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Two records by Louis Hayes: Variety is the Spice (Gryphon) and The Real Thing (Muse)

Mike Richmond - Dream Waves (Inner City / Sonet) with Andy LaVerne & Billy Hart

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At a minimum, anyone who enjoys Pepper's music should track down the Artist House LP So in Love. IMO, this is the cream-of-the-cream from that set. Astonishingly good.

Rufus Reid Trio - Perpetual Stroll (Theresa) with Kirk Lightsey & Eddie Gladden

Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet (Black Saint) Good stuff!

Chuck, years ago, a friend of mine made a copy of this recording for me (from his CD). Would you like a copy of my copy? If so, just PM me with your snail mail address.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - (I, Eye, Aye): Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 1972 (Rhino/Atlantic) and Anthony Braxton Quartet - (Dortmund) 1976 (hatOLOGY)

Disc 4 Indeed. With Michael Moore & Connie Kay.

NP: John Lewis - Sensitive Scenery (CBS/Sony Japan, 1977)

More Helen Merrill: John Lewis / Helen Merrill - S/T (Mercury)

I'd put Screamin' the Blues on equal footing with Blues & the Abstract Truth as the highest points of Nelson's small group recordings. That said, I wouldn't want to be without ANY of them!

Yep! If you like those NYJQ records, you should check out Time for the Dancers. I think it's an overlooked gem. Another fine NYJQ-sans-Wess record is This Must Be Love on the Audiophile label -- with Ben Riley in the drummer's chair instead of Pratt. It's nearly as good as Time for the Dancers. (I slightly prefer Time for the Dancers because it features more compositions by Sir Roland, whereas This Must Be Love focuses on Rodgers & Hart tunes.) NP: Here's to one of the undisputed GIANTS of jazz, Kenny Burrell. May all of his current troubles soon be behind him.

Pat Martino - First Light (32 Jazz) Two-LPs-on-one-CD reissue of Martino's fusion-y records for Warner Brothers: Joyous Lake (1976) and Starbright (1977)

Roland Hanna Trio - Time for the Dancers (Progressive, 1977) with George Mraz (b) and Richard Pratt (d) An outstanding LP, one of my favorites by Sir Roland.

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Sonny Rollins - Plays G-Man (Milestone, 1986)

Warne Marsh - All Music (Nessa, 1976) Ooooooooooooooohh yeah.

You cannot go wrong with the Steve Lacy! I'm especially partial to the Solo, Duo & Trio set. It includes two marvelous duo records with Mal Waldron -- plus The Window, a trio record with Jean-Jacques Avenel and Oliver Jackson. It's a desert-island disc for this listener. FWIW, I dig Dave Douglas. But I haven't heard any of the music in that set.

Warne Marsh - Warne Out (Interplay, 1977) with Jim Hughart (b) and Nick Ceroli (d) This whole LP is terrific, but the version of "Lennie's Pennies" that closes out Side 1 . . . Whoa!

John Scofield - Who's Who (Novus, 1979) and Duke Jordan Trio - Change a Pace (SteepleChase, 1979)

Billy Harper - Soran-Bushi, B.H. (Denon, 1978)