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A few weeks ago, I ordered this Japanese import: Any Clare Fischer fan needs to hear it. The music AND sonics are OUTSTANDING.

Agreed. Now spinning more from Wallington: George Wallington - Our Delight (Prestige, 2-LP set) LP 1 - Trios with either Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, or Curly Russell (b) and Max Roach (d); originally released as two 10" LPs: - George Wallington Trio, recorded Sept 1952 - George Wallington Trio, Vol, 2, recorded May 1953

Erroll Garner - Magician (MPS, 1973) as reissued on

Brad - If you make it to the store, let us know what you find. I've been to the PREX one time, 20-some-odd years ago, and I came away with a big haul of LPs -- both jazz and classical.

More by Junior Mance:

Both discs.

Bobby Hutcherson - In the Vanguard (Landmark) with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams and Al Foster I haven't listened to this in a long time. Man, it sounds GOOD.

Last night: Mike Richmond - Dream Waves (Inner City / Sonet) with Andy LaVerne & Billy Hart Excellent.

Keystone Trio [John Hicks, George Mraz, Idris Muhammad] - Newklear Music: The Songs of Sonnny Rollins (Milestone) John Hicks!

Superb. NP: If I'm just taking one Steve Lacy disc to my desert island, it's probably this one.

Richie Beirach - Ballads and Ballads II (Sony Japan)

Oh man! You're right! And I've already got that. Doh!

Wonderful music. Awesome 'stache. The LP is particularly worth searching for if you're a Joe Farrell-phile. Oh yeah!

I've enjoyed that one. If you like Rubalcaba's other work, I think you'd like Diz. One track stands out in my memory: We've all heard "Con Alma" a million times, but Rubalcaba does something different with it. It's very still, almost like a Chopin nocturne. It's the highlight of the disc, imho. I'm also fully on board with the Ralph Peterson recommendations -- the Fo'tet stuff and Triangular, which features Geri Allen.

Franco D'Andrea - Quartet Live / My Shuffle (Red) with Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi, and Gianni Cazzola

Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Roland Hanna - Trinity (L+R, 1979) Terrific.

Extraordinary music-making. This LP was the very first ABM I ever heard -- and I still think it's the best ABM I ever heard!

I just discovered this 2-CD release, which was just issued in April of this year: Richie Beirach - Inborn (Jazzline) The set consists of one disc of live music and one disc of studio recordings. Recorded in 1989 and produced by Kurt Renker, I wonder if these recordings were originally made for CMP. Either way, it looks like they're first seeing the light of day here. Here's the track listing: LIVE 1-1 Paradox (Beirach) 1-2 Alone Together (Schwartz) 1-3 Inborn (Beirach) 1-4 Con Alma (Gillespie) 1-5 Sunday Song (Beirach) 1-6 In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) 1-7 You Don't Know What Love Is (de Paul) 1-8 Broken Wing (Beirach) STUDIO 2-1 My Funny Valentine (Rodgers, Hart) 2-2 Leaving (Beirach) 2-3 Inborn (Beirach) 2-4 Some Other Time (Bernstein) 2-5 Sunday Song (Beirach) 2-6 Young & Foolish (Hague, Horwitt) 2-7 Paradox (Beirach) I just ordered it. I'll report back when I've had an opportunity to hear it.