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Sorry I didn't have the time to seriously listen, never got beyond the first track, which sounded familiar - now I know why. Only other album I have is the Joshua Redman, but I doubt I would have recognized it. Thanks for pitting it together!

BFT Reveal 1. Abdullah Ibrahim “The Wedding” from the album African Marketplace. Touted as South Africa’s Duke Ellington, for me, the majesty and beauty of this tune exemplifies why music is a universal language. 2. Roy Hargrove “Public Eye” from the album of the same name. Of the many young lions of the 90s, I was drawn to Hargrove. This record along with his first, “Diamond in the Rough,” remain go to titles all these years later in a collection of thousands of titles. 3. Roy Campbell Jr. “I Remember Lee” from the album “New Kingdom,” which was his first date as a leader. I first heard Campbell on a Khan Jamal title on CIMP. Again, I was drawn to his sound and the sense of adventure in his playing. New Kingdom does an excellent job of capturing this energy. As you’ll see, I have a soft spot for trumpeters. I agree with the comment that the opening is overly long- but what follows is more than worth the wait. 4. Paolo Fresu “Cheek to Cheek.” From the album “Things,” which features Uri Caine. Fresu is another trumpeter that I enjoy. Their playful take on this classic tune that I grew up hearing radiates joy. 5. Andy Sheppard “Bing,” from the album Movements in Color. I first heard Sheppard on his earliest Antilles titles. His work for ECM (this is from 2009) as a leader and a sideman, particularly with Carla Bley, documents an artist evolving and maturing. 6. Anat Cohen “Veinte Anos” from the album “Place and Time.” This is from Cohen’s debut as a leader in 2005. She was the “it” girl in jazz and from where I sit at the time she lived up to the hype. Delving deep into world music and the Jewish music of her heritage, Cohen creates a varied palette that works for me. 7. Benny Bailey “Groovin’ High” from the 1994 album “No Refill” on TCB. This Dizzy Gillespie song opens up the record. Timeless jazz as it should be. 8. The Harper Brothers “Remembrance” from the 1989 album “Remembrance [Live at the Village Vanguard]” which was released on Verve. Another young lions group, Winard Harper and his brother Phillip front a group that also includes a young Stephen Scott (just 20 years of age) on piano. Great stuff. 9. The Lounge Lizards “Yak” from the album “Queen of All Ears (1998).” Led by John Lurie, who estimates about 80 people played on the band’s four albums, the lineup for this gem includes Steven Bernstein, Michael Blake, and David Tronzo. Yes, it’s something of a novelty tune. I teach elementary school and every year my fifth graders get a kick out of it. Me too. 10. Tuck & Patti “Better than Anything.” Tuck Andress made quite a splash among guitarists around the time of the 1988 release of the album “Tears of Joy.” As a guitarist I had to check it out. While vocal jazz is not my thing, something about the album pulled me in. There is a sincerity, and as corny as it sounds, the love that they shared is palpable in the music. There is not a bad song on the album. This was one of New Age label Windham Hill’s first forays into jazz. None of their subsequent albums ever matched the beauty and musicality of this one in my opinion. Incidentally, although they have since divorced, they continue to perform together. 11. Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Harry “Sweets” Edison “OO-EE!” Opening track from the 1962 classic “Jawbreakers.” ‘Nuff said. 12. Joshua Redman “Faith” from the album “Moodswing.” Released in 1994 as the Joshua Redman Quartet which included Christian McBride, Brian Blade, and Brad Mehldau. Redman now has dozens of titles to his credit. This album along with the 2018 title “Still Dreaming” which includes Ron Miles are my go too titles. Lovely tune.

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FE is great, they've been in the business for decades and do excellent work. They also have pretty frequent 10-15% off sales.

I also saw an outfit called www.forcedexposure.com has it for pre-order, though I have a lot more experience with DG. 😜

Thanx!

My most recent order (a 2 SACD Miles Davis set) from cdjapan will arrive tomorrow, shipped on Saturday, via FEEDEX. I paid "fees" for it, so shouldn't need to pay again.

Verve MV 2651 St (Japan 1979) - Sammy Davis & Count Basie " Our Shining Hour" - rec. 1964

I got my order from Korea yesterday. Everything went smoothly. Delivered without any additional payments needed. Nothing on the package indicated it had tariffs or anything so I’m not sure how my payments broke down but I got everything so I’m happy.

Done.

Can some mod please correct the title of this thread? Pleeeze! As it is now, this must hurt the eyes of any French-speaking folks around here. It's "Souffle Continu". Just like some have written correctly in their recent posts.

Dusty Groove has this up for preorder, late November ETA

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Yeah, without either of those two guys, the jazz part is gone, and all you get are folk songs.

Santoor Recital – Soulful Strings Kunal Gunjal is an award winning Santoor artist and is a disciple of Pt. Shivkumar Sharma and has performed with Pt. Shivkumar Sharma on stage. In addition to that he has performed in various prestigious music festivals and conferences like Pune Festival, 17th Devnandan Ubhyakar Yuva Sangeet Utsav, Festival organized by MUSIC TODAY, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and he recently performed at the Gunidas Sangeet Samelan where he opened the festival for Ustad. Zakir Hussian. He has many accolades to his honor including the Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande Yuva Kalakar Puraskar and was also awarded at Vedic Heritage (NY, USA) by Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. Kunal is also a recipient of the National Scholarship, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Sawai Gandharva Scholarship. Kunal has produced an album which features Santoor with Western Film Score Music first time ever which won the Global Music Award in “World Music” in 2019. This album has also been nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2019. Amit Kavthekar (“GANDA-BANDH SHAGIRD” of Late Ustad Allarakha) has rhythm running in his veins. At the early age of six, he was being groomed in the art of playing tabla by the legendary Ustad Allarakha. He has also been fortunate enough to be taught tabla intricacies by Ustad Zakir Hussain – a maestro in Indian classical music an international phenomenon in the fields of percussion and world music. Amit has played with many eminent Indian Classical Musicians such as Ustad Zakir Hussain and Sivamani on Zee TV in India, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan at Google Talks, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan at Berklee College of Music, Ustad Ashish Khan at Learnquest Festival at Regis College MA, Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta in Baithak, Boston MA, Pt. Kushal Das at MIT, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma in his Documentary directed by Jabbar Patel in India, Pt. Jasraj in his vocal recital in Pune India and many others. Recently, Amit played at the United Nations Day Concert 2018 with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Amaan Ali Bangash as well as with the Refugee Orchestra project. Amit has frequent collaborations with western classical, jazz and fusion musicians – He is a member of the Purnalokha quartet along with David Balakrishnan of the grammy winning Turtle Island Quartet. He has also played with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra and is also a founder member of the band Sawaari, which explores music from different parts of the world. Recently, Amit started working with renowned and one of the best Jazz guitar players Al Di Meola and now he is the integral part of Al Di Meola acoustic trio Project. Amit is currently teaching Tabla in the New England School of Music based in Massachusetts. He also teaches master classes and workshops in universities. Saturday, November 15, 2025 4.00 PM Kathak Rhythms Studio 4020 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 150, Plano, TX 75024

I bought that album as soon as it was out. Saw them live when the second or third was out, neither Thompson nor Terry Cox. The jazzy groove was missing.