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Andy<p>Returned from a sunny spring walk &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NowListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowListening</span></a> to my latest find: <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/SonnyRollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SonnyRollins</span></a> With The <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ModernJazzQuartet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernJazzQuartet</span></a>. </p><p>I’m a fan of Rollins, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ArtBlackey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtBlackey</span></a>, &amp; this period of <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Prestige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prestige</span></a> in general. </p><p>There are sections where this rocks, &amp; Rollins really honks, but some of the ballads are really lovely. In A Sentimental Mood, in particular, stills the turning of the earth - if only for a moment. </p><p>This pressing by <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/OJC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OJC</span></a> is flat, centred, clean, with enough dynamics.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/VinylRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VinylRecords</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a></p>
Andy<p>Moving on from The Doors &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NowListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowListening</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ArtBlackey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtBlackey</span></a> &amp; the Jazz Messengers <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LiveInTokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiveInTokyo</span></a> from the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/TonePoet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonePoet</span></a> series. This is one of my favourite reissues from last year from one of my favourite ensembles: <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/WayneShorter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WayneShorter</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BobbyTimmons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobbyTimmons</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/JymieMerritt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JymieMerritt</span></a> &amp; the transcendent <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LeeMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeMorgan</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BlueNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueNote</span></a> have again done a fantastic job with this, quality sleeve, booklet, clean flawless pressing, &amp; dynamic mastering from <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BernieGrundman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieGrundman</span></a>. &amp; the music incredible.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/VinylRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VinylRecords</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>