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I think "Live" Brownies are something else. It reveals what a monster he really was. Unfortunately, with a few exceptions, they only survived in terrible sound quality....

I think piano trios on MPS are much-forgotten treasures. Fritz Pauer's Blues Inside Out is one of them. Elsie Bianchi's The Sweetest Sound is also nice. It is almost decadent. Yancy Korossy's Identification is a very idiosyncratic yet hard-swinging gem.

Milt Buckner on MPS is often overlooked. More Chords is one of the best.

I know I'm late to the party, but recently I found Marchel's Mode. Marchel Ivery's tenor playing is very good, but I found the Cedar Walton - Lyles West - Ed Soph rhythm section to be impeccable. I think Cedar is much more inspired than his own numerous trio recordings -- maybe his best?

I too think 2-3-4 are Shelley Mann's best (runner-up would be the Blackhawk lives recordings), but I think the strangest piece is Mannekind. One On One, a piano-drums duo he re-teamed with Russ Freeman in his later years, is more conventional yet interesting.

Nice! The Giant Is Awakened is one of my all-time bests, and Arthur Blythe really shines. I hope this unissued session is the same caliber.

A Japanese TV documentary from 1981 (no English subtitles, but you can guess). Takayanagi plays "All The Things You Are" duo with Sadao Watanabe. It is quite rare.

Several years ago, the rehearsal tape(?) of The Golden Eight was unearthed as The Golden Eight: Encore!. It was recorded on May 2, 1961. It's also very good.

I always regret buying The Complete Bill Evans On Verve. Not because of the music (of course it's superb), it's the packaging. It comes in a steel case, which is supposed to become rusty and degraded. I think the designer who comes up with this idea should be executed.

Since Bosch in novels was originally set as a Vietnam veteran, it would not have been surprising if he liked jazz from the 50s, but the TV drama is set about 20 years later, so it may be unusual for him to like jazz. Anywise, I think Titus Weliver's performance is excellent. I don't remember which season/episode it was, but Bosch is in a car with his young black partner, and the music is playing from the car audio system, and his partner says, "That's good music, who's this?" or something, and Bosch, a middle aged white, replies, "It's Sonny Rollins." That's the hilarious and a bit weird moment.

RIP. Aside from being one of the greatest trombonists of his generation, his compositional talent was formidable. His Hipnosis is one of my all-time favorites. A wild collision of The Sidewinder-groove and avant-garde aesthetics.

RIP. Maybe Barry needs a fine drummer up there...

Richie Cole was pretty popular in Japan. He even appeared on a very popular lunchtime TV show and radio shows. http://jazzvisualparadise.blog106.fc2.com/blog-entry-115.html　(blog in Japanese, but you can see pics). I think Richie (and Bobby Enriquez, Gene Norman promoted them as a package in Japan) have been permanently underrated. They had great facilities. But also I think they lack something...I dunno, something important. Also, I consider Phil Woods is one of the Jazz greats but he too lacks something that e.g. Jackie McLean or Art Pepper had.

I heard there were several "come back" attempts for Hank in the 80s. I guess this is the last (or near last) live recording? Rusty indeed, but not bad for a man who only had one lung at this point...

A friend of mine long believed Mongo Santamaria is a beautiful woman. Yet another victim of music industry greediness.

Not Prestige, but I love Jimmy Forrest in his later years. He didn't have much opportunity to record albums, unfortunately. I keep waiting for this to be reissued, either on CD or streaming. Forrest with Al Grey AND Don Patterson...

Now available on Spotify .I thought the one-horn baritone saxophone quartet might be monotonous, but this is very powerful, swingy, and enjoyable. The rhythm section is not so imaginative but solid. Highly recommended. https://open.spotify.com/album/6bjUgLGgIZKeCeWRogVFoM?si=avwIz2HHQlidS0T3BsARIQ

Woody Shaw's "The Moontrane" means me a lot.

RIP. His work on Mal's Hard Talk is memorable, but personally I'm impressed most by Joe Haider's Cafe Des Pyrennees. Blairman has very distinctive rhythmic sense.

AFAIK it has never been officially issued (and sound quality is not good), but I think the very best Rahsaan as a soloist can be heard on this New Year's Eve live at the Village Vanguard in 1973, Try " Wow, Look At Those Beautiful Black Indians". On this disguised version of "Cherokee", Rahsaan is clearly inspired by his sidekick Kenny Rogers (bari sax) and tries to outblow him. Kirk on full dueling mode, with some humor!

https://open.spotify.com/album/2QOPe4rF8rNLrEmKWBwxq9?si=mMNFDWX0Q5WdCqsM_u_IiQ

Now this music is available on Spotify. I guess some of you think there are already too much Dex, but I found this is quite enjoyable. Seems 1962 or 63 was the apex of Dex's long career.

I don't know if there's a Zoot completist, but the recently released Lennie Tristano Mosaic Box features one track from The Half Note ca. 1962, "How Deep Is The Ocean" played by Lennie, Lee Konitz, Sonny Dallas, Nick Stabulas, and for some reason not Marsh, but Zoot...and he plays tastefully as always.

My favorite (and seems rarely talked, and missing in Ken Dryden's great list too) Zoot are these: