Sometimes when my kids and I played Marco Polo in the pool, we’d substitute the name Marjoe Gortner.

I’ll be damned if the roller rink doesn’t still have the jams. One banger after another.

Christ after two years of rejection/ghosting I WISH I could land a job interview that I could possibly bring coffee to.

Oof! I bought this decades ago as a Don Ellis completist. Basically an organized jam session where members of Average White Band get curb stomped by soloists like Michael Brecker and Sonny Fortune. Not awful but I’m not sure anyone needs a 21-minute version of Pick Up the Pieces. #jazzsky

Shifting gears after dark #nowplaying #musicsky

Yeah there’s REALLY no one else home right now if I can play this with no complaints #nowplaying #jazzsky

Afternoon Laura Nyro vinyl concert (can you tell no one else is home today?). #nowlistening #musicsky

More jazz vinyl from the depths of the basement. “Wrong Key Donkey” is pretty great. #nowlistening #jazzsky

Got this for “almost free” with trade-ins. I would not (and could not) pay the actual price for something like this. Nice ‘n’ moody. #nowplaying #jazzsky

Bringing up some forgotten vinyl from the basement. This one is from my crate digging days, just grabbing stuff for samples. Side one sounds better than I remember, particularly the first two tracks. Side two is a little clunky, but xtra points for a cover of the theme from Silent Running. #jazzsky

Working late, waiting for the Phillies game, listening to music. This one’s very spiritual, good vocals, nice work from Doug on keys. Side 1 is much better than side 2, which isn’t as urgent. FWIW, when I hear a clock chime on the hour, I sing “Doug Carn, Jean Carn…Jean Carn, Doug Carn”

I rarely talk about the music I’m involved with so here goes. This song references The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Risk of Rain 2, and of course basketball nurses, among other things. One part We Are the World, two parts Bitches Brew. #musicsky youtu.be/luUT1m-02dg?...

(This One's For The) Basketball Nurses - no talking version

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I’ve always liked Bohm. Hell, I drew him on my Christmas card a few years back (shown here), along with Kevin McCarthy getting hit in the head by a jet ski (not shown). #phillies

Anyone dumping on Altoona pizza who hasn’t tried it is a coward.

The fight song for my high school was just “On Wisconsin” but they swapped out the word Wisconsin with Altoona. Just like that. BOOM! It’s ours now.

Dang this is good! Lots of great ensemble playing that’s so in tune, these musicians should be turned into the jazz police for questioning. Great acoustic sounds…but not boring! I’ve been turning to electro jazz these days because so much traditional sounding new jazz is zzzz. #jazzsky

Whenever I tune into a Phillies broadcast late, I always check here first to get an idea of what I missed. Time to read the good news……oh no

Ugh these bullpen games. Forfeiting would be more dignified. #phillies

I’m going ALL IN

I mistakenly knocked over the big Toy Story deodorant display at the grocery store and I felt ALIVE

Just watching that Derek Hill catch over and over and cackling like a loon.

What time did this inning start?? #phillies

Revisiting some of the vinyl stashed in the basement. I raised an eyebrow when I saw this one, wondering why I hung onto it. Dropped the needle, heard Hank Jones playing Fender Rhodes, and the reason immediately became clear. #jazzsky

Now playing. New repressing. Sweetie-Pie sounds better than ever! #jazzsky

Me has new music? That’s unpossible! Or at least unprobable. This album by Momoko Gill was worth the effort of tracking down though. Lots of sonic and harmonic twists and turns. It’s checking all the musical boxes for me at the moment. #jazzsky #musicsky

I’ve been sick this week and this album has been hitting the spot. New reissue, purchased on the cheap (of course!). Very laid back for a MB album. Harold Budd’s “Bismillahi 'Rrahmani' Rrahim” is awesome, and even the Stevie Wonder cover is OK, but you can safely skip the last track. #jazzsky

Getting reacquainted with this is one. Given to me by my uncle who was all too eager to rid himself of it (it wasn’t his thing). I’m not sure if it’s my thing either. An orchestra of crack NYC musicians not given much to do. The out-there version of Gone, Gone, Gone is pretty good though #jazzsky

I have a dog that barks at the people she’s excited to see as well as the people she doesn’t like/is scared of. Basically, she barks at everyone. Except one guy in the neighborhood. Never barks at him when he walks by with his dog. He’s the only person in this world who she doesn’t bark at. WHY????

Picked this up a month ago but just listening to it now. Jacket has some wear but the vinyl looks UNPLAYED. Never got a proper rerelease from Columbia, probably because of side 1 but the quartet tracks on side 2 are as good as any other Brubeck of the period. #jazzsky

More new jazz?!! Well, this one is more jazz-y than straight up jazz (though it is surprisingly on the Concord label). The track Something New About You caught my ear but the rest of the album isn’t like that at all. Reminds me of the trance-like stuff DJ Shadow made in the 90s. Me likey. #jazzsky