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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio at Windmills.

Lee Konitz, Jazz a Confronto (Horo)

Ernest Dawkins, Afro Straight (Delmark)

That is terrible, such a wonderful acoustic guitarist. I saw him several times with Oregon, and twice in solo concerts, the last a few years ago at the Big Ears Festival.

Ornette Coleman, Opening the Caravan of Dreams Ronald Shannon Jackson, Live at the Caravan of Dreams Ronald Shannon Jackson, When Colors Play Ronald Shannon Jackson, Earned Dreams James Blood Ulmer, Live at the Caravan of Dreams James Clay, David Newman, Cornell Dupree, Texas Jazz Reunion, Return to the Wide Open Spaces George Coleman, Manhattan Panorama Buddy Guy, The Real Deal

Ah, too bad.

Hoping to get a little more action in the final two weeks so ... friendly reminder to @Joe @webbcity @tkeith (who I know has family obligations) that y'alll might listen and post. And here is the first hint to help wrap this one up .. #5 was ID'd as Frank Wess - amongst the previously ID'd tracks is one from the same label.

Sad news. He has been among my favorites for since the 1970s. I'll have to spin some of my Towner CDs as well.

Ralph Towner, 85, has died. I'm a big fan of ECM Records, so I have many Towner albums, some of which I'll revisit today

To wit:

I've been able to document Percy France with Big Joe Turner and Papa Jo Jones, how about the Basie alto/clarinetist Earle Warren?

I remember the lively reaction to one take outside the booth that caused Johnny Varro to stop playing and ask for quiet. My wife and I were present for one of two nights of recording at Feinstein's. Like the Shoeless John Jackson Quartet CD, this session was produced by Phil Carroll on the Sunday afternoon and evening following the Atlanta Jazz Party. Something upset Kenny Davern and he cut loose with a seemingly endless barrage of four letter words. The other musicians stayed calm, as did Phil Carroll. But Kenny Davern was never again invited to play the Atlanta Jazz Party, although Bob Wilber was booked again.

1. Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-62 8xCD Excellent shape $90 shipped 2. Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 10xCD Box and booklet are in excellent shape. This is a promo copy with the discs as gold-backed CD-Rs in slim cases. They all play flawlessly on my system $65 shipped

Have a CD reissue of this.

I have those 40CDs and must say I am happy with them, the documentation is excellent and I know I will never have to buy anything by Django again... Can't say I've played all of them yet though... Before that I used to have the Django CDs from the Jazz in Paris series... They give a really nice overview of his career as a whole... There was also a box set collecting those Jazz in Paris CDs but that one seems to be rare... Here is an old thread about Django boxsets

this cheap Catalyst issue sounds amazing

Marylin and Miles - a highlight in her live https://www.thelastmiles.com/profiles_marilyn-mazur/

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I wouldn't disagree with you about 40 CDs being a bit much.

With Django I am not necessarily a completist. I really like his music but 40cds are way too much to digest for me. Thanks Steve anyway for your thoughts

I leave next Tuesday for a week of Jazz on the Celebrity Summit. I'll be seeing a lot of live Jazz night after night.