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Frank Foster - Swing! (Challenge) with Ted Dunbar (g), Mickey Tucker (p), Earl May (b), and the always-wonderful Billy Hart (d) Really enjoying this.

I've been listening to Anthony Davis this afternoon: Song for the Old World (India Navigation, 1978) Of Blues and Dreams (Sackville, 1979) Great music.

I'm giving this new-to-me LP a first spin: Frank Foster and the Loud Minority - Shiny Stockings (Denon, 1978) Sounds good -- both music- and audio-wise.

NP: The Bruce Foreman Quartet with Special Guest Bobby Hutcherson - Full Circle (Concord) with George Cables, Jeff Carney & Eddie Marshall The cover of my LP is autographed by Foreman, Hutcherson & Cables. I wish they'd been inscribed to me! But they were already there when I bought the used LP many years ago. The original owner, "Susan" (from the inscriptions), also inserted a flyer from the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in the jacket sleeve. Apparently, this was a regular jazz & classical music gathering spot -- in a beach house in El Granada, California that also served as a B&B. They brought in some terrific musicians! Along with Foreman's Quartet, the line-up on the flyer features The Timeless All Stars, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, and John Abercrombie! That's in one three-month period! (And I'm not even bothering to mention the wonderful classical musicians they booked.) EDIT: I just Googled "Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society" and it's still going strong. http://www.bachddsoc.org/

I've been playing that one over and over. Everyone plays beautifully, but I think Buster's contributions are especially brilliant. NP: Art Pepper Quartet - The Maiden Voyage Sessions, Vol. 3 (Galaxy) I think this third record from Pepper's engagement at the Maiden Voyage is even better than the first one, Road Game.

You're right, Eric. Koch reissued Un Poco Loco.

Bummer. Oh well, I suppose some things can't be fixed.

These aren't Bobby's best. Not by a long shot. But they're definitely worth hearing.

Didier Lockwood - Out of the Blue (Gramavision) with Gordon Beck, Cecil McBee & Billy Hart The other, other French jazz violinist.

I just ordered Harold Land's New Shade of Blue. Since this is some of my favorite music, I'm hoping that the CD sound is a significant improvement on the LP. For those of you who ordered it, have you had an opportunity to compare?

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Light & Lovely (Black & Blue) Is there anyone cooler than Jaws? He makes that cardigan look bad-ass.

Great record! Now listening to more of John Scofield's early-80s band with Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum: Shinola (Enja)

John Scofield - Bar Talk (Arista Novus) Larry Willis - Blue Fable (HighNote)

Bennie Wallace - The Talk of the Town (Enja)

This again: Frank Foster & the Loud Minority - Manhattan Fever (Denon)

Kenny Barron - Golden Lotus (Muse), as reissued on Soft Spoken Here (32 Jazz) with John Stubblefield, Steve Nelson, Buster Williams & Ben Riley

More Franco D'Andrea: Dialogues with Super-Ego / Es (Red, 1980) Solo piano

Franco D'Andrea - No Idea of Time (Red, 1983) with Tino Tracanna (ts, ss), Mark Helias (b), and Barry Altschul (d)

Two artists immediately come to mind. Coincidentally, both are alto saxophone players too. Gary Bartz and Kenny Garrett.

I LOVE that photo of Lieb! Reminds me of this one, which is similarly wonderfully time-bound: Back of the album Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon): This LP is on my desert-island list.

NP: New Orleans: The Living Legends - Sweet Emma "The Bell Gal" & Her Dixieland Boys featuring Jim Robinson (Riverside) Earlier: McCoy Tyner - The Greeting (Milestone)

David Friedman / David Samuels - Double Image (Enja) Still in heavy rotation 'round these parts. Art Pepper - The Trip (Contemporary) "The Summer Knows" on this record... Yowee! Tremedous!

Cool. Thanks for the link, Rooster. It's showing for a week here in ATL.

Sheila Jordan - The Crossing (Blackhawk) Damn. What a singer.

That makes sense. Though, as you say, not many of those over here on this side of the pond. I think I've only got one of those Black & White reissues -- a Fats Waller solo piano set. Remember the OJC catalogs that you could get in Tower back in the day? In the days before the internet, I learned tons about jazz by poring over those!