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As this seems to be turning into a "best of Bill Evans" thread, I'll just mention a few others, so far not listed. The general wisdom that early or late Bill Evans is best leads me to mention Portrait in Jazz and Explorations for early and the two vols of Paris Concerts for late. My favorite solo Evans are the two-vol Solo Sessions from 1963.

I have Interplay on OJC/Riverside - great album! The session with Zoot seems largely to have passed me by. All I have is a single track, "Loose Blues", tacked onto a Milestone Evans twofer, Peace Piece and Other Pieces. Contrary to popular expectations, the rapport between Evans and PJJ is evident throughout. As to other Evans dates with horns, the first that come to mind are The Great Kai and J. J. (Impulse) and Art Farmer's Modern Art (Blue Note reissue).

Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve)

Candy Finch Charlie Byrd Mark Nightingale

Billy Hart Alfred Hinds John Doe

Lorraine Feather Furry Lewis Shelley Berman Blake Morrison Coleridge Goode Ralph Burns Edgar Winter Spring Byington Carol Summers June Christy Bob Cooper John Barrell

Lorraine Feather Furry Lewis Shelley Berman Blake Morrison Coleridge Goode Ralph Burns

Louis Armstrong Sally Vickers Brian Priestley

A B Spellman David Letterman Wylie Post

Armando Iannucci Monica Belucci Hoochie Coochie Man

Joe Castro Chay Blyth Arthur Blythe

King Cole Olive Oyl Sir Jonathan Gasser

Lorenzo the Magnificent Cy Laurie Van Basten II

My God, it's happened again! This week's Jazz Record Requests was cut to 30 minutes to make way for 4 hours of opera from the Met and next week's is canceled entirely for the same reason!

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3. Now playing: Buddy Rich Orchestra in 1948, "Four Rich Brothers" from Cool Breeze.

Bad Manners Emily Post Bert Courtley

Gore Vidal Captain Blood Bloody Mary

Captain Ahab Woody Herman Justin Timberlake

Ralph Peterson Oscar Peterson Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Johan Jacob Schweppe Bucks Fizz alocispepraluger

When I first heard alternate takes in the late fifties (on Parker Savoy sessions), I thought they were entirely justified because of the exceptional quality of the material. I've never been as convinced since.

A book I read on Blue Note records (forgotten the title) thought this was one of their best sessions ever. I wouldn't go that far, but pretty good, all the same!

George G. Ale Paw Lagermann Henry Boozier

Charles M Schulz Peanuts Colonel Bogey

Royal Oak Bix Beiderbecke Cookie Monster

James Joyce William Joyce Lord Haw Haw