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1) Giuffre 2) Tristano/Konitz/Marsh 3) Mobley Honorable Mention: J.J. Johnson

I heard that rebroadcast on Thanksgiving day. Well worth checking out. Some funny/interesting stories from Dave's sister.

That would be an "app" called Shazam. It's pretty cool. I use that one a lot when I'm in my car listening to the radio just like you described above. Better living through technology!

I've had my Rega Apollo for about 1.5 years. It's very hard to beat for the money.

Enrico Pieranunzi- Current Conditions

Ditto re: Black Saint. Been exploring all those releases thanks to eMusic. Etudes is excellent as well!

Billy Harper- Call Of The Wild And Peaceful Heart

Listened to parts of this one yesterday. Shorty Rogers- The Swinging Nutcracker

Also check out www.somafm.com (Specifically the "Drone Zone" channel). Some interesting atmospheric textures with minimal beats.

Cluster 71 Check this one out!

The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions

Any word on the continuation of this series in 2009? I assume it was fairly successful.

Sidney Bechet The Victor Session Master Takes 1932-43. That was a 3 disc set produced in 1990. Good set.

RC-20 for me as well. Not up on the "XL" version.

I used a Boss RC-20 for a lot of years. Terrible sound quality but very useful as a practice tool.

Howard Alden/Jack Lesberg- No Amps Allowed A guitar/bass duet album. Probably my favorite Alden side that I own. A really interesting selection of tunes including Test Pilot by Johnny Smith, No Moon At All, Ellington's Black Beauty, and the more obscure Dancers In Love also by Ellington. Chord melody, burning single note lines, Howard does it all on this one. Stan Getz- Complete Roost Recordings Lots of fine Jimmy Raney and Johnny Smith on this collection. Raney really stands out. Philip Catherine- I Remember You Drumless trio (guitar, flugelhorn, and bass). Very fine versions of Nardis and Mobley's Funk In Deepfreeze. This setting really showcases Philip's more melodic introspective side. Hard to pick just one Philip Catherine album. Both the "Trio" albums with NHOP are exceptional as well. Stephane Grappelli- Young Django Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, NHOP, and Grappelli performing songs Django and Stephane made famous. Coryell has rarely, if ever, sounded more inspired. Philip and the rest of the band really push him. This one may also change your opinion of Grappelli. Also, remarkably well recorded if that kind of thing matters to you. On the more modern side... Bobby Broom- Modern Man Organ trio album plus Ronnie Cuber on baritone. Deep Blue Organ Trio- Deep Blue Bruise Organ Trio with Bobby Broom, Chris Foreman, and Greg Rockingham. Jessie Van Ruller- Circles All his releases are very good but this one kills. Another organ trio album supplemented by Seamus Blake on tenor. Jesse gets absolutely no play on this board which is very surprising. He is one of the more interesting guitarists of the last 10 years.

Very good album. Lot of energy, interesting writing, and fine improvisation. The electric bass amongst the rest of the acoustic intrumentation gives everything an edge which is reminiscent of electric era Miles. Easily recommended.

I find it unsettling. Why I don't know. Another bizarre Steely Dan cover...

Steely Dan- Katy Lied

I was wondering what MS-032 was going to be. Looks like this may be it... Mosaic Select: Denny Zeitlin (3 CDs) (Release Date: January 2009) Fortunately, Denny Zeitlin’s love of the piano exceeded his need to sleep. While attending the highly demanding medical school of Johns Hopkins, he found time to gig and woodshed. During a 10-week fellowship at Columbia University, the young psychiatrist-to-be was introduced to John Hammond and landed a Columbia Records contract without even trying! Upcoming Mosaic Releases

I've been waiting for a lot of these to come back into stock at DG. Today was the day! Torbjorn Zetterberg Hot Five- Fortjanar Mer Uppmarksamhet Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg- Gyldene Tider Vol 1 Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg- Gyldene Tider Vol 2 Jonas Kullhammar/Kresten Osgood/Ole Morten- Andratx Torbjorn Zetterberg- Skildrar Kvinnans Kamp

Rory Gallagher- Walk On Hot Coals (Irish Tour 74)

I'm sure he did as well. That's the wonderful thing about this set. Much to be revealed with each each subsequent listen.

I've really dug into this set over the last couple of days; listening very closely to Tony/Ron interactions. Amazing to hear the the way that Ron's playing put's Tony's ideas in context. He doesn't miss a thing that Tony is doing and still manages to help hold everything together perfectly. Tony was amazing and Ron clearly was his biggest champion!

He basically steals the show on the trio sides IMO.