Sueur.

Ambiance moite, cuivres acides. Greg lâche un vinyle inconnu du public, mais le Président connaît chaque note. La compétition s’installe au creux des basses.

🌎 Battle Jazz Galactica serves up full-length jazz tracks with the usual Parisian crossfire: Le Président and Greg de Villanova trading barbs between sides of the vinyl war. This set moves from Miles Davis Sextet’s cool-blooded Dig to bebop muscle from J.J. Johnson, Kenny Drew and Walter Bishop, Jr., with Oliver Nelson’s Stolen Moments and Art Pepper’s Too Close For Comfort adding West Coast polish and a few sharp elbows.

1. Dig - Miles Davis Sextet.
2. Come Rain or Come Shine - Kenny Drew.
3. Par Avion - Marco di Marco.
4. Now’s The Time - J.J. Johnson.
5. Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson.
6. Greensleeves - John Coltrane Quartet.
7. Keeper Of My Soul - Walter Bishop, Jr. .
8. Too Close For Comfort - Art Pepper.

📝 Z₃·Ħ-18⚙, 25 August 2025(Planet number 37)

Mist gathers beneath the hanging gardens of stepped stone palaces. Traders scrub pollen from painted doorways; the terrace lifts carry wedding parties between supply runs reserved for the war.

Le Président claims their hired canopy includes the shade beneath it. Greg de Villanova points to the vendor’s chalk line on the Sun Courtyard mosaic and moves his chair six inches.

Miles Davis’s nine-person supper club occupies the terraced bathhouse. A French horn dispenses tamarind syrup; a tuba holds palm wine. He asks floating guests not to take the ice.

Kenny Drew is the northern continent’s preferred divorce arbitrator. Beneath a painted portico, he applies his homeland’s intricate rules; both petitioners request custody of the honeymoon hammock.

Marco di Marco’s perfumes now attract scent mixers as well as wealthy devotees. In the Market of Mists, he watches a young dealer decant one purchased drop into forty flowering-vine sachets.

J.J. Johnson threads the Sun Courtyard’s obstacle course on ceremonial stilts. He takes the mosaic hairpins at a run, passing competitors who insist the long legs make tight turns impossible.

Oliver Nelson arranges scenery for courtyard films and household serials from his new western-terrace flat. Today three painted sun-gods dry on the balcony; his neighbour hangs washing between their noses.

John Coltrane tends Jimmy Smith’s garden pumps when Miles Davis’s invitation arrives: a trial with the supper club. He wipes algae from his fingers before opening the scented envelope.

Walter Bishop, Jr. plays old-fashioned terrace draughts with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Jackie McLean. He also experiments with boards without squares, spreading the counters among the Hanging Gardens’ orchids.

Art Pepper paints courting couples beside the Twilight Bridge. He started with a fine brush at nine, switched to broad strokes at thirteen, and was decorating western-terrace revellers before sixteen.

Don't forget to throw out the old celery.

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