Various – Best Classical CDs of 2008 Shuffleplay
Michael Rother – Katzenmusik
Various – Is It Rolling Bob? : Dylan Dub
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Discography on Shuffleplay
Peter Gabriel etc – Big Blue Ball
Kenny Dorham – Whistle Stop
Sonny Clark – Loopin’ and Loafin’
Dexter Gordon – A Swingin’ Affair
Grant Green – Feelin’ the Spirit
Dexter Gordon – Clubhouse
Francis Dunnery – Welcome to the Wild Country
Up at 6am and finished off copying the 29 CD Box celebrating Harmonia Mundi’s 50th Anniversary...
Meg the Black cat took over the computer...
Breakfast at home, then played through some songs, searching for ones I know by heart in order to play with more confidence and without my lyrics and music on the stand beside me – despite the fact that very many established artists routinely use autocue for their lyrics...
Made my way into town around eleven and nearly ran over brother-in-law Bobby and nephew Ollie as they tried to cross a road on my route – reversed for a quick chat – admiring their freshly cut hairdos courtesy of the Turk’s Head Barber...
To the library and handed back all the discs taken out three weeks ago and borrowed the Peter Gabriel curated “Big Blue Ball” – tasty...
In Fopp, they’ve taken delivery of a fresh consignment of £4 Blue Note discs and I partook of five, two by saxophonist Dexter Gordon and one each from trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Sonny Clark and guitarist Grant Green...
My first Blue Note discs since September and they take my total from the label to 199...
Enjoyed a wander around town up the mound...
...down the Royal Mile...
...and into Cockburn Street...
This shop used to be Cockburn St Market – where I bought and sold many of my first albums in the mid 70's...
I only noticed once I was home that this exhibition, in the Gallery next door, is the aptly named “Reflections”...
Back to the car and home...
Anne was off to Tynecastle where Hearts overcame bottom of the league Invesrness3-2 losing a 2-2 equaliser in the third last minute and scoring their winner straight from the restart...
Meanwhile, in Dumfries, Queens appeared to have a better performance but were held to a 2-2 draw by Partick Thistle who were, by all reports, saved by their keeper...
I enjoyed all five of the new Blue Note purchases and updated the anti-virus etc software which has been plaguing use of the PC recently...
In the evening, we found ourselves watching the Eurovision Song Contest heats...
Dreadful – but I think the act called “The Twins” has the best tacky potential to do well for the UK...
Andrew Lloyd Webber is unintentionally hilarious...
An Indian Takeaway ruined all our good work of homecooking during the week – it was good, but not as good as Anne’s Red Thai from last night...
"Total Wipeout", "In It To Win It", “Harry Hill's TV Burp”, and a much-better-than-previous-episodes episode of “CSI : New York” entertained, as did two taped “Law and Order”s and then lights out...
Highlight of the day : New jazz....
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