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After a long, COLD day at my daughter's orienteering competition, it's nice to be hiding out in the basement, listening to records. McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (Milestone) 2 of 5 cuts feature Ron Carter & Tony Williams; the other 3 are solo piano Fantastic record!

Pat Martino - The Exit (Muse) 5 stars

Horace Silver - Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note) with Tom Harrell, Bob Berg, et al

Superb Waldron. I need to cue that one up. Haven't heard it in a long while...

Wonderful.

Coleman Hawkins - The Bebop Years (Proper) Disc 4 - PIcasso

RIchard Thompson - Old Kit Bag (Cooking Vinyl/Spinart) and Kenny Burrell - 12-15-78 (32 Jazz) Disc 1 - Originally released as Live at the Village Vanguard

Art Pepper - Artworks (Galaxy)

Milt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins - Bean Bags (Atlantic Jazzlore series LP) with Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Jones, and Connie Kay I could listen to this all day.

Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note)

Prompted by the recent Dorham talk here on the board:

NP: Bobby Naughton, Leo Smith, Perry Robinson - The Haunt (Otic/No Business)

Yep. It's darn good. And I think Terry's next album, Pure Dynamite, is even better.

Thank you, sir! ... I would be surprised if it isn't really good.

I've never heard but always wondered about Robinson's record for Chiaroscuro, The Traveler, from 1977. (It has Phillip Wilson on drums.) I know that Robinson also used that same title -- The Traveler -- for his autobiography. Anyone have any impressions of the LP that you'd be willing to share?

To me, Bill Evans' recordings for Verve are very "hit-or-miss," especially compared to the music he released on Riverside and Fantasy. That said, I think these two LPs are BE's strongest Verve releases -- and it's Shelly Manne's presence that lifts them. Beautiful swan song.

Disc 5 Music arranged for and originally released under the leadership of Jimmy Smith.

That's so much fun -- like revisiting old friends.

Duke Ellington & Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Sony Legacy) I listened to this last night and again earlier this morning. It's really not a promising concept, putting two big bands together. But I think it comes off astonishingly well here. It's strange and fascinating to hear the overall and individual personalities of the bands in "conversation." The interplay between Basie's and Ellington's piano is especially wonderful. Or how about Jimmy Hamilton's clarinet contrasting with Frank Wess' flute? And Paul Gonsalves doing his thing and then... Frank Foster! The two bands are like sounds from different but somehow parallel universes -- like superheroes from the Marvel and DC worlds somehow meeting up and doing their thing together. I love it. NP: I'm not listening to the original King of America record; it's the bonus disc that came with the Ryko reissue. It's an EP, a live recording of Elvis Costello & the Confederates from 1986. Anyone who's a fan of guitarist James Burton (or EC) should hear it.

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Oh man, I SCREAMED at the TV when I saw that play. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Horrible idea. Horrible execution. To lose two years in a row to Alabama is completely understandable. But to lose two years in a row the way that we did. . . it's a tough pill to swallow.

I second the love for Bunky's Places We've Never Been.