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Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet: Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet. Blue Note BST 84302 [US 1968] https://grokipedia.com/page/kenny_cox

"Jazz For Playboys" Savoy/Denon cd Frank Wess, Joe Newman, Kenny Burrell. . . swingin'. . . . Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute Joe Newman – trumpet Kenny Burrell, Freddie Greene – guitar Eddie Jones - bass Gus Johnson or Ed Thigpen - drums

“Coleman Hawkins Meets the Big Sax Session” Savoy/Denon cd (Originally a World Wide Records LP) Alto Saxophone – Frank Wess, Marshall Royal Arranged By – J. Billy VerPlanck Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes Bass – Eddie Jones Drums – Bobby Donaldson Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder Guitar – Freddie Greene Piano – Nat Pierce Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster Basically Basieites and Hawk. Can’t fail.

I just got back from a long trip to find this set waiting for me. I'm loving disc one with some great Woody Herman on it. The longer playtimes give the First Herd a chance to stretch out a bit. I'm looking forward to listening to the rest of it!

Pleased to see that the Vic Reeves album is now the face of Evan Parker.

Somewhat later, Wilson was a proponent of QANON and related wisdoms, what I would expect at the other end of the political spectrum, see here, the posts near the bottom of p 11

Organissimo tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake.

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/singer-cassandra-wilson-cancels-israel-show-i-identify-cultural-boycott

excellent reissue with bonus material: https://www.discogs.com/release/6104373-Various-The-Jazz-Scene

Good article, and several of these I don't own or haven't heard.

Johannes Enders - Standard Questions (Enja)

Thanks.

Well I'm 83 and I think you young people are complaining too much.

I remember when that film was almost impossible to find. Isn't it funny how we do that.

Thrilled to be a part of the New York Times celebration of Detroit jazz and delighted that writer Marcus Moore turned to so many of my friends and colleagues from the Motor City for the picks. If folks want to go deeper -- and I know you do! -- please check out "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," the new documentary now streaming on Prime Video, Google Play, and YouTube TV and the book that inspired the film, "Jazz from Detroit." (As most folks here know, I wrote the book and wrote and co-produced the film.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/arts/music/detroit-jazz-music.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawRDSoBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe7i-_6_lIjCn6KDX5NNWJMamnA22_QA26IEeQ6_yqySDi43lhwc6ni01JRQ8_aem_DJOUqAc53uFT9bqdgcYIVw

“Bix Restored, Vol. 5” Sunbeam cd. The sound of Beiderbecke’s cornet is always uplifting, and those emulating his sound can be so as well.

Those Japanese Paddle Wheel CDs have always been tough to find.