HutchFan

As a kid, I remember seeing Ella on a daytime talk show -- Merv Griffin or maybe Dinah Shore -- while I was visiting my grandparents. This would've been sometime in the (mid?) Seventies. I recall how much my grandmother enjoyed Ella's scatting. I'd guess I was six years old or so, and I'd never seen or heard anyone scat before. A brief snippet of a memory. But vivid.

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This just arrived in the mail: Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Music from the Danish Jungle (Dacapo DK, 1996)

This again:

Prompted by another thread: Dave Holland Big Band - What Goes Around (ECM, 2002)

I haven't . . . but I'd be interested in taking a look. I'd expect it to be (more or less) hagiographic. But that's O.K.

My picks:

Pat Metheny - Trio 99→00 (Warner Bros, 2000) with Larry Grenadier and Bill Stewart

The Larry Goldings Trio - Moonbird (Palmetto, 1999)

Eddie Harris - There Was a Time: Echo of Harlem (Enja, 1990)

Louis Hayes Quintet - Quintessential Lou (TCB, 1999)

Gary Thomas - Exile's Gate (JMT, 1993)

Marty Ehrlich - Line on Love (Palmetto, 2003) with Craig Taborn, Michael Formanek, and Billy Drummond

This again:

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Now spinning: Fay Victor - Herbie Nichols Sung: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms, 2024) with Michaël Attias (as & bs), Anthony Coleman (p), Ratzo Harris (b), and Tom Rainey (d)

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango (Trova AR, rec. 1974) Wonderful.

Thanks for the report, @kh1958! This particular habit -- collecting a given artist's output solely in either digital or analog -- isn't one of mine. But I love discussing these sorts of idiosyncrasies. We've all got our weird habits -- the rules of our inner collector -- that guide us. And they're OFTEN strangely irrational. Even so, these "neurotic" habits are definitely part of the equation that makes the whole collection-building process so damn enjoyable.

Brilliant!