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Everyone, I'm not a moderator, but I suggest that we all let this go, return to our respective corners, and cool off. Let's just dial it back for a while, O.K.? Peace & Love to All on MLK Day

I did too!

Now listening to Nelson's tribute to MLK: Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

Rachmaninov: Preludes; Morceaux de fantaisie; Moments musicaux / Dmitri Alexeev (Erato)

Al Grey - Struttin' and Shoutin' (Columbia) I love this record. It's like an ordinary day -- except much, much better than that. It's like an idiomatic expression we've all heard before that somehow becomes poetry.

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While watching the NFL playoffs with the TV muted: An excellent LP. Tucker's compositions are outstanding, and the band is first-class. I can't decide who sounds best: Frank Foster, Pepper Adams, or Cecil McBee. And I love the extra percussionists. Good ol' Hard Bop but with some 1970s flavors. and IMO, the "Two Franks" always sound good together -- and apart too, for that matter.

Sunday afternoon Duke Ellington. Recorded live in 1948: Cornell University (MusicMasters) Cornell University: Second Set (MusicMasters)

I wish I would've bought that set! Jealous!

Norman Connors - Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1974) So beautiful. Dee Dee Bridgewater's vocals elevate the entire album.

Now: Sides 3 & 4 - originally released as Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues and

Just made a contribution. Best of luck to you, CJ.

NP: Chico Freeman - Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit (Contemporary, 1980) with James Newton, Jay Hoggard, Kenny Kirkland, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart Every bit as good as you'd expect, given the line-up. I'm pleased because I'm able to listen to vinyl again. My stereo system has been unavailable because we installed some new carpet in the basement a couple months ago. Everything had to be dis-assembled and moved elsewhere. Between work, family commitments, a presidential election, a senate run-off election, and a Capitol Hill riot (plus all the attendant news watching), I haven't had the energy or inclination to put it all back together. But I finally did today. Here's what it looks like now: Equipment-wise, it's nothing spectacular. Mostly old but reliable stuff. Even so, I've got to say that music sounds SO MUCH better on this system compared to a smartphone & earbuds or my little Bose Bluetooth device. Love that whole album -- but my single favorite cut is "One Cylinder" !!!

Disc 2 - Ellington

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Impulse, 1965) "Brazilia"!

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More Keith: Just finished that... ... and now this: Friday night Junior Mance.

My project's over, but I'm still thinking about it. Here's a couple more lists, crème de la crème from the larger survey. Ten Underappreciated Albums that I Knew I'd Include from the Start When I began this project, none of these LPs were available. Since they're some of my favorite records, I knew that I'd include these from the beginning of the project, no question about it: Richie Beirach – Elm (ECM, 1979) Joanne Brackeen – Keyed In (Tappan Zee, 1979) Roy Brooks – The Free Slave (Muse, 1972) Anthony Davis-James Newton Quartet – Hidden Voices (India Navigation, 1979) Jim Hall & Red Mitchell – Jim Hall / Red Mitchell (Artists House, 1978) Sonny Fortune – Waves of Dreams (A&M Horizon, 1976) Bobby Hutcherson – Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974) Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach – Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon, 1976) James Moody – Never Again! (Muse, 1972) Martial Solal – Suite for Trio (MPS, 1978) Ten "Essential" Albums that I Discovered as a Result of This Project These records are now in my Personal Pantheon -- and I'd never heard them until I started this project: Rusty Bryant – Soul Liberation (Prestige, 1970) [reissued as part of Bryant's Legends of Acid Jazz compilation] Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone – The Heart is a Lotus (Argo/Vocalion, 1970) Al Grey – Struttin' and Shoutin' (Columbia, 1983) Eddie Harris – I Need Some Money (Atlantic/Collectables, 1975) Hugh Masakela – Home Is Where the Music Is (Chisa/Blue Thumb, 1972) Jack McDuff – The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1972) Dudu Pukwana & Spear – In the Townships (Caroline/Earthworks, 1974) Lucky Thompson – Illuminations (Groove Merchant, 1974) Harold Vick – Don't Look Back (Strata-East/Pure Pleasure, 1974) Larry Young – Lawrence of Newark (Perception, 1973)

Love that description of the opening cut: "Above" and "below." Different perspectives make for different experiences of music -- even if it's the same music. I would've had a hard time getting off the term soulful. Because it's so much that.

Yeah, man! Sonny was, is, and always be will be a Force of Nature! There's some damn good music on Nucleus. Today, the cut that hit me right between the eyes was "Azalea." And not just Sonny's playing. All of it.

Fort Yawuh has never grabbed me as much as those other three. I dig it. Just not quite as much. ... Naturally, YMMV.