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Found this LP today in a dollar bin. One dollar! VG+ vinyl; VG cover. The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (Atlantic) I already have this music on CD. But at that price...

Over here in the USA, the Lifetime Network (!) will be showing the new BBC War & Peace adaptation. It starts on Monday. I'm looking forward to it -- though I suppose I shouldn't expect too much with "only" six hours! Besides, I'm sure the new series will hardly compare with the BBC's wonderful War & Peace adaptation from the early 1970s. Aside from one of the three main characters who is badly miscast (Morag Hood in the role of Natasha), it's some of my all-time favorite television. Anthony Hopkins is PERFECT as Pierre Bezukhov -- even Hopkins himself has said that the role was some of his best work -- and Alan Dobie is an admirable Andrei Bolkonsky.

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Thanks for the insight, Home...

Has anyone ever heard this record? Klaus Weiss Quintet - Child's Prayer (MRC/EMI Electrola, 1978) I've never heard it before, and I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about it. Mal Waldron's presence on the LP is what drew me to it. Here's the personnel: - Drums – Klaus Weiss - Tenor Saxophone – Roman Schwaller - Guitar – Günter Möll - Piano – Mal Waldron - Bass – Rocky Knauer I'm not familiar with any of these musicians other than Weiss and Waldron -- and Weiss only vaguely. Still, I'm intrigued.

I agree, clifford!!! From my point of view, the brightest gems in the MPS catalog are the Albert Mangelsdorff and Martial Solal recordings. But there are MANY more excellent MPS recordings that are much further off the beaten path. Just recently, soulpope turned me on to another MPS rec that I'd never heard before: Clare Fischer's Alone Together. Beautiful!

A great record. A lot of these various artists-type records don't come off for me. They just don't cohere. There's no sense of "album." But I think this one works. I have the Palo Alto 2-LP set. Too bad that they excised those tracks off the CD. If it's not a duration issue, I wonder if it was a legal/permissions thing. (?)

I think it's interesting. I hear the Minnie Riperton thing you mention, Jim. But there's also something "prog-rock-ish" about the music too. I suppose it's the rhythms. And the "power trio" band config. I dig it. Spalding could easily rest on her laurels and churn out albums of bland standards. They'd probably sell like hot-cakes. I admire the fact that she's willing to move in unexpected directions, doing something different. Of course, it's nice that I happen to admire the type of music that she's made.

Nice list, David!

I've enjoyed it too. Spirit Sensitive is an excellent session. And I think Freeman's The Outside Within is even better. Too bad Mosaic is no longer releasing "Select" sets. I think Chico Freeman's India Navigation recordings would have made a great one.

Found this LP at Wax n Facts during my lunch break today: Anthony Davis & Jay Hoggard - Under the Double Moon (MPS/Pausa, 1980)

My copy is rough too -- especially the songs on outer edges. Still listenable tho'.

Roland Hanna - Sir Elf: Solo Piano (Choice, 1973)

Art Hodes with Milt Hinton - Just the Two of Us (Muse, 1981)

Sad news indeed.

First order of the new year. All five CDs were reissued in November/December 2015 in Japan: Richie Beirach - Ballads Richie Beirach - Ballads II Jim Hall - Live in Tokyo Jim Hall - Jazz Impressions of Japan Roland Hanna with George Mraz - 24 Preludes I am super-stoked about FINALLY hearing this music. I've wanted to hear these recordings for a LONG TIME -- since Richie Beirach, Jim Hall, and Roland Hanna are some of my all-time favorite musicians.

Agreed.

Merry Christmas to all. Peace on Earth & Goodwill toward all men (and women too!). Warm wishes and best hopes to all for 2016.

I'm don't know about "greatest" -- but this is certainly one of my very favorite recordings. I don't think it's ever been issued on CD: David Liebman, Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon, 1976) Sublime.

I'm now listening to Gene Ammon's tribute to Nat Cole Night Lights, and it includes one holiday tune, "The Christmas Song."

Buster is playing at Blues Alley in Washington, DC in January (01-21 to 01-24). Steve Wilson will be with his band. More details here. I'm toying with the idea of driving up to DC to catch a couple shows. My wife and I could make a long weekend of it. Hit a couple museums during the day. It'd be fun. It's a LONG drive though. About ten hours from ATL to DC. ...We'll see.

I discovered Bob Degen recently. I think he has a very singular, unique voice.

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mjzee and jhoots -- please post your impressions of those two releases! I've eyed them for a long time too. But I'd love to hear some first-hand reactions to the music. EDIT: ************************* Just found "Billie's Bounce" from Live in Tokyo on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNl9yi0fksk