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Perhaps hard to find but he's on Horace Silver's Silveto LP Spiritualizing the Senses, sharing tenor duties with Eddie Harris, which is a straight ahead instrumental session, and a good one.

There were two Henry Butler albums on the revived Impulse, the first was Fivin' Around, with Freddie Hubbard on some tracks--a pretty good recording.

Chico Hamilton--The Further Adventures of El Chico (Impulse, black and red label) George Wein Newport All Stars (Impulse, black and red label)

I also really enjoyed the Midnight at V-Discs. In addition, Jumpin' Jubilee Jam Sessions 1945-46 is quite good as well, featuring the Willie Smith/Benny Carter/Charlie Parker medley (I did have this already on Bird's Eyes), and a Coleman Hawkins/Lester Young/Buck Clayton session from 1946. The Bobby Hackett/Willie Smith track on this one is nice as well. Also, the Dizzy Chester Pennsylvania concert from 1957 is very nicely recorded and performed.

A rather far flung tour. Tickets just went on sale for a March 28th Ornette Coleman show at Town Hall in NYC ($101.50, 86.50 & $76.50). More tour dates below.... Ornette Coleman - 2008 Tour Dates February 15 - Portland, Oregon February 17 - Vancouver, Canada February 22 - Wellington, New Zealand February 24 - Sydney, Australia February 28 and 29 - Hong Kong March 3 - Adelaide, Australia March 28 - Town Hall, NY, NY

My copy of volume 4 inexplicably came with volume 3 inside. Now after many years of procrastination, I find that volume 4 is hard to find. Is the person who has volume 3, with volume 4 inside out there somewhere? Not hard. Try here. (How's volume three?) Thanks, I bit the bullet and paid $12 for a used copy. My extra Volume 3 is now on your doormat in a plain brown envelope.

Shirley Scott and Clark Terry, Soul Duo (Impulse, black and red label) Shirley Scott, Great Scott (Impulse, black and orange label) Fletcher Henderson--A Study in Frustration (Columbia Six Eyes)

My copy of volume 4 inexplicably came with volume 3 inside. Now after many years of procrastination, I find that volume 4 is hard to find. Is the person who has volume 3, with volume 4 inside out there somewhere?

The Dizzy is not only a good performance, but it is very well recorded.

Has anyone ever come across a well recorded/performed version of the Sun Ra composition, Face the Music? I heard this live by the posthumous Sun Ra Arkestra at the Knitting Factory a number of years ago and the melody would not (and still has not) leave my head. But I've only ever found one recorded version of the song, and not a very satisfactory version.

There's a pretty nice DVD available as well. http://www.jazzloft.com/p-45052-in-performance.aspx

I don't usually buy Proper sets, but this looks like a soon-to-be exception.

I'm hoping to be in New York myself for the Memorial Day weekend. I don't know Kendra Shank's music, but I do like Frank Kimbrough on piano--however, while the 55 Bar is a really nice small venue, they do not have a piano--the only pianist I've seen there (Jean Michel-Pilc) brought an electric piano with him.

B and E would be the top choices for me--then possibly F.

It ended at $1,585. It's a Classic Records re-issue, with the faux deep-groove and addresses. Except, of course the obvious 'Classic Records under licence etc.' line at the bottom of the back cover. http://cgi.ebay.com/VG-RARE-Lee-Morgan-Ind...1QQcmdZViewItem check out the feedback from buyer. really nuts. i wonder if seller is going to get away with it. I think yes. The auction ended Feb. 8, and the positive feedback was posted Feb. 10, for a seller who doesn't accept paypal, only checks and money orders. This seems rather suspicious. Does the buyer live next door to the seller?

Ahmad Jamal Trio--Epic deep groove.

They've since moved the jazz section from the bottom to the middle floor.

The Virgin Megastore in Times Square still has a decent selection of jazz. I enjoyed going there on my last visit to New York. I would be sorry to see it close. That store does seem strangely hostile to its customers though--the employees usually range from unhelpful and unresponsive to a bit surly. I was shocked last time to find a smiling and helpful employee, but perhaps that was explained by the fact that he was an African immigrant. More typical was the time I dared to ask an employee if a particular CD was covered by an ambiguously described sale, and the fellow says he can't help me, and when I persist he starts waving his finger at me and raising his voice at my impertinence.

I made the mistake of pre-ordering this one from Newbury and still don't have my copy, a week after the release date.

There's a recently released Jaki Byard solo recording, Sunshine of My Soul, which came out last year on High Note. It's a live recording from the Keystone Korner in the 1970s. It is well recorded, and is really good.

Jonah Jones--Swinging Around the World (Capitol) The Trombones, Inc. (Warner)

Mongo Santamaria-El Pussycat (Columbia, two eyes)

Ornette Coleman--This is Our Music (Atlantic, blue and green label).

Milt Jackson--Ballads and Blues (Atlantic black label)

Doc Cheatum and Shorty Baker--Prestige Swingville (Blue label)