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And how did you feel it. Can you write some lines, a little review, plz ....? Great News: The boss of the record company urged me to do the next album and I signed for renewed contract and we will be in the studios again in early autums so the next album can be out early next year, like it was with "Simmering". Meanwhile I have composed 4 new pieces for the next album, and we allready perform them live, or I perform them also with other guys since I am more in demand than just my own group. Sure is one thing: Lili remains my singer and I give here a very very substantial role in my projects. I also add her as co-autor to the tunes I write where she writes the lyrics. The next album might have more vocal pieces and only 2 instrumentals (a modal waltz COMPOSED BY MY GIRLFRIEND !!!!, and a heavy funk piece with the trumpet leading).

Have you contacted Ted O'Reily in Toronto?

Good Lord!!!

Fine set.

Tchaikovsky, Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 Igor Markevitch, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)

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A long-time favorite. Excellent recording.

String Quintet K.593 and K.614

“Charlie Parker on Dial Completed” Spotlite/TOCJ Japan 4 cd set, disc 2 Bird on the West Coast. 300×252 7.37 KB Some of my favorite Bird!

Dollar Brand “Pre Abdullah Ibrahim” DA Music cd Solo piano from London, 1965. Really like this.

I admire Bickert but don't know enough about him to be of much help, but no one seems to have noticed that he played a Fender Telecaster, which is extremely unusual for a jazz guitarist. It is more likely the choice of a rock or country musician. Different kind of sound (potentially).

Disc 7 of this Mosaic...

Last week I was looking for my earlier cd version of this title and decided to order the newer release as I know it would sound better. It sounds really good, a great mastering job imo. Charles Rouse “Two is One” Strata East cd IMG450×450 36.8 KB I note that it’s “Charles” not “Charlie” Rouse. Rouse with two guitars, cello, bass, drums and percussion. . . I like it.

I tend to agree, unfortunately. I added a few of these to my collection during recent months too and felt much like you did. Apparently contrary to how others on thos forum feel about these. (As shown in recent discussions here). Somehow his JATP and Granz Jam Session presence does more for me. But tastes differ and one man's meat, etc ... Congrats on your CC Benny Carter CD purchases. I bought two of these long, long ago to round off (more or less) my vinyls of his 30s and 40s recordings. Which I feel have a punch and edge that the backing groups of his later recordings somehow smother too often.

I've been slowly buying Benny Carter volumes on Chronological Classics. They tend to be kind of pricey, even used. Yesterday I came across an ebay seller who had the exact five disks in the series that I lack for sale at $10 each with combined shipping. So about 11 bux a disk total and my collection of Benny Carter Chronologicals is complete. So pretty pleased abut that and beginning a Benny Carter festival here this morning. I have a couple of euro-compilations with a dozen of Carter's later albums. There are a couple of 50's albums - Cosmopolite and Benny Carter Plays Pretty - which do not seem make it onto the compilations and I guess I can see why: they are kind of sweet, almost easy listening stuff where Benny solos over strings, Oscar Peterson trio, etc. Benny plays great as usual - such thick tone and supple phrasing - but it's all kind of tame stuff.

Japanese reissue of the Quincy album arrived at home.

Actually a dead heat with Quincy, missed that.

Andrea Motis & Charley Crockett - new CDs

Spohr - String Quintets No.3 and No.4

Rufus stomps a strong field!