Yellowjackets - Lifecycle
Steps Ahead - Vibe
Taylor Eigsti - Let It Come To You
Mitchel Forman - Mr. Clean
Denny Jiosa - Dreams Like This

And while I'm at it, Donna - good to see you drop in again!

Right now ... Gambale/Donati/Fierabracci Made in Australia ... what a smokin' fusion CD!

I've been checkin' out an ol' college buddy of mine, drummer Eric Valentine with Jonathan Butler live in South Africa.

Tobias Gebb & Trio West - An Upper West Side Story
Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One
Hans Glawischnig - Panorama
Yellowjackets - Lifecycle
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Song for Chico
Maynard Ferguson - High Voltage
Spyro Gyra - Love & Other Obsessions
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band - Dizzy's Business
Kirk Whalum - The Gospel According to Jazz, Vol. II
James Carter - Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Lately it's been:

1. "The Way Up" - Pat Metheny Group (Nonesuch)
2. "Spin This" - Karen Blixt (HI-Fi Records)
3. "Muted Miles" - Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige)
4. "Two Blocks From the Edge" - Michael Brecker (Impulse)
5. "Footprints" - Karrin Allyson
6. "Jacky Terrasson" - Jacky Terrasson (Blue Note)
7. "The Word Is Out" - Jaco Pastorius Tribute Big Band (Heads Up)
8. "Soul Grooves" - Paul Bollenback (Challenge)
9. "Ellington Uptown" - Duke Ellington (Columbia)
10. "Blues & the Abstract Truth" - Oliver Nelson (Impulse)

I got Return to Forever'sThe Anthology for Fathers Day. I have not heard most of these tunes for many years. It is rather like meeting up with a long-lost friend. Plus, the sound quality is great. Peace.

Jean-Luc Ponty Live, 1976, released 1979. Love Casey Schurelle and Ralph Armstrong.

Dean Brown-Here. Monster musicians and great music. My ol' buddy Poogie Bell is slammin'!!

Youtube clip of Herbie H., Buster Williams, and Al Foster live. Gorgeous musical textures and colors.

This week I've listened to the following:

1. "Esperanza" - Esperanza Spalding (Heads Up 2008)
2. "Impressions" - Claudio Roditi (Groovin' High 2007)
3. "Interplay" - John Coltrane (Interplay Box-Set Sampler on Prestige, 2007)
4. "Paint the World" - Chick Corea Elektric Band II (GRP 1993)
5. "Schuman Nature" - Tom Schuman (JazzBridge, 2003)
6. "Nick @ Night" - Nicholas Payton Quintet (Verve)
7. "Parallel Universe" - Pat Metheny & the Heath Brothers (Starburst, 2001)
8. "Phoenix 90" - Didier Lockwood (JMS, 1990)

Ellis Marsalis Quarter - An Open Letter to Thelonious
Clairdee - Destination Moon
Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet Evolution
Marcus Miller - M2
Gabriela Anders - Wanting
Al Di Meola - Consequence of Chaos
Spyro Gyra - Heart of the Night
Rippingtons - Carnival
Stan Getz - Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema

Ernest Ranglin - Surfin'
Gerald Albright - Sax for Stax
Joshua Bayer - Lines and Grooves
Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
Bob James - Urban Flamingo
Salongo - Salongo
Richard Bona - Munia/The Tale
various - The Swing Collection
Spyro Gyra - 20/20