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Kenny Garrett - Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (Warner Bros., 1996)

This is the last album by Lloyd's tremendous band consisting of Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, and Billy Hart. IMO, it's one of the high points in Lloyd's expansive discography.

Yes, this is an excellent album!

Still on my Charles Lloyd kick, post Big Ears: Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute, tarogato Geri Allen – piano John Abercrombie – guitar Marc Johnson – double bass (CD1 #1, 3-7; CD2 #1, 3, 5, 9) Larry Grenadier – double bass (CD1 #2, 8; CD2 #2, 4-8) Billy Hart – drums

Spinning this again: Ray Drummond – bass John Scofield – guitar Randy Brecker – trumpet Kenny Barron – piano Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums, percussion Thomas Chapin – flute, alto flute, bass flute Steve Nelson – vibraphone Mor Thiam – percussion

This again:

I've managed to collect duplicates of these three CDs: BMG club edition Free shipping to any U.S. home. PM me if you'd like one or more of them.

Oh man! What a bummer!

Kevin, I'll take them!

Next up: V.A. - The Sound of Jazz (Columbia, rec. 1957)

Now on my turntable: Laurindo Almeida, Salli Terri, a.o. – Duets with the Spanish Guitar, Album 3 (Angel) originally released as For My True Love (Capitol, 1959) All three volumes in this series are superb.

Ernie Watts - Unity (JVC, 1995) with Geri Allen (p), Steve Swallow (el b), Eddie Gomez (b), and Jack DeJohnette (d) This is excellent.

Some new-to-me Italian jazz on a sunny Monday morning: Pietro Tonolo - Disguise (Splasc(H), 1997)

Simon Nabatov Trio - Tough Customer (Enja, 1993)

As a kid, I remember seeing Ella on a daytime talk show -- Merv Griffin or maybe Dinah Shore -- while I was visiting my grandparents. This would've been sometime in the (mid?) Seventies. I recall how much my grandmother enjoyed Ella's scatting. I'd guess I was six years old or so, and I'd never seen or heard anyone scat before. A brief snippet of a memory. But vivid.

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