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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!

Steve Turre - Lotus Flower (Verve, 1999)

Some of the very best post-comeback Pepper, IMO.

Two interesting musicians. I've never seen that CD before. But what a strange cover photo. My first impression: "That's awful!" But maybe I'm missing something. Only the word "Sky" appears in the open sky. Nice touch. Eyges is looking at the camera, but Blythe is looking at Eyges. Meaning? Why are they standing next to a fence that appears to be surrounding a back-yard deck? An enclosure contrasting with sky? And the newspaper and centerpiece on the table. What's that all about? Hmm. ... Oh well. I'm probably reading way too much into it. So what's the music like?!?!

NP: Charlie Mariano - October (Contemp, 1977) with Rainer Brüninghaus, Barre Phillips, Trilok Gurtu, et al Earlier: Charlie Mariano - Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980) with Stu Goldberg, Gene Perla, and Don Alias