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I really like the Birdland broadcast that opens this disc.

Me too, both are worth acquiring.

I've heard Mike DiRubbo and Logan Richardson live and liked both of them. The alto player I heard about a month ago that I really liked was Mark Gross.

Last night, Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Bold Souls (Pacific Jazz, black label)

After a five week absence, the Lucky and Tamara Peterson blues band returns to Tuckers Blues in Deep Ellum for one night--and eager anticipation is my expectation, not to be disappointed as usual. The bassist and drummer are two of the regulars, but there is a keyboard player this time--Lucky does not bring his own organ/piano setup, and spends most of the evening strictly on guitar. An outstanding first set follows--a little jazz at the beginning with Lucky playing a hollow bodied guitar on Mr. Magic. Lots of blues tonight. Lucky uses no pedals/effects--and a small Marshall amp, The second set has many guests, three different vocalists and two guitarists--Arthur Jr. Boy Jones and Chris Peterson--both are pretty good. The latter was Lucky's visiting brother. The final set, while brief, is the terrific, an instrumental followed by a fantastic vocal featuring Tamara with incredible guitar playing. Happily, there was a pretty good sized crowd tonight.

Gerry Mulligan/Paul Demond (Fantasy red vinyl)

Tonight, Lucky Peterson at Tuckers Blues. Scat Jazz Lounge, Fort Worth: August 4: Evan Weiss August 5: Shelly Carroll At the University of Texas at Dallas: Butch Miles: November 18. Wycliffe Gordon: April 27, 2012.

Sonny Stitt at the DJ Lounge (Argo, white label promo)

Sheet of Sound.

I like the Paul Gonsalves/Tubby Hayes--but more solos from Tubby Hayes would have been nice. The Johnny Scott Orchestra was a real fast forward.

Tonight I was listening for the first time to the new Jane Ira Bloom release on Outline, Wingwalker (with Dawn Clements, Mark Helias, and Bobby Previte), and in addition to quite liking the music, I noticed how beautifully it is recorded, especially her soprano. Very nice.

True the Aaron Parks is a 2008 release, but that's pretty new in these parts.

How's your pressing? Every one I've come across has been noisier than hell... I just found this at HPB, it's a DJ copy--I was very pleasantly surprised by how good the LP sounded, not that much surface noise at all. Wonderfully vivid sound actually (causing me to crank it up pretty loud). I don't think whatever DJ got this copy ever played it.

Jean-Michel Pilc--Essential (Motema)--Nice solo piano recording. Matana Roberts--Coin, Coin and Live in London. I liked both of these. I am really hoping to have to opportunity to see Matana Roberts live. I was able to hear it on NPR's First Listen and it was pretty good. NPR, actually, did a decent job of presenting it, 'cause I also heard a track from it on NPR radio a few weeks back. Really went well with driving now that I think about it. I love finding "driving" albums. Don't know about the driving part as I only drive a motorcycle and don't listen to music while driving, but this is a great new release in my opinion. Very well recorded also. I read a recommendation here and gave this one a shot. Pretty decent. The Aaron Parks CD was one of my yourmusic closing sale purchases, and I was pleasantly surprised by it.

Teddy Wilson in Europe: 1968 (Prestige, blue label) Gil Evans (Ampex)

Sal Nistico, Comin' On Up (Riverside stereo, black label) Americans in Europe Volume 2 (Impulse, red and black)

Barney Kessell--Let's Cook (Contemporary, green and gold label) Little Brother Montgomery--Tasty Blues (Prestige, blue label)

Love on the Sudan, recorded June 27, 29 and 30, 1977 in New York City. With Everett Hollins (trumpet), Mickey Tucker, Gregg Maker (bass), Malcolm Pinson (drums). Produced by Yoshio Ozawa.

John Coltrane--Kule Se Mama (Impulse, red and black) Jimmy Yancey--Blues and Boogie (X RCA ten inch)

I bought Love on the Sudan from Dustygroove about a month ago, and it is silverbacked, if that proves anything.

A really nice copy I picked up at the Jazz Record Center a couple of weeks ago. In general, their prices seemed to have gone up, but this one (1960s pressing, I think) was only $15, and it sounds amazing.

Hampton Hawes--All Night Session Two (Contemporary stereo, green and gold)

A few additional recommendations: Album of the Year (Timeless) Blue Night (Timeless) In My Prime I New Year's Eve At Sweet Basil In This Korner

My favorite Blakey groups from the late 1970s on have Bobby Watson as the musical director. Next best is the period with Terrance Blanchard as the musical director. Without one of those two on the record, I usually skip it. This recent issue has two versions of the Messengers with Watson, and the Blanchard edition. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Blakey-Jazz-Messengers-Sesjun/dp/B004GGO48I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310407995&sr=8-1

Whenever I have looked recently, I noticed that Iridium is having less and less jazz on their schedule.