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Sun Ra - Celestial Love (Modern Harmonic; originally Saturn) from 1982

Sun Ra Arkestra - Sunrise in Different Dimensions (Enterplanetary Koncepts) Originally released on hat Hut in 1981

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Bobby Hutcherson - Solo / Quartet (Contemporary)

Tim Berne - Fulton Street Maul (Columbia) and Tim Berne - Sanctified Dreams (Columbia) Berne is always interesting.

Dave Liebman - Homage to John Coltrane (Owl, 1987)

Booker Little and his Quintet featuring Max Roach - Out Front (Candid) Barnaby reissue Such beautiful and extraordinary music.

Bunky Green & Wynton Kelly - My Baby (Collectables) Originally released on Vee Jay in '65

Now: Rabih Abou-Khalil - Between Dusk and Dawn (Enja) Earlier: and

As far as wardrobe goes, people talk about Hendrix's "hat period" and his "headband time." Why can't we talk about Sonny's silky 70s shirt?!?! And what about the HATS? Sonny can pull off a chapeau as well as anyone. The man digs his hats!

The Heath Brothers - Brothers & Others (Antilles, 1984) Jimmy, Percy, Tootie, and Stanley Cowell -- with Slide Hampton (tb) and Joe Kennedy, Jr. (vn) sitting in on a couple tracks

Poncho Sanchez with special guest Tito Puente - Chile con Soul (Concord Picante, 1990) Fun to hear Poncho & Tito together.

Now: Earlier:

Kenny Werner - Beyond the Forest of Mirkwood (Enja) solo piano

Evidence reissue of music originally released on Label Bleu in 1988. Yep. A desert-island disc for me.

NP: James Moody - Something Special (Novus, 1986)

Indeed! And don't forget Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez, and Steve Berrios -- the "Fort Apache Band" contingent. One helluva band, for sure.

Now spinning: Hilton Ruiz - El Camino (The Road) (Novus, 1988)

My "new" LP is a Japanese Victor too. Found it for a reasonable price on discogs -- in the U.S., so no big shipping fees either.

First spin. Just arrived in the mail about 30 minutes ago. Already on the 'table.

The Awakening - Hear, Sense and Feel (Black Jazz) Very much enjoying this Real Gone Music reissue.

Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (UA/Blue Note)

with Fred Hersch, Mike Richmond, and Adam Nussbaum