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I think Ellington's music was fascinating from beginning to end. So I could easily recommend ALL of these; every single one has something to recommend it. That said, the recordings in bold are particularly special to this listener. *************************** The Great Paris Concert (Atlantic) New Orleans Suite (Atlantic) Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic) The Private Collection, Vol. 3: Studio Sessions, NY, 1962 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 4: Studio Sessions, NY, 1963 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 5: The Suites, NY, 1968 & 1970 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 8: Studio Sessions, San Francisco, Chicago, NY, 1957, 1965, 1966, & 1967 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 9: Studio Sessions, NY, 1968 (Atlantic/Saja) The Private Collection, Vol. 10: Studio Sessions, New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 (Atlantic/Saja) The Feeling of Jazz (Black Lion) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia) "All American" in Jazz (Columbia) The Girl's Suite and the Perfume Suite (Columbia) Midnight in Paris (Columbia) Piano in the Background (Columbia) Piano in the Foreground (Columbia) Three Suites (Columbia) Unknown Session (Columbia) All Star Road Band, Vol. 2 (Doctor Jazz) The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy) Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Fantasy) The Intimacy of the Blues (Fantasy) Latin American Suite (Fantasy) The Pianist (Fantasy) Up In Duke's Workshop (Fantasy) Yale Concert (Fantasy) Second Sacred Concert (Fantasy) My People (Flying Dutchman) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse) Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse) Live at the Whitney (Impulse) New York Concert: In Performance at Columbia University (Musicmasters) London: The Great Concerts (Musicmasters) Berlin '65/Paris '67 (Pablo) Duke's Big Four (Pablo) The Ellington Suites (Pablo) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (Pablo) In the Uncommon Market (Pablo) The Intimate Ellington (Pablo) Harlem (Pablo) Stockholm Concert - 1966 (Pablo) This One's For Blanton (Pablo) And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA) The Far East Suite (RCA) A Concert of Sacred Music (RCA) The Popular Duke Ellington (RCA) Third Sacred Concert (RCA) Eastbourne Performance (RCA) Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron) Afro-Bossa (Reprise) Concert in the Virgin Islands (Reprise) Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Sessions (Reprise) Duke Ellington Plays "Mary Poppins" (Reprise) Ellington '65 (Reprise) Ellington '66 (Reprise) Francis A. & Edward K. (Reprise) The Symphonic Ellington (Reprise) Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit, The Master Takes (Roulette/Blue Note) Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert (Solid State/Blue Note) The Jaywalker (Storyville) New York, New York: 1970-1972 (Storyville) The Piano Player (Storyville) The Togo Brava Suite (Storyville) The Togo Brava Suite (United Artists/Blue Note) Money Jungle (United Artists/Blue Note) Ella at Duke's Place (Verve) Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington at the Cote d'Azur (Verve) Soul Call (Verve)

Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (New World) Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro)

Freddie Redd - Straight Ahead (Interplay, 1977) with Henry Franklin & Carl Burnett

That's likely true for MANY of us here. Now listening to some late-in-the-game Ben:

Chuck, that LP was briefly available on CD. For some reason, it was re-titled Empirical.

Miles Davis Quintet - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 (Sony) Disc 1 - from Juan-les-Pin

Very sad news. R.I.P.

More of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter: The Witch Doctor (Blue Note, rel. 1968) From the The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers set on Mosaic. (Usually, I'd rather hear the music as programmed on the original LPs, rather than just listening to the tunes in chronological order.) It's amazing just how much stellar music this band made in such a short time.

Lots of Lee Morgan today.

John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse Studio Recordings (Impulse!) Disc 1

My wife & I had a great time in NYC. I caught most of the shows described in my original post. I also heard Joel Ross' Parables -- a bunch of young, up-and-coming jazzers -- at the Jazz Gallery. The band that knocked me out the most? Jacob Sacks' Quintet at Cornelia Street Cafe. Gorgeous, spontaneous, fun music. As I mentioned in my original post, I wasn't all that familiar with Sacks, but he really impressed me a ton -- both his playing and his compositions. I'm going to have to track down some of his recordings, although I don't think the particular line-up that I saw has released any. Billy Hart's band was also wonderful -- subtle and Monkishly oblique. Joe Lovano's Us Five and Arturo O'Farrill's Big Band were great too. Hell, it was ALL good. I only wish I could've stayed longer and heard more.

Eivind Opsvik ‎- Overseas V (Loyal Label, 2017) with Tony Malaby, Brandon Seabrook, Jacob Sacks, and Kenny Wollesen

Jack Walrath & the Masters of Suspense - Out of the Tradition (Muse, 1990)

Ahmad Jamal - The Essence, Part Two: Big Byrd (Birdology/Dreyfus)

Anita O'Day - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (ASV Living Era) Solid compilation of O'Days early years with Krupa, Kenton, and others

The Best of Paul Desmond (Columbia/CTI)

I didn't realize Weiss was playing. When I checked Mezzrow's site a few weeks ago, another artist was slated to perform. Thanks for the heads-up.

Kenny Burrell - Handcrafted (Muse, 1978) with Reggie Johnson & Sherman Ferguson

Tomorrow, my wife and I are flying up to NYC. We're celebrating my 50th birthday with some good food and jazz. My wife gets to choose the restaurants (since she's the foodie), and I pick the music! On Friday night, we're planning to see Billy Hart's Quartet at Jazz Standard. On Saturday, I think we'll go see Jacob Sacks' Quintet at Cornelia Street Cafe. I'm not super-familiar with Sacks, but his band features some outstanding musicians -- Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek & Dan Weiss. (I just heard Weiss in-person for the first time last week -- with Miguel Zenon's band here at the Ferst Center in Atlanta. The guy is AMAZING.) I'll probably also try to see Joe Lovano's Us Five late set at Birdland. On Sunday night, I'm looking at either Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (at Birdland) and/or Sylvie Courvoisier's Trio with Drew Gress and Kenny Wollesen (at the Stone). It's truly amazing how much music's happening in NYC on any given weekend. BTW: If anyone thinks I'm missing something really special that's happening this weekend, gimme a shout. I'm open to suggestions from others who are "in the know." I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. I'm really looking forward to a weekend jam-packed with MUSIC!!!

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Very interesting background info. Thanks for sharing, Larry. I'd never heard any of this before.

I was seeing the same.