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More of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter: The Witch Doctor (Blue Note, rel. 1968) From the The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers set on Mosaic. (Usually, I'd rather hear the music as programmed on the original LPs, rather than just listening to the tunes in chronological order.) It's amazing just how much stellar music this band made in such a short time.

Lots of Lee Morgan today.

John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse Studio Recordings (Impulse!) Disc 1

My wife & I had a great time in NYC. I caught most of the shows described in my original post. I also heard Joel Ross' Parables -- a bunch of young, up-and-coming jazzers -- at the Jazz Gallery. The band that knocked me out the most? Jacob Sacks' Quintet at Cornelia Street Cafe. Gorgeous, spontaneous, fun music. As I mentioned in my original post, I wasn't all that familiar with Sacks, but he really impressed me a ton -- both his playing and his compositions. I'm going to have to track down some of his recordings, although I don't think the particular line-up that I saw has released any. Billy Hart's band was also wonderful -- subtle and Monkishly oblique. Joe Lovano's Us Five and Arturo O'Farrill's Big Band were great too. Hell, it was ALL good. I only wish I could've stayed longer and heard more.

Eivind Opsvik ‎- Overseas V (Loyal Label, 2017) with Tony Malaby, Brandon Seabrook, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wollesen

Jack Walrath & the Masters of Suspense - Out of the Tradition (Muse, 1990)

Ahmad Jamal - The Essence, Part Two: Big Byrd (Birdology/Dreyfus)

Anita O'Day - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (ASV Living Era) Solid compilation of O'Days early years with Krupa, Kenton, and others

The Best of Paul Desmond (Columbia/CTI)

I didn't realize Weiss was playing. When I checked Mezzrow's site a few weeks ago, another artist was slated to perform. Thanks for the heads-up.

Kenny Burrell - Handcrafted (Muse, 1978) with Reggie Johnson & Sherman Ferguson

Tomorrow, my wife and I are flying up to NYC. We're celebrating my 50th birthday with some good food and jazz. My wife gets to choose the restaurants (since she's the foodie), and I pick the music! On Friday night, we're planning to see Billy Hart's Quartet at Jazz Standard. On Saturday, I think we'll go see Jacob Sacks' Quintet at Cornelia Street Cafe. I'm not super-familiar with Sacks, but his band features some outstanding musicians -- Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek & Dan Weiss. (I just heard Weiss in-person for the first time last week -- with Miguel Zenon's band here at the Ferst Center in Atlanta. The guy is AMAZING.) I'll probably also try to see Joe Lovano's Us Five late set at Birdland. On Sunday night, I'm looking at either Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (at Birdland) and/or Sylvie Courvoisier's Trio with Drew Gress and Kenny Wollesen (at the Stone). It's truly amazing how much music's happening in NYC on any given weekend. BTW: If anyone thinks I'm missing something really special that's happening this weekend, gimme a shout. I'm open to suggestions from others who are "in the know." I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. I'm really looking forward to a weekend jam-packed with MUSIC!!!

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Very interesting background info. Thanks for sharing, Larry. I'd never heard any of this before.

I was seeing the same.

EDIT: I'd forgotten how wonderfully Eric Dolphy plays on these tracks. Excellent!

Now listening to: Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann (RCA) My birthday is coming up in a few days. Since my son will be off at college (and I'll be out of town) on my actual birthday, he gave me my card tonight. It's so cool and unique that I thought I'd share: The kid knows who I like!

George Mraz - My Foolish Heart (Milestone, 1995) with Richie Beirach & Billy Hart

Roland Hanna & George Mraz - Play for Monk (Artists House; reissued on MHS)