Herbie Hancock Headhunters 1974

Nice set, well recorded, and as one poster said "Tight, Tight, Tight!"

Tony WIliiams 1979 Wild Life

A nice Tony Williams song from my favorite period of his work. You have to get past the poor white guy fashion sense of the late seventies and give the track some time to develop, but you'll be rewarded.
Tony Williams Group in France 1979 "Wild Life"
Tony Williams
Bunny Brunel
Tom Grant
Bob Harris
Todd Carver

Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land & Joe Chambers 1969 Molde Norway

Just a wonderful video of Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson  and Joe Chambers I happened to stumble on youtube. Stanley Cowell on piano, Reggie Johnson on bass. Two songs, first is "Theme from Blow-Up" and next is Sonny Rollins' "Oleo." The intensity of Harold Land's facial expressions really struck me.

Stevie Wonder Beat Club Germany 1974

I stumbled onto this video on the MyFunk website. It's a mind blower as the first two numbers are completely original improvisations and unfamiliar (to me at least). The first is a wonderful gospel tinged piece, and then it gets crazy with a very European sounding jazz fusion blow out. At other times it's hilarious, like at 11:38 when the Les Paul wielding guitarist who looks like a hybrid Slash/goth/glam rocker pulls out the maracas for "Don't you worry about a thing." Awesome grooves, and a good way to spend 30 minutes.

Milton Berle introducing Ornette Coleman

Watching this episode of Saturday Night Live as a teenager in Wichita Kansas blew my mind, and changed me forever. It's a weird, wonderful world we live in.

Pure i-20 iPod dock & dac

I was thrilled when I discovered the $100 Pure i-20 iPod dock and dac. I had been using a Wadia 170i itransport to get a pure digital signal out of my iPod. The Wadia cost me nearly $400, so it was the single most expensive piece of hifi equipment I owned. It also needed an external digital to analog converter ("dac"). The Pure i-20 sounds just as great, costs a fraction of the price and has a great sounding internal dac. It also has both coaxial and toslink outputs if you want to pair it with an external dac (the Wadia only has a coaxial output). The Pure i-20 also has a much smaller footprint, so it pairs up really nicely with a small amp like my Qinpu A-3 or a T-amp to create an inexpensive and minimal audiophile system. I couldn't be happier. This really makes listening to digital music easy and satisfying. An enthusiastic thumbs up!

John Abercrombie, Arcade (ECM 1978)

A nice OOP John Abercrombie recording. Solid playing all around with some of John's signature electric mandolin. While I realize Abercrombie has a large number of ECM recordings, I'm surprised this one remains out of print.
Tracks:

1. Arcade Abercrombie 9:36
   
2. Nightlake Beirach 5:31
   
3. Paramour Abercrombie 5:06
   
4. Neptune Beirach 7:30
   
5. Alchemy Beirach 11:31