HutchFan

I was just looking over the thread dedicated to this record, and it prompted me to cue up the music. So lovely and soulful.

I'm now listening to this CD too, John. Thanks for prompting me to give it a spin.

Now spinning this again: Earlier:

A gorgeous version of "Body & Soul" on this one. Something ruminative and offhand about it, like thinking while walking.

Enrico Pieranunzi - Autour de Martinu: Live at the Bird's Eye (TCB) This CD is new to me, and I'm really enjoying it. I suppose I could have posted it to the "What Classical Music Are You Listening to?" thread. On many of the tracks, Pieranunzi plays brief compositions by "classical" composers -- Bohuslav Martinů, Scarlatti, Handel -- and then freely improvises based on the composer's music. Other tracks feature Pieranunzi's own compositions. Marvelous stuff.

Disc 4 - BEETHOVEN - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - with André Cluytens & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française - Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Op. 47 "Kreutzer" - with Lev Oborin

I was listening to Curtis Counce's Landslide last night -- and Counce was right-on-the-money when he named that record after Mr. Land. Hooray for Harold!

Coleman Hawkins & Pee Wee Russell - Jam Session in Swingville (Fantasy/Swingville) I love Pee Wee, but Coleman Hawkins takes the blue ribbon on this set. His front line makes the music special. Along with Hawk, you've got three more all-time heavyweights: Joe Newman, Jimmy Hamilton, and J.C. Higginbottom. Oh yeah.

Eddie Condon - The Classic Sessions 1928-1949 (JSP) Disc 1

I usually reach for Hermann Scherchen's recording with the Vienna SO when I want to hear the Scythian Suite. The performance is superb; however, the audio is less than ideal. (It's mono, from 1951.) Dorati's version has always been highly-regarded, but I've never heard it. It also has a reputation for unbelievable sonics.

Earlier today, I read Ken Dryden's review of this CD in The New York City Jazz Record, so I'm now giving it a test drive via Spotify. I'm really enjoying it so far. Andrea Brachfeld - If Not Now, When? (Jazzheads, 2018) Andrea Brachfeld (fl) with Bill O'Connell (p), Harvie S (b), and Jason Tiemann (d)

Misha Mengelberg & Han Bennink - Einepartietischtennis (FMP/ICP) Hilarious and wonderful. So good!