Family Dinner @ Betty's

We had a wonderful dinner tonight at Betty's where Becky's artwork is currently on the walls following her recent art opening reception. We all had great meals and we had a large table that accommodated all of us. Me and Becky, Dick and Iris, Sean and Ashley and Katie and Todd along with Henry and Clara.

Becky's art work on the walls.

ComfyBumpy

Spent my afternoon putting together a ComfyBumpy bedrail... fun, wow. Turn up the stereo. It turned out to be not as bad as it initially looked although I still needed to check the YouTube instruction video. It's hard to remember life without the ability to quickly check an instruction video for almost anything that needs to be done.

So what's a ComfyBumpy? It's a guard rail for a bed. Henry has graduated to a real bed when he comes to visit because his new sister has dibs on the portable crib. Now three year old Henry sleeps in Sean's old bed but we needed to make sure he didn't fall out and thus the ComfyBumpy.

16 Big Hits

I loved to listen to Motown music when I was a teenager... still do. I started buying their singles very early in high school around 1965. I had a large stack of singles in a very short time. The music of that time was focused on the 45 rpm single although I was buying some albums by 1966. I probably stopped buying singles in 1967 and was completely converted to regular albums.

There was an interim period when I was getting Motown albums that were collections of singles. They released a 16 Big Hits album each year and I would go out and get it.

Vol. 4 came out in 1965, Vol. 5 in 1966, and Vol. 7 in 1967. That was it for me and I was just getting mostly albums in 1968 although I did get a few singles that were on obscure labels but no more Motown singles or collection of singles.

Deep Night - Jazz Night

Deep Night - Jazz Night

8 hours 26 minutes

Brother Jack McDuff in the pic.

1	Deep Night	Sonny Clark	1958
2	Around The Corner	Brother Jack McDuff	2000
3	Someday My Prince Will Come	Grant Green	1962
4	My Old Flame	Miles Davis	1956
5	The Believer	John Coltrane	1964
6	Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'	Chico Hamilton	2016
7	Stella by Starlight	Jim Hall	2012
8	You Talk That Talk	Gene Ammons	1971
9	It's Time	Jackie McLean	2006
10	Melody for Melonae	Jackie McLean	1962
11	Moten Swing	Oscar Peterson	1962
12	Speak Like A Child	Herbie Hancock	1988
13	Here 'Tis	Ramsey Lewis	2000
14	Minor Chant	Stanley Turrentine	1970
15	Of Course, Of Course	Charles Lloyd	2016
16	Walkin' Up	Bill Evans	2001
17	Hip Soul	Shirley Scott	1998
18	Nocturne	Johnny Griffin	2014
19	Tenderly	George Benson	1993
20	Come Rain or Shine	Jimmy Smith	2004
21	Blue Gene	Gene Ammons	1958
22	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	Jimmy McGriff	1986
23	Stairway To The Stars	Dexter Gordon	1963
24	Free As A Bird	Freddie Hubbard	1990
25	Five Will Get You Ten	Jackie McLean	1961
26	Bright Moments	Grover Washington, Jr.	1996
27	All In Love Is Fair	Hank Crawford	1974
28	Blues To Elvin	John Coltrane	1960
29	I Told You So	Johnny Hodges	2011
30	Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You	Kenny Burrell	1963
31	All of You	Modern Jazz Quartet	2012
32	Turning Point	Lonnie Smith	2005
33	Parisian Thoroughfare	Bud Powell	2005
34	Will You Still Be Mine	George Benson & Jack McDuff	1965
35	Blues in Thirds	Earl Hines	2014
36	Three And Six	Johnny Hodges	2011
37	I Remember Harlem	Roy Eldridge Quintet	2012
38	Angkor Wat	Gil Evans	1961
39	Time After Time	Duke Pearson	1961
40	Beyond the Wall	Kenny Garrett	2006
41	The Blessing	Ornette Coleman
42	It Could Happen To You	Roy Ayers	1963
43	That Old Feeling	Teddy Wilson	2016
44	Unit 7	Wes Montgomery	2016
45	Days Of Wine And Roses	McCoy Tyner	1963
46	Loie	Kenny Burrell	2013
47	My One and Only Love	Pepper Adams	1957
48	All The Things You Are	Lee Konitz & The Gerry Mulligan Quartet	1953
49	My Melancholy Baby	Charlie Parker	2003
50	Things Are Getting Better	Cannonball Adderley	1958
51	Almost Like Being In Love	Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet	2008
52	What Is This Thing Called Love	Bill Evans	1960
53	Don't Explain To Me Baby	Miles Davis	1958
54	Satin Doll	Johnny Hodges	2011
55	Willow Weep For Me	Grant Green	1965
56	I Believe in You	Coleman Hawkins Quartet	2013
57	Soul Eyes	John Coltrane	2001
58	I'll Follow You	Thelonious Monk	1957
59	Canadian Sunset	Wes Montgomery	1963
60	I Don't Know	Hank Crawford	1972
61	A Gal In Calico	Francy Boland	1976
62	Stompin' At The Savoy	Clifford Brown and Max Roach	1954
63	The Moontrane	Dexter Gordon	2003
64	Walkin'	Gene Ammons	2013
65	Way Back Blues	Duke Ellington	2016
66	Groove Junction	Hank Crawford	1974
67	Straight No Chaser	Lonnie Smith	2016
68	Wavy Gravy	Kenny Burrell	1963
69	Blowin' The Blues Away	Horace Silver	1999
70	Hoppin' John	Cannonball Adderley	2001
71	Organ Grinder's Blues	Brother Jack McDuff	2004
72	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	Ahmad Jamal	2017
73	Boogie Stop Shuffle	Charles Mingus
74	Free For All	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1989
75	Dry Soul	Bud Powell	1958
76	This Love Of Mine	Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet	2008
77	Bumpin' On Sunset	Wes Montgomery
78	Take Me In Your Arms	Red Garland	1962
79	Stop	Pepper Adams	1957
80	How Am I To Know?	Miles Davis	1956
81	Blues Up And Down	Gene Ammons	2015
82	The Black Disciple	Donald Byrd	1963
83	'Round Midnight	Steve Coleman and Five Elements	1995
84	What Game Shall We Play Today	Chick Corea & Gary Burton	1973
85	Take Five	George Benson	1976
86	Arjen's Bag	John McLaughlin	1969
87	Naima	John Coltrane	1960
88	Mood Indigo	Coleman Hawkins	1963