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1. A very fine Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with tenor (I think) and guitar. My guesses are all over the place. Lovano and Lage? Not Lovano and Lage. 2. Oh, that's got to be Walt Dickerson. From the Prestige era I think (flip side of For My Queen), if not then it's the Richard Davis duets. Walt brought out the best in every bassist he played with. It is the Walt Dickerson album To My Queen. 3. Something from the Joe Pass Virtuoso albums on Pablo? No there's a bass there. I'll switch to the Jim Hall Ron Carter duets. Not Jim Hall & Ron Carter. 4. Sounds like a drummer led band, I'm leaning toward Max Roach. Not a drummer led band, previously identified. 5. Angel Eyes on bass clarinet. David Murray? Not Angel Eyes, bass clarinet or David Murray. 6. Who Can I Turn to? Maybe Cory Weeds? Not Who Can I Turn To?, nor is it Cory Weeds. 7. Jaunty, with a latin touch. I'll try Zoot Sims Not Zoot Sims. 8. I was about to guess Tatum and Defranco, but this is live. Is it Ken Peplowski? Not Ken Peplowski. Not Ken Peplowski, though he likely played this oldie. 9. Nice marimba tune. Also live. Later Bobby Hutcherson? Not Bobby Hutcherson. 10. Bebop standard, but not Yardbird Suite. Or is it? Tuba! Wild guess - Wynton Marsalis? It is a bebop standard, no Wynton Marsalis. 11. Nice piano trio. Thought about Hampton Hawes, but decided Fred Hersch might be a better guess Not Fred Hersch. 12. Sprightly theme and meaty solos from trumpet and tenor. Later Woody Shaw? Not Woody Shaw. 13. Guitar duet on My Old Flame. I'll guess one of them is Herb Ellis Not My Old Flame nor is Herb Ellis present. 14. That sounds like later Archie Shepp playing inside. Horace Parlan on piano? Shepp and Parlan were previously identified. 15. I'll use a second Bobby Hutcherson guess hoping one is right. Yes, it is Bobby Hutcherson. 16. Dexter Gordon? Not Dexter Gordon. Correct.

Muscle relaxers don't typically work for facet joint/nerve pinches. Be very careful here. I had a coworker who woke up like you and he pushed through for a day. The next day, he had to call an ambulance and be rushed to the hospital for immediate back surgery. He had ruptured a disc and came close to doing some permanent damage doing it the way he did.

Barth plus Wilson suggests #6 is from one of Barth's early Enja recordings with Scott Wendholt on trumpet?

You are right on both counts, Steve Wilson on alto, Bruce Barth, Piano and leader.

1. A very fine Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with tenor (I think) and guitar. My guesses are all over the place. Lovano and Lage? 2. Oh, that's got to be Walt Dickerson. From the Prestige era I think (flip side of For My Queen), if not then it's the Richard Davis duets. Walt brought out the best in every bassist he played with. 3. Something from the Joe Pass Virtuoso albums on Pablo? No there's a bass there. I'll switch to the Jim Hall Ron Carter duets. 4. Sounds like a drummer led band, I'm leaning toward Max Roach. 5. Angel Eyes on bass clarinet. David Murray? 6. Who Can I Turn to? Maybe Cory Weeds? 7. Jaunty, with a latin touch. I'll try Zoot Sims 8. I was about to guess Tatum and Defranco, but this is live. Is it Ken Peplowski? 9. Nice marimba tune. Also live. Later Bobby Hutcherson? 10. Bebop standard, but not Yardbird Suite. Or is it? Tuba! Wild guess - Wynton Marsalis? 11. Nice piano trio. Thought about Hampton Hawes, but decided Fred Hersch might be a better guess 12. Sprightly theme and meaty solos from trumpet and tenor. Later Woody Shaw? 13. Guitar duet on My Old Flame. I'll guess one of them is Herb Ellis 14. That sounds like later Archie Shepp playing inside. Horace Parlan on piano? 15. I'll use a second Bobby Hutcherson guess hoping one is right. 16. Dexter Gordon?

Hardy Rittner. So far he reclorded five volumes. Excellent sound. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2702384-Hardy-Rittner For the late pieces, this is my unsurpassed favourite:

Well then I guess at some point I'll get sick. Fact is that I haven't been ill since just before Covid officially became a thing. And that includes one if not two bouts with it for my wife. My contribution of things that suck about getting old: Normal every day motions that cause pain, sometimes of the enduring kind. I stepped out of the car and walked into the grocery story feeling like something was "off". A quick stretch before walking inside confirmed some minor back spasm. A little bit of pain for a couple of days, ceased exercise for a week out of an abundance of caution. Three weeks later I was trying to get two large bags of frozen chicken into the same shelf in the freezer, sort of bent over, knees bent, shaking them and shoving them and the worst back spasm of my life. Obviously damaged three weeks before and not fully healed. Continued to spasm several times a day for two days after that. Muscle relaxants did nothing, same for the pain pills. The day after I could not get out of bed on the first try, barely rose to a standing position with the firmness of the corner of the bed and iron bed frame for support, and two hours after I tried muscle relaxants a friend had.

More of Brahms' solo piano music as performed by Emil Gilels. Fantasien, Op. 116 from this set:

Great books at an amazing price. I have both already (and paid a lot more for them), or else I'd be all over this.

The Ballads, Op. 10 from this CD: Prompted by this thread.

Hello, I’m David and I play the piano. One year ago I joined a singer and a bassist, and we’re doing our first concert in Barcelona. It’s free, and we’re not looking to make money, we just want to share the songs we’ve prepared. We’re not popular, so we don’t have many followers, but some friends will come to listen to us and enjoy the show. I’m not sure if I can post this here, but as you can see, this event isn’t about making money, just about sharing good music with people who might enjoy it. If this kind of post isn’t allowed, just let me know and I’ll remove it, no problem at all. I’ll leave the link here in case you know someone who’d like to come. Covers of known artists as: Roberta Flack, Teddy Swims, Alicia Keys, Melody Gardot… and many others! https://www.eventbrite.es/e/concert-onomatik-a-night-of-soul-jazz-and-pop-tickets-1987805433562?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=true

Another thing - the flu hits so much harder the older you get. I've been very sick for almost 5 days now. I used to be one of those people who got really sick for one day and then I was back at it. Used to drive my wife crazy that I got over colds/flu so quickly. Of course, maybe I should give the current strain of Influenza A some credit here?

Right. KeyNOTE, not Keystone. My head must have been somewhere in the rafters of a medieval Cathedral on that one. I figured the Electrola issue was simply a quick European issue of the American Victor recording. I stand corrected. Still seems to me the tune must have changed titles sometime in '45.

Ditto! Looking forward to see what else comes out!

My favorites include: My current go-to recording for the late piano works, Opp. 116-119. Mostly chamber works -- but the solo piano works are sublime. This is the only complete set that I own. An excellent traversal. I've never heard a better interpretation of the Balladen, Op. 10.

Thanks. I may wait a bit on that one. Back to the basics with this one:

I just returned from travelling last night, but saw the sad news about Paul before I left. He was a great human, a knowledgeable (and fun!) board member, and I feel lucky to have met him in person in Colorado two years ago. His spirit in person was the same as it was here on the board and on Facebook over the years. Doing this one last time - gonna miss you my frienD! your spIrit, Calm strength and Knowledge will stay in my tHoughts and mEmories Always anD forever. Rest in Peace, Paul.

Any particular favorite recording/pianist? I'm presently looking at the 6-cd set with Julius Katchen on London.

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Thanks. I listened to 6 again. I think it could be Steve Wilson on alto. But maybe the pianist is the leader, since they solo first and have some freedom on the head. How about Bruce Barth? I think he likes these kinds of arrangements. Maybe I'll take another listen to 16 but I don't have any of Billy Pierce's music.