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Herb Ellis – Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve Elite Edition) — Herb Ellis - guitar; Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger; Art Pepper, Bud Shank - alto saxophone; Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone; Jim Hall - guitar; Lou Levy - piano; Joe Mondragon - bass; Stan Levey - drums

Now playing, CD 24: Morton Gould – Symphony No.4 "West Point" — Eastman Wind Ensemble – Frederick Fennell Vittorio Giannini – Symphony No.3 for Winds — Eastman Wind Ensemble – A. Clyde Roller Alan Hovhaness – Symphony No.4 for Winds Op.165 — Eastman Wind Ensemble – A. Clyde Roller (Mercury Living Presence)

Herb Ellis – Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve Elite Edition) — Herb Ellis - guitar; Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger; Art Pepper, Bud Shank - alto saxophone; Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone; Jim Hall - guitar; Lou Levy - piano; Joe Mondragon - bass; Stan Levey - drums

Béla Bartók – Quartet for Strings No.1 in A minor Op.7 Sz.40 – Quartet for Strings No.3 in C sharp major No.3 Sz.85 Sándor Végh (violin); Sándor Zöldy (violin); Georges Janzer (viola); Paul Szabo (cello) Vegh Quartet (Scribendum)

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Treasury Broadcast No.15 [July 21, '45][on Vol.8 of The Treasury Shows] (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.) — With Shelton Hemphill, Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson(t); Ray Nance(t,vn,v); Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Claude Jones(tb); Jimmy Hamilton(cl,ts); Otto Hardwicke(cl,as); Johnny Hodges(as); Al Sears(ts); Harry Carney(cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn(p); Fred Guy(g); Junior Raglin(sb); Sonny Greer(d,ch); Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Al Hibbler(v). — Titles include: C Jam Blues, Ultra Violet, Emancipation Celebration, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Let the Zoomers Drool, Reminiscing in Tempo, Everything But You, Ko-Ko, Mood to Be Wooed, Blues on the Double. — Live from The Fieldstone Ballroom, Mansfield, MA.

Sonny Rollins – Volume 2 [from Thelonious Monk — The Complete Blue Note Recordings] (Blue Note) — With Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey + J.J. Johnson, Horace Silver. Played the two tracks with Monk.

Air – Air Raid (Why Not Records / Candid) — With Henry Threadgill – Chinese musette (track 1), alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 2), flute (track 3), hubkaphone (track 3), tenor saxophone (track 4); Fred Hopkins – bass; Steve McCall – drums

I had an urge to hear more from drummer Sven-Åke Johansson, who I really enjoyed on his leader date, "Barcelona Series," earlier this week. Per Henrik Wallin & Sven-Åke Johansson – Proklamation I [CD 1] (Hatology) — piano & drums Pianist Wallin is worth checking out as well. He's influenced by Monk and has a boppish feel to some of his playing, but gets a freer sound when pushed by Johannsson.

Ted Nash & Still Evolved – In The Loop (Palmetto Records) — Ted Nash (tenor sax), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Ben Allison (bass), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Matt Wilson (drums)

Jessica Williams – Higher Standards (Candid Records) — With Dave Captein, Mel Brown

Paul Lytton + Nate Wooley – The Nows – CD 1 (Clean Feed Records) — Paul Lytton: percussion, Nate Wooley: trumpet, amplifier + Ikue Mori: computer (CD1/2-3); duos & trios

Ornette Coleman – Body Meta (Verve—Harmolodic / Artists House) — With Charlie Ellerbe, Bern Nix, Jamaladeen Tacuma (Rudy McDaniel), Ronald Shannon Jackson Remembering Bern Nix.

Chicago Underground Trio – Chronicle (Delmark Records) — With Rob Mazurek, Chad Taylor, Jason Ajemian

Sven-Ake Johansson / Axel Dorner / Andrea Neumann – Barcelona Series (Hatology) — Sven-Åke Johansson (drums); Axel Dörner (trumpet); Andrea Neumann (pianoharp)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No.4 in E flat major WAB 104 "Romantic" — Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-orchester – Günter Wand (RCA Red Seal / WDR — Sony Classical) While I was running some errands, I heard part of a broadcast of a performance of this work by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Pulled this out to hear the piece uninterrupted.

Warne Marsh & Kenny Drew – In Copenhagen (Storyville Records) — Warne Marsh - tenor sax, Kenny Drew - piano, Bo Stief - bass, Aage Tanggaard - drums

Paul Motian – Time and Time Again (ECM Records) — With Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano

The Ganelin Trio – Strictly For Our Friends (Golden Years of New Jazz / Leo Records) — Vyacheslav Ganelin (piano), Vladimir Tarasov (drums), Vladimir Chekasin (reeds); recorded live in Moscow

Achim Kaufmann / Frank Gratkowski / Wilbert de Joode – Oblengths (Leo Records) — Achim Kaufmann - piano; Frank Gratkowski - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet; Wilbert de Joode - bass; recorded live at the Loft, in Koln, Germany in 2014.

Now playing, CD 38: Frédéric Chopin – Concerto for Piano No.1 in E minor B.53 Op.11 – Concerto for Piano No.2 in F minor B.43 Op.21 Murray Perahia (piano) – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – Zubin Mehta (CBS Records – Sony Classics)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No.2 in A major Op.2/2 – Sonata for Piano No.3 in C major Op.2/3 Alfred Brendel (Brilliant Classics — Vox)

Stephen Davis / Human – Being Human (Babel Label) — Dylan Bates (violin), Alex Bonney (trumpet), Stephen Davis (drums), Alexander Hawkins (piano)

Steve Lacy Trio – In Concert (Ictus Records) — With Kent Carter, Andrea Centazzo

Horace Silver – Silver's Blue (Epic Records / Columbia Legacy) — Horace Silver - piano; Donald Byrd or Joe Gordon - trumpet; Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone; Doug Watkins - bass; Art Taylor or Kenny Clarke - drums

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.7 in A major Op.92 — NDR Sinfonieorchester – Günter Wand (RCA Victor Red Seal - NDR / Sony Classical)