Not a huge week here, but that's kind of a relief, isn't it? And yet, still enough to sap your wallet of quite a bit of dough anyway. That's the life of a music addict.

Keith Jarrett - My Foolish Heart: Live at Montreux: I think there's an annual requirement that Keith Jarrett must issue some kind of musical good. There are only a handful of years in his career that have not resulted in some kind of album under his name - 1969, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1997, and 2002. The kicker is that in the many years he did release music, he often released multiple titles. That's just remarkable. Equally remarkable is that this release is in the year of the 25th anniversary of the trio featured here - pianist Jarrett, with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

This two disc set covers the jazz standards the group is known for - songs you probably know, but, as always, given a fresh and probably greatly extended reading by this powerful trio.

On a side note, I know I read a contingent of "fans" have vowed to never again give money to Jarrett after he erupted at camera-wielding festival attendees:

Hopefully those short-minded "fans" have realized the errors of their ways and will continue to purchase the trio's music - it is, after all, about the music, right?

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Monterey CD/DVD: Speaking of cameras, a bunch followed Hendrix around the festival in question — which was the debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the US — filming not only his performance but also a documentary about the man himself and the festival. The DVD here includes all of this, plus some previously unreleased interviews with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, and two songs ("Stone Free" and "Like A Rolling Stone") from an earlier performance in England. However, the CD includes one song not on the DVD, "Can You See Me," as, somehow, that did not get filmed. But, the CD lacks the extra two songs the DVD has. See how they get you here? If you're a Hendrix nut, you kinda gotta buy both, and at a mere 42 minutes for the CD, there's really no excuse for this - those extra songs should have been on the CD, or "Can You See Me" on the DVD in some form.