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Next up: Baden Powell - Face au Public (Barclay FR, 1972) Recorded 5-6 October 1970, Sankei Hall, Tokyo

Thanks for posting that. Personnel renders it a must-hear but I hadn't looked for samples.

Discs 1 & 2 this afternoon.

This looks very interesting. Has anyone heard it before? If so, care to share your impressions? Disregard the above. Found this:

Now spinning: Yes. Me too.

The London Mod Blossom Dearie! Blossom Dearie “That’s Just the Way I Want to Be” Fontana/Universal Japan SHM-CD She’s so cool.

This has a forthcoming (apparently the first) reissue: 'Original' was the second release by Cadillac Records in 1973 and came about through the involvement of Mike Westbrook with the label - Mike Osborne was of course the fiery alto player in Mike's groundbreaking Concert Band and came to Cadillac with a duo recording with legendary pianist Stan Tracey. Cadillac founder John Jack naturally snapped it up! Reissued for the very first time, remastered from the original tapes and available digitally. Mike Osborne: saxophone Stan Tracey: piano Recorded April 1972, Surrey Hall, Stockwell, London

Padres getting Mason Miller is big, but only if the Dodgers can be wiped away. Is that likely? No? Didn't think so.

Disc 5: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

#3 - Hank Jones - The Trio (Savoy) Alpha

👍 - my copy from 1984:

He was such an exciting pianist. Glad he came up in the Blue Note reissues to give him some more attention. I also love Steve Lacy’s interpretations of his work.

I didn't choose them -- they chose me. Seriously, that's typically how I build them. Throughout the year, I'll make a note of anything that really grabs me. It's been a good listening year.

You made a lot of wonderful choices--Mal, Hank Jones, Zoot, Bobby Hutcherson

Tomorrow is bandcamp Friday, so if you're thinking about buying anything from there, tomorrow is the day.

Japanese reissues: The latter is film music from a weird Japanese movie Ke No Haeta Kenju. There are nice jazz tracks with Seiichi Nakamura (reeds) and Takeo Moriyama (d), strangely mixed in with Bach harpsichord numbers from some unknown recording (I can't tell which because all the documentation is in Japanese).

Later Mal is time well spent. Hell, ALL Mal is time well spent, but as he aged, he truly was like a fine wine.

Thanks. This was a great program and fun BFT. Sorry I didn't have a lot of time to devote this month. I own 4 of the albums but only managed to ID the Bud and Carl Perkins. I initially swore I owned #1, but running down the list of candidates realized I don't. I'd never heard Mal 4 and couldn't imagine the pianist was Mal! In recent years I've listened to oodles of his later recordings and no longer associate him with bop. Lots of listening ideas.

Now playing: Disc 1 - works by Debussy, Ravel, and Mussorgsky

I’ve seen him in person and enjoyed his CDs. Michael Dease counts him as an early mentor.

A compilation of CTI items (most previously unreleased) by Benson. Nice disc. George Benson “Space” CTI King Jazz Japan cd

Excellent!