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I never had an opportunity to see Schifrin perform with Dizzy. But I think Schifrin did his best work with Diz -- even tho' I've only heard the recordings. These two albums in particular:

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Sure thing!

Yes, isn't it FANTASTIC music!?!? Brackeen is terribly overlooked, I think. If you'd like to explore more, I'd strongly recommend Keyed In. It's the same group -- minus JoeHen: Also released on Tappan Zee. If I'm not mistaken, Sony controls the rights to these recordings. So they could be made available again easily -- either by Sony or through a third-party reissue label like Wounded Bird. I guess folks figure there's not enough demand for this music to bother with reissuing it. At least there's still used copies floating around out there.

Next up: Clare Fischer with Woodwinds featuring Gary Foster - "Blues Trilogy" (Discovery CD) Compiles 1.5 Discovery LPs, both recorded in 1982: Whose Woods Are These? (all cuts) and Starbright (4 of 8 cuts)

"Round Midnight" is the unreleased cut, and it appears on Vol. 2. However, I'd forgotten that it's a feature for Joe Henderson. Neither Hubbard nor Hutcherson play on it. (See details below.)

Those two tunes -- and others from the same 1981 Keystone Korner gig -- have been released on CD with slightly different titles: Keystone Bop: Sunday Night and Keystone Bop: Vol. 2 Friday/Saturday These two CDs compile three LPs -- A Little Night Music, Keystone Bop, and Freddie Hubbard Classics -- plus one unreleased cut. However you listen -- vinyl, CD, or whatever -- it's outstanding music.

I agree. Now playing: Luiz Eça, Bebeto, Helcio Milito [Tamba Trio] - Tamba (RCA Brazil, 1974)

Now streaming: Beaver Harris 360° Music Experience - Live at Nyon (Cadence Jazz, 1981) with Grachan Moncur, Ken McIntyre, Ron Burton, and Cameron Brown

Now playing: Tony Williams - Native Heart (Blue Note, 1990) with Wallace Roney, Billy Pierce, Mulgrew Miller, and either Robert Hurst or Ira Coleman Great band, great record.

Jim, I'm sort of surprised that Keep the Customer Satisfied isn't on your shortlist.

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That'd be a bummer if they lost their ballclub a second time.

Game 3: Braves 2, NYY 0

Aldo Romano - To Be Ornette To Be (Owl, 1989) with Franco D'Andrea, Paolo Fresu, and Furio Di Castri

Outstanding. All the tunes are old war-horses, but Grappelli & Disley play the hell out of them. Plus, it features QHCF-like instrumentation: one violin, two guitars (one lead, one rhythm), and a bass.

Give it a listen. It's very good -- at times excellent -- but not a typical jazz record. I understand that Trovaioli was primarily a film composer (although Rugantino was a live show), and you can tell. I imagine that anyone who enjoys Pieranunzi's take on Morricone's or Fellini's music would like it. (I do.) But this is a shade more arranged than those albums.

Disc 1 - originally released as Out of This World Good deal. Thanks! I'll give it a listen.

That photo caught my eye too. There's something that's both appealing and ridiculous about it. It makes me smile. As for the music, it's very much a product of the 1970s: Billowy strings & concerto-like shape, hip in slightly cheesy way (much like the photo) with one foot in jazz (mostly because of the soloists) and the other in amorphously "sophisticated" music. Not mind-blowing. But I enjoy it for what it is.

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