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Interesting that they've added Osby, an altoist, for this one.

A new favorite: Helen Merrill - Chasin' the Bird (Inner City, 1980) Required listening for Pepper Adams aficionados. The combination of his baritone sax and her voice is unusual, but it works really well. I suppose some of the credit has to go to arranger Dick Katz as well. I've never seen that cover before. A Euro-variant???

Charlie Mariano - Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980) After buying this music on emusic.com years ago, I recently decided to upgrade to LP. Aside from the enormous improvement in sound quality, I still enjoy collecting the "thingy" stuff, whether it's vinyl or compact discs.

This afternoon: John Lewis!!! Grand Encounter: 2 Degrees East / 3 Degrees West (Pacific Jazz) and Kansas City Breaks (Red Baron; originally Finesse) Both terrific!

Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Pocketful of Dreams, Vol. III (Decca/GRP) In the photo above, the way that Louis is looking down & spreading his arms makes me think that he's about to take a cartoon-like swan-dive off a very high stage. I've never seen that one, EKE. What do you think of it?

I agree. Will check those out, Larry. This is probably my favorite Dave McKenna record:

Yep. I think Brendel is an outstanding Schubertian, and he did record Schubert multiple times. My LP is from Brendel's first set of Schubert recordings for Philips (recorded in analog). The Schubert set that Peter Friedman posted is Brendel's second for Philips (recorded digitally). I'm now listening to Rudolf Serkin's wonderful Beethoven set: Disc 6 - Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" - Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 - Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les adieux"

I'm also listening to Brendel's recording of Schubert's "Moments musicaux," as heard on this LP: Thanks for prompting me to pull this wonderful record off my shelf! 🙂

Rachmaninoff: Trio No. 2 in D minor, "Elegiaque" / David Oistakh, Lev Oborin, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (Melodiya, Westminster Gold/ABC) Deep, deep, dark melancholy... so Russian and so beautiful.

Absolutely. I'm now listening to Vol. 1 from the same gig:

NP: Hampton Hawes with Cecil McBee & Roy Haynes - Live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Volume 2 (Enja, 1973) Very nice! I wish I could have seen that!

George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet - City Gates (Timeless, 1983)

Good stuff!

Warne Marsh / Lee Konitz Quintet - Live at The Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 (Storyville) NHØP adds some pleasing oomph to this date, IMO.

More Poncho Sanchez: Disc 2 - Originally released as Bien Sabroso!

Inspired by mikeweil's Poncho posts above. 😉

Chucho Valdes - Piano I (Areito) Amazing solo piano.

Duke Ellington - All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 2 LPs) The full band in flight at an "ordinary" dance gig in Carrolltown, PA, 1957.

Duke Ellington - Unknown Session (Columbia) 1960 septet recordings from the stockpile. ... Another instance of Duke's utterly distinctive, everyday brilliance.

Anita O'Day - My Ship (Emily, 1975)

Strange, beautiful, and singular.

Both are superb too! As is Amsterdam After Dark!