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DANIEL HUMAIR, GORDON BECK, RON MATHEWSON: MORNING! MUSICA RECORDS MUS 3009 [1975] Painting by Daniel Humair

Happy Birthday!

Freddie Slack Roberta Flack Black Flag

MARION BROWN: JUBA-LEE. FONTANA/NIPPON PHONOGRAM 195J-24 [1984]

Marty Napoleon Josephine Baker Zouzou

GRANT STEWART. YOUNG AT HEART. SHARP NINE RECORDS SHPN 1041 [2008]

Fourth annual Jazz Festival, Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, April 14, 1961

BUD POWELL: "IN EUROPE". DUKE RECORDS D-1012 MONO [s.d.]

Earl Old Person The Young Duke King of Texas

Many thanks for the reminder! Now: MARTIAL SOLAL TRIO: “SANS TAMBOUR NI TROMPETTE“. (JAZZ! LA RÉÉDITION INDISPENSABLE). RCA VICTOR/BMG FRANCE 743213751122 [1996] MARTIAL SOLAL: EN SOLO. (JAZZ! LA RÉÉDITION INDISPENSABLE). RCA VICTOR/BMG FRANCE 743214778920 [1997] Note: Both releases not at discogs!

Joey Cape Paul Horn Big Wreck

RAY BRYANT: ALONE WITH THE BLUES. PRESTIGE/BELLAPHON BJS 40165 [1970]

Black Lung Smokey Smothers The Mothers of Invention

THE SONNY CLARK MEMORIAL ALBUM: VOODOO. BLACK SAINT 120 109-1 [1986]

Middle of the Road The Lane Sisters The Backstreet Boys

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Potato Fritz Charles Ritz Itzhak Perlman

Didi Vava Pelé

3 x !!! Amazing - she will perform at the Chicago Jazz Festival in September: https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_jazz_festival13.html

LEE KONITZ / FRANK WUNSCH: THE FRANKFURT CONCERT. WEST WIND 2106 [1997] Recorded live September 29, 1995, Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks at 26. Deutsches Jazz Festival Frankfurt/Main

The Smashing Pumpkins Old Shatterhand Ellen Burstyn

Not to forget Tony - with four letters - son of Merl Saunders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Saunders_(bassist) ;-)!

Little Hudson Shower Marcus Thames Don Cossacks

http://crosswordquizanswers.net/jazzman-saunders/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders

Lead Belly Meat Loaf Neal Hefti