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Kenny Barron with Roy Haynes and Charlie Haden: Wanton Spirit. Gitanes Jazz Productions 522 364-2 [France 1994]

Heaven 17 Patrick Sky Fleur Earth

Idris Muhammad Ahmad Jamal Billy Mahdi Wright

James Zollar Attila Zoller Atilla the Hun

Wutu-Wupatu: Wutu-Wupatu. Ano Kato Records [Greece 1994] Cover painting by Floros Floridis (on my shelf)

Houston Person Max Persona Moritz Peter

Clarence Claxon Golden Keys Quartet Joanne Brackeen

Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: Hot House. Novus PD83098 [Germany 1991] Signed by Steve Lacy Artwork by Jacqueline 'Jackie' Murphy Senior Art Director at RCA Records January 1987 - January 1996 Creative Director at Sony Music Entertainment/Jive Records January 1996 - January 2011

Joseph McDonald Rob Burger King Curtis

William Parker Quartets: Meditation / Resurrection. Aum Fidelity AUM104/105 [US 2017] Painting by Lois Eby https://www.loiseby.com/biography https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/3048504-Lois-Eby

Claudio Fasoli - Kenny Wheeler - J.-F. Jenny Clark - Daniel Humair: Welcome. Soul Note SN 1171 CD [Italy 1987] Cover painting by Daniel Humair

Steve Lacy: More Monk. Soul Note 121210-1 [Italy 1991] Artwork by Victor Brauner „Portrait of Thelonious Monk“ https://www.jazzinfrance.com/theloniousmonk.html

Steve Lacy: Only Monk. Soul Note SN 1160 [Italy 1987] Artwork by Victor Brauner „Thelonious Monk Chevalier du Hot“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Brauner

... by the way, Steve Lacy has a relationship with cover art!

Oh, 😎 see October 30, page 6!

Maria 'La Divina' Callas Diamanda Galás Neil Diamond

Déjà-vu 😎 - April 18, page 101!

Free Beer: Free Beer. Southwind SWS 6402 [US 1975]

Django Reinhardt Django Bates Jango Edwards

Lili Marleen Marilyn Barbarin Pat LaBarbera

Heinz Regu Regula Schneider Eva Taylor

Sylvain Provost, Norman Lachapelle, Paul Brochu: Live Au Va-Et-Vient. Effendi Records – FND053 [Canada 2005] Le Va-Et-Vient, in the borough of St. Henri, in Montreal, Canada

Atticus Ross Diana Ross Nimrod Speaks

Benjamin J. Heal* Jack Kerouac Allen Ginsberg * https://ebsn.eu/scholarship/peer-reviewed-articles/william-burroughs-and-jazz-contexts-functions-and-resonances-benjamin-j-heal/

Tijn Wybenga & AM.OK: Brainteaser. ZenneZ Records Zr2102003 [Netherlands 2021] Cover Art by Annick Sickinghe https://annicksickinghe.nl/About https://annicksickinghe.nl/Album-covers