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Bill O'Connell - Searching (Inner City, 1978) I recently tracked down this out-of-print LP, O'Connell's first as a leader. Unlike much of his music, this is not Latin Jazz. (O'Connell was in Mongo Santamaria's band when this LP was made.) Instead, this is lyrical, straight-ahead jazz in a piano trio format. It's lovely and subtle music; the more I listen, the more I enjoy it.

Ben Webster - Atmosphere for Lovers and Thieves (Black Lion) Recordings from 1965.

Jim Hall, Joe Lovano, George Mraz, Lewis Nash - Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar (Telarc) Superb. At times, this music reminds me a bit of Jimmy Giuffre's trio with Hall -- especially when Lovano picks up his clarinet. But I think Nash's presence makes this music swing even harder.

Joe Lovano Us Five - Folk Art (Blue Note)

Zbigniew Seifert - Man of the Light (MPS, 1977) Zbigniew Seifert (vn); Joachim Kühn (p); Jasper Van't Hof (el p, org); Cecil McBee (b); Billy Hart (d) I like this. It's big, thrusting, earthy music -- a bit reminiscent of McCoy Tyner.

Thanks for sharing this, alankin. It sounds like she was a very special person. I'm sorry to hear that she's passed.

Mark Helias' Open Loose - Verbs of Will (Radio Legs, 2003) with Tony Malaby & Tom Rainey

More Joey Calderazzo: Haiku (Marsalis Music, 2004) Gorgeous solo piano. And: Dizzy Gillespie, et al - Dizzy's Big 4 (Pablo, 1975)

Frank Kimbrough / Joe Locke - Saturn's Child (OmniTone)

Prompted by Larry's thread elsewhere on the forum:

John Hicks - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven (Concord)

Just ordered these two LPs from Dusty Groove: Mickey Tucker Trio - Sweet Lotus Lips (Denon) with Reggie Workman & Horacee Arnold John Hicks - Some Other Time (Theresa) with Walter Booker & Idris Muhammad It's payday.

Some excellent Tony Williams on that one. NP:

Holly Hofmann - Tales of Hofmann (Azica, 1995) Holly Hofmann (fl); Bobby Shew (tr); Bill Cunliffe (p); Bob Magnusson (b); Victor Lewis (d)

Now listening to the music with Harrell, Cox and Hart.

Mike Wofford Plays Gerald Wilson: Gerald's People (Discovery) with Rufus Reid (b), Carl Burnett (d), and Richie Gajate Garcia (perc, on a few cuts)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond - Stardust (Fantasy) Is it a cliché to say that I like the pre-Morello DBQ recordings best? Whether it is or not, I do.

Warne Marsh Quartet - Ne Plus Ultra (hatOLOGY)