HutchFan

Yeah!!! You cannot go wrong with Cedar Walton.

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The Three [Joe Sample, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne] - S/T (Eastwind / Inner City, 1975)

Lucky Thompson - I Offer You (Groove Merchant, 1973) with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Louis Hayes Oh, man. This is gorgeous music.

This again:

Moody ROOOLz !!!

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MJT + 3 - Branching Out (Trip Jazz) 2-LP set of material originally released on VeeJay

Various Artists - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 6 (Capitol) A recent dollar-bin find. Good stuff.

Two great records, IMO.

Thanks Jim. Will give that a listen. I've been listening to trombonist Al Grey -- both as a co-leader and sideman: Al Grey / Jimmy Forrest Quintet - Live at Rick's (Aviva) Grey and Forrest are a powerful duo, and there's NOTHING stale about this music. Plus, Shirley Scott on the piano. Jimmy McGriff - Blues to the Bone (Milestone) IMO, when it comes to soul-jazz, Bob Porter's name on the Producer's credits is like the "Good Housekeeping" Seal of Approval.

Philips LPs imported from Europe usually sound sooooooo good. And that music looks interesting too. I'm not too familiar with Penderecki. I have his Violin Concerto with Stern, Skrowaczewski, and the Minnesota O -- but I think that's it.

Zoot blowing over Benny Carter arrangements.

with Budd Johnson & Buck Clayton and It's a good one. Along with Shirley, you've got lots of strong playing from Jimmy Owens in there too.

After picking up these two, I think I now have all of Tjader's records from the 1970s. I've been picking them up here and there for a while now.

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Earlier today, I stopped by Wuxtry, one of my favorite local shops. Believe it or not, their LP DOLLAR BINS had some (good!) jazz records. Here's what I brought home, all $1 each: Meredith d'Ambrosio - The Cove (Sunnyside) Richie Cole - New York Afternoon (Muse) Richie Cole - Alto Madness (Muse) Bill Connors - Theme to the Gaurdian (ECM) Jorge Dalto - Urban Oasis (Concord Picante) Clare Fischer - Clare Declares (MPS) Clare Fischer - America the Beautiful (Discovery/Columbia) Al Grey/Jimmy Forrest - Live at Rick's (Aviva) Al Haig - Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (Inner City) Earl Hines - "Fatha" Blows Best (Decca) Plas Johnson - The Blues (Concord) Roger Kellaway - Spirit Feel (Pacific Jazz) The L.A. Four - S/T (Concord) Mike Mainieri/Warren Bernhardt - Free Smiles (Novus) Jimmy McGriff - Blues to the Bone (Milestone) Willie Ruff/Dwike Mitchell - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation (Mainstream) Willie Ruff/Dwike Mitchell - Appearing Nightly (Roulette) MJT+3 - Make Everybody Happy (VeeJay) MJT+3 - Branching Out (Trip Jazz/Vee Jay, 2 LPs) Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan - Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse) Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan - Night and Day (Muse) Zoot Sims - Passion Flower: Zoot Plays Duke Ellington (Pablo) The Three [Joe Sample, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne] - S/T (Inner City) Various Artists - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 6 (Capitol) Various Artists - The Metronome All-Star Bands (Bluebird)

Hooray for James P. Johnson!!!

PM sent re: the 2 Tjader LPs.