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Bob Degen / Harvie Swartz - Chartreuse (Enja)

Danish Radio Big Band and Jim McNeely - Dedication Suite (Cope)

Charles McPherson - McPherson's Mood (Prestige/OJC LE)

Yes!!!

Ray Bryant - Now's the Time (Doctor Jazz, originally Signature)

First listen: Gregory Tardy - Chasing After the Wind (SteepleChase) Gregory Tardy (ts, cl); Alex Norris (tr); Sam Sadigursky (fl); Bruce Barth (p); Sean Conly (b); Jaimeo Brown (d)

First listen: Tim Berne - Sanctified Dreams (Columbia)

Pat Martino - Think Tank (Blue Note) Chris Byars - The Music of Frank Strozier (SteepleChase)

Oh yeah!

Conte Candoli & Frank Rosolino - Conversation (RCA LP) with Franco D'Andrea. Recorded in Italy. Mel Lewis - And Friends (A&M Horizon LP) with Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, and others Coincidentally, I just picked up that LP yesterday. I haven't even heard it yet. What do you think of it, Paul? Terrific!!!

More Kenny Barron:

NP: Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron - Night and the City (Verve)

I'm listening to Disc 1 from this set: Miles Davis - The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine + Four & More (Columbia) I think this concert was one of George Coleman's finest hours.

Sorry to hear that he's gone. He was one of the best. R.I.P.

Superb! Joe Henderson - Power to the People (Milestone)

On a bit of a Calderazzo kick: Joey Calderazzo - S/T (Sony) with John Patitucci & Jeff "Tain" Watts

More Masabumi Kikuchi: Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Masahiko Togashi - Poesy: The Man Who Keeps Washing His Hands (Philips Japan)

Joey Calderazzo - Going Home (Sunnyside) with Orlando le Fleming (b) and Adam Cruz (d) Gateway - Homecoming (ECM) Elvin Jones & Masabumi Kikuchi - Hollow Out (Philips Japan) with Gene Perla

Bobby Avey - Inhuman Wilderness (innerVoiceJazz, 2016) with Thomson Kneeland (b), Jordan Perlson (d), and John O'Gallagher (as, on tracks 2, 3, 6, 8) Avey has released (I think) four CDs so far, and I've heard three of them. This newest one is his best so far, imho. (And they've all been good.) But this one is REALLY good. If pianists like Richie Beirach or Russ Lossing or Marc Copland (who's the executive producer on this record) appeal to you, you might want to look into Avey.

Oh man. I am JEALOUS that you've had the opportunity to meet & hang with so many cool musicians!!! Re: the CD -- I'll keep my eyes open for Volume 2.

Bill Mays & Ray Drummond - One to One (DMP) Really enjoying this new-to-me disc.

John Hicks - Muisc in the Key of Clark: Remembering Sonny Clark (HighNote)

Between you & me, it's a Cannonball sort of day. Now, I'm on to this: Joey Calderazzo - Haiku (Marsalis Music)

Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing: The EmArcy Small Group Sessions Disc 1

Buster Williams - Somewhere Along the Way (TCB)