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Picked this up for a few bucks at a used bookstore a while back . . .

Ray Barretto & New World Spirit - Portraits in Jazz & Clave (RCA) The Phil Woods Quintet - All Bird's Children (Concord)

Dizzy Gillespie - Odyssey: 1945-1952 (Savoy) Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse)

More James Moody: The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone/OJC) Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone/OJC)

NP: Pepper Adams - The Master... (Muse, 1980) In my personal pantheon of bari-sax players, there are three who stand well above the others. They are Harry Carney, Pepper Adams, and John Surman.

More hosannas for Rowles' & Cohn's Heavy Love! Earlier: Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson - The Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note) Everybody on this record sounds great -- but tonight I was really locked in on Roger Humphries' drumming. Fan-stinkin'-tastic.

On the way into work this AM: Elvin Jones - The Main Force (Vanguard)

On to Disc 2.

On the way home from work: Disc 1

Yeah, the Jazztet quickly came to mind for me too. How about James Moody? I'm thinking of his mid- and late-50's stuff in particular, much of it arranged by Quincy.

Tito Puente & Eddie Palmieri - Masterpiece / Obra Maestra (RMM) Eddie Palmieri - Sueño (Intuition)

The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic) Disc 11 Sublime music.

I know the Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino album, but not the other Libre record. Will investigate. . . . Thanks!

I wasn't familiar with Libre until your post, soulpope. Listening to some cuts now via YT. Thanks for the heads-up! What a stellar line-up. Sounds great!

Superb Mary Lou!

Disc 3

Larry Coryell backed by Oregon (minus Paul McCandless): The Restful Mind (Vanguard, 1975)

Yes. Really good stuff!

I'm scratching my Oregon itch. It shows up every once in a while. I've been listening to their second and third albums, Distant Hills and Winter Light:

Patrick, I have Solstice. I think it's wonderful. To be honest, everything that I've heard from Kimbrough has been excellent. That said, style-wise, Kimbrough is not someone I'd associate with Thelonious. I guess that's one of the reasons that this set sounds intriguing.

Thanks for those recommendations, Peter. I've enjoyed Hank Jones' Muse recordings -- both Bop Redux and Groovin' High -- but I don't know any of those others. One more that I really like (but didn't mention before): Hanky Panky (East Wind) with Ron Carter & Grady Tate

Outstanding trio with Rufus Reid & Freddie Waits.

Very cool! Sharing music with folks who might be receptive to it & building up lots of positive karma in the process. True "jazz evangelism" -- in the best sense of the word. Both Walter Sobchak and I salute you!