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Eddie Turner--Pearl.

Those two takes of China Boy are incredible.

Presenting the Art Tatum Trio (Verve, trumpet label) Herbie Mann--Hold On, I'm Comin' (Atlantic)--with David Newman and Sonny Sharrock. John Coltrane--Cosmic Music (Impulse, red and black)

I stumbled across another John Wright recording in the oldies.com Fantasy sale (it came in the mail today)--he plays piano on a blues album for Bluesville (OBC 593): The Blues of Arbee Stidham, Tired of Wandering. Also with King Curtis.

Charlie Parker was a sideman on a Tiny Grimes Savoy date from late 1944.

Gary Burton---Lofty Fake Anagram (RCA black dog)

I picked up one I had missed in the oldies.com Fantasy sale--Berlin '65 - Paris '67. Four tracks from the Berlin concert and six from the Paris concert--the latter concert at the Salle Pleyel is the reason to get this one, with the group sounding inspired, and the Paris concert is well-recorded.

No one has mentioned Walter Davis Jr.'s In Walked Thelonious. This solo piano CD features 15 relatively brief but intense and inspired performances (15 songs in 43 minutes).

Jazz Workshop on RCA is my favorite; a great record.

He should be banned for life, but if reinstated, in his case, there should be no such thing as roughing the passer or a personal foul.

I also like this record. This last period of Miles is perfectly fine and enjoyable to me. And his trumpet sound remains quite beautiful, even if simplified from earlier periods.

And I thought you were done and had completed your jazz buying! I don't know that place, so thanks for the tip.

Ahmad Jamal: Poinciana Revisited (Impulse, black and red)

John Coltrane--Africa /Brass (Impulse, orange and black) Marion Brown--Three for Shepp (Impulse, red and black)

Dustygroove has this one for $4.99.

Charles Mingus--Tiajuana Moods (RCA, mono, black dog label)

In addition, Palmetto, High Note, Savant, Origin, Delmark, Joyous Shout, Motema, Talking House, Inner Circle, Sunnyside, Pi, Smalls, Justin Time, etc.

A couple of purchases from the oldies.com Fantasy sale: Luiz Bonfa--The Bonfa Magic--a mixed bag, but the solo pieces and the accoustic small group tracks are quite nice. Bola Sete--Voodoo Lounge--includes two of his mid-1960s Fantasy albums--one of which I didn't much care for, and the other of which is rather sublime.

I received my second order today--10 out of 15 titles ordered. No word at all on my first order (another 15 titles).

Jazz of Two Decades (EmArcy mono)--The sound of Clifford Brown on the one Brown-Roach track on this anthology (Cherokee) is amazingly vivid. Session at Midnight--Jazz Reunion at Melrose (Capitol)

Wow! Dexter on that one! Dexter sounds good on this one, as does the rest of the group. Found on Friday at Half Price Books. The first side of this album is really great. Side 2 grew on me over time.

Avery Sharpe Trio--Autumn Moonlight With Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano and Winard Harper on drums. Gumbs is playing the piano really well these days, and this is a working group that sounds fine together.

Always thought the title track went like mad on that one and was in a different class from the other tracks. Someone - Higgins, I think - is making a lot of "gone" noises on that one. Notice it had a different recording date from the others. Hmm - not thought of that one before. The title track has significantly more 'ooomph' than the rest of the session, although I like it on the whole. Can't go wrong with Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins stokin' the fires. Fathead Newman also fits in very well in a Morgan group IMO. I like all of side 1 of Sonic Boom alot.

Stan Levy--This Time the Drum's On Me (Bethleham)

I received an email a couple of days ago that my July 9 order had shipped. No such email for my July 4 order.