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  1. alankin - I relish the thoroughness of your posts. Complete personnel. All relevant cover art. Right on. NP: Russ Lossing Trio - Oracle (hatOLOGY) with Masa Kamaguchi (b) and Billy Mintz (d)
  2. Nice to see all of the love that Bill Carrothers is getting here. Also fun to find many names that are new to me. A few more that I overlooked that could easily be added to my "Honorable Mention" list: Brazilian Trio [Helio Alves] - Constelação (Motéma) Alan Broadent - You and the Night and the Music (A440) Russ Lossing - Oracle (hat) Trio M [Myra Melford] - Big Picture (Cryptogramophone)
  3. Frank Foster - Leo Rising (Arabesque) with Stephen Scott (p), Christian McBride (b) and Lewis Nash (d); Derrick Gardner (tr) sits in on a couple cuts
  4. I agree with your friend. It's outstanding. I think Evans is at his best in a trio setting -- whether it's Faith in Action, Flip the Script, or It Was Beauty. All three are terrific. EDIT: In news that I would label odd but interesting: Orrin Evans will be replacing Ethan Iverson in The Bad Plus, beginning next year. See details here. With Evans in the band, the trio will definitely move in a different direction. I enjoy Iverson's playing -- but Evans' sound and approach is completely different. . . . It's sorta like Al Green joining the Talking Heads.
  5. Griff and Lock rule. Now spinning: Joe Lovano Us Five - Bird Songs (Blue Note) This band's re-arrangements/re-conceptions of Parker tunes come off really well, imho. Not at all re-tread-ish.
  6. Cool list, Larry! I could have easily included a few from your list on mine as well. That Bill Carrothers is great -- and I love that Dave Kikoski too. There's also a couple names on your list that are completely new to me: Guus Janssen and Sten Sandell. Will investigate!
  7. Two CDs by drummer-leaders: Matt Wilson - Going Once, Going Twice (Palmetto) Ralph Peterson Fo'tet - The Reclamation Project (Evidence)
  8. Good deal, soulpope. I'm going to add that Farao CD to my "to get" list.
  9. Both of those are terrific.
  10. I'm curious. Share some of your favorite records (albums, not songs) by living pianists that have been recorded since 2000. For simplicity's sake, let's shoot for a list of 10 CDs. (Or, if that doesn't float your boat, list however many you'd like.) To keep the focus on the pianists, let's say that all of the recordings should be solo, duo (with bass) or trio (with bass & drums). One last thought: For the purposes of this thread, I have no interest in claims of "greatest" or "best" or "most important." Honestly, I just want to know about the music that you dig, music that makes you sit up and say, "Hey, now that's something!" Stuff that's valuable to YOU. So here's my list: Richie Beirach - Impressions of Tokyo: Ancient City of the Future (Outnote) Bill Carrothers - I Love Paris (Pirouet) Marc Cary - Focus (Motéma) Orrin Evans - Flip the Script (Posi-Tone) Frank Kimbrough - Quickening (OmniTone) Enrico Pieranunzi - Live in Paris (Challenge) Martial Solal - NY-1: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note) Kenny Werner - Beat Degeneration: Live, Vol. 2 (Sunnyside) Randy Weston - Zep Tepi (Random Chance) Larry Willis - This Time the Dream's on Me (HighNote) And these would make my "Honorable Mention" list: Joey Calderazzo - Haiku (Marsalis) Marc Copland - Modinha: New York Trio Recordings, Vol. 1 (Pirouet) Vijay Iyer - Historicity (ACT) Steve Kuhn - Pastorale (Sunnyside/Venus) Bill Mays - Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto) Jason Moran - Ten (Blue Note) Luis Perdomo - Universal Mind (Now Forward) Jean-Michel Pilc - Open Minds [released under the leadership of Mads Vinding] (Storyville) Edward Simon - Latin American Songbook (Sunnyside) Bobo Stenson - Indicum (ECM) Jessica Williams - This Side Up (MaxJazz) Denny Zeitlin - Slickrock (MaxJazz) What say you?
  11. Enrico Pieranunzi - Live in Paris (Challenge, rec. 2001) with Heyn van de Geyn & André "Dédé" Ceccarelli Desert-island music.
  12. sidewinder -- I'm cueing up that Getz right now, prompted by your post. Earlier today, during my morning commute: Lucky Thompson - Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? (Candid, rec. 1961) with Martial Solal, Peter Trunk and Kenny Clarke
  13. Two more new-to-me CDs: Charles Davis on tenor sax here. Impressive solo piano.
  14. Nice essay. I'd never read that Monk quote (via Steve Lacy): “You’ve got to dig it to dig, you dig?” Fantastic. Love it. Happy 100th, TSM!
  15. Bol, have you looked at www.BagsUnlimited.com? I think they stock what you're looking for. See https://www.bagsunlimited.com/category/504/jewel-cases
  16. When I arrived home from work tonight, a package was waiting for me -- a big box of used CDs that I'd ordered from Discogs. Just finished: Pat Martino - The Maker (Evidence/King Japan, 1995) with Jim Ridl (p), Marc Johnson (b) and Joe Bonadio (d) Martino in a contemplative mood. Superb. Now playing: Dave Liebman Group - Voyage (Evidence) with Vic Juris (g); Phil Markowitz (p, synth); Tony Marino (b, el b); Jamey Haddad (d, perc, vo); Café (perc, vo)
  17. with Sir Roland Hanna, Ron Carter, and Louis Hayes
  18. Wow. That was a Hollywood marriage. Lasted for all of six weeks. As a Falcons fan, I wish the Saints continued futility.
  19. I hear you, BBS. That makes perfect sense.
  20. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin - Battle Stations (Prestige/OJC) with Norman Simmons (p), Victor Sproles (b), and Ben Riley (d)
  21. Sad news. Sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace.
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