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I saw this band on tour at the time. It was a fun show. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I seem to remember Hutcherson stealing the show. I'm pretty sure I also Tyner & Hutcherson play a set as a duet in support of the CD, "Manhattan Moods", but it's been a while so my memory is a bit fuzzy on that.

My wife and I used to really like the show "Elsbeth" on CBS. But it has gotten ridiculously repetitive. Even worse, the mysteries are always "insta-solved". The latest one we watched, she gleamed the murderer in less than 30 seconds. I know we're supposed to believe that Elsbeth is very good at detecting, but this one was absolutely insane - the husband had already confessed to the murder.

But a turntable is already analog. I wouldn't think there would be any benefit to converting it to digital for playback purposes. I could see using that digital output from my turntable to make a digital file for future playback but not when straight-up playing LPs.

Indeed some intriguing recommendations of relatively "recent" recordings here ... Many of which I cannot recall having ever come across before. Maybe time to look closer as and when the occasions present themselves ...

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Perhaps something from the early modernist era that isn't too esoteric, like Charlie Ventura or early cool jazz (including the likes of Lars Gullen in Europe) is what you're looking for.

Jerome Sabbagh - Stand Up! (Analog Tone Factory)

This is proving to be a good blog. The recent Alan Pasqua's Milagro record is excellent and was completely unknown to me.

This is a great response. Thanks everyone!

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Only a few cuts in, but damn does this sound good so far. Mid-1960s is one of my favorite eras for live Ellington.

I think Lou Levy is one of the West Coast jazz veterans whose work since 1975 has been overlooked. While he has released several excellent albums as a bandleader, I feel he was essentially the house pianist for West Coast jazz from the 1970s onward. He also appeared on many Atlas recordings.

I’ve always assumed that cue was either library-style material or something Laurie Johnson himself supplied. He worked on the film and specialized in that exact kind of polished, radio-friendly jazz that sounds real but doesn’t draw attention - basically perfect for that scene.

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I don't know who that is, or if it's actually library stock music or not. It's kind of got a laid back feel to it. Maybe try some west coast stuff. Like this:

Chico also did two good records for Solid State that had Steve Potts on hand. And then the two Blue Notes that had Arthur Blythe. Don't sleep on Chico Hamilton!

I'd recommend just about any Chico Hamilton record post '75. I haven't heard them all but the ones I've heard are all solid. Starting with Nomad, but can go as far as Believe and Twelve Tones of Love.

Name recognition aplenty!