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From Ahmad Jamal at Olympia, in HD : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cytUz...

There is optimism...

Listened to the Martin Denny combo "exotica" in my dad's LP collection. The LP jacket was this, circa early 1960s. I recall Broadway theatre show tune LPs (Oklahoma, The King & I) as well recordings those in military stationed overseas might bring back, i.e., Rusty Warren, Knockers Up, without a clue.

For Zumbini (Dominic). Years ago he and son Zack took in the Aristocrats concert at Jammin' Java, Vienna, Virginia, and assisted the tour crew unload gear for setup. Cheers!

Words by Woody Guthrie, music by Jay Bennett & Jeff Tweedy

Phish, A Live One Every band needs a skyscraper...

"Cruel Country, Wilco's latest, is anything but cruel: it's a long-form love letter to an American artform, specifically the one described by the title's second word." More here...

"Acolytes all of the late Paul Motian, Bro, who made his ECM debut on the drummer's Garden of Eden (ECM, 2006) and Lovano, who goes back nearly four decades with Motian's many creative iterations, lead Once Around A Room through a meditative investigation of the collective soul. The common voice we all speak in if only we'd bother to listen to one another. It is a needed affirmation not only to the memory and vitality of Motian but also to our need for one on one communication." Read more

You Never Know is the Club d'Elf studio album that captures the whirling, overlapping orbits of acoustic, electric and exotic sounds of the floating improvisational collective, which has recorded and performed together for more than two decades, with crisp studio clarity. But more importantly, You Never Know celebrates light born from darkness. Bassist and bandleader Mike Rivard, the sole constant in the collective's 24-year run, suffered a near-death experience from a pulmonary embolism which struck him while he was exploring remote jungles near the Peruvian Amazon. Seeking peace and comfort, and to assist his physical, emotional and spiritual recovery, Rivard returned to the composers and musical styles of his roots: North African trance music known as gnawa, which Rivard began exploring on sintir (a three-stinged bass lute) decades ago, plus the music of Miles Davis, the Moroccan band Nass el-Ghiwane, Frank Zappa and Joe Zawinul. more here...

Groove..