Continuing to read this massive "tome" (salute to poster Hardbop if he's still around at all--he favored that term in his posts) in celebration of the city's new era that began today:

Can't believe my wife is tolerating this record, she's allowing me to keep this on!?! MAL 1-4 are excellent...this would be "MAL-5"? I forgot, maybe this would be "MAL-4".

Never noticed, Vince Guaraldi that short? Yeah, I bought this one in Chicago last year. Glad to have it, but I think this album would do far finer without the strings. Actually, the strings kind of annoy me, and wish they weren't there at all, but its still an enjoyable record nonetheless, if you just channel the strings out. My opinion, of course. 

Lewis Porter shared this link with me when I brought up the NPR series Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center: https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/TOJB/browse/?q=billy&t=fulltext&sort= In addition to those shows, there are interviews by Owens, along with some (but not all) of the Jazz Alive! shows that he produced. Enjoy! Happy New Year!