Micro.blog photo challenge day 1. Lopez sets the pick and Tatum makes the switch to cover Jrue.

Dublab.com recently shared a preview of the new Jazz Dispensary release, Super Skunk, coming out on Record Store Day 2022. I captured it with Audio Hijack 4 and now have it on my Plex server. I love being able to roll my own streaming music server.

I have been procrastinating, but want to gather my favorite music of 2021 before the end of the year. I’ll start with a few of my favorite Jazz records of 2021, not including reissues, or new releases from the vault. There were plenty of those and I’ll share those choices later.

First is a record that I have come back to play more often than others this year. Bassist Dave Holland’s Another Land with guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Obed Calvaire on Evidence records. It’s groovy and inventive jazz-funk that rewards more with every spin.

DAVE HOLLAND - ANOTHER LAND

Next, from Leeds, UK, saxophonist Tony Burkill’s band Work, Money, Death. The name of Burkill’s debut album is now apparently the name of his band. Two album length tracks of phenomenal spiritual jazz.

WORK, MONEY, DEATH - THE SPACE IN WHICH THE UNCONTROLLABLE UNKNOWN RESIDES, CAN BE THE PLACE FROM WHICH CREATION ARISES

I hesitate to put this one on my jazz list because it really defies categorization, but it features the great Pharaoh Sanders, so it has to go somewhere. Electronic music composer Sam Shepherd AKA Floating Points has produced a masterpiece with variations on a memorable motif that repeats and transforms throughout the entire program. Set aside 45 minutes, go to your listening room or put on your headphones and be prepared for an out-of-body experience. Stunningly beautiful.

FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - PROMISES

Happy Halloween!

My Plex server has been running Sonic Analysis on the 3500+ album music library for 3 days. I have Plex Media Server installed on a dedicated 7th gen Intel NUC with Ubuntu Server. It’s handled most things smoothly over the past two years, but the fans have been cranking for days.

Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain was released 50 years ago this week. The NYT has a cool feature about the musical influences that led to its creation and those it spawned called ‘Before & After’. www.nytimes.com/interacti…

Less than 2 hours until the WWDC keynote. I’d love to see new hardware but according to the latest rumors, it doesn’t look like it’s in the cards.

This V-22 Osprey has been flying around our neighborhood the past couple of days. There is an air show up the road a bit. Quite an amazing aircraft to see in person.

Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece, ‘What’s Going On’, was released 50 years ago today. I’m listening to my mother’s original copy this morning. It’s hard to find new words to describe this sublime record. It’s never fails to move me.

Weather Report released their debut album 50 years ago on this day, May 12, 1971. I’m spinning it now and it’s still so creative, engaging and futuristic.

I was today years old when I accidentally found out that you could select multiple files in the macOS Finder, right-click, and then have the option to create a ‘New Folder with Selection’.

Here is my best of 2020 on Plexamp. Not a bad list! I should have tracked my vinyl listening.

Works from 1925 that are now in the public domain:

web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publ…

My son just said “It feels like the end of Footloose. The town can dance again!”.

Hangin’ on my stoop, jammin’ to the new Ron Miles CD. #mbnov

My daughter was sitting near someone who tested positive for COVID-19, so now has to quarantine for 2 weeks. #mbnov

Astonish us, Detroit!! #mbnov

Saw this inflatable Trump with thumbs up while driving in rural Tennessee this afternoon. The sign leaning against it said “Say No To Creepy Joe”. O-kaaaaaay.

Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, Whenever the Winter winds become too strong, I concentrate on you. #mbnov

Microblogvember day 1 (better late than never). I had to move most of our plants into the garage overnight to keep them from freezing. Some may find this weather dreary, but to me it’s invigorating! #mbnov

Get the hell out of my hometown, you licentious cur.

Miles Davis - Double Image. I’ve been excited about this one for a while. Even though I’ve had the 1998 Complete Bitches Brew CD box set since it was released, it’s interesting to hear these sides as a stand alone record. Plus red vinyl!!

Apple’s Music app on macOS Big Sur is an absolute shit show. It keeps wanting to sync and turn on iCloud Music Library, which I tried long ago and hated. You can’t quit the app. You try to force quit, but it still keeps syncing in the background. THERE IS NOTHING TO SYNC.

This new release of a 1968 concert at Palo Alto High School is a delight. The vinyl release includes reproductions of the concert flyer and poster. Well done.

Material - The Western Lands feat. William S. Burroughs. Seven Souls (1989)