Wow, same day as Jobim (YouTube, “Desafinado”). And Benny Golson (YouTube, “Along Came Betty”), who sometimes sounds like Jobim, with those long beautiful phrases. (And I’d forgotten that Golson wrote The Flintstones theme, as well as much of the music for the M*A*S*H tv show.)

And many happy returns, JandiraFerreira!

My spin: River: The Joni Letters, a rare recent cd purchase. Tina Turner’s “Edith” and the “Nefertiti” redux are the real knockouts for me, but it’s a terrific album all the way. I hope it gets grammys.