John Tapscott

Ben Riley?

Lovano's recordings generally leave me feeling a little disappointed. But the one time I heard him live was one of my greatest and most exciting listening experiences ever.

Misty - just about all versions - just don't like it, that's all.

Found a used copy of Tale of the Fingers on amazon marketplace for $3.99 (the value of my music collection declines daily!) plus shipping. Ordered it.

John, you're right that they're both very good, but I'm not sure I'd call any release 'obscure' with those musicians contributing, to say nothing of the fact that I wrote the liner notes for Volume One! (There's also a Volume Two, which doesn't include Cedar but does have Ellis Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Oliver Jones, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris and Renee Rosnes as pianists with Dave on bass. Cedar is a particular favourite of Young, 'cause there's yet another trio release not yet noted: "Tale Of The Fingers" (Justin Time JUST 143-2) with Cedar, Dave Young and drummer Barry Elmes, recorded in Toronto on Feb. 24 & 25, 2000. It features two of Cedar's compositions: Bremond's Blues and A Bell For Bags. It's a terrific 'groove' album, and I recommend it highly... Edited to add that the duo releases are all on Justin Time, and Walton's NPS is one of the three tracks Young and he recorded for the duet project. Fair enough, Ted. I meant "obscure" in the sense that most Canadian jazz releases, no matter how good, fly under the radar virtually unnoticed by the wider jazz world. And I'm guilty in this case, too. I do not own, nor have I heard (in fact, have not even heard of it) the Tale of the Fingers CD you mentioned.

Add these two obscurities with Canadian bassist Dave Young (but both are very good)

Cecil Payne and Duke Jordan - Brooklyn Brothers (Muse) Haven't heard this one in ages - what a great album!