HutchFan

Brilliant.

Another one of Duke's wonderful Treasury Shows:

Now listening to the companion CD to the Kosei Nenkin disc above:

Coincidentally, I just finished listening to a CTI release also. This one: Now this:

and

John Carter / Bobby Bradford - Self Determination Music (Flying Dutchman, 1970) Some of the most vital, life-affirming music that I've ever heard. . .

Tremendous. ...I'm going to follow your lead and listen to that right now. On the way into work: Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960) Fischer's arrangements of Ellington's music are very un-Ellingtonian -- very dense, very buttoned-down. So I found myself having to think of this music as something different -- something "not-Ellington" -- to not get hung up on it. When I did, I started to enjoy the music more. Dizzy, of course, sounds great throughout.

Moody in super-chilled mode.

Excellent. Harold Vick - Don't Look Back (Strata-East) I took the leap and plopped for the Pure Pleasure reissue of this LP. It arrived in the mail today (from Dusty Groove), and I'm giving it a first spin right now.

CD compiles two Prestige sessions from '67: Super Soul (with a big band arranged by Richard Evans) and Soul Power.

Brother Jack McDuff - Moon Rappin' (Blue Note)

Rusty Bryant - Legends of Acid Jazz, Vol. 2 (Prestige) Compiles two Bryant LPs from 1971: Fire-Eater and Wildfire.

More "Fathead" Newman:

Quite a few of those Black & Blue CD releases are fetching high dollars in the re-sellers' market these days. . .

Toots with a stellar rhythm section: Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee & Freddie Waits.

Absolutely.

Yeah, when it comes to the CBS recs, I prefer Manhattan Symphonie too. And I like Sophisticated Giant better also. But my favorite "post-homecoming" Dexter recordings are from the Keystone Korner: I feel like Dexter's MUCH more simpatico with this band. I love this stuff.