OK Jazzfan, here's a contemporary one for ya, and I believe he and accompaning cast are all alive!

No, it's not a new one, just his best from 1998. Opens with a little reggae, has a couple of vocal tunes, one being Randy Newmans "Baltimore" sung by artists you've probably never heard of. They do fall a little to the God forbid smooth jazz side but you will get over it, they're well done. Also killer versions of Sonny Rollins "Street Runner" and "Alfie's Theme" featuring Ronnie Foster on Hammond.

Okay, so I'll answer my own call for some posts about music.

Just picked this new double CD by a group billed as Trio Beyond

called Saudades

Jazz Lives!
Bird Lives!
Miles Lives!
Dizzy Lives!
Monk Lives!
Billie Lives!
Duke Lives!

but this section is DEAD!!

What's up with that? Come on people, let's get with it. Enough with all the posts about equipment, both real and imagined. How about discussions about the meat of matter, the heart beat of this whole stinking hobby - music, for crying out loud!

I brought Pathos Classic One MkII. I auditioned the amplifier a year before Sam Tellig's review, but after reading the review I decide to buy one. Of course, the amplifier had some strong points but it also had somewhat anemic handling capabilities in my system and relies on the cold and lean side of spectrum. One and only product made me not believe the qualities, the detail, the immediancy and the guts I was hearing: Jadis Orchestra Reference integrated/control amplifier KT90 equipped.