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Beaver Harris 360 Degree Music Experience - Beautiful Africa (Soul Note) Harris' and Cameron Brown's superb rhythm work makes this one special. (Not that the front line needs to make any excuses. ) Freddie Redd - With Due Respect (SteepleChase) Thanks Ken!

Shirley Horn Trio - A Lazy Afternoon (SteepleChase)

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse)

Fantastic. NP: Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert (Atlantic) I love this recording. It appears that Kenny Burrell does too.

Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (New World) Disc 1

Powerful music. I'm still digging the "Fatha": Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro)

More Fatha Hines: Earl Hines Plays George Gershwin (Classic Jazz)

I've spent the last few hours listening to Earl Hines. Four Jazz Giants (Solo Art) All three of these tributes are excellent. Today, I particularly enjoyed the Satchmo tracks. Stephane Grappelli Meets Earl Hines (Black Lion) Wonderfully relaxed duets, full of feeling. Check out their version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Phew! Good!

Willis Jackson - Headed and Gutted (Muse) As good as you'd expect (and then some), given the quality of this band.

Horace Parlan Quintet - Frank-ly Speaking (SteepleChase) This record is relatively new to me, but it's quickly become a favorite. Strozier's alto and Foster's tenor sound great together, and the hot rhythm section keeps the fires burning. Amen to that! BTW: Thanks for the heads-up on this particular recording. I wasn't aware of it. Looks like one I should check out.

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - The Scenic Route (Palmetto) Franco Ambrosetti - Wings (Enja)

Another newly-arrived disc : Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - New Lands (Timeless) with Marc Johnson & Joey Baron

Good stuff! I just got a package from CD Japan, and this was one of the discs in the box: David Friedman - Futures Passed (Enja / Solid)

Terell Stafford - This Side of Strayhorn (MaxJazz)

MONK. Great.

Such a wonderful record.

Gordon Beck - Sunbird (JMS) with Allan Holdsworth -- R.I.P. and Jean-François Jenny-Clark & Aldo Romano

What do you think of that Terry Gibbs record, Tom?

Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (Columbia)

Thelonious Monk - Live at the Jazz Workshop: Complete (Sony)

Andrew Hill - Live at Montreux (Arista Freedom)

Thanks for sharing those reviews, Larry. Great writing -- and right on the money!

Al Cohn - No Problem (Xanadu) with Barry Harris, Steve Gilmore and Walter Bolden To my ears, Al Cohn never sounded better than he did in the late 70s on the records he made for Xanadu. You'd be hard pressed to top Cohn's run of three Xanadu quartet records with Barry Harris and the duo record with Jimmy Rowles. That's one helluva purple patch.

Conte Candoli & Frank Rosolino - Conversation (RCA) Ricky Ford - Loxodonta Africana (New World)

I'm going to see them at the Ferst Center here in Atlanta on Saturday night (04/15). Looking forward to it!