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Rich Perry - O Grande Amor (Steeplechase)

Ole Matthiessen - Portraits, Poems & Places (Stunt)

Bud Freeman and the Keith Ingham Trio - Superbud (Jazzology)

Ron McClure Quartet feat. Jed Levy - Age of Peace (Steeplechase)

Claude Hopkins - Swing Time (Prestige/Swingville)

Southside Johnny with La Bamba´s Big Band - Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits (Leroy Records)

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Enormously prolific, I recommend Rich Perry´s later quartet recordings with Harold Danko for Steeplechase: "Gone" and "Mood". Many attractive sessions as sideman, too: I second colinmce: "Soft Hands" is an outstanding, drummerless album by Ron McClue, also very attractive the two horns line-up with Stephen Riley on McClures superb "Dedication". Also recommended: Perry on George Mraz´s quartet album "Bottom Lines" from the late Nineties.

Stephen Riley - Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Steeplechase)

Santana - Welcome (Columbia) They never got jazzier than on their "White Album" which has remained my dearest Santana recording over the decades.

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Now´s the Time: Deep German Jazz Grooves, Vol 2 1957-69. The Lost Tracks (Sonorama)

@mjzee Rich Perry: An unsung giant of contemporary tenor sax! Urgently recommended: "Mood" quartet set with the great Harold Danko on piano and "Nocturne" another quartet recording but this time with guitarist Nate Radley. Live: "At the Kitano" (Three Volumes)

Thanks a lot, mjzee! Lots of interesting music to come. Looking forward especially to the new Rich Perry album.

Niculin Janett Quartett feat. Rich Perry - No Parking Any Time (QFTF)

Die Strottern & Jazz Werkstatt Wien - Wo fangts an (Cracked Anegg Records)

Rich Perry - So in Love (Steeplechase)

Bud Freeman - The Test of Time (Bethlehem Records)

If there remains one great classic REM Americana album it is for my taste "Fables of the Reconstruction" - haunting, moving, timeless!

LaBrassBanda - Danzn (Universal)

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Steve Cardenas - Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside)

Ben Allison - Think Free (Sonic Camera)

Ron McClure - Age of Peace (Steeplechase)