Yup, always like to see what people are listening to. Here's some of mine...

First, some jazz…Duke Ellington: Ellington at Newport, my first listen to this. I had some previous listening to Ellington, but nothing that got to me the way this one did, great stuff. I listened to the vinyl version, but may have to seek out the CD reissue with the complete concert. The Very Best of Artie Shaw, more big band, with great work by the leader on clarinet. Some vocal turns by greats like Billie Holiday add variety. Good stuff.

A little soul with Roberta Flack: First Take, a classic record. Live recording, featuring an excellent backing band. Great jazzy soul well recorded. If you like mellow female vocals, this should be on your short list. Picked up the pace with a Junior Walker and the All Stars: Anthology, a great collection of hits from the Motown star. High energy R&B sax at it’s finest. Played the Impressions: Greatest Hits LP too, a personal favorite.

Played some reggae & dub, visiting The Wailers: Burnin’, something I hadn’t pulled out in a long time, but always enjoy, just rough enough around the edges. Also played a bunch of Sly & Robbie, 2 collections, , a mediocre dub collection that was handy, and , an excellent collection of their collaborations with others, featuring tracks like Chaka Demus & Pliers doing Murder She Wrote and Grace Jones doing Pull Up To The Bumper along with many more. I also pulled out the Trojan Dub Box, another in a long line of excellent 3 disc collections of Jamaican music from Trojan.

Grabbed one new record, the Books: The Lemon of Pink, an avant garde-ish collage of sounds. Oddly appealing, but I expect we’ll hear better from these folks before all is said and done.

Went through other stuff as well, a Lovin Spoonful collection, some Bo Diddley, Mum, Honest D & the Steel Reserve, an excellent local Honky Tonk style band, and more.