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Richie Beirach & Frank Tusa - Sunday Song (Trio, 1975) Beautiful.

Sam Jones - The Bassist! (Discovery, 1979) with Kenny Barron & Keith Copeland Struttin' & Shoutin' is a TERRIFIC record.

Taking a little musical trip down to New Orleans: The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans (GHB) Wallace Davenport featuring Herb Hall - Darkness on the Delta (GHB)

Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro, 1977)

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" (Concord) features some very nice alto sax work by Frank Strozier

The Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone - The Heart is a Lotus (Argo/Vocalion, 1970) Tremendous.

This record's been in "heavy rotation" lately: João Donato / Deodato ‎– DonatoDeodato (Muse)

Now this: Dizzy Gillespie - The Giant (Prestige, rec. 1973) with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Drew, NHØP, Kenny Clarke -- and, on some cuts, percussionist Humberto Canto

Yup. Steve Turre's on electric bass, and he sounds damn good. I'd say he should have stuck with that instrument if he wasn't such an excellent trombonist. It's an interesting record. The band's solid from top to bottom -- with "Black Arthur" and Turre and Rodney Jones (who also played with Dizzy). I'm thinking I might need to track down Peregrinations, the LP that preceded this one, at some point.

Chico Hamilton & the Players (Blue Note, 1976) with Arthur Blythe

Rusty Bryant - Soul Liberation (Prestige) as heard on Rusty Bryant: Legends of Acid Jazz, Vol. 1

Ralph Sutton - Alligator Crawl (Solo Art) Recorded 1975/76

Mal Waldron - In Retrospect (Four Star) Originally released on Baybridge; with Akira Miyazawa (ts, fl); Isao Suzuki (b); and Hironobu Fujisawa (d)

Duke Jordan - Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase)

More Groove Holmes:

Yeah! Cedar!!!

Those two Von Freeman discs are OUTSTANDING.

Superb late-in-the-game Ben Webster, recorded just a few months before he passed.

Kenny Drew - Home Is Where the Soul Is (Xanadu/Elemental)

Pat Martino - The Maker (Evidence) with Jim Ridl (p), Marc Johnson (b), and Joe Bonadio (d)