Hi @Nigel1957 started listening to your Patricia Brennan recommendation. Understand when you say it takes a few listenings. I need to get used to it; a lot (!) is happening in every track. But it’s very appealing to continue listening. Like it but need some time. Iver
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For those who like Ben Webster’s playing : there is a CD with a well filmed DVD package in concert- Germany, Dec. 1972 with the Oscar Peterson Trio
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You know, I thought I might participate in this thread some more, but decided I’m not even going to follow it. It’s bad enough people post stuff without a single compelling statement to interest others in the music, but it’s even worse when the pictures are so tiny one can’t even see what the hell it is, without using something to enlarge it. I’m not willing to bother. Not all of us have the visual acuity of a nine-year old. If I can’t even make out what people are playing what’s the point?
Whatever happened to actually talking about music instead of posting barely legible (and illegible) iPhone screen dumps.
I know that sounds really cranky to say, but so many music threads devolve into silly picture-only threads with no real discussion about music. Maybe it’s not such a curse that Steve Hoffman forums and others require 3rd party hosting to post pictures. Since it requires that much more effort to add pictures, people end up more encouraged to forget the photos and discuss what they are listening to and why.
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Interesting post. I actually like the picture only (as I use an IPad, I can easily expand the image in 99% of the cases) because what I am looking for is mostly suggestions of music I don’t know about and as an opportunity to expand my musical taste. I can see the point of talking about music, but frankly, I am not really able to do so in a coherent manner, so my music notes are pretty bare as a result 
. But I definitely would love to hear people who can talk about music more eloquently I can!
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OK, fair enough. This is a picture thread. I’d be happier if I could at least select some text in a post and search for it in Google (for more info) or Qobuz (to play it).
But seriously, some of these posts are just plain illegible! Anyway, no need to respond. Sorry for the noise, and I will leave you all to your pictures.
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I also wanted to comment on this. Commenting on music doesn’t require education or expertise. It’s about passion for it: if you listen to something and are excited by it why not share what excited you about it, in whatever words. It isn’t an undergraduate music history essay exam. If one posts what they are enjoying all it takes is a single comment about it to convey something: it doesn’t have to be a critical review. That might be just enough to compel one other person to explore something new for themselves.
The pictures things is why most internet listening threads fail on substance.
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For me this thread (and the main one) are most useful as reminders of things I’ve forgotten about, in which case I’ll recognise the cover. No words needed.
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That is an interesting series put out by UA - in the late 70s/early 80. I have a Gil Fuller ‘Monterey’ LP in that imprint.
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I think a few words about the album that you are posting is useful.
It is pretty hard to write a review. But I find it useful to put into words, my reaction to an album. I also find the thoughts of others useful.
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You have a point. I will try add words to my pictures. It won’t be “Pictures without words” (a play on Mendelssohn’s title). Thanks for the suggestion.
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It’s of course the best if people write about there experiences on the music and not just place the picture. However I also am happy to see people post the picture without the text as it often also triggers further exploration….
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Yeah, the illegible phone screen dumps with no further comment really inspire me to expand my musical horizons. 
Oh, come on, this isn’t such a huge ask. In 15 secs one can type out what the image is for (i.e. artist, album titles). That can be used to launch a Google search from selected text. With a tiny bit more effort one can write something about it simple, but compelling enough to give others a reason to take note.
Lazy threads are boring.
But OK, I’ll stop. On this note I’ll give up and leave. As I stated, some of the threads on SHF (Tone Poet, Craft OJC, TOS, Decca Pure Analogue, etc) are spirited and interesting, and make me open my wallet. 
Sorry for more noise. Carry on.
A request related to JDP’s complaint.
All images should have alt text, which is the text that appears in the box if the image doesn’t load (or is slow to load), and that gets consumed by assistive devices. A recent update to the forum software makes this easier to add than before (though not as easy as it should be).
As you upload an image, you’ll see a preview of it in the edit box. At the bottom of the image is a pre-filled field. If your image is, let’s say, “img1001.jpg”, that field will say “img0001”. Not very helpful.
Click once on that text, and you can change it to something more meaningful e.g. “Barefoot Adventure soundtrack album, by Bud Shank”, to take an example from this thread.
A couple of secondary benefits:
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I haven’t verified this, but the alt text of all images is typically searchable
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when this forum gets archived, as it probably will some day (just like the previous one), if the images don’t survive the archiving process, the empty boxes will still have that alt text.
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A distillation of the 82 albums he recorded. Although reportedly a miserable git here he sounds happy and free but had probably not seen that awful album art.
So much more than a Charlie Parker imitator.Equally at home on the tenor.
John Lewis was a fine but sparse pianist. His work before the MJQ often overlooked.
Connie Kay a cymbal master.
Richard Davis a strong melodic bass player.
Jim Hall along for the ride.
That ok Josquin.
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Yes, nice post. This album is classic. I had the good fortune to see Sonny Stitt live, when he played a week at a local club here in St. Louis in the early 80s. I went to hear sets for several nights that week.
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