Buddha the Magnificent

David Bixler - The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head (Zoho Music, 2012). David Bixler - alto sax; John Hart - guitar; Scott Wendholt - trumpet; Ugonna Okegwo - bass; Andy Watson - drums. Sweet sweet grooves....

Buck Hill Quartet - This is Buck Hill (SteepleChase, 1978). Buck Hill - tenor sax; Kenny Barron - piano; Buster Williams - bass; Billy Hart - drums.

Warne Marsh & Kenny Drew - In Copenhagen (Storyville, 1999). Warne Marsh - tenor sax; Kenny Drew - piano; Bo Stief - bass; Aage Tanggaard - drums. Duke Jordan Trio - The Great Session (SteepleChase, 1981). Duke Jordan - piano; David Friesen - bass; Philly Joe Jones - drums.

Bobby Broom Quartet - Waitin' and Waitin' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1997). Bobby Broom - guitar; Ron Blake - tenor sax; Dennis Carroll - bass; George Fludas - drums.

Sean Jones - Live from Jazz at the Bistro (Mack Avenue, 2017). Sean Jones - trumpet, flugelhorn - piano; Luques Curtis - bass; Obed Calvaire, Mark Whitfield Jr. - drums; Brian Hogans - alto, soprano sax.

Sweeet! NP Maarten van der Grinten & Jesse van Ruller - Nine Stories (Challenge Records, 2009). Maarten van der Grinten - guitar, cavaquinho; Jesse van Ruller - guitars.

Claude Williams Quintet - Call for the Fiddler (SteepleChase 1051, 1976). Claude Williams - violin; Horace Parlan - piano; Lars Blach - guitar; Hugo Rasmussen - bass; Hans Nymand - drums. Some nice Hot Club-like swing in the Reinhardt / Grappelli tradition.

Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz - Solos (Songlines, 2004). Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb - piano.

Freddie Hubbard & Art Blakey - Feel the Wind (Timeless, 1988). Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn; Javon Jackson - tenor sax; Mulgrew Miller, Benny Green - piano; Ray Drummond, Leon Lee Dorsey - bass; Art Blakey - drums.

Louis Hayes Sextet - Blue Lou (SteepleChase, 1993). Eddie Allen - trumpet; Gerald Hayes - alto sax; Javon Jackson - tenor sax; Ronnie Mathews - piano; Clint Houston - bass; Louis Hayes - drums. Darrell Grant Quintet - The New Bop (Criss Cross jazz, 1995). Scott Wendholt - trumpet; Seamus Blake - tenor, soprano sax; Darrell Grant - piano; Calvin Jones - bass; Brian Blade - drums.

Florian Ross - Mechanism (Pirouet, 2010). Florian Ross: piano, loops. Al Haig Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (Inner City Records, 1980). Al Haig - piano; Jamil Nasser - bass; Helen Merrill - vocals (9).

Duke Jordan Trio - Time on my Hands (SteepleChase 1232, 1988). Duke Jordan - piano; Jesper Lundgaard - bass; Billy Hart - drums .

Tete Montoliu & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Face to Face (1984, SteepleChase 1185). Tete Montoliu - piano; NHØP - bass. Tardo Hammer - Simple Pleasure (2013, Cellar Live Records). Tardo Hammer - piano; Lee Hudson - bass; Jimmy Wormworth - drums.

Armen Donelian - Leapfrog (2011, Sunnyside). Armen Donelian - piano; Marc Mommaas - tenor sax; Mike Moreno - guitar; Dean Johnson - bass; Tyshawn Sorey - drums.

Henri Texier - Respect (Label Bleu, 1997). Henri Texier - double bass; Bob Brookmeyer - trombone; Lee Konitz - alto sax; Paul Motian - drums; Steve Swallow - electric bass.

Bobby Watson - Made in America (Smoke Sessions, 2017). Bobby Watson - alto sax; Stephen Scott - piano; Curtis Lundy - bass; Lewis Nash - drums.

Misha Alperin - The Blue Fjords (1993, RDM). Misha Alperin - piano. Got interested in him with his 2007 ECM recording Her First Dance. Really nice compositions.

Grachan Moncur III - New Africa (BYG Actuel, 1969). Grachan Moncur III - trombone; Roscoe Mitchell - alto sax; Archie Shepp - tenor sax; Dave Burrell - piano; Alan Silva - bass; Andrew Cyrille - drums.

Ricardo Sliveira and Vinicius Cantuaria - RSVC (Adventure Music, 2013). Ricardo Silveira - guitars, vocals; Vinicius Cantuaria - guitar, perc, vocals; Eduardo Chermont - sounds.

David Bixler & Arturo O'Farrill - The Auction Project (Zoho Music, 2010). David Bixler - alto sax; Arturo O'Farrill - piano; Heather Martin Bixler - violin; Carlo Derosa - bass; Vince Cherico - drums; Roland Guerrero - perc.

Duke Jordan Trio - Flight to Norway (SteepleChase 1543, 2003). Duke Jordan - piano; Wilbur Little - bass; Dannie Richmond - drums. Recorded: November 10, 1978, Art Museum at Hovikodden, Norway.

I've always really liked that one! Sweet version of Lonnie's Lament. NP Joe Lovano - Cross Culture (Blue Note, 2013). Joe Lovano - tenor, soprano sax, perc; Lionel Loueke -guitar; James Weidman - piano; Esperanza Spalding, Peter Slavov - bass; Otis Brown III, Francisco Mela - drums.

J.A.T.P. Allstars - Return To Happiness, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983 (Pablo). Sweets Edison, Clark Terry - trumpet; Al Grey, J.A. Johnson, J.J. Johnson - trombone; Lockjaw Davis, Zoot Sims - tenor sax; Joe Pass - guitar; Oscar Peterson, P. Smith - piano; K. Betts, NHØP - bass; L. Bellson, M. Drew, B. Durham - drums; Ella - vocals.

Tineke Postma - The Traveller (T2 Entertainment, 2009). Tineke Postma - alto, soprano sax; Geri Allen - piano; Scott Colley - bass; Terri Lyne Carrington - drums; Anne Chris - vocals (1,5,9).

The Impossible Gentlemen (Basho Records, 2011). Gwilym Simcock - piano; Mike Walker - guitar; Steve Swallow - bass; Adam Nussbaum - drums.