# Jazz recs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 22, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051 "2011-12-22T05:32:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@SohoBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SohoBaby)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/1 "2011-12-22T05:32:20Z")
Can anyone recommend me some more jazz to listen to?
To give you an idea, I love Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, etc…
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### Author:  [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/2 "2011-12-22T06:07:29Z")
Cannonball Aderly is awesome and Horace Silver plays a mean piano. The Clifford Brown and Max Roach group was amazing (Brown’s death was a huge loss to Jazz) and of course Miles, Dizzy, Coltrane, and Bird are all essential.
You want specific albums? Search the title phrase Essential Jazz Library on this site. It’s a few years old but IIRC it had some good suggestions (not just from me).
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### Author:  [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/3 "2011-12-22T06:37:37Z")
Saying that you like Charles Mingus (a bass player) and Art Tatum (a piano man) doesn’t really convey much. Do you like a particular style such as bebop, cool, hard bop, fusion, modal, swing, etc? A particular featured instrument (piano, bass, trumpet, etc)? Jazz also covers an extremely broad spectrum of time (~100 years).
From a performer (leader) point of view you can treat yourself to the myriad of “stars” such as Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Davis, Coltrane, Getz, Mulligan, Jarrett, Corea, Marsalis (I didn’t say this :o) etc.
Give us more of a clue!
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/4 "2011-12-22T13:59:29Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588074)discusses a lot of jazz and has some links…
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/5 "2011-12-22T14:35:04Z")
Google\*\* The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz\*\*. It’s a nice sampler of older stuff. I’d bet you’d find something you like there.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/6 "2011-12-22T15:10:10Z")
Go directly to Thelonious Monk without passing ‘go’. Also, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster and Chet Baker.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/7 "2011-12-22T16:39:57Z")
I second Thelonious Monk. Sara Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald had wonderful voices.
I would add a contemporary singer, Cassandra Wilson.
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### Author:  [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/8 "2011-12-22T19:12:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Go directly to Thelonious Monk without passing ‘go’. Also, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster and Chet Baker.
I knew I was forgetting someone when I posted earlier. Monk is a must, and I am a big Oscar Peterson fan too.
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### Author:  [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/9 "2011-12-22T21:52:36Z")
> [@Waterman](#):
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> Saying that you like Charles Mingus (a bass player) and Art Tatum (a piano man) doesn’t really convey much.
Does to me. The OP is looking for selections with a high level of virtuousity and freedom, balanced by SOME boundaries, but not as bounded as the more strictly compositional stuff. In other words, probably no big band stuff or avant-garde. More in the middle, with a certain hard bop sensibility.
You’d probably like Herbie Hancock’s work on Blue Note records from the 1960s. You probably wouldn’t like his Head Hunters work from later.
Dexter Gordon is absolutely someone you should seek out. So, too, is Art Farmer. You might like Benny Golson’s stuff, but…nah, no disclaimer. You’d like him, especially his “JazzTet” days. “Killer Joe” is a particular favorite.
Somebody already said Art Blakey, but you would benefit from practically any of his band’s alumni as well. They are legion.
Apart from hard bop, you should really check out Bill Evans. The blues elements that typify Mingus (and, to a lesser extent, Tatum) aren’t there, but the man makes a statement on piano. Bud Powell might be an even better fit.
I’m assuming you’ve already picked up ‘Kind of Blue’ by the Miles Davis Sextet. If not, well…
Also, you might like Branford Marsalis’ early album “Scenes from the City.”
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/10 "2011-12-23T03:22:48Z")
I just discovered this guy’s YouTube things yesterday! So far I’ve listened to maybe 30 of his clips and am impressed with his playing. Mostly jazz with some pop and Bossa, but all of it smooth and tasty. Let me know what you think.
[Bob Burford - “'Round Midnight” (Thelonious Monk)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNqn0umaeU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/11 "2011-12-23T03:58:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I just discovered this guy’s YouTube things yesterday! So far I’ve listened to maybe 30 of his clips and am impressed with his playing. Mostly jazz with some pop and Bossa, but all of it smooth and tasty. Let me know what you think.
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> [Bob Burford - “'Round Midnight” (Thelonious Monk)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNqn0umaeU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
I don’t know if you’re asking for general opinions, but my take on that is this: it’s music, but it ain’t jazz.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/12 "2011-12-23T04:23:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I don’t know if you’re asking for general opinions, but my take on that is this: it’s music, but it ain’t jazz.
General comments. Yours noted.
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### Author:  [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/13 "2011-12-23T07:16:31Z")
'Tis the season for **Vince Guaraldi**.
plus I really love **Patricia Barber.**
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/14 "2011-12-23T14:18:42Z")
Here’s another longish clip that contains some of the best “trading licks” sequences on record. If this ain’t jazz, I’ll be go-to-hell.
[Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus - No Private Income Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXb7ckjcZU)
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### Author:  [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/15 "2011-12-23T14:30:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I just discovered this guy’s YouTube things yesterday! So far I’ve listened to maybe 30 of his clips and am impressed with his playing. Mostly jazz with some pop and Bossa, but all of it smooth and tasty. Let me know what you think.
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> [Bob Burford - “'Round Midnight” (Thelonious Monk)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNqn0umaeU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)
I’d call it jazz, and very well done. Pushing the cusp of Kenny G-ness just a bit, but still well done.
Is this the same Bob Burford who provided the basis for Ray Rawlins in Kerouac’s _On The Road_?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/16 "2011-12-23T14:37:46Z")
> [@StusBlues](#):
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> Is this the same Bob Burford who provided the basis for Ray Rawlins in Kerouac’s _On The Road_?
I would have my doubts, but since I just stumbled across the guy yesterday on my browsing run at YouTube, I have yet to learn much about him. The only thing I know so far is that he’s in his 60’s at least and bases out of Nashville! If the Kenny G side of his playing doesn’t scare you off, check out some of his other clips. I have yet to find one that wasn’t as smooth and effortless as the others.
The clip I first heard of his was [Bob Burford - “Dreamsville” (Henry Mancini)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb7QL1U5LkA)
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/17 "2011-12-23T15:27:50Z")
I live me some Jaco
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TgntkGc5iBo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgXChKMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB9OKkIap7Nv2zhURzrQGIbZ-MeTA "Jaco Pastorius-"The Chicken"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgntkGc5iBo)
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/18 "2011-12-23T16:24:48Z")
> [@SohoBaby](#):
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> Can anyone recommend me some more jazz to listen to?
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> To give you an idea, I love Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, etc…
I realize it’s self-indulgent but I took this opportunity to go find all the jazz and jazz-related threads I have started since I got here. There may be some useful info in one or more of them. Use your own judgment about reviving any of the zombies in this list:
> **[Jazz for Jazz Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=192312)**
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> I’ve noticed than many (maybe most) musical topics on SDMB veer into the direction of current “pop” artists, bands, sub-genres, etc. Now and then somebody will say something that indicates an understanding of, maybe even an appreciation of, jazz. ...
Jazz for Jazz Fans
> **[Earliest memory of recorded or broadcast music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=193078)**
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> I’d bet that most people’s earliest memories of music would come in the form of a lullaby, something hummed or sung around the house by a parent or older sibling, maybe even something heard in church or school. But what is your earliest memory of...
Earliest memory of recorded or broadcast music?
> **[A Kenny Rankin Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=200728)**
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> Ever since I saw Kenny on some TV special back in the late 60’s or early 70’s when he was performing his original song “Peaceful” I have been a fan. His latest (for me anyway) CD A Song For You featuring Leon Russell’s title tune, is one I can play...
A Kenny Rankin Appreciation Thread
> **[Will there ever be another jazz guitarist like Joe Pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=205396)**
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> There are any number of good to great jazz guitar players. Some are no longer with us, but they’ve left record of how great they were. To name a few: Tal Farlow Johnny Smith Chet Atkins Pat Metheny Joe Beck George Benson Hank Garland Lenny...
Will there ever be another jazz guitarist like Joe Pass?
> **[Jazz Connections Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=207099)**
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> Fairly simple rules: From the musician in the previous post, you must establish a connection to another musician, not previously mentioned in the thread, by way of one of these routes: plays the same instrument (specify instrument) has performed...
Jazz Connections Game
> **[Music Theory (Jazz especially) For Guitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=214049)**
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> I have collected roughly 20 websites’ contents on music theory for the guitar. Some of them are very well done and all have provided valuable insights, enough so that I have found that trying to unify the information I’ve gotten from the various...
Music Theory (Jazz especially) For Guitar
> **[Most Essential Jazz Musician](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350788)**
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> Using whatever criteria seem most relevant to you, what’s your vote for the jazz musician without whom Jazz as we (you) know it just wouldn’t be what it is? My vote is: Miles Davis Others I considered but decided Miles was more important than: ...
Most Essential Jazz Musician
> **[For Bossa Nova Lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353627)**
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> When did you first hear bossa nova? Who was playing what instrument? Were there vocals? If so, by whom? Among the musical genres you like, where do you rank bossa nova? How many bossa nova recordings do you own? What’s the oldest one? the...
For Bossa Nova Lovers
> **[Andy Narell & Calypsociation](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356590)**
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> I just heard this fantastic steelband for the first time Saturday night on NPR’s Jazz Set over our local 24-hour jazz station, WMOT-FM. This link features a few short snippets in RealAudio and one extended MP3 piece, to give you a flavor of what I...
Andy Narell & Calypsociation
> **[The Best Jazz Tunes and Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384794)**
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> Rather than set some magic number of such things I’m leaving it open to “the best” as an open-ended grouping. I’m leaving it to your discretion as to what constitutes “jazz” since my own definition is murky at best. To start the ball rolling, among...
The Best Jazz Tunes and Songs
> **[Music that gives you chill bumps](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422186)**
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> I’m listening to the intro to Money for Nothing on the radio and it’s one of those sounds that stands head and shoulders above the rest of most recordings. It made me want to explore the idea of how you feel when hearing either the intro to a tune...
Music that gives you chill bumps
> **[Marian & Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423189)**
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> I try to hear Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on the radio as often as I can, but it’s on at an hour in our area where I usually tend to forget it’s on until it’s too late. The last few times I checked their website the shows weren’t archived, but...
Marian & Ray
> **[Favorite Jazz (and other music) on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=426154)**
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> As an offshoot from Your favorite Youtube video (new thread) how about those videos that highlight great moments and artists from the world of Jazz or your favorite genre? As a start into some that have impressed me for either their historical...
Favorite Jazz (and other music) on YouTube
> **[The Four Freshmen, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464283)**
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> WNPT, our local PBS station, aired a recent Four Freshmen concert in Las Vegas which was an hour-long uninterrupted program with some excellent music, if you’re into that sort of thing. It had been many years since I saw them on TV, and the last time...
The Four Freshmen, etc.
> **[Jazz Apocrypha -- Art Tatum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495317)**
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> I was asked by my son to retell the story of the jazz virtuoso pianist who was asked by a visiting musician if he (the guest) could join in on a jam session. The master complied and broke into a familiar piece in a strange and difficult key and the...
Jazz Apocrypha – Art Tatum?
> **[Female Jazz Piano Players](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508319)**
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> In the past few weeks or months, I have found some excellent jazz piano ladies that I had been unfamiliar with before that. I’m hoping those of you who are piano fans will find these clips worth watching/hearing. If you have some favorites, please...
Female Jazz Piano Players
> **[A Little Jazz Q&A](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509497)**
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> Before reading any further, please listen to as much of Blue in Green by Miles Davis as it takes for you to be able to answer these questions: Have you heard this before? Do you own the album? If so, how long? What one word describes this piece...
A Little Jazz Q&A
> **[Jazz Standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555192)**
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> Until my son sent me the link and asked me if I knew about it, Jazz Standards : Songs : History : Biographies was unknown to me until this week. From their list of Songs and Instrumentals here are the Top 25: Rank Year Title 1 1930 Body and...
Jazz Standards
> **[Candido](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570327)**
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> Although the thread title and this OP are focusing on one of the great Latin Percussionists, Candido Camero, I would love to see the thread develop wherever you want it to go with Latin Percussion as its main element. Among the very first LP’s I...
Candido
> **[Bob Parlocha](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576270)**
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> I considered a poll, but I’ll be surprised if this thread gets more than 10 replies, so I’ll just ask: do you listen to JAZZ WITH BOB PARLOCHA? And if so, where/how? I get his show through WMOT 89.5 or online streaming. Great music, excellent DJ....
Bob Parlocha
> **[James Moody (1925-2010)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588922)**
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> \[James Moody- I'm in the Mood for Love (aka Moody's Mood for Love)\] \[- YouTube\] \[James Moody : Moody's Mood for Love\]
James Moody (1925-2010)
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597101](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597101)
George Shearing (1919-2011)
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578238](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578238)
Your Favorite Bill Evans YouTube Clip
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626741](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626741)
Some very nice Chet Baker
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### Author:  [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/19 "2011-12-24T03:28:22Z")
I’m partial to Jimmy Smith, “Christmas Cookin’” this time of year.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-recs/607051/20 "2011-12-24T13:36:45Z")
> [@Jaledin](#):
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> I’m partial to Jimmy Smith, “Christmas Cookin’” this time of year.
Hey Jaledin - did you read that thread I linked to? I think I started it before you started hanging out here. I’d be interested in your thoughts.
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