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Thelonious Monk Big Band & Quartet - In Concert (Columbia Jazz Masterpieces) CDs 1 & 2

Some great Griff & Lock. NP: Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (Prestige)

Franco D'Andrea - Dialogues With Super-Ego / Es (Red) Two solo piano LPs released on one CD; another volume in the "Franco D'Andrea Special Edition" from Red Records. And last night: Tito Puente & His Concert Orchestra (Tico/Fania)

Franco D'Andrea - Quartet Live / My Shuffle (Red, rec. 1985) with Franco D'Andrea (p); Tino Tracanna (ts, ss); Attilio Zanchi (b); Gianni Cazzola (d) Terrific.

I'm sorta surprised that no one has mentioned Martial Solal's MPS recordings. In this listener's opinion, they're among his very best. According to the incredibly subjective HutchFan Five-Star Scale, I would rate each of Solal's MPS LPs as follows: Martial Solal & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Movability (1976) -- 5 STARS Martial Solal - Nothing But Piano (1976) -- 5 STARS Martial Solal / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Daniel Humair - Suite for Trio (1978) -- 5 STARS Martial Solal - The Solosolal (1979) -- 4 STARS Martial Solal / Lee Konitz / John Scofield / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Four Keys (1979) -- 4.5 STARS Lee Konitz & Martial Solal - Live At The Berlin Jazz Days 1980 (1982) -- 5 STARS I always thought these would make a great Mosaic set. Oh well. I guess that ship has sailed. On the updside, since Edel's acquisition of the MPS catalog, many of these vital recordings have been made available again. On the downside, they're largely only available as downloads. Regardless of how you listen, I would strongly recommend all of these records.

Pat Martino - The Maker (Evidence)

My favorite baritone sax player is Harry Carney. He's such an integral part of Ellington's sound. Even when he wasn't soloing, you can feel him laying down that foundation. Among more recent players, I really enjoy Pepper Adams. BTW, I completely agree with fasstrack's assessment (earlier in the thread, from a few years ago) of Ronnie Cuber's Eleventh Day of Aquarius. LOVE that record. (Among the reasons why: Mickey Tucker!) I actually prefer that LP to Cuber's more well-known Cuber Libre.

This Clark Terry fan agrees with you 100%.

Clark Terry - Intimate Stories (Challenge, rec. 1978) with Horace Parlan & Red Mitchell

Goes well with Latin Jazz. ... Hell, it goes well with just about anything.

Another disc that keeps finding its way into my CD player: Bobby Sanabria Big Band - Afro-Cuban Dream . . . Live & in Clave!!! (Arabesque. 2000) Tremendous.

This again: Abdullah Ibrahim - Fats, Duke & The Monk (Sackville, rec. 1973)

Andy LaVerne Trio - Another World (SteepleChase) with Mike Richmond & Billy Hart

NP: as heard on Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Return of the 5,000 lb. Man (Warner Brothers/32 Jazz)

Fred Anderson - The Missing Link (Nessa)

Prompted by Jeff's post, I'm giving this a listen too.

It's been a Count Basie morning for me:

Terry Gibbs - The Latin Connection (Contemporary)

Rein de Graaff Quintet - New York Jazz (Timeless)

Desert-island music. Tonight, I'm going to see John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring at Symphony Hall here in Atlanta. I'm listening to this to get warmed up:

Bill Barron - Variations in Blue (Muse) with Jimmy Owens, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond & Ben Riley Superb musicians playing interesting compositions.

Genesis - Seconds Out (Charisma/Atlantic) LP 1