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George Shearing Quintet - Shearing in Hi-Fi (M-G-M, 1955)

Shirley Scott - The Dedication Series, Vol. III / The Great Live Sessions (ABC-Impulse, 2 LPs) with Stanley Turrentine, Bob Cranshaw, and Otis "Candy" Finch

Ketil Bjørnstad - Finnes du noensteds ikveld (Philips Norway, 1976) with Knut Riisnæs (sax), Arild Andersen (b), Pål Thowsen (d)

Prompted by some "Groove" talk on another thread: Richard "Groove" Holmes - Groove's Groove (32 Jazz) Excellent single-disc overview of Holmes' Muse recordings.

Red Allen!

Recapitulation has two more never-before-released cuts from the Vanguard also. I believe they've now all been issued on a single CD. ...That geeky-ness that you mention, I think many of us 'round these parts have that particular affliction.

Jim, I don't have Cool Cookin', so I can't really say. ...I just took a look at the Cool Cookin' track listing on discogs, and it looks like there's some overlap between the two albums. But not a lot, only a few songs. One thing that I do like about the Recapitulation set: Richard Evans' 17-minute "Suite for Guitar & Orchestra" is unabridged. On the Cool Cookin' set, they only excerpt two sections from it.

Kenny Burrell - Recapitulation (Chess, 2 LPs) An excellent overview of Burrell's Cadet recordings, 1959 to 1967.

Mickey Tucker - The Crawl (Muse, 1980) Good stuff.

Monty Alexander - Here Comes the Sun (MPS) I was reading the sleeve notes and noticed that Don Schlitten produced this LP. I was aware that Schlitten had produced for MPS in the early-70s, but I didn't realize that he had worked with Alexander. ...Turns out, Schlitten produced a couple other Alexander MPS LPs as well. I only know now because I just checked on discogs.

Willis Jackson - West Africa (Muse, 1974)

Sir Roland is in an Erroll Garner-ish mood on this one, a bit more florid than usual. (Not a criticism; I love EG. Just a note.)

I'm no expert but I've never heard better.

NP: Lazar Berman - The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Disc 4 - Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année Berman's Liszt is very special.

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Comin' on Home (Blue Note) Excellent.

I'd already mentioned the Marital Solal - NHØP duo Movability (MPS) on another thread. There's also this one with Michel Petrucciani on Dreyfus:

Ah, so it was him! Very good. Thanks sidewinder!

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (RCA Neon, 1970; reissued on Fledg'Ling)

Now on to . . . Sheila Jordan & Harvie Swartz - Old Time Feeling (PAJ, 1983)

Dudu Pukwana - In the Townships (Earthworks/Virgin, rec. 1973) with Mongezi Feza, Biso Mngqikana, Harry Miller, and Louis Moholo Anyone know who plays piano on this record? No one is credited, even though there's a piano player throughout. I know that Pukwana started as a pianist, so it would plausible for him to have played the piano. But that would have required over-dubbing -- and the music doesn't sound over-dubbed; it's VERY live-sounding (and fantastic!). Makes me wonder if the pianist is Chris McGregor. I suppose he could have been prevented from being credited/named for contractual reasons. Just wondering.

Lucky Thompson - Dancing Sunbeam (ABC-Impulse, 2 LPs) 1956 trio and quintet sides with Oscar Pettiford, later issued on CD by GRP-Impulse as Tricotism Superb music and excellent-sounding vinyl.

Vasant Rai - Spring Flowers (Vanguard, 1976) with Oregon (minus Ralph Towner), Dilip Naik (g), and Jerry Goodman (vn) Prompted by kh1958's post on the "What vinyl are you spinning?" thread. Hadn't listened to this in a long while. Beautiful music.

Yes sir! Very much.

Triscuit Bowl next year?

I was fortunate enough to see this version of the Borodin Quartet in concert years ago. They performed Beethoven and Shostakovich. Still vivid memories. Gripping performances!