I am fortunate to have some records that were in my Dad's collection... titles such as "Ella Fitzgerald / Cole Porter Songbook" (pretty beat up cover but vinyl is great!), "George Shearing Quintet Live at Byrdland" (Toot Thielman on harmonica and GUITAR!), one of Don Shirley's Trio records, one from Tal Farlow...
My Dad had several hundred records that ended up living in his garage with the advent of cd's... At one point, he asked me "what" I might want of his "stuff", in the event of his passing; I commented "The Records! And your JBL speakers...".
The next month I visited him again... and noticed that the records were GONE!!! When I asked hi about that, he said that he had given them all to the local (Eugene, Oregon) jazz radio station... sigh...
There is something SO special about hearing older jazz records... I don't listen to them all the time, but when I do, it is always a very good thing. Even Pat Metheny's records sound very different on vinyl vs. digital...
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"Home is where I hang my hat,
but home is so much more than that.
Home is where the ones
and the things I hold dear
are near...
And I always find my way back home."
"Home" (working title) J.S, Sherman
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