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Freddie Hubbard - High Blues Pressure

The Skip-Jacks – Let's Get Away From It All A recommendation from Jazz Wax today. Unknown to me before. Five way close harmony singing on pop tunes and jazz standards with a big band behind.

James Brandon Lewis Trio - Apple Cores i don't normally like JBL very much but this is a much more energised record than his usual. It is still the same tenor playing

Martial Solal - Big Band

I lurked for years. I was very impressed by the Funny Rat thread. It was only during the pandemic that I felt any interest in joining, however. And then for the human connection it brought, particularly as social media degenerated and became ever less social or pleasant. I'm still amazed at that Funny Rat thread. So much fire and excitement over Gianni Gebbia records. Intelligent and well-listened people all discovering something at the same time.

Paul Gresham – Every Sound We Make

Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band – Mr. Acker Bilk's Lansdowne Folio Antonio Carlos Jobim – Jobim

Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra – Bum Bum

Takashi Kako - Passage

Very sad. Rest in peace to one of the last of the hero era.

Real. Authentic. Cuban. Music. You can tell it is authentic because all of the tracks are named after cocktails. That is one of the signs.

Good suggestion. God knows with the weather this side of the Atlantic at the moment we need that palliative.

Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra – Cugi's Cocktails You can keep your Buena Vista Social Club. I prefer the sound of real authentic Cuban music.

Rufus & Chaka – Masterjam

Virgin Islands: Quelbe & Calypso 1956-1960 This is a great comp for people who find the calypso comedy thing a bit much and want a more intimate version of the genre, here in its Virgin Islands equivalent.

Black Stalin – Roots Rock Soca

Mr Fox - The Gypsy Found this one last summer, on a ghastly trip to Margate. The only nice bit was chatting to the young kid in the record store. Despite being about but a child, and not being a jazz guy, he had good stories about meeting Barry Harris, who he claimed lived in Kent towards the end of his life and frequently taught in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate (is that true?, no sign on Wikipedia).

Tabou Combo De Petion-Ville – Respect... Wilfrido Vargas – El Funcionario

Cecil Taylor - Conquistador

Roscoe Mitchell - More Cutouts My two year old genuinely went: "Daddy?! Daddy?!", pointed to the sound system and shouted "NOISE!"

Spontaneous Music Ensemble – Karyōbin

Hugh Brodie And The Real Thing – Hugh Brodie And The Real Thing

Ah. Okay thanks. I actually know that one. A good'un.

Schlippenbach Quartett – Das Hohe Lied

Jerry Bergonzi – Tenor Of The Times It feels like this one is dropping out of recognition a little these days. It used to be one of the more well recognised records of its era.