Johnny Griffin & Lockjaw Davis - Playing the Music of Thelonious Monk: Lookin' at Monk! (Jazzland/OJC)
with Monk sidemen Larry Gales & Ben Riley; Junior Mance rounds out the rhythm section
Right as rain.
Randy Weston - Vishnu Wood Duo - Perspective (Denon)
And then. . .
Another Denon release, also a duo, also recorded in the 1970s:
Archie Shepp-Dollar Brand [Abdullah Ibrahim] - Duet (Denon)
Both of these are quietly sublime.
Caribbean Jazz Project / Dave Samuels: Here and Now - Live in Concert (Concord Picante)
Dave Samuels (vib, mar); Diego Urcola (tr, flhn); Dario Eskenazi (p); Oscar Stagnaro (el b); Mark Walker (d); Roberto Quintero (congas, perc)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 - At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Pablo)
I've been playing this over-and-over-again. Jackson is one of the few who can conjure that extraordinary Louis Armstrong feeling of joy through rhythm.