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Nice! You're a lucky guy!!!

To all who celebrate the holiday, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Today, I've been listening to a couple LPs featuring Coleman Hawkins: The High and Mighty Hawk (Affinity, originally Felsted) Jazz Reunion - with Pee Wee Russell (Barnaby, originally Candid)

Jimmy Smith for me too.

The music's good too.

Nice zinger. Made me smile.

I saw this last night with my wife and son. Powerful film. I'm still thinking about it.

Yep. See Chuck's note above. Can't get anything by you guys!

Oh yeah! I guess it wasn't a "one-off."

Yup. All of records in that BN set are stone classics. But I love JS's Verves too. They're just a bit less consistent.

Duke Ellington Presents . . . (Bethlehem) Since this was a one-off recording for Bethlehem (and since about half the cuts are standards rather than Ellington compositions), it's easy to overlook -- but I really like it. Just listen to "Laura," a feature for Paul Gonsalves. Phew, that guy knew how to caress a ballad. (Of course, the same could be said of Hodges' playing on "Day Dream.") ... This is also the last record before Ellington's "comeback" at the Newport Jazz Festival. Ellington recorded DE Presents in February 1956, and Newport was in July of that same year.

Disc 1 - originally released as The Real Thing and Portrait of Jenny

Louis Armstrong - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (BMG) Disc 4 - The 1947 Town Hall Concert with the All Stars Thanks again to Jeffcrom for sending me a copy of the liner notes for this set -- and to the others who offered as well. There are many knowledgeable and FRIENDLY folks on this forum. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it.

Two of my favorite Ellington recs.

Another Flanagan trio. This time with Mraz & Elvin. Eclypso (Inner City, from Enja)

Tommy Flanagan, Reggie Workman, Joe Chambers - The Super Jazz Trio (RCA Jazz Line, France) Originally released in Japan on Baystate. I assume this is that label's response to Hank Jones' "Great Jazz Trio," who was recording for the Japanese East Wind label at the time. Excellent music. Super, even.

Nice. . . .If you were listening to jazz in high school, you were hip to it before I was. I didn't discover jazz until I was in college. NP: Bags with Lucky Thompson Earlier: Bags with Hawk

I've been listening to two Richard "Groove" Holmes compilation LPs, one from Pacific Jazz and one from Prestige:

Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson, Gunther Schuller - Perceptions (Verve) Beautiful.

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