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I didn't know that Duffy Jackson was Chubby Jackson's kid. New-to-me fun fact! Jimmy Heath's kid, James "Mtume" Forman. I think most of us know who this guy's dad was. Son of Albert Ammons:

\ Presumably, Don Pullen's daughter (?). Presumably, Richard Davis' daughter (?).

More Cannonball. Rahsaan with Mingus. Yes!!!

Some Cannonball this morning: The title tune, Zawinul's "74 Miles Away"... Yeah, man. That's it right there. and It's always a good day for a streak of Pee Wee records.

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Hawk for your 12th birthday! That's a VERY hip present!!! Agree with you re: the Lee Wiley music. Very enjoyable.

Disc 8 - most cuts feature vocalist Lee Wiley I only have Discs 7 & 8 from this set. No box, no booklet. Stumbled across the orphaned CDs in junk store a few years ago. EDIT: Just did some poking around on discogs. Columbia originally issued eight of the Wiley cuts (with Bobby Hackett & Joe Bushkin) on the 10" album below: First released in April 1951. Always fun to dig up these sorts of things.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Prepare Thyself to Deal with a Miracle is the subject of today's entry on my 70s jazz blog. To read it, click here.

Some of my very favorite Hawk. And excellent JoeHen too. Jimmy Rushing = Happiness.

Lucky Thompson - I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973) with a killer rhythm section: Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes This LP (and the album that preceded it, Goodbye Yesterday) are the subject of today's entry on my 70s Jazz blog. If you'd like to read about it, click here. Some of the best music Thompson ever made, IMO.

Earlier: Now:

Last night and again today:

Beautiful.

Discs 1 & 2

Disc 1

Now: LP 1 - originally released as Bags Meets Wes on Riverside

What a wonderful photo of Ma Rainey on that album cover! Her face could so easily be here now today, as if she didn't exist in the past. It's a face that seems entirely contemporary. NP: Oh, that's interesting! I had no idea that Sir Roland had recorded with Hibbler!

I've been listening to Jack McDuff's Heatin' System tonight: For the first time in a while, I had some energy left at the end of the workday. So I spent some time writing today's entry in my 70s jazz blog. I had some fun with it. It's about The Heatin' System and Soul Jazz in general. If you care to give it a read, click here.

Yes sir! You hit the nail on the head. Bechet's music is full of vitality! It's LEAPS out at you.

I love the Joe Lovano quote on Odean Pope's website: "Odean Pope is bad, bad man!" It really is a shame that Pope isn't more well-recognized. That whole Catalyst band was excellent, top to bottom. But Pope's the one who consistently grabs my ear when I'm listening to their music.

NP: Such beautiful music, like something from a dream. ... One of my desert-island discs. Earlier:

Fantastic. A 5-star LP in my book. Another excellent LP, Pim. ... If you like this one, I think the two that follow it -- Dark of Light and Love from the Sun -- are even better.

Just ordered these from a discogs seller. All "bargain bin" finds. Total outlay for 12 CDs - $26 Duduka Da Fonseca Trio - Plays Dom Salvador (Sunnyside) Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Live at Redlands University (Creative World) Marcus Roberts - As Serenity Approaches (Novus) Marcus Roberts - If I Could Be With You (Novus) Bob Wilber & Kenny Davern - Summit Reunion (Chiaroscuro) Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / London PO, Klaus Tennstedt, Ortrun Wenkel, et al (EMI Digital) Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Roman Festivals / Philadelphia O, Eugene Ormandy (Sony Classical) Jean Sibelius: Tone Poems / Lahti SO, Osmo Vänskä (BIS) Robert Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 / Royal PO, Vernon Handley (Hyperion) Sir William Walton: Symphony No. 2, etc. / London PO, Bryden Thomson (Chandos) The O'Jays - Love Train: The Best of The O'Jays (Sony Legacy) Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding (Rhino)