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And Giannis tweaked his ankle late in the fourth quarter! Let's see what happens in the sixth game.

Yet another French stride piano master!

Goodbye Blazers. Great season!

Art Tatum + Ben Webster session, volume 8 from The Tatum Group Masterpieces (Pablo, 1956) Honey for my ears...

Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (Columbia)

Bill Evans - Eloquence (Fantasy, 1973-75)

First game for the Raptors, with Giannis scoring only 12 points in the third game (25 rebounds, though). Fourth game, in Toronto, is key for this Conference Final.

Byard Lancaster ‎– It's Not Up To Us (Vortex, 1968)

He clearly surpassed both Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka. In the paint and also as a 3-point shooter... Not very optimistic forecasts for the Raptors if they were not able to beat the Bucks, having managed to (more or less) contain the Greek Freak and with the Bucks having terrible outside shooting percentages...

Polish Jazz - Modern Jazz From Poland, 1963-75 (Jazzanova Compost Records)

Eddie Lang ‎– 1927-1932 (Classics)

Disc 5 from this beauty: Followed by:

Jimmy Giuffre With The Marty Paich Octet & The Jack Sheldon All Star Band ‎– West Coast Scene (Jazz Vogue) First Lp, tracks A1 to B5 is a reissue of GNPs Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, Harry Klee, Bob Enevoldsen With The Marty Paich Octet - Tenors West (1956). Second Lp, tracks C1 to D5 is a reissue of GNPs Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band - Jack's Groove (1961).

Steve Lacy & Horace Tapscott duo - 8th Maurier Jazz Festival, Vancouver, 28th June, 1993

For the Raptors, that ball pays for the infamous Vince Carter shot in 2001...

My bets are: Warriors 4 - Blazers 2 Bucks 4 - Raptors 3 NBA finals 4-2 or 4-1 for the Warriors, depending on whether Cousins and specially Durant are back from their injuries. Although once Celtics are out, I would like the Greek Freak to win!

Ellis Larkins - A Smooth One (Classics Jazz/Black&Blue, 1977)

Amen to that!

Not included in any of the three Fresh Sound Records compilations: https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/13637-guy-lafitte-albums