I must check out more of the West Coast sound.  I invested in that big box set Alvey recommended several months ago, but Bloss, Bill Evans and Annie Ross will keep diverting my attention.  I had a listen to Harold Land and one of Mr. Chet's live sessions the other day.  Bud Shank I'll be certain to investigate.

I watched the 1996 film Kansas City last night. It featured contemporary musicians playing 1930s jazz musicians and their music. An actor played a young Charlie Parker watching the night club show from the audience.

Blue Train ! What bold, modern music this remains, over 60 years later. The theme is so powerful, and the solos... Has the Blue Note sound ever been more powerfully expressed? Lee Morgan is the jazz Ivy God bar none.

Inspired by white Levis ... (and Vanessa):
BRING DOWN THE BIRDS - Herbie Hancock

There was some jazz - free form perhaps - that Philip Larkin castigated as 'bagpipes and concrete mixer'.

Bossa & Latin ATM. Jobim's '68 album "Wave" & Herbie Mann "Live at Newport"

Re Rs post above, Blossom Dearie has a version of 'Wave' on 'Blossom's Planet'.

'A Night In Tunisia'...
How long must it be since I first heard this?

Something new, Raffy Bushman's - Look Up, an album from a few years back.

Can't take the credit for this, recommended by a chap I follow on IG. Who incidentally posts some great stuff.

He's also appearing at Ronnie Scotts 26/07/2022

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Once I made the evolutionary jump into streaming, my ears were reawakened to 80s pop sounds, analogue synth and what a lot those bands are doing now. Which isn't that much, but some are still releasing albums and touring. Seen Heaven 17 twice this year, now touring the USA for the first time, Tom Bailey's Thompson Twins which are like a poor man's David Byrne live complete with Psycho Killer cover. Not quite as transcendental as Byrne, but good entertainment.

But I still listen to a lot of jazz: Bill Evans later period, Stacey Kent, Bruut!, New Cool Collective, Dave Brubeck, Miles of course, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Armstrong, et al. Chet Baker isn't cutting it these days, generally set-up a playlist and then delete. Plenty of Sinatra and the more later 60s sound of Sammy Davis.

''Sometimes you need a bit of piano jazz to ease the mind''

Totally agree, the vibe and undertone of our time is increasingly senses over burdened, so you need to take a break...

Duke Ellington will always deliver on that front, as too Dave Brubeck, et al.

Bruut! A Dutch band that fuse everything from Italian film music, to surf inspired techno-jazz, but their alto-sax ballads really stand-out. Worth checking out.

The two Jeff Goldblum's albums are alright too. Just lively jazz standards played straight.

Miles Davis's Orbits and Teo before bed.