About a year and a half ago, at Smalls, with a trio of Italian musicians (he seemed to have played with them before)--he was playing well, all standards; I enjoyed the concert very much.
Buy four or more from the overstock list and they are $5 each. http://chulasfronteras.com/overstock-sale-items/
Buy 3 or more other CDs at 20% off (they have a stock of Neatworks).
Yesterday, at HPB, Art Farmer and Benny Golson, Meet the Jazztet (Argo LP) and Art Tatum, Standards (Black Lion CD).
CD in the mail, Elvin Jones, It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja).
The Pasadena concert seems like a major discovery--I wondered why there was not more acclaim for this.
I agree, they should have included all of the Newport performance.
I also heard him with Dizzy back in the 1980s two or three times--he was very good as I recall (Dizzy wasn't what he used to be back in the 1980s but he sure had some good bands), but I don't recall ever hearing him on any recordings. I believe I have a copy of a broadcast from the Caravan of Dreams with him in Dizzy's band. As I recall, al-Khabbyr was on baritone in Dizzy's group for at least a couple of years, before he was succeeded by Sam Rivers.
Horace Silver -- Tokyo Blues (Blue Note NY USA)--a beat up copy, but it sounds alot better than it looks and found over the weekend for only $3.
Etta Jones--Don't Go to Strangers (Prestige, yellow and black)