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More from Lovano: Joe Lovano Quartet - Classic! Live at Newport (Blue Note) with Hank Jones, George Mraz and Lewis Nash

Aldo Romano & Joe Lovano - Ten Tales (Owl / Sunnyside)

The Don Friedman Trio - Invitation (Progressive) with George Mraz & Ronnie Bedford

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto) with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, and Martin Wind

Various Artists - Chess Blues (MCA) Disc 3 (1954 - 1960) On Friday after work, I stopped by the local Salvation Army store. Found this Chess Blues 4-CD set AND the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 8-CD set.

The Progressive Don Friedman (Progressive) with Frank Luther and Billy Hart

Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions Disc 7 - Music under the leadership of Dick Cary & Billy Butterfield

More Dutch jazz from the 1970s: Rein De Graaff - Dick Vennik Quartet ‎– Modal Soul (Timeless Muse) with Koos Serierse (b) and Eric Ineke (d)

Niko -- I'm not familiar with Gijs Hendriks. But your post piqued my curiosity. I found this Hendriks album on YouTube, and I'm giving it a listen now: Very nice! Notes on the album's page on Discogs: GIJS HENDRIKS QUARTETwith Siegfried Kessler (p, el p), Bert van Erk (b), Michael Baird (d)& guests Slide Hampton, Sonny Grey, Raul BurnetThese 1976-77 recordings are from the period with Franco-German pianist Siegfried Kessler.This quartet was together for a year and a half. Frequent guests at the time were trombonistSlide Hampton and trumpeter Sonny Grey -- both are featured here on two tracks each. Andthe legendary conga drummer Raul Burnet is featured on one track. Made over thirty-five years ago, these are historical recordings from a particularly creativeperiod of Gijs Hendriks, which were never released. Also fine playing by Slide, whose stay inEurope was under-recorded. Recorded at Lucassound Studio, Hilversum, Holland October/November 1976 & January 1977.

More likely they're the new Edison cylinders. But I'm still happy to bring 'em home.

Various Artists - Chess Blues (MCA) Disc 4 (1960 - 1967)

I'm with you, Jim. House of Tribes convinces me more than any of Wynton's other live albums -- MUCH more than the Vanguard recordings. (I have the Blues Alley recording, but I haven't listened in a long time and I don't have any strong recollections of it.) Listen to "Green Chimneys" on House of Tribes. Wynton actually sounds like he's having fun. OTOH, the fun on the Vanguard recording is "fun" -- forced fun that isn't fun; it's a put-on. (At least it sounds that way to me. I cringe when I hear it.) As always, others' mileage may vary.

Giving this a spin after recommending it in Paul's "10 Classical Recordings You Enjoy Listening To" thread: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 / Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG) Here's one of the things that makes this recording special: Boulez avoids any overt interpretive stance. His reading isn't chilly (on one hand) or angst-ridden (on the other). Instead, Boulez illuminates the score and lets the work unfold as transparently as possible. Ironically, Boulez's light touch heightens the weird, otherworldly vibe of the music. You hear and feel more because he does less. Of course, the virtuosic playing of the Cleveland Orchestra helps! (As does Boulez's mastery of texture; I've never heard this music performed with such translucency.) Listening to this CD also reminds me that Shostakovich revered Mahler and was greatly influenced by him. Boulez's reading of the M7 often sounds like Shostakovich's music! I'm thinking of works like DSCH's 6th, 9th, and 15th symphonies. They have a similar uncanny, impossible-to-pin-down vibe. (Or at least I think I hear connections between the composers. I guess I'm making connections, even if Shostakovich didn't!)

Ten MAHLER symphony recordings that I enjoy: - Symphony No. 1 / Horenstein, LSO (Unicorn) - Symphony No. 2 / Scherchen, Vienna State Opera O (Westminster/MCA) - Symphony No. 3 / Kubelik, Bavarian RSO (studio) (DG) - Symphony No. 4 / Levine, Chicago SO, Judith Blegen (RCA) - Symphony No. 5 / Kubelik, Bavarian RSO (live) (Audite) - Symphony No. 6 / Barbirolli, New Philharmonia (Warner Classics) - Symphony No. 7 / Boulez, Cleveland O (DG) - Symphony No. 8 / Ozawa, Boston SO (Philips) - Das Lied von der Erde / Kubelik, Bavarian RSO, Waldemar Kmentt, Janet Baker (Audite) - Symphony No. 9 / Walter, Columbia SO (Sony)

Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live! (Verve)

Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1 (Contemporary/OJC)

For sure! Now playing: Pat Martino - Formidable (HighNote) Just released today. Sounds great. Earlier, during my morning commute: Ed Sarath - Voice of the Wind (Owl, 1990) with Dave Liebman, Joanne Brackeen, Cecil McBee & Billy Hart Strong stuff! Would make a solid addition to the "Obscure But Excellent Records" thread.

as reissued on Kenny Burrell in New York (Muse / 32 Jazz) with Larry Gales (b) and Sherman Ferguson (d)

I agree. Also, this: And I second (or third?) the vote for the Bill Saxton LP.

I dig that cover painting / illustration. Very evocative. Now playing: David Liebman Group - New Vista (Arkadia)

You caught a plum, you lucky dog!

I'll play. Some orchestral recordings that I enjoy and return to often: - Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; Swan of Tuonela / Stokowski, National PO (Sony) - Strauss: Don Quixote / Rostropovich, Karajan, Berlin PO (Warner Classics) - Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Petrushka / Boulez, NYPO & Cleveland O (Sony) - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 / Walter, Columbia SO (Sony) - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 / Rozhdestvensky, LSO (Alto) - Ives: Holidays Symphony; The Unanswered Question / Michael Tilson Thomas, Chicago SO (Sony) - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Munch, Boston SO (RCA) - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Mravinsky, Leningrad PO (Melodiya/BMG) - Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 / Ormandy, Philadelphia O (Sony) - Vaughan Williams: "London Symphony" (No. 2) / Boult, LPO (Warner Classics)

Now: John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard: The Master Takes (Impulse) Earlier: Kenny Dorham - Una Mas (Blue Note)