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Dave Holland Big Band “What Goes Around” ECM

String Quartets K387 K421 Don't know why the image was cropped.

Indeed. For EU customers is also on preorder at jpc.de.

Well, snow is back but not to the extent the East Coast is being blanketed with thank goodness. No need to even shovel yet. Whew!’ Our warm spell is over for a bit though. Feels cold out there. I feel somewhat cold inside me lately, matchy matchy. Starting off the day with an engaging piano trio recordng from Orrin Evans, “Faith in Action” on Posi-Tone cd.What a talent Evans is! Evans has bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Nasheet Waits here, and is joined by guest drummers Rocky Bryant and Gene Jackson on some tracks. Evans’ percussive touch seems just right today.

Dave Brubeck - Indian Summer (Telarc)

I can't be the only one who was introduced to latin music by Colon's Fania records with Lavoe. A huge world of music that he opened up.

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It is being reissued next month (March) by Decca on vinyl. Another in Decca's excellent British Jazz Explosion series. It's on the Dusty Groove website and on several British sellers sites too. Very welcome reissue and kudos to Tony Higgins for making this possible. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/168238/Neil-Ardley-Ian-Carr-Don-Rendell:Greek-Variations-Other-Agean-Exercises

Why?

Nothing really to add to what has already been said. Like others I have a countless number of his LP productions on Prestige, Onyx and Xanadu. Thanks for all these productions , cover art and all the other contributions. A life well lived. RIP.

Did Shelly Manne ever record a Latin album? Or any latin tracks? I'm struggling to remember any. I am listening to the original Jazz a la Lighthouse record and there is an at best semi successful (from the pov of the drums) track with congas.

R.I.P. to a very significant contributor.

Yes, Leo Wright. I guess he was still signed to Atlantic/Vortex at that point?

yes, Leo Wright, who would have been on Atlantic at the time.

Damn, what a life indeed. RIP.