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Greg Layton's avatar

Waiting for a flight and your post caused me to start listening to Odyssey of Iska. Pretty good bet that I'm the only person at the airport listening to this, or Shorter in general. Wind fits the Monday morning people watching vibe quite well.

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Greg Layton's avatar

It's day one of my trip and I've seemingly already forgotten what day it is.

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Syd Schwartz's avatar

I hope it's a vacation then!

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Greg Layton's avatar

It is, indeed. Wife and I are headed to Alaska for a couple of weeks. Will be our 50th state visited. Big milestone.

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Syd Schwartz's avatar

Huge! Congrats. I hope you and your wife enjoy it all. Thanks for subscribing and reading!

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Steve A's avatar

Looking forward to it , you are missed , more features like the Art Pepper one

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William Beran's avatar

OM fucking G do I love Odyssey of Iska. There is NOTHING in the jazz literature like it before or since. Wayne was just sui generis, and the music of the last 60 years wouldn’t have been remotely like what it is if there had been no Wayne.

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Monty Capuletti's avatar

Hat tip for the Ian Faith quote in the sub hed.

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Charlie Cronk's avatar

Awesome post, as usual. And, congrats on the stream of liner notes! Isn't it funny how some of these "lesser" recordings really become our faves?!

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Steve A's avatar

Are you finished with Substack ?

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Syd Schwartz's avatar

Not even a little—I feel badly that I’ve been quiet for a few weeks but I’m about to get noisy again shortly. Thanks for sticking around!

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