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This is also my favorite M8 -- by a considerable margin. It's so much more subtle than other versions. You can hear continuity with the transparent textures that reappear in Das Lied von der Erde. I never heard the connection between these works so clearly until I heard Ozawa's recording. NP: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, etc. / Ormandy, Philadelphia O (Sony) IMO, the plush, luxuriant sound that Ormandy favors is a perfect match for this music.

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star (Bearsville, 1973) Todd Rundgren's Utopia (Bearsville, 1974)

Mary Lou Williams - Nite Life (Chiaroscuro, 1971) Disc 1

Roland Hanna - 24 Preludes, Books 1 & 2 (Salvation/King) with George Mraz

Really enjoying listening to Bill Evans' music today:

Bill Evans - The Brilliant (Timeless)

The Bill Evans Trio - Since We Met (Fantasy, 1974) with Eddie Gomez & Marty Morell

The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-1961 (Mosaic) Disc 1

Mads Vinding Trio with Jean-Michel Pilc & Billy Hart - Open Minds (Storyville, 2011)

Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams - Mary's Idea (Decca/GRP)

James P. Johnson Richie Beirach

I'm going to pull that out next. Thanks for the reminder.

Great record!!!

More Ellington from 1958:

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection, Volume Six: Dance Dates, California 1958 (Atlantic/Saja) Tremendous live recordings from the stockpile. What do you think of this one, Balladeer?

Enrico Pieranunzi - Perugia Suite (EGEA) Full of vitality and beauty.

What about the Swingle Swingers' records with jazz musicians? I'm thinking of their collaboration with the MJQ on Place Vendôme. The Swingle Singers also collaborated with Stan Getz & Michel Legrand on Communication '72 -- even though they weren't credited. I think both of these records are interesting in a "not your ordinary jazz" sort of way -- especially the Getz record.

I think Ellington's music was fascinating from beginning to end. So I could easily recommend ALL of these; every single one has something to recommend it. That said, the recordings in bold are particularly special to this listener. *************************** The Great Paris Concert (Atlantic) New Orleans Suite (Atlantic) Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic) The Private Collection, Vol. 3: Studio Sessions, NY, 1962 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 4: Studio Sessions, NY, 1963 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 5: The Suites, NY, 1968 & 1970 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 8: Studio Sessions, San Francisco, Chicago, NY, 1957, 1965, 1966, & 1967 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 9: Studio Sessions, NY, 1968 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 10: Studio Sessions, New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 (Atlantic/Saja) The Feeling of Jazz (Black Lion) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia) "All American" in Jazz (Columbia) The Girl's Suite and the Perfume Suite (Columbia) Midnight in Paris (Columbia) Piano in the Background (Columbia) Piano in the Foreground (Columbia) Three Suites (Columbia) Unknown Session (Columbia) All Star Road Band, Vol. 2 (Doctor Jazz) The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy) Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Fantasy) The Intimacy of the Blues (Fantasy) Latin American Suite (Fantasy) The Pianist (Fantasy) Up In Duke's Workshop (Fantasy) Yale Concert (Fantasy) Second Sacred Concert (Fantasy) My People (Flying Dutchman) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse) Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse) Live at the Whitney (Impulse) New York Concert: In Performance at Columbia University (Musicmasters) London: The Great Concerts (Musicmasters) Berlin '65/Paris '67 (Pablo) Duke's Big Four (Pablo) The Ellington Suites (Pablo) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (Pablo) In the Uncommon Market (Pablo) The Intimate Ellington (Pablo) Harlem (Pablo) Stockholm Concert - 1966 (Pablo) This One's For Blanton (Pablo) And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA) The Far East Suite (RCA) A Concert of Sacred Music (RCA) The Popular Duke Ellington (RCA) Third Sacred Concert (RCA) Eastbourne Performance (RCA) Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron) Afro-Bossa (Reprise) Concert in the Virgin Islands (Reprise) Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Sessions (Reprise) Duke Ellington Plays "Mary Poppins" (Reprise) Ellington '65 (Reprise) Ellington '66 (Reprise) Francis A. & Edward K. (Reprise) The Symphonic Ellington (Reprise) Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit, The Master Takes (Roulette/Blue Note) Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert (Solid State/Blue Note) The Jaywalker (Storyville) New York, New York: 1970-1972 (Storyville) The Piano Player (Storyville) The Togo Brava Suite (Storyville) The Togo Brava Suite (United Artists/Blue Note) Money Jungle (United Artists/Blue Note) Ella at Duke's Place (Verve) Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington at the Cote d'Azur (Verve) Soul Call (Verve)

Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (New World) Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro)

Freddie Redd - Straight Ahead (Interplay, 1977) with Henry Franklin & Carl Burnett

That's likely true for MANY of us here. Now listening to some late-in-the-game Ben:

Chuck, that LP was briefly available on CD. For some reason, it was re-titled Empirical.

Miles Davis Quintet - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 (Sony) Disc 1 - from Juan-les-Pin

Very sad news. R.I.P.