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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14, 26, 27 / Ivan Moravec (Supraphon) O.K. You sold me. I just ordered it.

Good deal! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

I'm listening to Mahler's Seventh again today. Today's recording is by James Levine & the Chicago SO. As reissued in this box set: I guess I have five or six recordings of this symphony. It's always fun to compare performances. soulpope - I've never heard Abbado's M7 with the BPO. You're a fan?

You'll get no argument from me on that.

Another Monk cover: Also this: Not a mirror effect, but an actual mirror -- an LP with reflective foil.

Me too! Pure Dynamite may be a product of it's time -- but it's also a great record!

John Surman - Morning Glory (Antilles) Brilliant.

Two Genesis records from my favorite period of the band -- after Peter Gabriel left, but before Steve Hackett left. A Trick of the Tail (1976) and Wind & Wuthering (1976)

After enjoying Mahler's Seventh so much yesterday, I'm giving the symphony another listen. Today, I'm playing the first Bernstein M7 with the NYPO:

More Al Haig: Al Haig & Jimmy Raney - Freedom Jazz Dance (Choice) CD reissue of the With Strings Attached LP. The music is oddly mixed. Nasser's bass is WAY up front -- too prominent -- on many of the cuts. It's distracting.

Interesting. I like the Seventh very much. You can hear why artists like Schoenberg would regard it as a turning point, a new beginning.

Mahler - Symphony No. 7 / Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG)

Claude Hopkins - Crazy Fingers (Chiaroscuro)

Mulgrew Miller - The Countdown (Landmark) with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter & Tony Williams Bill Hardman - Home (Muse) with Mickey Tucker, Junior Cook, Slide Hampton, a.o. Richie Kamuca - Drop Me Off in Harlem (Concord) with Herb Ellis, Dave Frishberg

The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing, Esq. with Buck Clayton & His Orchestra (Columbia LP) One of the great voices in music.

Al Haig - Piano Interpretation (Seabreeze) Superb solo piano

Continuing my Al Haig mini-bender with: Duke 'N' Bird (East Wind); solo piano / Ornithology (Progressive); trio with Jamil Nasser (b) and Frank Gant (d) Yesterday evening, I listened to the four Al Haig tracks on: Various Artists - I Remember Bebop (Columbia, 2 LPs)

Next up: Barney Kessel - Just Friends (Sonet)

First spin of a new-to-me LP that I picked up a few days ago: Jimmy Knepper - 1st Place (Blackhawk) with Bruce Forman (g), Mike Richmond (b) & Billy Hart (d)

Elvin Jones - At This Point in Time (Blue Note)

Frank Foster - Swing! (Challenge) with Mickey Tucker, Ted Dunbar, Earl May & Billy Hart

I'm jealous, Dan. I've eyed that LP many times online, but never found it at the right price. Sounds like you caught a plum.

Frank Foster / Frank Wess - Frankly Speaking (Concord) Man, this sounds good!

Al Haig on Spotlite: Un Poco Loco / Expressly Ellington