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Last night: Chucho Valdés ‎– Jazz Batá (Malanga) and Piano I (Areito) Today: John Scofield Quartet - Rough House (Enja)

John Scofield - Bar Talk (Novus) with Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum Yes!!!

I'm now listening to Joe Newman's Swingville recordings:

No, I didn't know about that one. Thanks for the heads-up, mjzee!

I think that's a great record -- and atypically lyrical since Martino usually likes to burn. Recently, I had a chance to see him live and I brought that very LP for him to sign. When I handed it to him, he looked at me and said, "Ah, I see that you're a romanticist." I just laughed and said, "I guess so... but I love ALL of your music." I only spent a few minutes with Martino, but he seemed like a genuinely kind, friendly person.

Either / Orchestra - The Half-Life of Desire (Accurate)

Ralph Towner - Solstice (ECM)

Chick Corea & Return to Forever - Light as a Feather (Polydor) I love this version of RTF with Joe Farrell, Flora & Airto. IMHO, the subsequent groups weren't nearly as interesting.

James P. Johnson - Giants of Jazz (Time Life) So much vitality in this music.

Joe Bonner Trio - Parade (SteepleChase)

Same here. Now playing: Arthur Blythe - Bush Baby (Adelphi)

Didier Lockwood - Out of the Blue (Gramavision) with Gordon Beck, Cecil McBee, and Billy Hart. Excellent!

Jack Walrath - Holy Trinity (Muse) with Jimmy Madison & Chip Jackson

Spinning some solo piano records this afternoon: John Coates, Jr. - In the Open Space (Omnisound) Al Haig - Piano Interpretation (Seabreeze) Of Lloyd's recordings for Atlantic, that's the one that I return to most frequently.

THE COMPLETE 1932-1940 BRUNSWICK, COLUMBIA AND MASTER RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA Discs 2 & 3

THE COMPLETE 1932-1940 BRUNSWICK, COLUMBIA AND MASTER RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA Disc 1

James Moody & Al Cohn - Too Heavy for Words (PAUSA / MPS) with Barry Harris, Sam Jones & Roy Brooks

Has anyone heard this LP? Synthesis - Six by Six (Chiaroscuro, recorded 1977) Synthesis was co-led by bassist Ken Hutson and drummer Rahsaan (aka Ron Rahsaan). The sidemen include Arthur Blythe and Olu Dara. Look intriguing. I've never heard this music. If you have, I'd be interested to know what you think.

This just arrived in the mail -- along with several other LPs. Bill Hardman - Home (Muse) Mickey Tucker was one helluva pianist. I'm just sayin'... Forced to pick just one Dylan record for my desert island, I'd probably choose John Wesley Harding. To this listener, Dylan never wrote a better song than "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine." Powerful, powerful music.

David Friedman - Futures Passed (Enja) David Friedman & David Samuels - Double Image (Enja)

Kamuca sure does make a beautiful sound on the tenor. Now I'm spinning another Kamuca LP from around the same time: Richie Kamuca Quartet - Richie (Concord) Another special record. EDIT: Just now listening to Kamuca's playing on "Some Other Spring" . . . Phew. Amazing.

Richie Kamuca - Drop Me Off in Harlem (Concord)

Von Freeman - Serenade & Blues (Nessa)