday evening, John Coltrane "The Tiberi Tapes," 3 cd set from Impulse/Verve.

This tapes were made by tenor saxophonist and arranger Frank Tiberi on a small tape recorder in clubs n Philadelphia and New York clubs between 1960–61 and are lo-fi for sure, mainly picking up Coltrane (the whole point was to capture Coltrane for study). Though the sound is challenging, especially for anyone unused to jazz bootleg sound, the playing is fascinating.



This is just a distillation from 26 hours or so of recordings. The liner notes are a bit hard to read in the package, but easier to read on this fascinating page, and tell a great story about Tiberi and his career, and the recordings in the set:

https://link.fans/tiberitapes

Now a great Transition release on TOCJ Superbit Jazz Classic lp facsimile cd, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder

Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Jim Zitano
Piano – Ray Santisi
Trumpet – Donald Byrd

On to Abdullah Ibrahim "3" Gearbox 2 cd set, disc 2

This is wonderful music with superb engineering.

These Muzak Japan reissues sound so good!

Bud Powell "At Home Strictly Confidential + Essen Jazz Festival" Muzak Japan cd, disc 2 (Essen)

Some of my favorite Powell, with Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, and Coleman Hawkins.

A live Woody Shaw disc recorded in Switzerland in 1987, "In My Own Sweet Way" In + Out cd

Woody Shaw - trumpet
Fred Henke - piano
Neil Swainson - bass
Alexander Deutsch - drums

Stan Getz "Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions" A&M/Verve cd



Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, and George Mraz. Beautiful listen.

The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings

I'm on disc 3 now of this 39 disc collection. I'm sort of 1/13th of the way through!

I like the solo and duet tracks with Joan best so far.

On to Miles Davis "Water Babies" Sony SRCS 9736 cd. I remember when this came out on LP, it was so exciting, and it sounded so good. Still does.

Franco D'Andrea New Quartet "Jobim" Philology cd

This is IMO a fantastic disc that should be better known.

Alto Saxophone – Andrea Ayace Ayassot
Bass – Aldo Mella
Drums – Alex Rolle
Piano – Franco D'Andrea

Recorded at Murec Studio, Milano on January 15, '97



Beautiful Jobim music with a fresh presentation.

It is worth seeking out, has been on cd several times so should be easier to corral than some Merrill releases.

Now on to another Helen Merrill release, "Helen Merrill With Friends In Yachiyoza" which is a great recording on the Studio Songs label (cd).

Great song selections! Recorded 1996-05-24 at Yachiyo-za, Kumamoto

Bass – Benisuke Sakai
Piano – Masahiko Satoh
Shakuhachi – Hozan Yamamoto
Vocals – Helen Merrill

Now the fist and second discs of the Davis box set.

A little warmer but wetter this morning. I had to towel Tobi off--he spent some time in the ivy in the side lot before coming in. He has such a lot of hair from his shih-tzu and pekingese heritage that he isn't bothered by light rain.

Starting off with Miles Davis "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions" Columbia 5 cd box set, disc 3, as I sip my coffee.

Perhaps my least favorite disc of the set but I want to hear the whole set before I put it back on the shelf.

I don't have the time to listen to the Torii MK5 very often, sometimes I only manage once every 2 weeks. Today I have 6-8 hours solo that I wills spend doing just that.
I'd like to share one weird instrumental track that came up during my random streaming for new things that really threw my brain and ears for a loop. The soundstage and imaging in this recording, along with the ability to make a 2 channel set up sound like it is a multiple speaker full surround is fantastic.

Jacob Groening - Kanun (Original Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgSU7M2MN5w&list=PLtNqvO_vlaxRD_1J-mtUFmscUJNFlX...

Give it a go. I feel it can showcase a good audio set up quite well.

Miles Davis "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions" Columbia 5 cd box set, disc 4, the last of the 5 to listen to this go round.

The Hermeto Pascoal pieces here which were first heard when I bought "Live/Evil" when it was released on 2 LP Columbia are very intriguing. I first heard Pascoal here and that led to decades of listening to his work.

Glad you discovered these. I've enjoyed them over thirty years now, just great music.

Speaking of great music, Tobi had an upset tummy and woke me up early and I'd had enough sleep so I started listening to this newest recording from Keith Jarrett, a recording of a concert from 2016. . . it's great in all ways.

Keith Jarrett "Roma" ECM cd

A second listen to the new Louis Armstrong release.

Louis Armstrong "One Night in Highland Park: Live!"