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While watching Monday Night Football -- Eagles vs. Bucs -- with the TV audio muted: Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Lo Dice Todo (Salsoul, 1976)

Now playing: Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels - Mosaic (Concord Picante, 2006) Dave Samuels (vib, mar) with: – On tracks 1, 2, 4 ,6, 7 and 8: - Christian Howes (vn) - Alain Mallet (p, org) - Boris Kozlov (b) - Dafnis Prieto (d) - Roberto Quintero (perc) – On tracks 3, 5 and 9: - Paquito D'Rivera (as, cl) - Andy Narell (steel d) - Alon Yavnai (p) - Oscar Stagnaro (el-b) - Mark Walker (d) - Pernell Saturnino (perc)

Yep. And it's great to hear Hendrix with Billy Cox on bass. He's so soulful and funky.

Is quadraphonic audio making a comeback??? EDIT: Disregard my question. I read the the Hoffman Board thread. I now understand Rhino is reissuing a few albums from the 1970s that were originally issued with Quadraphonic mixes.

Such a wonderful record.

Next up: Airto - Identity (Arista, 1975) as heard on this BGO compilation:

Eddie Henderson - Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974) Henderson's second album for Capricorn featuring his bandmates from Herbie's Mwandishi band. Badass.

Renee Rosnes - As We Are Now (Blue Note, 1997)

Probably my favorite Lonnie Smith.

You'll get no argument from me on that. In fact, I would suggest that Os Afro Sambas initiated a (roughly) decade-long run of amazing music from Powell. He combines disparate musical elements to make something unique: jazz from the U.S., European classical guitar, Brazilian folkloric guitar, and -- perhaps most importantly -- African & Afro-Brazilian rhythm. Rather than the typically sophisticated bossanova that takes it's cues from Rio, Powell's music is more rough-hewn and rooted in Bahia. I think others were making similar music (particularly Brazilian guitarists like Luiz Bonfa and Laurindo Almeida) -- but only those who came in Powell's wake combined all of these elements in a way that sounds like he did. Of course, these are only my impressions. And I'm still learning about Brazilian music, so I might be missing something or someone. But, so far, I haven't heard anyone else who sounds like Baden Powell.

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John Stowell name-checks Jim Hall in the liner notes to Golden Delicious (above). That prompted me to pull out this: Jim Hall - Live! (A&M Horizon, 1975) with Don Thompson & Terry Clarke

Now spinning: John Stowell - Golden Delicious (Inner City, rec. 1977) with Claudio Roditi, Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, David Friesen (1 trk only), Billy Hart, and Don Um Romao

Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 / John McCabe (London, 3 LPs) LP 1

Earlier: Baden Powell - Canto on Guitar (MPS, 1971) Powell's music continues to blow me away. Now: Laurindo Almeida with Salli Terri (mezzo-sop) & Martin Ruderman (fl) - Duets with the Spanish Guitar (Angel; originally issued on Capitol in 1958) This is such a terrific album. Salli Terri's soaring voice is perhaps the most memorable thing about it. She sings on half the cuts; the others feature flutist Martin Ruderman. . . . The Almeida-Terri pairing on this LP anticipates music that Baden Powell would make in the early-70s with French singer Janine De Waleyne. She's featured on Powell's Images on Guitar and appeared on a few more of his albums around that time.

Some live Duke Ellington for me too: At the Alhambra: Recorded in Paris, 1958 (Pablo)

Sibelius' Fifth & Seventh Symphonies, as heard in this set:

Disc 3: - Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor, Op.5 - Intermezzo in E Major, Op.116/6 - Romance in F Major, Op.118/5 - 4 Ballades, Op.10

Debussy: Orchestral Works - I / Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F. (EMI) Wonderful.