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Half Nelson (Charlie Parker) Half the Fun (Duke Ellington) Half and Half (Elvin Jones) Half as Much (Dinah Washington) Half Past Jumping Time (Woody Herman) Next up: MAGIC

Stars Fell on Alabama (Louis Armstrong) Star Dust (Art Tatum) When You Wish Upon a Star (Bill Evans) Swinging on a Star (Ruby Braff) Star-Crossed Lovers (Duke Ellington) Next up: CERTAIN

Archie Shepp 'On This Night' (Impulse, mono)

Don't Fence Me In (Louis Armstrong) Lookin' Over Your Fence (Otis Taylor) Walkin' the Fence (Hank Mobley) Fence (The Vandermark 5) Hit the Fence (Transplants) Next up: HERO(ES)

Steve Lacy 'Ballets' (HatHut) LP 1

A review of the evening in today's New York Times.

Black and Tan Fantasy (Duke Ellington) Fantasy (Stan Kenton) Egyptian Fantasy (Sun Ra) Frankie and Johnny Fantasy (Erroll Garner) Spots, Circles and Fantasy (Cecil Taylor) Next up: THUNDER

Very rarely peer into that Speakeasy these days... Went there (also at AAJ and O.) back in 2003 when the old BNBB was brought to death. I stayed at the one which I found to be lively, friendly and informative. I am not surprised at all about developments at Speakeasy. None of the topics seemed worthy of interest last time I checked in!

Card Playing Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon) Card Board (Roy Hargrove) Card Tricks (Jim Hall/Bill Frisell) Wild Card (Geoff Keezer) Card One (Air) Next up: JUICE

Mine's a real curiosity - 180 Gram Limited Edition Classic LP/Direct Metal Mastering, used for £5! This Zoot fan from way back is the proud owner of the Argo original (with black labels). Love that album! In a similar vein, now spinning: Brew Moore 'If I Had You' (SteepleChase)

Nostalgia in Times Square (Charles Mingus) Square Circle (Woody Herman) Rose of Washington Square (Benny Goodman) Kenton Square (Stan Kenton) Unsquare Dance (Dave Brubeck) Next up: READY

The Paul Desmond-Jim Hall box, LP 4

Thanks for the alert! Ortega is an underrated musician who has plenty to say! I am sure Marc Meyers will prod him with good questions and corner him for interesting answers!

Swing Low Sweet Cadillac (Dizzy Gillespie) Cadeillac Slim (Benny Carter) Cadillac Blues (Eddie Vinson) Cadillac Song (Hot Lips Page) Cadillac Boogie (Jimmy Liggins) Next up: CALIFORNIA

never heard or seen this. looked it up--cool stuff. Really exciting music Now spinning... Milt Jackson 'Statements' (Impulse, mono)

Stretch (Charles Tolliver) Stretch in F (Eddie Costa) Stretch Pants (Sonny Stitt) Stretch Me Out (Jimmy McGriff) Stretch It (Chick Corea) Next up: BUSINESS