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Now: Joey Calderazzo - Going Home (Sunnyside, 2015) with Orlando le Fleming and Adam Cruz Earlier: Jaki Byard - Solo / Strings (Prestige) CD compiles two Prestige LPs: Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968) and Solo (1969) I think that description is right on the money.

NP: Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith (Verve, 1972) features some superb tenor work by Teddy Edwards Smith's Root Down (also issued in '72) may have been more contemporary -- and it definitely made a bigger splash -- but I like Bluesmith better.

Now: Prompted by @BillF, who posted this album earlier today.

Now listening to Roussel's Bacchus et Ariane (Ballet Suite No. 2) performed by Munch & the BSO -- as heard on this set: I'm not sure about the paint-splatter cover design -- but the music sure is good.

The Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics (1942-46) (Capitol Jazz)

Saint-Saëns: Chamber Works (Apex; originally Erato) Disc 1 - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, etc. / Olivier Charlier & Jean Hubeau

My wife and I spent several weeks earlier this summer in Toronto. It was fantastic. Love the place. Great food. Friendly people. We rented a little studio apartment on the 32rd floor of a high-rise downtown -- right in the thick of things, just two blocks from the lake. I enjoyed raising my children, but being "empty nesters" definitely has its advantages.

IMO, the "jazz-meets-classical" thing can easily go sideways and spin off into a dreaded ditch. But it works here. I think it's because this trio uses these pieces as launching points for improvisation. So it's really jazz -- not a hybrid.

Until recently, I didn't know that Washington's first name is pronounced DEE-nah. I'd always assumed that it was DY-nah -- like Dinah Shore. Did everyone else know that except me? I gotta believe that's a common mistake.

So delicious.

I love that album cover. So evocative with those cool blues -- and streaking hot, red accents. The hip convertible makes it even easier for us to imagine ourselves gliding up to the curb, adjusting our debonair tie in the rearview mirror, and plunging into the exotic Alhambra! All of that was before my time. But it's fun to imagine.

Thanks for the heads-up, kh. I hadn't seen that listing. I'll be interested to see what the new material is. I really dig the one cut with Gonzalez's percussion added. I hope there's more of that. I think you'll dig the Crawford-McGriff disc, Peter. In an interview with producer Bob Porter, he listed it as one of his favorites among all the albums he produced. Please keep us posted on what you find on the new disc, jazzbo!

Darius Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Ouverture Méditerranéenne / Michel Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (DG)

My jazzblog selections for this week: - Kirk Lightsey Trio featuring Freddie Hubbard - Temptation (Timeless/Baystate, 1988) - Mulgrew Miller Quintet - Wingspan (Landmark/32 Jazz, 1987) - Hank Crawford, Jimmy McGriff - Steppin' Up (Milestone, 1987) Dan's posted his selections as well. Feel free to comment -- here or on our blog.

Rx for the Sunday Night Blues?

I don't think so. IIRC, the only Rosemary Clooney album in my collection is her duo record with Ellington. I'll look for it. Thx for the heads-up. EDIT Adding this: EDIT No. 2 When I was Googling to find this cut, I learned that Clooney & Riddle were having an affair when they made this record. Another layer to this particular onion. EDIT No. 3 You weren't lying. That's some hypnotic and cinematic singing and arranging. The best sort of old-fashioned pop music. I suppose I should get this record, eh?

I don't know of any other versions. Discogs?