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The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic) I haven't listened to this in a long while. Sounds good!

John Hicks - Some Other Time (Theresa LP) with Walter Booker & Idris Muhammad Milt Jackson, J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown - Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (Pablo) with Tom Ranier (p); John Collins (g); and Roy McCurdy (d)

Mickey Tucker Trio - Sweet Lotus Lips (Denon)with Reggie Workman & Horacee Arnold

Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun (Sony) I stayed away from Hendrix's posthumous releases for many years, not wanting to hear any "half-baked" Hendrix. My son, who's a Hendrix fanatic, brought this home a few years ago. When I finally heard it playing in his room one day, I was shocked by how fully realized -- and flat-out GREAT -- it sounds. Billy Cox brings so much to this music, an incredibly funky and soulful vibe. . . . When Hendrix died, I was two years old. If I could travel back in time to hear Hendrix in person, I'd rather hear the band on this record (with Cox & Mitch Mitchell) than even the classic "Jimi Hendrix Experience" with Noel Redding. I'm going to see/hear Pharoah perform next weekend.

More Lieb: Dave Liebman Quintet - If They Only Knew (Timeless) This is Lieb's smoking band with John Scofield and Terumasa Hino, the slapper of over-enthusiastic student drummers. David Liebman Big Band, Directed by Gunnar Mossblad - Beyond the Line (OmniTone)

I've been listening to the Dave Liebman Group:

Marian McPartland - In My Life (Concord) with Gary Mazzaroppi (b) and Glenn Davis (d); Chris Potter (as, ts) also sits in on a few cuts

Andy Emler - Sombritude (Casa Editions, rec. 1998) - Andy Emler, piano - Dave Liebman, saxophone soprano & ténor saxophone, flûte indienne - Stephane Belmondo, trompette & bugle - Linley Marthe, basse électrique - Francis Lassus, batterie

Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes - Question and Answer (Geffen)

It's been a John Hicks Day: Is That So? (Timeless)

More John Hicks:

For sure. Russ Freeman's piano work on that "West Coast Session" CD really caught my ear last night. That's what prompted me to also cue up Among Friends -- wanting to hear more of Pepper & Freeman together. On the way into work this morning:

Art Pepper - Among Friends (Interplay, 1978) with Russ Freeman, Bob Magnusson and Frank Butler

John Scofield - Time on My Hands (Blue Note) with Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions!" - Volume 4 with Bill Watrous (Omnivore)

Tommy Flanagan - Lady Be Good ... for Ella (Verve) with Peter Washington & Lewis Nash

Ricky Ford - Saxotic Stomp (Muse)

Happy Birthday, Ken!!!

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