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That looks interesting. I just discovered Roditi's Nagel Heyer recordings with Ignatzek and Rasinfosse earlier this year. NP: Cannonball in Japan (Capitol, 1966)

Now: Disc 2 - Live! Two of Martino's toughest, baddest records -- both originally released on Muse. 32 Jazz reissued them in this two-CD set. I like the reissue title: Head and Heart. Yeah. A good summation of Pat Martino's music. R.I.P.

Now: Disc 2 - Opp. 109, 110 and 111

Sure. I can understand why people might level that criticism. Horenstein is more taut and forceful than Kubelik. Bernstein is more glittering and angst-ridden. Walter nails the heavenly stuff and Gemütlichkeit thing. Barbirolli's Mahler is more humane. But this is what I like about Kubelik: To my ears, nobody has a better grasp of Mahler's "symphonic line." When I listen to Kubelik's Mahler, the music has a coherence that I don't hear from anyone else. Rather than jumping from episode to episode, there's a kind of through-line, a path. Not that I'm reading the score. I'm talking about the vibe, the feeling of having traveled from one place in the beginning to another place in the end -- a sense of meaningful movement, of procession and continuity. ... That's one reason why I love Kubelik's Mahler so much, probably the biggest one. Absolutely! For me, that's another desert-island Mahler disc.

Proof that we all hear music differently. I love Walter and Horenstein and Bernstein and Barbirolli for Mahler. But if I were forced to choose just one, it would be Kubelik.

NP: Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / Kubelik, Bavarian RSO (Audite) This live recording from 1981 is my desert-island Mahler 5th.

More Braziliana: Claudio Roditi - Slow Fire (Milestone, 1989)

Now: Milton Nascimento - A Barca Dos Amantes (Barclay/Verve, 1986) Special Guest: Wayne Shorter Produced with a very 1980s sheen -- but gorgeous regardless. Nascimento's amazing voice and songwriting carries the day. Plus Wayne does his thing on a few cuts.

Now on my turntable: Originally released on the Hispavox label in Spain. Entrancing.

Dragons.

Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies (Milestone, 2 LPs) Sides 3 & 4 - originally released as The Hawk Flies High on Riverside

Now: Geri Allen with Charlie Haden & Paul Motian - In the Year of the Dragon (Winter & Winter/JMT)

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Yes. Me too. ... Dewey's sound is voluptuous.

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Terrible news. R.I.P. to a wonderful guitartist and musician.

Back to this Weather Report set: Disc 3 - Extended, live versions of the music originally released on Night Passage In full flight!

Just received this book in the mail yesterday, and I read it until late in the night. Enjoying it very much.

Last night: and Outstanding. Do you think McCann intended the album title & photo to be ironic? All of the women are TALLER than he is! Looks like he's happy to be there, regardless.

I really like that one.

with Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, and Ralph Peterson, Jr.

NP: with Paquito D'Rivera More Gato!?! I'll have to investigate. Thanks for the heads-up, Mike.