HutchFan

Very dismaying to hear this news. I wish EC nothing but the best of outcomes and a speedy, full recovery.

Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin - The New Continent (Limelight) Dizzy Gillespie & the Mitchell-Ruff Duo - S/T (Mainstream)

PM sent on the Pieranunzi Plays Morricone CD.

chewy, I stumbled on this LP -- still sealed -- in a local shop a few months back. The music is very good, although I must say that it's a bit odd to hear Brubeck with such a "heavy," Coltrane-ish player as Jerry Bergonzi. After years of listening to lighter-toned players like Desmond and Mulligan with Brubeck, Bergonzi is quite a contrast. Not bad. Just very different. In any case, there was a CD issue of this music. Here it is on amazon.com. BTW: Have you found the plastic inner-liners on Concord releases to be destructive to the LPs? If so, how? I have quite a few Concord LPs with the plastic inner liners, and I've never noticed problems with them.

Still groovin' to Dizzy this morning: The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions (Mosaic) Disc 1 Good one!

Now back to Diz: Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (Verve)

Beck - Sea Change (Geffen)

"Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee" makes me laugh every time I hear it.

Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band - 20th and 30th Annniversary (MPS / Verve, 1968)

More Diz:

Disc 6

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Solo (Blue Note) Pepper Adams - The Adams Effect (Uptown)

Bill Evans - Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada (Milestone) with Eddie Gomez & Marty Morell from 1974 and Duke Ellington - The Duke Box (Storyville) Disc 7 - Recordings from 1945, NYC

Duke Ellington - The Duke Box (Storyville) Disc 8 - 1949 recordings from the Hollywood Empire in L.A.

They're legit, Jim.

Chasing Paint: Jane Ira Bloom Meets Jackson Pollack (Arabesque) and more! ! !

Disc 1

Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Seaward (Soul Note) with Hein van de Geyn & André Ceccarelli To my knowledge, Pieranunzi's trio with van de Geyn and Ceccarelli has only made two records. Along with Seaward, this same group is heard on Live in Paris (Challenge). Both of these records are STELLAR.

It's exciting to see so much YOUNG talent -- Ozzie Albies, Ronald Acuña, Dansby Swanson, et al. And there are even more talented young players down on the farm. No matter what happens this year, the future looks bright.

Now back to jazz: Disc 1 - originally released as two epochal Jackie McLean LPs: One Step Beyond and Destination... Out!

Lately, the starting pitching has been strong. But the relief pitchers have been shaky. Also, our closer Vizcaino is on the DL.

Speaking of the Yankees, the Atlanta "Baby Braves" -- my team -- come in to NYC today for a three-game stand. The first game is tonight. The Braves are on a bit of a roll after taking three-in-a-row from St. Louis. It'll be interesting to see how they do against the Yanks. The Braves are FAR exceeding anyone's expectations going into the season. It's been fun.