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Love it too, but I have the 8cd box. What 8cd box set?

Yes. It was a couple of years after Gil's death, but they continued to perform at Sweet Basil for awhile and I was able to see the group two times there--they still had the spirit and were fantastic.

Bebo Valdes & Javier Colina--Live at the Village Vanguard. The recording really captures the ambiance of the Vanguard, and is in addition a fabulous performance by the great Cuban pianist. I wish I had been there but this recording makes me feel like I am there. Thanks.

Shelly Manne, Swingin' Sounds Vol. 4 (Contemporary)

Red Garland Trio (Art Taylor, Sam Jones)--Halleloo-Y'All (Prestige, blue label)

Mal Waldron--Jazz A Confronto (Horo) Playboy Jazz All Stars (Playboy)

Do you have a spare room?

I believe that Kirk's Argo date (preceding the Prestige date by about a year), featured an organ player.

Happy Moods is the rare Argo where I've found a clean LP copy. It's a fabulous performance and beautiful recording.

As least Los Angelesans have some jazz events to not be covered by the LA Times, which is better than having no jazz events to not be covered by the Dallas Morning News.

The classic Ahmad Jamal Trio and Red Garland's trio recordings--those are the best and most enjoyable jazz trios, to my tastes.

Jaki Byard--Parisian Solos (Musica) Sonny Rollins--Brass/Trio (Verve)

I would keep an eye out on ebay for a copy with a decent cover but trashed vinyl.

I would imagine that recordings of pop groups like the Beatles, Rolling Stones etc. recreating their hits in a studio in 1967 would be of widespread interest, and would be a big seller if commercially released. There have been Live at the BBC releases for the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds, and others. Are these a different cache of recordings?

Jimmy Smith--Groovin' At Smalls Paradise, volume 1 (Blue Note, New York USA)

An excellent venue.

In a week or so, All About Jazz New York for November will be available online, and it has a daily concert listing in the back which is fairly complete. In addition, when you get to New York, buy a copy of Time Out New York. Between the two of them, you should have a pretty complete list of the alternatives--there could be something more interesting to you in some venue other than the mainstay jazz clubs.

I would opt for the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra at the Blue Note.

Yes, the green labels are post-Fantasy acquisition issues. They could be reissues or new issues, as they kept putting out new albums on Prestige for awhile after the change in ownership.

I saw Christian Scott earlier this year playing in Mike Clark's band. A pretty nice young trumpeter

Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day--The Stone.

Bobby Previte and New Bump, with Bill Ware on Vibes and Ellery Eskelin--Blue Note late-night set (1-3 a.m.)

The loudest good concert I've attended was Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society at the Caravan of Dreams--Vernon Reid on guitar, Melvin Gibbs and Bruce Johnson on bass guitars, Zane Massey saxophone, Henry Scott trumpet, Akbar Ali violin. The horns and violin players each had their own Fender amps, in addition of course to Vernon Reid's set-up and the twin bass guitars of Gibbs and Johnson. This was way louder than Ornette and Prime Time, who played the same venue multiple times.

Last night, Don Braden Quartet, with Winard Harper, at Sweet Rhythm.

At the Jazz Standard: First set, Sara Serpa Group. Second set, Greg Osby's Nine Levels.