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Ken, I wish I could attend, but -- as you know -- I've got other commitments on that date. I expect that the music will be wonderful, and I hope you raise lots of $$$ for this excellent cause. Best wishes!

Disc 1 - originally released as Good Bait on Landmark Earlier: Superb.

and Disc 1

Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie - Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (Pablo)

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection: Volume Six, Dance Dates, California, 1958 (Saja)

I love this record.

I agree 100%, Allen. "Harmonic impatience." Well put.

I've never warmed to Gulda's jazz playing, but I think his classical recordings are very special indeed. One particular favorite: Gulda's recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier are some of the best I've ever heard. (I'm partial to the set that he originally recorded for MPS, which was subsequently reissued by Philips.)

Archie Shepp - Montreux Two (Arista Freedom)

Buddy Tate & the Muse All Stars - Live at Sandy's (Muse) Tate's companion album from this gig, Hard Blowin', is very fine. But I think this one is even better. Lots of credit goes to the primo rhythm section.

Last night & this morning: While these LPs aren't exactly "top-shelf" Ellington, I still really enjoy them. It's good fun to hear these pop tunes being given the Ducal treatment.

Rodney Jones - Articulation (Timeless)