HutchFan

Sorry to hear this news. She was an excellent singer, and I'm grateful for the music. R.I.P.

Now streaming:

Yes, THIS !!!

Oh wow. Very cool! It's a small world.

Thanks so much for these recommendations! More recs! Thank you, Clifford! optatio - Is Hampel a friend of yours???

More Duke:

\ Duke Ellington - Togo Brava Suite (Blue Note, originally issued on United Artists) Recorded in the UK in October 1971 Vital late-in-the-game Ellington. This album hit me like a ton of bricks when I first heard it... and it still does.

I'm looking forward to hearing them! Just curious: Among the Gunter Hampel albums in your collection, which two or three (or four) are your favorites? I'm only just now getting started collecting his music, and I have no idea which ones are the most highly regarded.

BFrank -- How does a sale on YouTube work???

Ordered these LPs today:

I've said it before but I'll say it again: I'd buy a Moody set in a heartbeat. I think a Kenny Burrell set -- featuring his work as both a leader and sideman -- would be terrific too. (The sideman stuff would pull in albums by Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Budd Johnson, Milt Buckner, and Jean DuShon.)

There was SO MUCH terrific music released on Argo -- and Cadet: - James Moody. Ahmad Jamal. Ramsey Lewis. - Kenny Burrell. Illinois Jacquet. Al Grey. - Art Farmer. Benny Golson. The Jazztet. - Jack McDuff. Lou Donaldson. Shirley Scott. - Sonny Stitt. Bunky Green. Dorothy Ashby. Plus these outstanding Argo/Cadet "one-offs": - Paul Gonsalves - Cookin' - Harold Land - The Peace-Maker - Oliver Nelson - Fantabulous

Earlier today: and

Yes, totally agree. Rubinstein's Brahms is wonderful. I'll have to investigate. Never heard any of Rubinstein's Schubert recordings.

Disc 7: - Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - with H. Szeryng & P. Fournier - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 - with the Guarneri Quartet

The L.A. 4 - Concierto de Aranjuez (Concord) Hicks' set is one of my favorites among the dozen or so Maybeck titles in my collection.

Andrés Segovia - A Centenary Celebration (MCA Classics) Disc 2: Works by Albéniz, Tárrega, Granados, Moreno Torroba, Ponce, Lauro, and Pedrell

Now playing: Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet - Don't Forget the Poet (Challenge, 1999)

That's a very GOOD day.

Next up: Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach - KnowingLee (OutNote, 2011)

Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank - Brazilliance, Vol. 1 (World Pacific Records, rec. 1953) with Harry Babasin (b) and Roy Harte (d)

Now: and earlier:

Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye (Shanachie, 1998) Good stuff. Irizarry was an outstanding timbalero who played with Ray Barretto's and Rubén Blades' bands.