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Michel Petrucciani - Oracle's Destiny: Big Sur, California (Owl, 1983) Lately, this has been in heavy rotation at my house. It's one of Petrucciani's best, I think. A very special record. Yes!!!

Willis Jackson with Pat Martino - Single Action (Muse, 1980)

I like it very much. Perhaps it's not quite on the level of Easy to Read -- but it's very worthwhile nonetheless. Then again, I like everything that I've heard from that trio. NP: Nick Brignola Quintet featuring Bill Watrous - "L.A. Bound" (Sea Breeze, 1979)

Joachim Kühn, Daniel Humair, Jean-François Jenny-Clark - Usual Confusion (Label Bleu, 1993)

David Ambrosio & Russ Meissner - Moments In Time (SteepleChase LookOut)

Abdullah Ibrahim - Fats, Duke & The Monk (Sackville) Solo piano. Brilliant. and Anthony Wilson Nonet - Power of Nine (Groove Note)

Eddie Palmieri - Vamonos Pal Monte (Tico / Fania)

Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, etc. / Mariss Jansons, St. Petersburg PO (Warner Classics) Disc 1 - Symphony No. 1 & Isle of the Dead

Bobby Sanabria Big Band - Afro-Cuban Dream . . . Live & In Clave!!! (Arabesque)

You're right. He actually plays the organ on a few tracks. Absolutely gorgeous, imho. Prompted to play this by Ben Riley's passing (and by soulpope's earlier post): Andrew Hill Trio & Quartet - Shades (Soul Note) R.I.P. Ben Riley

I've been listening to lots of Oscar:

Arrived in the mail today. First listen: Aldo Romano - Dreams & Waters (Owl, 1991)

Sorry to hear this news. R.I.P.

Good deal. Thanks.

A few that I particularly enjoy: The Scott Colley CD features Chris Potter.

Hannibal Marvin Peterson - One with the Wind (Muse, 1994) e Caribbean Jazz Project / Dave Samuels - Here and Now: Live in Concert (Concord Picante, 2005) Argentinean trumpeter Diego Urcola shines on this one. sidewinder -- what do you think of this CD? I love Cedar's music, but I've never heard this recording.

Joe Diorio - Solo Guitar (Spitball / Art of Life)

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - The Year of the Elephant (Pi)

The new year is just around the corner. I thought it might be fun to launch a thread where we can discuss the recordings that we've discovered and enjoyed in 2017. Rather than limiting the discussion to music that was released in 2017, I suggest that we expand it to include anything that we've discovered this year, regardless of when it was released. The music may not be new -- but if you discovered it in 2017, then it's "new to you." Here's what I came up with: David Friedman - Of the Wind's Eye (Enja, 1981) The compositions are all Friedman originals, and the line-up is killer -- Jane Ira Bloom, Harvie Swartz and Daniel Humair. The sound quality is ridiculously good, and the sonics add to the powerful musical effect. Art Pepper - The Maiden Voyage Sessions, Vol. 3 (Galaxy, 1984) Prime late-in-the-game Pepper; with George Cables, David Williams, and Carl Burnett. Jack Walrath - Wholly Trinity (Muse, 1988) This LP has a wonderful Ornette-like vibe. Walrath dispenses with the piano, paring the group down to a trio consisting of his trumpet, Chip Jackson's bass, and Jimmy Madison's drums. The music is thrusting and powerful. Walrath's personality -- quirky, puckish, serious -- shines through. Eddie Palmieri ‎– Vamonos Pa'l Monte (Tico, 1971) Mongo Santamaria - Mongo at Montreux (Atlantic, 1971) Poncho Sanchez - Poncho (Discovery, 1979) I've spent quite a bit of time listening to Latin Jazz this year. These three are the new-to-me recordings that I've enjoyed the most. JD Allen - Radio Flyer (Savant, 2017) One of only a few new releases that I bought this year. Allen's working trio throws down. Adding guitarist Liberty Ellman to the mix takes the music even higher. Joe Lovano Us Five - Bird Songs (Blue Note, 2011) I like how Lovano and his band transform these ultra-familiar Charlie Parker songs into something new. The band features two drummers, and it works surprisingly well in a clattery sort of way. Michel Petrucciani/Ron McClure - Cold Blues (Owl, 1985) Aldo Romano - Ritual (Owl, 1988) Ed Sarath - Voice of the Wind (Owl, 1990) Three from Jean-Jacques Pussiau's Owl label. I was drawn to all three by the pianists. Petrucciani is obvious. Romano's CD features Franco D'Andrea and Sarath's features Joanne Brackeen. Russ Freeman/Shelly Manne - One on One (Contemporary, 1982) I discovered this music when another forum member posted something about it on this site. Fun to hear the unusual instrumentation of a piano/drums duo. Manne's musicality leaps out. Enrico Pieranunzi - Perugia Suite (EGEA, 2002) Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - The Year of the Elephant (Pi, 2002) My favorite new-to-me discoveries of 2017. Musically, they're very dissimilar -- but both succeed in conveying a sense of vastness and wonder. Powerful music! And outside the world of jazz: Mahler - Symphony No. 7 / Boulez, Cleveland O (DG, 1996) Boulez's transparent textures and the Cleveland Orchestra's virtuosity make this "problematic" symphony seem almost inevitable. Rush - Snakes and Arrows (Anthem/Atlantic, 2007) 70s prog rock lives! **************************** So how about you? What has knocked you out this year??? By the way, don't feel compelled to create a big list. If you want to name one record (or artist), that's fine. If you want to list twenty, that's fine too. Whatever. No rules -- other than telling us what you've discovered & dug in 2017. And if you don't like list-type threads . . . well, you don't get to play.

The Art Farmer Quartet - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Atlantic, 1965) with Steve Kuhn (p), Steve Swallow (b), and Pete La Roca (d) One of Farmer's many peaks.

Bill Evans - Consecration I (Timeless) Recorded at the Keystone Korner just weeks before Evans died.