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Sonny Stitt - Legends of Acid Jazz (Prestige) Originally released as two LPs: Turn It On (1971) and Black Vibrations (1972) and Stanley Turrentine with Shirley Scott - Never Let Me Go (Blue Note) This '63 session might be my single favorite Turrentine & Scott collaboration. Yep! People talk about good food being "made with love." Well, this is music "made with love." Easy to hear it.

The "friend" in the title is Bucky Pizzarelli. Lovely duets.

Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman - Buck & Bud (Flying Dutchman, 1976) Wonderful. R.I.P. Bucky Pizzarelli

Yes! I'm also partial to the Milt Jackson volume. Earlier: Buddy DeFranco - Free Sail (Choice, 1974) I enjoyed this LP so much I played it twice. NP: Bucky Pizzarelli - Nightwings (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Joe Venuti sits in on half the cuts R.I.P. Bucky Pizzarelli

I know that Nonesuch licensed & released Horenstein's recordings of Mahler's First and Third. There may have been more. His Mahler Sixth also? Horenstein's M3 may be his most famous recording, but I think his M1 is even better. EDIT: Just checked discogs. Nonesuch also released Horenstein's M6 with the Stockholm PO. I've never heard that one.

The Art of Hank Crawford: The Atlantic Years

Very sad news. R.I.P.

with Chris Potter, Renee Rosnes, and Billy Hart

Don Patterson, Booker Ervin, Houston Person - Legends of Acid Jazz: Just Friends (Prestige)

Tower of Power - "Soul Vaccination"

Prompted by some Kenton talk elsewhere on the board:

Jaws and Shirley! Yeah!!! Understood! Will crank it to ELEVEN!

A desert-island disc!

I considered including Live at Redlands University, along with a couple other Kenton recordings -- Live at BYU, Live in Europe. But Redlands University will have to be one that we discuss afterwards. It didn't quite make my "personal selection" cut, and I've already passed its 1970 recording date. I am looking forward to hearing it on my stereo in high-fidelity, instead of just streaming it via YT and hearing it on crappy computer speakers or headphones. I think all music benefits from improved sound fidelity. But some music needs excellent sound for it to be "fully realized." (An analogy -- 2001: A Space Odyssey isn't the same film on a television as it is on a movie screen. The large screen is required for the film to make it's "true" impact.) I'm thinking that Redlands University may be like that, in terms of sound. That's why I decided to order it. We'll see.

Watched this on TCM last night: Holy mackerel! I hadn't seen this in 30 years, and I'd forgotten how POWERFUL it is!!! It whacked me upside the head. Awe-inspiring performances by Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. I also DVR'ed Rashomon. May watch that tonight.

Just snagged this Cannonball LP off ebay: Over the last few days, I've listened to this record several times (via YouTube). Been enjoying it so much that I decided I "needed" the vinyl. Yes!

Wow. That's important music history right there. I still think you should write a memoir, Chuck. ... Or, at the very least, allow someone to conduct an extended interview (over multiple days), to capture your experiences as oral history. ... I suppose you could even "interview yourself," Glenn Gould-style. It would be a valuable addition to the valuable contributions that you've already made to jazz as a producer and label owner. Seriously.

Nice! Why were you there, Chuck? Coincidence? Or some other reason?

Jim Hall made some excellent recordings for Telarc. Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar is the one I like best.