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Great find!

Me too. I have none of these tracks, so will order that CD.

This is available on CD now. The sound is well done. The information on the CD is a bit sparse, but it sure sounds like these came from the original Boris Rose recorded source.

Lester Young, Live at Birdland 1951-1952

Here we go:

It's not listed yet in the detailed schedule but presumably this is an all day Sunday event.

Oh well... My daughter pulled that Camden LP out of a Detroit area thrift store and gave it to me for my birthday last year. Haven't played it yet.

Belmondo/Yusef Lateef “Influence” B Flat 2 cd set, disc 2

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Max Allan Collins and his books are guilty pleasures of mine.

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra “Duke '56/'62 Volume 2” 2 LP Columbia, LP 1 Satisfying my itch to hear the Duke and his expensive gentlemen.

Hentoff was an interesting guy. Thankful for his efforts in Candid Records, who put out some gems in their small catalog, including some of my favorite Cecil Taylor and Charles Mingus and that really good Booker Ervin album. And that's just off the top of my head.

Having finished Moby-Dick, I read this brief but very useful book.

Anat Cohen Quartet tomorrow.

It got colder overnight but so far no snow! I’m glad, my back may or may not get another day of rest and a respite from shoveling! Starting off the day with a soothing listen to Eliane Elias “Dreamer” Bluebird cd. Hard to believe this was recorded over 20 years ago. . . . Paulo Braga on drums really gives this one his special “feel.”

In the top-10 from my "desert-island discs" collection. Even if Tatum piano lines as accompanist are sometimes "too intrusive", I also have this boxed set in high regard. Norman Granz's mission of extensively documenting Tatum in the "Solo" and "Group Masterpieces" sets is much appreciated. And +1 for the Tatum-Webster disc as a favourite. Currently listening to

Your recommendation of the Savoy 2-LP set is seconded. (Must be "The Most Versatile Band in the Land" - Savoy SJL 2261 with tracks from the Hit and Majestic labels that were bought up by Savoy). 17 or the 24 tracks are arranged by Sauter. But to those triggered by the music examples in your post: the three Youtube tracks you have linked to are not on that set. All three originally were recorded for RCA and were on a 1955 RCA Camden LP, according to the discographies. "Cyclops" and "Idiot's Delight" also are on "Howdy Friends" (Limited Edition LP 102).

Apparently it's going to be in that "new" venue, which is an old Greyhound Bus station near the Mill & Mine

This John Coltrane set was not available as a CD set. The CDs I bought were the Sarah Vaugan 1969 and 1975 titles.

Enrico Rava, Jazz a Confronto (Horo)

Disc 2.

Nat Hentoff had many interests as a writer—both within and outside the music industry. He authored over 30 books as well as a myriad of articles for various magazines, newspapers and online sources. However, his 50+ year career as a writer of liner notes for records and CDs is one area of his distinguished career that, as a body of work, has been somewhat overlooked, though his over 600 sets of liner notes, written for not only jazz but for rock, blues, folk and classical albums were, collectively, among the best written and most informative of the liner note genre. https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2021/01/hentoff-on-mingus-nat-hentoffs-liner.html?m=1

Huh, mine was fine! However, it sat in France for over two weeks (in/at La Poste) prior to being finally shipped to the US, then it was about a week from NY to Chicago. La Poste has been having a very rough time lately, having been subjected to TWO separate and severe DDoS attacks -- which may be behind some of it. Interested to hear your thoughts on the recordings, though. I'm assuming the CD was something other than the Coltrane...I didn't see that was an option/available.