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Ken, I wish I could attend, but -- as you know -- I've got other commitments on that date. I expect that the music will be wonderful, and I hope you raise lots of $$$ for this excellent cause. Best wishes!

Disc 1 - originally released as Good Bait on Landmark Earlier: Superb.

and Disc 1

Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie - Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (Pablo)

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection: Volume Six, Dance Dates, California, 1958 (Saja)

I love this record.

I agree 100%, Allen. "Harmonic impatience." Well put.

I've never warmed to Gulda's jazz playing, but I think his classical recordings are very special indeed. One particular favorite: Gulda's recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier are some of the best I've ever heard. (I'm partial to the set that he originally recorded for MPS, which was subsequently reissued by Philips.)

Archie Shepp - Montreux Two (Arista Freedom)

Buddy Tate & the Muse All Stars - Live at Sandy's (Muse) Tate's companion album from this gig, Hard Blowin', is very fine. But I think this one is even better. Lots of credit goes to the primo rhythm section.

Last night & this morning: While these LPs aren't exactly "top-shelf" Ellington, I still really enjoy them. It's good fun to hear these pop tunes being given the Ducal treatment.

Rodney Jones - Articulation (Timeless)

Good one! I need to pull that out that LP & give it a spin. It's been a while.

Two masters.

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962 (Saja / Atlantic) Paul Gonsalves & Clark Terry are in the spotlight on many of these cuts. To this listener, that's always a good thing.

Louis Armstrong - European Concert Recordings by Ambassador Satch (Columbia/Legacy)

A couple Charles Earland classics: Black Talk! (Prestige/OJC, rec. 1969) Black Drops (Prestige/OJC, rec. 1970)

I love that one too!

Yes, a fantastic performance. I think I'd award the blue ribbon to Dex for his playing on "Body & Soul." He makes that old warhorse sound fresh. NP: Thelonious Monk - Paris 1969 (Blue Note) The quartet is rounded out by Charlie Rouse and two sidemen with whom I'm unfamiliar: Nate Hygelund (b) and Paris Wright (d).

Jaki Byard - There'll Be Some Changes Made (Muse) This LP has been on my radar since I went on a big Byard bender several years ago. I finally got around to ordering it today.

This morning... Basie! and Disc 2

Both of these look interesting.