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Guess who's playing tenorsax...

The Complete Johnny Dodds (French RCA/Black and White) one of the best LP (a twofer actually) from that superb collection!

If I Could Be With You (Louis Armstrong) My Coo-Coo Bird Could Swing (Cab Calloway) Could It Be You (Duke Ellington) It Could Happen To You (Miles Davis) I Could Write a Book (Miles Davis) Next up: BEWARE

The rest are all piano-less quartets. Cecil Bridgewatr is on trumpet on all of them. Reggie Workman is on bass on all of them except on 'Confirmation' which has Calvin Hill on bass!

Max Roach 'Confirmation' (Fluid)

The list would include the following albums: - Lift every Voice and Sing (Atlantic) - Nommo (Victor Japan) - Live in Tokyo, vol. 1 and 2 (Denon) - The Loadstar (Horo) - Live in Amsterdam (BayState) - Confirmation (Fluid, France) Looks like the Victor, Horo and Fluid were not reissued on CD.

Dedicated (Art Pepper) Dedicated to Duke (Dick Vance) Dedicated to Lee (Lars Gullin) Dedicated to You (John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman) Dedicated to Mingus (Johnny Dyani) Next up: BELLE(S)

Lennie Tristano 'The New Tristano' (Atlantic, mono)

The Fix (Elmer Bernstein/Man with the Golden Arm) Get It Fixed (Fletcher Henderson) Fix It in the Mix (Kevin Mahogany) Fixed Point (Matthew Shipp) Fixing a Hole (Nancy Harrow) Next up: BEHIND

Still have the Japanese vinyl replica LP (from 1976) I purchased at Dobell's during a visit to London. A very worthy album!

Saxes, Inc. (Warner Bros., Vitaphonic Stereo!!) sax players include Hawkins, Phil and Quill, Al and Zoot, McKusick, Geller and others

Half Nelson (Charlie Parker) Half the Fun (Duke Ellington) Death Valley Is Just Half Way to My Home (Lonnie Johnson) Half a Heart (Stan Kenton) Half and Half (Elvin Jones) Next up: BEACH

Bill Evans (Billy the Kid) ??

Elmo Hope 'Homecoming! (Riverside Japan, stereo)

Not on their homeground anymore. Plenty of the Masters of Jazz CDs turned up at discount stores here when the label went down but this is now a thing of the past!

Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jellyroll Like Mine (Bessie Smith) I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits (Memphis Minnie) Baking Powder Blues (Lucille Bogan) Half Baked (Sam Yahel) Baker's Dozen (Bill Harris) Next up: MODERN