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Dig that delicious, slow ostinato organ riff, repeated all the way through. ... Simplicity that sounds very contemporary.

Excellent 2012 trio session with Ben Wolfe and Donald Edwards.

Ten that I treasure: Abercrombie, Holland, DeJohnette - Gateway John Abercrombie Quartet - M Richie Beirach - Elm Gary Burton, Chick Corea - Crystal Silence Chick Corea - Return to Forever Jack DeJohnette - Special Edition Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds Steve Kuhn - Remembering Tomorrow David Liebman - Lookout Farm Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus

Richie Beirach - ZAL (Trio)

Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s Jim McNeely Quintet – Rain's Dance (SteepleChase, 1978) Cal Tjader – Guarabe (Fantasy, 1977) Enrico Pieranunzi – The Day After the Silence (Edi-Pan/Alfa Music, 1976) Al Grey – Struttin' and Shoutin' (Columbia, 1983) Charles Sullivan – Re-Entry (Whynot, 1976) Onaje Allan Gumbs – Onaje (SteepleChase, 1977) Joanne Brackeen & Clint Houston – New True Illusion (Timeless, 1976) A passel of killer pianists this week. Along with the leaders Jim McNeely, Enrico Pieranunzi, Onaje Allan Gumbs, and Joanne Brackeen, you've also got: - Clare Fischer on Tjader's Guarabe, - Ray Bryant on Al Grey's Struttin' and Shoutin', and - Kenny Barron on Charles Sullivan's Re-Entry. Also, I don't care which type of jazz is your sweet spot, do not sleep on that Al Grey LP!

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A desert-island disc.

Horace Parlan - Up & Down (Blue Note) LOVE that Chico O'Farrill !!!

A Friday evening double-dose of Cannonball. and

Oh, I'm not defending MLB from a health risk point of view. It would certainly be safer if they were using a bubble approach, like the NBA. I'm just saying that I've enjoyed watching live baseball -- and that the MLB has had abbreviated seasons with "asterisked" champions before. (Even if they didn't have 7-inning doubleheaders and runners starting on second base in the 10th inning.)

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Happy Birthday, KB !!!

I hear what you're saying, Jim. ... But I'm still glad there's something to watch on TV, live sports-wise. A lot like the strike-shortened season years ago. So there is some precedent.

So good. Vick's magnum opus -- and one of the gems of the Strata-East catalog. and Crawford & McGriff always make me feel good.

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and Superb!

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NP: Excellent! Hard to go wrong with European masters like Stenson, D'Andrea, and Taylor.

Yeah. Some of her best records!!! ... In any case, Happy Birthday to a fantastic pianist -- and many happy returns.

How about "Brown Betty"? An obscure tune featuring an obscure trumpet soloist, Nelson Williams. ... But it soars! Yes.