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Moody ROOOLz !!!

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MJT + 3 - Branching Out (Trip Jazz) 2-LP set of material originally released on VeeJay

Various Artists - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 6 (Capitol) A recent dollar-bin find. Good stuff.

Two great records, IMO.

Thanks Jim. Will give that a listen. I've been listening to trombonist Al Grey -- both as a co-leader and sideman: Al Grey / Jimmy Forrest Quintet - Live at Rick's (Aviva) Grey and Forrest are a powerful duo, and there's NOTHING stale about this music. Plus, Shirley Scott on the piano. Jimmy McGriff - Blues to the Bone (Milestone) IMO, when it comes to soul-jazz, Bob Porter's name on the Producer's credits is like the "Good Housekeeping" Seal of Approval.

Philips LPs imported from Europe usually sound sooooooo good. And that music looks interesting too. I'm not too familiar with Penderecki. I have his Violin Concerto with Stern, Skrowaczewski, and the Minnesota O -- but I think that's it.

Zoot blowing over Benny Carter arrangements.

with Budd Johnson & Buck Clayton and It's a good one. Along with Shirley, you've got lots of strong playing from Jimmy Owens in there too.

After picking up these two, I think I now have all of Tjader's records from the 1970s. I've been picking them up here and there for a while now.

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Earlier today, I stopped by Wuxtry, one of my favorite local shops. Believe it or not, their LP DOLLAR BINS had some (good!) jazz records. Here's what I brought home, all $1 each: Meredith d'Ambrosio - The Cove (Sunnyside) Richie Cole - New York Afternoon (Muse) Richie Cole - Alto Madness (Muse) Bill Connors - Theme to the Gaurdian (ECM) Jorge Dalto - Urban Oasis (Concord Picante) Clare Fischer - Clare Declares (MPS) Clare Fischer - America the Beautiful (Discovery/Columbia) Al Grey/Jimmy Forrest - Live at Rick's (Aviva) Al Haig - Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (Inner City) Earl Hines - "Fatha" Blows Best (Decca) Plas Johnson - The Blues (Concord) Roger Kellaway - Spirit Feel (Pacific Jazz) The L.A. Four - S/T (Concord) Mike Mainieri/Warren Bernhardt - Free Smiles (Novus) Jimmy McGriff - Blues to the Bone (Milestone) Willie Ruff/Dwike Mitchell - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation (Mainstream) Willie Ruff/Dwike Mitchell - Appearing Nightly (Roulette) MJT+3 - Make Everybody Happy (VeeJay) MJT+3 - Branching Out (Trip Jazz/Vee Jay, 2 LPs) Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan - Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse) Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan - Night and Day (Muse) Zoot Sims - Passion Flower: Zoot Plays Duke Ellington (Pablo) The Three [Joe Sample, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne] - S/T (Inner City) Various Artists - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 6 (Capitol) Various Artists - The Metronome All-Star Bands (Bluebird)

Hooray for James P. Johnson!!!

PM sent re: the 2 Tjader LPs.

McCoy Tyner - Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo (Milestone) Recorded in '78 but not released until '04. From the same concert that produced Passion Dance. Trio with Ron & Tony on 2 of 5 cuts; other tracks are solo. Tremendous!

CD compiles two of Walton's Prestige LPs: Spectrum and The Electric Boogaloo Song LOVE this stuff!

A gem!

Per wikipedia, Sibelius was 33 when he finished his First Symphony and 59 when he finished his Seventh. I'm nowhere near enough of an expert to suggest that Barbirolli's readings are somehow "more truthful" to the scores than others. And, honestly, I don't even really care about that. With him, I just hear an interpretive point of view that pulls me, that's convincing to me as a listener -- from an entirely subjective point of view.

Yes. Well put. It somehow makes the readings seem very personal -- to me at least. There's also something about the music that puts me in the mind of an older person. It's the perspective of someone who has lived a while; it's not a "young person's Sibelius." (Of course, this could also just be me foisting my own meanings on the music!)

Agree with you 100%, Larry. Barbirolli's Romantic way with Sibelius is just one interpretive approach among many. "Cooler" readings by conductors like Berglund, Osmo Vänskä, and others offer an entirely different point of view.