HutchFan

Outstanding.

Tico All-Stars - Descargas at the Village Gate: Live (Tico/Vampi Soul, 1966) with Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri, Barry Rogers, Candido, Ray Barretto, and many others

My collaborator Dan and I have launched our 80s Jazz blogsite: https://jazzinthe80s.blogspot.com/ Dan's first post is titled "Why the 1980s?" and my first post is a general introduction to the project. You can expect to see our first three album selections -- both Dan's and mine -- by Sunday, January 2, 2022. But I'm taking a "staycation" next week, so mine will likely be posted well before then. Away we go!

Oh yeah. Him too!

A few albums I've ordered in the last week or so: Batacumbele - In Concert: Live at the University of Puerto Rico (Montuno, 1988, 2 LPs) with Angel "Cachete" Maldonado, Giovanni Hidalgo, Anthony Carillo, Eddie "Gua Gua" Rivera, and others Caiman Super All Stars - Super All Star (Caiman, 1984, LP) with Tito Puente (timb, vib); Paquito D'Rivera (as); Mario Rivera (ts, bs, pic fl); Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (tr); Spanky Davis (tr); Valery Ponomarev (tr); Claudio Roditi (tb); José Rodrigues (tb); Steve Turre (tb); Paquito Pastor (p); Andy Gonzalez (b); Daniel Ponce (cga); Rafael "Felo" Barrio (guiro, vo); Leo González (vo) Ronnie Cuber - Live at the Blue Note (ProJazz, 1986, CD) Dave Liebman - Time Line (Owl, 1989, CD) More music prompted by my 80s jazz blog project. Not that I really need much prompting to get new music.

NP: Another terrific O'Connell disc. Yep. Helluva record too.

... Don't forget Igor Zhukov.

Dave Liebman Group - In a Mellow Tone (Zoho, 2004) ********** Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates the holiday, and best wishes for a Happy New Year to all.

Diego Urcola - Viva (CAM Jazz, 2006)

Earlier: with Ron Carter and Al Foster; originally released on the BlackHawk label Now:

Thanks for the recommendation, Tom.

Me too.

NP:

Good karma now heading in mjazzg's direction.

Earlier this evening: Now:

Next: John Carter - Fields (Gramavision, 1988)

Now on my 'table: Hilton Ruiz - Crosscurrents (Stash, 1985)

My favorite recording of that symphony.

Cool.

I'm amazed at how much CD prices continue to fall. Earlier today, I picked up these CDs in a local shop for a total of $20.

Yeah. It was ubiquitous.