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That's interesting, thanks for sharing. It's among my favorite Shorter as well.

I bought this box set a few days before Christmas in 1999. As a result, I weirdly associate the Plugged Nickel recordings with the holiday season. I need to get it out again and re-listen. There's always something new to discover. When I met Branford Marsalis (once after a concert) in 1991, he mentioned that these recordings contained his favorite Wayne Shorter.

I think that there was a film about Bro that included some footage of these sessions, and not just playing?

Agreed. You can really hear when they're responding to what the other is playing. I'll have to keep an eye out for Vol. 2.

I dig this photo of Beirach looking with admiration at Bill Evans.

I just read through the liner notes, and there's no designated listing of personnel. That said, certain players are mentioned. They are: Richard Evans: arranger Cleveland Eaton: cello (!) Dorothy Ashby: harp Phil Upchurch: guitar Bobby Christian: vibes Lenard Druss: flute, English horn Ron Steele: sitar "Uncredited": drums & conga (Note: Druss does spell his first name "Lenard" as opposed to the more common "Leonard.") Full album Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall" is covered.👌 Me too (from those I've heard). My favorite track was Jack Jones on "This Is That Time of The Year," which (if I'm not mistaken) was written expressly for the Firestone release.

When I was a kid, my parents played Mitch Miller & the Gang's "Holiday Sing Along With Mitch" quite a bit. I remember singing along with my family, although singing might not be the right word... more like screaming along with Mitch.

On first listen, I loved it. It was recorded in 2014 and just recently released.

Is there any info about the rhythm section? Cleveland Eaton on bass? Henry Gibson on congas? It is really very nice, but copies go for high prices.

That is Helen Folasade Adu, known as "Sade" in the musical world. One lovely human, English and Nigerian, with quite a voice and great phrasing. (I'm a big fan).

who is the lady ? I like her eyebrows, that´s perfect form, that´s how I have mine also styled.....

I understand that Brubeck was a really nice guy, so it wouldn’t be a surprise at all if he’d taken the gig for fun (too bad she hung up so hastily).

Probably my favorite piece in the set.

The Go Fund Me to help Richie is still live if you feel like helping him: https://www.gofundme.com/f/coming-together-for-the-great-jazz-pianist-richie-beirach

I know someone in this movie; one of the kids killed by the headliner. So I watched it - well, most of it. The gore and violence rival any movie I've ever seen and were pretty ridiculous. The gore is pornographic really, since characters are obviously introduced and set up in scenes that telegraph intent from miles away.

I thought that I had snoozed and looked. CvD advised me that out of the 500 hard copy sets they had ordered that the manufacturer (in Poland!) still had another 200 or so to deliver and most of those were going to vendors. She suggested reserving a copy at either Dusty zGroove or Forced Exposure. Good advice, but when I went to Forced Exposure, they showed it as In Stock, so I ordered, and it looks like it's good to go. So, Forced Exposure, yeah!

I have quite a number of Ray Bryant albums but I return to this one often.

It’s equally good and there’s much more. They were magic together.

@Late, I'll make one more Beirach recommendation: Forgotten Fantasies. It's not a trio album though. It's a duo LP with David Liebman. Unforgettable music, imo.