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David Friesen Trio - Midnight Mood: Live in Stockholm (Intuition) with pianist Randy Porter and drummer Alan Jones

Love the Chico O'Farrill arrangements.

I got this LP in London when I was studying in the U.K. many years ago.

Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside) as heard on this 1970s Milestone reissue:

Sippin' on this while I listen to Louis & Duke.

Oh yeah. Chuck, that Marantz unit looks NICE. My receiver is a Marantz too, but much more recent vintage. It's only about 15 years old.

I've heard a bit of Brendel's Liszt before (on a Philips LP), and his approach struck me as too measured and sober. (Brendel's critics would say that's always the case. Not me though. I love Brendel's Beethoven and his Haydn. I just thought Liszt was a mismatch for Brendel, temperament-wise.) Then I heard the music on this Vanguard CD. It's very different from what I remember of the Philips LP; it's much more quicksilver-y and impetuous. Now that's what I'm talking about.

Dig Shelly Manne. He's all over the kit, continually adding accents and punctuation -- but his playing is so musical that it's never obtrusive or showy. It's all woven into the musical fabric.

Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Roland Hanna - Trinity (L+R)

erwbol, you hit the jackpot with all those Jaki Byard finds. More Byard for me too. Jaki Byard - Parisian Solos (Futura)

Jaki Byard - Family Man (32 Jazz; originally Muse) Tonight, this record hit me square between the eyes. I enjoyed it so much that when I got to the end, I listened to the whole thing a second time. Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem) I still haven't ever found my way into Nichol's music. It's enjoyable enough, but I still haven't heard the special magic that others find in it. . . . Who knows? Maybe Nichols just isn't my cuppa joe.

More Tootie Heath on another new-to-me disc: Art Farmer, et al - Central Avenue Reunion (Contemporary, 1989)

I really like that LP. Need to pull it out and give it a listen.

Brilliant!!! On Sunday, I picked up this new-to-me CD: Initial impressions after just two listens: This is FANTASTIC. Some of the most interesting playing that I've heard from Iverson. Tootie and Ben Street sound great too. If you've ever wanted to hear Iverson in a "non-Bad Plus" trio context, I'd recommend beginning here. Now, I suppose I need to track down the two studio records they've made. Anyone who's heard them have any thoughts?

Disc 4 A fantastic box set.

Switching gears a bit. . .

Jason Moran - Black Stars (Blue Note) with Sam Rivers, Tarus Mateen, and Nasheet Waits