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Walter Bishop, Jr., Valley Land (Muse) Sonny Stitt, In Style (Muse)

Mellow Moods of Jazz (RCA) Milt Buckner, Rockin' with Milt (Capitol) Charles Tolliver's Music Inc., Live at the Loosdrecht Festival (Strata East)

Delfeayo Marsalis and Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Party (Troubadour Jass) I needed a jazz party, and this joyous, rollicking, hard swinging recording, sounding exactly like the band sounds live, fit the bill.

Nduduzo Makhathini, Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworld (Blue Note)

Aren't you the guy who plays three exotica records simultaneoulsy?

Those two LPs are favorites of mine, reissued in a double LP set in the U.S.

You mean your kitschvictions.

Eric Kloss, One Two Free (Muse) Willis Jackson, West Africa (Muse) Chico Hamilton Quintet (Pacific Jazz) Les McCann Ltd. (Pacific Jazz)

Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, Nels Cline, Music from the Early 21st Century (Rare Noise)

Cannonball Adderley, En Route (Mercury) Prestige Blues Swingers featuring Coleman Hawkins, Stasch (Prestige Swingville) Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Persip, Drum Night at Birdland (Roulette)

Wayne Escoffery, The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions)

Yes, I'm just kidding around myself. I'm not actually sure what I think of Herb Alpert; he's someone who was on TV a lot when I was a kid. To make a career out of playing the trumpet in the United States is actually an impressive achievement, regardless of the music.

When I drank alcohol, I preferred cognac; but I stopped drinking any alcohol many years ago.

I suggest you have another margarita and listen to some bossa nova while I contemplate opportunities lost.

Three years ago, I could have easily seen Herb Alpert at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, though to my knowledge he was sans Mariachi Brass. Earlier in the day, I heard Lee Konitz. But somehow Herb Alpert was the closer on the main jazz stage. A travesty, for sure. I'm afraid I passed on Herb, even in the absence of a super appealing alternative and went to hear Lisa Fischer in the Blues Tent. I feel no regrets to this day.

Sonny Criss, Out of Nowhere (Muse) Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Gigi Jazz (RCA)

Nicholas Payton, Relaxin' with Nick (Smoke Sessions)

Thank you. I have used the gift card against the cost of the new Paul Desmond Mosaic set.

Illinois Jacquet Flies Again (Roulette)

George Coleman, The Quartet (Smoke Sessions)

Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (Riverside)

The Source is a good one; wish I hadn't missed the Art Blakey tribute.

Wise decision.

Last Sunday I did find paper towels in the grocery store for the first time in six weeks or so; it was thrilling.

The anthology, That Devilin' Tune, starts with recordings from the 1890s.