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Jaki Byard - The Jaki Byard Experience (Prestige, 1968) with Roland Kirk, Richard Davis & Alan Dawson

I've never seen it before either, HBJ. I would suspect that it's likely a re-packaging of an existing recording. Let us know what you discover!

More Rahsaan: Some INCREDIBLE music here, but -- using lingo from the time when it was recorded -- I gotta say this CD title is jive.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle (Atlantic)

Let's hope Lee keeps going strong for years to come!

I've never seen that one before. What do you think of it, Peter?

Marian McPartland - Plays the Music of Mary Lou Williams (Concord) Bobby Avey - Inhuman Wilderness (InnerVoiceJazz)

Marian McPartland - From This Moment On (Concord) Trio with Brian Torff & Jake Hanna

LP 1 - Originally released as Bags Meets Wes

Very cool. How did you come to know this interesting fact? Did you learn it yourself through geneological research? Or has the knowledge been passed down through your family? I only ask because my mom has been doing quite a bit of family ancestry research lately. Just the other day, she told me that we are direct decendants of one of the Governors of the Massachusetts Bay colony. We had no idea.

Houston Person - Houston Express (Prestige) as heard on

Laurie Antonioli & Richie Beirach - Varuna (Origin) A wonderful release. Kenny Barron - Soft Spoken Here (32 Jazz) Disc 2 - originally released as Golden Lotus Funny. I could listen to those guys play all day. "Different strokes" and all that.

Jessica Williams - Songs for a New Century (Origin)

Spinning this LP again: Anita O'Day - Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (MPS, 1970) Earlier, another Konitz duo: Lee Konitz / Harold Danko - Wild as Springtime (Candid)

Yeah! NP: Brian Lynch Presents - Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw (Hollistic MusicWorks)

Rock solid -- with some very nice playing by Abercrombie & Gonz.

Sounds like a blast, Allen. Wish I could be there! I actually will be in NYC about ten days before that. But, alas, I'll be back here in ATL by the time 02/20 rolls around.

Ray Drummond - Vignettes (Arabesque) with Gary Bartz (as, ss), Chris Potter (ts), Renee Rosnes (p), and Billy Hart (d)

Disc 3 - "Caravan" and "Azure" and "Diminuendo in Blue" and "Crescendo in Blue" and "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" and "Lost in a Meditation" and . . .

Great news!

Here's what today's list might look like -- if I limited myself to JAZZ only (and no huge box sets): - Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939 (Sony) - Bobby Hutcherson - Medina/Spiral (Blue Note) - Mal Waldron - One-Upmanship (Enja) - Dave Liebman/Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon) - Randy Weston - The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles) - Miles - Bitches Brew (Sony) - Thelonious - TM Big Band & Quartet in Concert (Sony) - Jaki Byard - Solo/Strings (Prestige) - Mingus - Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic) - Larry Willis with Cecil McBee & Gary Bartz - Steal Away (Audioquest) Of course, so many are missing. Picking ten is tough! But I LOVE these ten like you love your best friend, your mama's cooking, your childhood dog.