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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.

More Harrell: Tom Harrell - Stories (Contemporary, 1988) with Bob Berg, John Scofield, Niels Lan Doky, Ray Drummond, and Billy Hart

Tom Harrell - Moving Picture (HighNote, 2017) with Danny Grissett, Ugonna Okegwo, and Adam Cruz

Really enjoying this 2-CD overview.

This same poster is on the wall at my house too.

Music that goes to the desert island with me.

Certainly the best version of the Second Orchestral Set that I've ever heard. From my Charles Ives site: This recording is another demonstration why, in my view, Tilson Thomas is the most consistently fine conductor of Ives' music. He has the clearest command of Ives' musical idiom, and he makes this work come alive. The first movement is both familiar and mysterious, characteristics that MTT regularly discovers in Ives' music. The second movement has a swinging, rhythmic flair lacking in any other recording. The third movement is as epic and audacious as anything Ives ever wrote. Tilson Thomas captures the spirit of the movement. It's both tenderly elegiac and resolutely determined. Ives considered this to be one of his greatest musical achievements, and it's easy to understand why: It sounds great! My recommendation is that you play this exultant music very loud! The Concertgebouw Orchestra plays with an unparalleled, refined power. No surprise there. But perhaps a bit more surprising, they play completely idiomatically. They sound very much at home in Ives' unique, very American sound world. This is one of Ives' greatest works, wonderfully played and recorded.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Brotherman in the Fatherland: Recorded Live in Germany, 1972 (Hyena) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, stritch, fl, nose fl, cl); Ron Burton (p); Henry Pearson (b); Richie Goldberg (d); Joe "Habao" Texidor (perc) soulpope, thanks for the heads-up on this CD. RRK is on fire!

David Liebman - Trio + One (Owl, 1988) with Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and Caris Visentin

Poncho Sanchez - Chile Con Soul (Concord Picante) with Special Guest Tito Puente

Miroslav Vitouš - Ziljabu Nights: Live at Theater Gütersloh (Intution) Easily recommended to anyone who fancies early, Vitous-era Weather Report.

I saw Konitz at Birdland in NYC about ten or twelve years ago. He performed with Peter Bernstein, Dennis Irwin, and Bill Stewart. I stayed for both sets, sitting less than ten feet away. When he asked if anyone had a request, I asked for "Subconscious-Lee." He laughed under his breath, played a few bars solo, and that was it. I also recall a sublime version of "A Foggy Day." It was a memorable night.

Fantastic HH. NP: Ethan Iverson / Lee Konitz - Costumes Are Mandatory (HighNote)

MG, have you ever heard Randy Weston's version of "Caravan" on his Portraits of Duke Ellington? It's an uncanny evocation of a desert scene.

David Liebman Group - Blues All Ways (OmniTone) David Liebman (ts, ss, wood fl); Vic Juris (g); Tony Marino (b, el b); Marko Marcinko (d, perc)

Indeed.

Just finishing up this one: A fascinating read. Per Winchester, the final and loudest Krakatoa detonation -- the one that vaporized the island itself -- was the loudest event in human history. It was clearly heard nearly 3,000 miles away (!) on Rodrigues, a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It's analagous to an explosion in Philadelphia that's so loud that it can be heard in San Francisco. Unimaginable.