Sunday Music Muse Day - Dino Losito & Mike Melito, Dave Holland Quintet

This week's Sunday Music Muse Day selections have one thing in common and that is being released about the same year, 2001. 2002. Both sound as fresh as if recorded yesterday.  First up is pianist Dino Losito Like That, with Neil Miner on bass, and my friend Mike Melito on drums. This a nice straight ahead session and you could call The Mike Melito/Dino Losito Quartet 2020 release a follow up.  I'm glad I found to this earlier recording. There's a lot to enjoy in this. Lets hope we don't have to wait another twenty years for the next one.

My second twenty year old selection is Dave Holland Quintet Not for Nothing. This outing by the well-known and respected bassist, has online reviewer giving it 4 1/2 out of 5 start and calling it "progressive postbopism" and "postmodern poetic singing" - Tom Jurek - All Music. This is definitely adventurous music and engaging jazz.  Well worth giving it a listen.

It seems spring has finally arrived, with clear skies and pleasant weather giving us lot of opportunity to get outside for so fresh air.  But there still will be plenty to sit back and enjoy some tune. 

Martial Art - Japanese card game.

Just got these card game decks with cool Japanese art images. They were a Kickstarter project I supported. I’ll have get one of my sons to play it with me.

Sunday Music Muse Day - Happy Mother's Day - Larry Coryell, Wes Montgomery

This Sunday Music Muse Day find us celebrating Mother's Day, so Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, and every variety of motherhood you embrace. After shopping for Mothers Day dinner, I enjoyed Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland.  This was the legendary guitarist's last studio recording. By the casual, laid-back feel of the recording, I'm not sure this was planned to be an official released.  Never the less, there is an intimacy here that serves his legacy well.

Speaking of legacies in jazz Guitar, few can match that of West Montgomery.  The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is his second session as a leader recorded in 1960 in New York City. This reissue CD label states : This Album was mastered in analog utilizing the 20-bit K2 super coding system". What ever that means.  All I know is, Wes sounds great,

Again, Happy Mother's Day to all. Enjoy, stay safe, stay healthy.

Sunday morning book browsing.

I get to do some Sunday morning book browsing at my local Barnes & Noble, first opportunity in a long while.  Some may make it onto my book buying list, but for now it's cheaper to snap picture for later reference.

This is board game.  The cover caught my eye.

The book on the lower left is a graphic novel.

                                                  

I know nothing about these titles, but the art looks cool

I wanted to look up the illustrator, Neil Roberts.

As I said browsing the book shelf is cheaper the buying.

Steve Rude's Nexus The Coming of Gourmando posters and custom coin.

I got these two signed mini-posters (11" x 17") and custom metal coin yesterday from a Steve Rude Kickstarter campaign I supported. The main book is still to come due to printing and shipping problems.

I really like the coin. I hope he does more of his characters in custom coins.

Sunday Music Muse Day Jeff Campbell, Allan Holdsworth

This Sunday Music Muse Day found me hustling to mow my lawn before it rains, under threatening dark overcast clouds.  When the that's done I will enjoy Jeff Campbell West End Avenue. The is trio session with Campbell on bass, John Hollenbeck on drum and percussions, and John Wojciechowski on tenor saxophone and clarinet. Jeff in a local musician who I've see perform with Trio East, with drummer Rich Thompson and trumpeter Clay Jenkins.  Like his Trio East bandmate, Thompson, Jeff is also an instructor at the Eastman School of music. This is a very fine CD, starting with title track, which Trio East plays in concert.  Another standout is a rendering of Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, written by legendary bassist Charles Mingus. I'll assume this is a might be a nod to a personal inspiration. 

Next selection is Allan Holdsworth Leverkusen '97 a live set in a German jazz festival. The late fusion guitar well known for is blistering playing, and that is definitely on the display here, but there's a certain mellowness in his used of guitar effects (maybe guitar synthesizer).  This package comes with DVD of the performance, which I haven't watched yet. It something to look forward to.

So far, the rain has held off, but I'll still enjoy the tunes.  

Netflix Yasuke, Been there, done that...sort of.

I'm looking forward Netflix's Yasuke, but I'm thinking been there, done that...sort of. Just kidding, just another Dime-A-Dozen idea the fell by the wayside.

Here are more images of my artworks inspired by Japanese Samurai art. The winged demon warrior is a Helgon, an original character to be featured in a YA (Young Adult) fantasy story called "Emperor of the Sky", now Dime-A-Dozen project.

Who, there still maybe time to revisit these character so how.