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Gary Kennedy
@jazzsnob99.bsky.social
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Former chronicler of jazz lives. Not sure what happened.
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". . . Granz has also promised a minimum of 120 LP albums in the next twelve months. To at least half a million potential customers around the world Granz may well be doing for jazz what another prestidigitator, P. T. Barnum, did for midgets. (Whitney Balliett, "The Sound of Surprise")
photo of page fom a book last sentence starts with "Granz has also promised a minimum of 120 LP albums in the next ..." photo of a page from a books stence continues " twelve months. To at least half a million potential customers around the world Granz may well be doing for jazz what another prestidigitator, P. T. Barnum, did for midgets. September 25, 1954"
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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now playing [cd - ECM 1607 / 78118-21607-2]
cover art for the Kenny Wheeler album "Angl Song" issued by ECM Records in 1997
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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now playing [cd - Retrieval RTR 79056]
cover art for the compilation CD "Definitive Dodds" which compiles recordings featuring Johnny Dodds recorded between 1926 and 1927. CD was issued by Retrieval Records, a subsidiary of the Dutch label Challenge Records
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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good morning [cd - Blue Note CDP 7 84230 2]
cover art for the Hank Mobley album "A Caddy for Daddy" issued by Blue Note Records in 1966. Image shown is an African-American woman in a peach colored dress standing/posing on the hood of a white mid-1960s Cadillac
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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good morning [cd - Timeless CBC-1-069]
cover art for the Fletcher Henderson compilation CD "Fletcher Henderson – The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 2 1927-1928" issued by Timeless Records in 2001. CD was issued on the Timeless Historical/Chris Barber Collection imprint.
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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now playing [lp - Capricorn CPN-0198]
cover art for the Sea Level album "Cats on the Coast" issued by Capricorn Records in 1977. image shown is various perople standing but a rock pillar on a beach near the ocean
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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now playing [cd - DG 453 478-2] (the "that's enough blues-based boogie rock for now" edition)
info: www.discogs.com/release/3130...
cover art for the CD "Olivier Messiaen – Poèmes Pour Mi / Sept Haïkaï / Le Réveil Des Oiseaux" issued by Deutsche Grammophon by in 1997
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Good morning/today's listening - taking a break from my usual jazz diet. To be played in album release order. I may not play the fifth CD "Tight Shoes"
cover image from the five-CD mini-box set "Foghat - Original Albm Series" issued by Rhino in Europe in 2009
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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now playing [cd - Charly 649X]
info: www.discogs.com/release/4508...
cover art for the two-CD reissue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago albums "A Jackson in You House," "Message to our Folks," and "Reese and the Smooth Ones" issued by Charly Records. All three albums were originally issued by BYG Records in 1969.
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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TIL - ecmrecords.com/product/inte...
more info: jazzdisco.org/ecm-records/...
cover image for the Globe Unity Orchestra album "Intergalactic Blow" issued by Japo Records in 1983
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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good morning [cd - ESP Disk/ZYX Music 1049-2]
info: www.discogs.com/release/2914...
more info: gatobarbieri.bandcamp.com/album/in-sea...
cover art for a CD reissue of Gato Barbieri's album "In Search of the Mystery" issued by ZYX Music and ESP Disk. The original LP was issued by ESP Disk in 1967 with a different cover
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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now playing [cd - Columbia/Legacy CK 48823]
cover art for the 1993 CD reissue of the Thelonious Monk album "Criss-Cross" first issued on LP by Columbia Records in 1963
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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good morning [cd - Columbia/Legacy CK 64886]
info: www.discogs.com/release/2046...
cover art for the CD reissue of the Thelonious Monk album "Straight, No Chaser" first issed by Columbia Records in 1967
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits... "
photo of three musicians (left to right): drummer Adam Nussbaum, guitarist John Abercrombie, organ player Dan Wall
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Yes, but...
cover art for the Eberhard Weber album "Yellow Fields" issued by ECM Records cover art for the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson album "Witchi-Tai-To" issued by ECM Records cover art for the Keith Jarrett album "The Survivor's Suite" issued by ECM Records cover art for the Kenny Wheeler album "Angel Song" issued by ECM Records in 1997
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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now playing [LP - Atlantic SD 1647] (the "I don't buy a lot of used LPs, but I recently got this one for cheap. It's everything I hoped it'd be." edition)
front cover to the Eddie Harris LP "E.H. in the U.K. - the Eddie Harris London Sessions" issued by Atlantic Records in 1974 back cover to the Eddie Harris LP "E.H. in the U.K." issued by Atlantic Records in 1974
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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good morning [cd - MCA/Impulse! MCAD-5883]
cover art for the first CD reissue of the John Coltrane Quartet album "Coltrane" issued by MCA Records in 1987. The first LP issue was by Impulse! Records in 1962
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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now playing [cd - Commodore/GRP 314-543 271-2]
info: www.discogs.com/release/6034...
cover art for the CD compilation "Coleman Hawkins and Chu Berry: Tenor Giants" issued by GRP/Commodore Records in 2000. Compiles sessions recorded between 1938 and 1943
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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now playing [cd - Fresh Sound/New Talent FSNT 112]
Gerald Cleaver (d), Mat Maneri (viola), Ben Monder (g), Craig Taborn (org & keyb), Reid Anderson (b), Andrew Bishop (cl, ss, ts)

DL: freshsoundrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/adjust
CD: www.freshsoundrecords.com/gerald-cleav...
cover art for the Gerald Cleaver album "Adjust" by his band Veil of Names. First issued by Fresh Sound New Talent Records in 2000.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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good morning [cd - Verve 831 270-2 (orig: MGV-8205)] (the "I bought this when I was 25. I was not ready for it." edition]
info: www.discogs.com/release/5001...
cover art for the 1986 CD reissue of the album "Pres and Teddy" first issued on LP by Verve Records in 1956.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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now playing [cd - Columbia/Legacy CK 48531]
cover art for the 1992 CD reissue of the Dave Brubeck Quartet album "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia" first issued oin LP by Columbia Records in 1958
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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now playing [hi-res download - 24/88.2 FLAC]
cover art for the Steve Tibbetts album "Yr" (re)issued by ECM Records in 1988
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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good morning [cd - Columbia/Legacy C2K 48821]
info: www.discogs.com/release/5061...
cover art for the two-CD reissue "Miles Davis: The Complete Concert 1964 - My Funny Valentine + Four & More" issued by Columbia/Legacy Records in 1992. Original LPs were issued by Columbia Records in 1965-1966
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I love finding a clean original inner sleeve in a used LP. It's a hint musty, but otherwise...
LP cover showing a montage of early jazz musicians Inner sleeve for a 1960s era RCA LP
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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LPs to be cleaned (VPI) and played today - hopefully
a listing of various Jazz LPs
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM