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Sonny Rollins Trio — Live in Europe 1959 - Complete Concerts - CD 1 (Essential Jazz Classics) — Nalen & Swedish Radio, Stockholm, 3/2 & 3/4/1969 — live broadcasts from the the Nalen club and from Swedish Radio, Stockholm, Sweden; includes his only recordings of "Stay As Sweet As You Are" & "Cocktails for Two". — Zürich, 3/5/1959 — live broadcast from Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland; this issue is missing one tune: "Will You Still Be Mine". Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Henry Grimes (bass), Pete La Roca (drums)

Pharoah Sanders – Black Unity [on two-fer with Thembi] (Impulse! / Verve EU – 2-on-1 series ) — Pharoah Sanders – Soprano & Tenor Sax, Balafon; Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson – Trumpet; Carlos Garnett – Flute, Tenor Sax; Joe Bonner – Piano; Cecil McBee & Stanley Clarke – Bass; Norman Connors & Billy Hart – Drums; Lawrence Killian – Percussion, Conga, Balafon, Talking Drum

Pharoah Sanders – Thembi [on two-fer that also includes Black Unity] (Impulse! / Verve EU – 2-on-1 series ) Personnel: — Nov. 1970 session: Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, soprano sax, bells, percussion; Michael White - violin, percussion; Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, electric piano, claves, percussion; Cecil McBee - bass, finger cymbal, percussion; Clifford Jarvis - drums, maracas, bells, percussion; James Jordan - ring cymbal — Jan. 1971 session: Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, alto flute, koto, brass bells, balaphone, maracas, cow horn, fifes; Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, ring cymbal, shouts, balaphone; Cecil McBee - bass, bird effects; Roy Haynes - drums; Nat Bettis, Chief Bey, Majid Shabazz, Anthony Wiles - African percussion

Gerry Mulligan with the Vinne Burke String Jazz Quartet – Stringtime [(C) from the Mulligan Mosaic Select box] (World Pacific Records / Mosaic Select) Personnel: Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; Paul Palmieri, guitar; Dick Wetmore, violin; Calo Scott, cello; Vinnie Burke, bass; Dave Bailey, drums. Originally scheduled for release (including the cover art) in 1958, but only released in full on this Mosaic set. (Sorry for size of this image, it was the only one I could find.)

Stanley Cowell Trio – Departure #2 (SteepleChase) — With Bob Cranshaw, Keith Copeland

Cannonball Adderley Quintet At The Lighthouse (Capitol Records / Riverside Records 9344) — With Nat Adderley, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes; includes one bonus track; recorded live at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA in 1960.

Phil Miller / In Cahoots – Conspiracy Theories (Crescent Discs) — Phil Miller: guitar, synth guitar; Pete Lemer: keyboards; Fred Baker: bass; Mark Fletcher: drums; plus Simon Finch: trumpet, flugelhorn; Annie Whitehead: trombone; Didier Malherbe: soprano sax, alto sax, flute, doudouk, ocarin; Simon Picard: tenor sax; Doug Boyle: guitar; Richard Sinclair: bass; Dave Stewart: tuned percussion; Barbara Gaskin: vocals.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology - CD 3 (Reprise Records) RIP.

Roy Campbell, Jr. – La Tierra del Fuego (The Land of Fire) (Delmark) — Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn; Zane Massey - tenor sax; Ricardo Strobert - alto sax, flute; Rahn Burton - piano; Hideji Tannaka - bass; Reggie Nicholson - drums; Talik Abdullah - percussion; plus: Klaas Hekman - bass sax; Alex Lodico - trombone

Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.11 in F minor Op.95 "Serioso" — Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

Thank you both. She was something else.

Thanks, all.

I want to share a little of the story of my mother-in-law, Elaine Hoffman Watts, who passed away last week at the age of 85 after being ill over the last few months. She was a remarkable woman: she came from a musical family and was the first female percussion student to graduate from the Curtis Institute. She was a third generation musician and was taught percussion by her father, Jake Hoffman, who had played percussion in the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also played klezmer (eastern European Jewish folk music) as handed down by her father and cornetist grandfather. And she played timpani for a date with the Count Basie orchestra in the 1960's. Here are some links. Her obiturary: http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/elaine-hoffman-watts-85-noted-percussionist-who-performed-distinctive-19th-century-klezmer-folk-music-20170927.html A statement from the National Endowment for the Arts: https://www.arts.gov/news/2017/national-endowment-arts-statement-death-elaine-hoffman-watts-2007-nea-national-heritage A notice from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage: http://www.pcah.us/news/memoriam-elaine-hoffman-watts-klezmer-musician-and-pew-fellow There are some clips on the bottom of this page: http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/351 as well as on youtube.

Now playing, CD 90: Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No.23 in F minor Op.57 "Appassionata" – Sonata for Piano No.3 in C major Op.2/3 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) (RCA Victor Red Seal – Sony Music)

School Days – Crossing Division (Okka Disk) — Ken Vandermark (reeds), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten (bass), Paal Nilssen-Love (drums); originals plus two tunes by Roswell Rudd.

Tete Montoliu Trio – Secret Love (Timeless Records—Solid Records/Ultra-Vybe Japan) — With Sam Jones, Billy Higgins; recorded live at De Bommel, Breda, Holland

Miles Davis – Newport Jazz Festival 1967 [(CD 2b) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, At Newport 1955-75] (Columbia/Legacy) — With Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams; recorded live at Festival Field, Newport, RI

Enrico Rava – The Words & The Days (ECM Records) — Enrico Rava - trumpet; Gianluca Petrella - trombone; Andrea Pozza - piano; Rosario Bonaccorso - bass; Roberto Gatto - drums

Miles Davis Quintet – Nefertiti [session reel - CD 2b from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Freedom Jazz Dance (Columbia / Legacy) — With Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams; "Nefertiti"

Shirley Scott – Hip Soul [on Legends of Acid Jazz two-fer] (Prestige Records) — Shirley Scott - organ; Stanley Turrentine - tenor sax; Herbie Lewis - bass; Roy Brooks - drums Shirley Scott – Hip Twist [on Legends of Acid Jazz two-fer] (Prestige Records) — Shirley Scott - organ; Stanley Turrentine - tenor sax; George Tucker - bass; Otis Finch - drums

Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame (Blue Note RVG Edition) — With Tina Brooks, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones, Clifford Jarvis; with two alternate takes Hearing Freddie on "Drums Unlimited" led me to pull this out for a listen.

Max Roach – Drums Unlimited (Atlantic Records) — Max Roach - drums; Freddie Hubbard - trumpet; James Spaulding - alto saxophone; Ronnie Mathews - piano; Jymie Merritt - bass; plus Roland Alexander - soprano saxophone (one track); plus 3 solo drums tracks

Daniel Humair – Sweet & Sour (Laborie Records) — Daniel Humair (drums), Emile Parisien (saxophones), Vincent Peirani (accordion), and Jerome Regard (bass)

Hal Russell / NRG Ensemble – The Finnish/Swiss Tour (ECM Records) — Hal Russell: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trumpet, vibraphone, drums; Mars Williams: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, didgeridoo; Brian Sandstrom: bass, trumpet, guitar; Kent Kessler: bass, bass guitar, didgeridoo; Steve Hunt: drums, vibraphone, didgeridoo

Franklin Kiermyer – Kairos (Evidence Music) — Franklin Kiermyer – drums; Michael Stuart – tenor saxophone; John Esposito – piano; Dom Richards or Drew Gress – bass; plus Eric Person – alto saxophone; Sam Rivers – soprano saxophone; liner notes by John Szwed