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James P. Johnson - Giants of Jazz (Time Life) A few years ago, I digitized the music in this 3-LP set so I could listen at work & in the car. I'd love to upgrade to the Mosaic set at some point. Terrific!

More Texier: Henri Texier - Varech (Disques JMS) Through over-dubbing, Texier plays ALL of the instruments on this LP: double bass, electric bass, oud, flute, bombarde, and percussion. This music very much anticipates Texier's later, "world music"-influenced recordings for Label Bleu.

HOORAY! I'll definitely be ordering the JPJ set when it's available again. Thanks for sharing that news, J.A.W.!

Henri Texier - A Cordes et à Cris (Disques JMS) Mostly Texier solo with occasional contributions from Gordon Beck, Aldo Romano, Didier Lockwood & Jean-Charles Capon

Duke Ellington - The Private Collection: Volume Seven, Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962 (Atlantic/Saja) Tons of great soloing from Paul Gonsalves here -- as well as on many of the other "Private Collection" volumes.

Agreed. If I were to choose just one Pharoah CD for my desert island, it would be that two-fer.

Art Pepper - Art Lives (Galaxy) The 2nd of 3 LPs from Pepper's '81 engagement at the Maiden Voyage club in L.A. Claude Hopkins - Crazy Fingers (Chiaroscuro)

Michael Garrick - Troppo (Argo / Vocalion) Uncategorizable and wonderfully expressive music.

Kenny Werner - Beat Degeneration (Sunnyside) with Johannes Wiedenmueller & Ari Hoenig I love this band, this record.

Mary Lou Williams - At Rick's Café Americain (Storyville)

Last night: John Lewis - Afternoon in Paris (Dreyfus) | Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins - Reunion (Chiaroscuro) This morning: Frank Foster - Swing! (Challenge)

Found some fun, inexpensive LPs: - John Coates, Jr. - In The Open Space (Omnisound) - Al Haig - Piano Interpretations (Seabreeze) - Bill Hardman - Home (Muse) - Andrew Hill - From California with Love (Artists House) - Didier Lockwood - Out of the Blue (Gramavision) - James Moody & Al Cohn - Too Heavy for Words (PAUSA) - Jack Walrath - Wholly Trinity (Muse)

Michał Urbaniak, Tomasz Stańko, a.o. - We'll Remember Komeda (MPS) And this again: Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas & Oliver Nelson - 3 Shades of Blue (Flying Dutchman)

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)

Thanks for the heads-up, Larry. I'll keep an eye out for it. I've been listening to this AGAIN:

Andy LaVerne Trio - Another World (SteepleChase) I dig this one.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - "Harlem" (Pablo) Recorded live in Sweden in 1964.

Doc Cheatham - Hey Doc! (Black & Blue)

Johnny Hodges was superlative right up to the end.

Prompted by a Louis Sclavis thread: Romano, Sclavis, Texier - Carnet de routes (Label Bleu)

Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach - Balladscapes (Intuition) Lovely.

Al Cohn - No Problem (Xanadu) Tim Berne - Fulton Street Maul (Columbia)

Now spinning this LP: Anthony Davis Quartet - Song for the Old World (India Navigation)

Magnificent.

Art Pepper Quartet - The Maiden Voyage Sessions, Vol. 3 (Galaxy) Excellent!