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Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet – Live at the Union 1966 (Reel Recordings) — Don Rendell (flute, tenor & soprano sax), Ian Carr (trumpet, flugelhorn), Dave Green or Tony Reeves (bass), Trevor Tomkins (drums); recorded live in concert at the Student Union Bar, University College, London

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls – Propaganda (naim) — Kevin Kizer – tenor saxophone; Rob Mazurek – cornet; Jeff Parker – guitar; Noel Kupersmith – bass; Ted Sirota – drums, plus: Ryan Shultz – bass trumpet; Rick Gehrenbeck – Fender Rhodes; Ruben Alvarez – percussion

How did you like this session?

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Treasury Broadcast No.13 [Jul 7, '45; from Vol. 7 of The Treasury Shows] (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.) Personnel: 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, Marie Ellington, Al Hibbler(v). Titles include: The Perfume Suite, the Trio in Blue medley (Diminuendo in Blue, Carnegie Blues and Crescendo in Blue), as well as Blue Belles of Harlem, Can't You Read Between the Lines?, Mood To Be Wooed, Hollywood Hangover, Ring Dem Bells, and Things Aint What They Used To Be.

Happy Birthday!

Robert Walter's 20th Congress – Money Shot (Fog City Records) — Robert Walter - Hammond Organ, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Fender Rhodes, Fender Rhodes piano bass, WLM electric organ; Cochema Juan Gastelum - alto saxophone, electric saxophone, flute, tambourine; Stanton Moore - drums, tambourine; David Carano - electric bass, guitar; Chuck Prada - congas, percussion; Elgin Park - electric guitar on "The Yodel" and "Shemp Time;" George Sluppick - percussion on "Blues for Y2K"

Kidd Jordan – Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity) — Kidd Jordan: tenor sax; Hamid Drake: drums, tablas, frame drum, voice; William Parker: bass, guimbre, gongs, bowls, talking drum

Babkas – Ants to the Moon (Songlines) — With Briggan Krauss (alto sax), Brad Schoeppach [Shepik] (guitar), Aaron Alexander (drums); Recorded live at Roulette, NYC

Spontaneous Music Ensemble – Face to Face (1973) (Emanem) — With John Stevens (percussion, cornet & voice) & Trevor Watts (percussion) Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners [CD 2b from the Complete Riverside Recordings – sessions 5-7] (Riverside RLP 12-226) — Thelonious Monk – piano; Ernie Henry (alto sax) or Clark Terry (trumpet); Sonny Rollins (tenor sax); Oscar Pettiford or Paul Chambers – bass; Art Blakey – drums

Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse! / MCA Records) — With James Moody, Mike Longo, Frank Schifano, Candy Finch; live at Memory Lane, Los Angeles in 1967

I didn't know that. I'll have to give it another listen!

Art Pepper – The Art of Pepper [(E) on Pepper's Mosaic Select set] (Omega RTR Tapes—Aladdin Records / Mosaic) — Art Pepper - alto saxophone; Carl Perkins - piano; Ben Tucker - bass; Chuck Flores - drums; includes 3 alternate takes

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Treasury Broadcast No.12 [Jul 7, 1945 – on Vol. 7 of The Treasury Shows] (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.) Personnel: 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(p); Fred Guy(g); Junior Raglin(sb); Sonny Greer(d,ch); Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Al Hibbler(v). Titles include: Caravan, Fickle Fling, Kissing Bug, Day Dream, One O'Clock Jump, Riff Staccato, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Old King Dooji, and a Billy Strayhorn medley with Strayhorn on piano: Chelsea Bridge, Something to Live For, Clementine, My Little Brown Book. Recorded live at the Apollo Theatre, NYC.

Sylvia Syms – Sylvia Syms Sings (Atlantic Records / Collectables) 1956 LP consisting of eight songs from 1952 backed by the Barbara Carroll Trio and four from 1954 with an octet arranged by Johnny Richards with Al Cohn, Danny Bank, Kai Winding, Don Elliott.

Bill Evans Trio – On A Monday Evening (Fantasy Records) — With Eddie Gomez, Eliot Zigmund; recorded live at the Madison Union Theatre, Madison, WI Previously unissued set from Nov. 15, 1976. Nice date - I think it's worth getting if you're an Evans fan.

Roy Haynes Quartet – Out of the Afternoon (Impulse! — MCA Records) — With Roland Kirk, Tommy Flanagan, Henry Grimes

Fred Hess Quartet – Exposed (CIMP) — Fred Hess (tenor sax), Paul Smoker (trumpet), Ken Filiano (bass), Damon Short (drums)

Now playing, CD 82: Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27/2 "Moonlight" – Sonata for Piano No.26 in E flat major Op.81a "Les Adieux" – Sonata for Piano No.8 in C minor Op.13 "Pathétique" Arthur Rubinstein (piano) (RCA Victor Red Seal – Sony Music)

John Coltrane – Coltrane Live at Birdland (Impulse! / Verve Music Group) — With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones

Tom Varner – Swimming (OmniTone) — Tom Varner, French horn · Steve Wilson, alto saxophone · Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone · Cameron Brown, bass · Tom Rainey, drums; with special guests: Mark Feldman, violin · Dave Ballou, trumpet · Pete McCann, guitar

Raoul Björkenheim – Ecstasy (Cuneiform Records) — Raoul Björkenheim (guitar), Pauli Lyytinen (saxophones & kalimba), Jori Huhtala (contrabass), Marku Ounaskari (drums)

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse! / MCA Records — GRP) — With Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones or Aaron Bell and Sam Woodyard

Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola – Moonglow (Hyena Records) — Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar; Frank Vignola: guitar

Ictus – Live (ILK) — Lotte Anker (tenor & soprano saxes), Marc Ducret (guitar), Peter Friis Nielsen (electric bass & preparations), Stefan Pasborg (drums & percussion) Recorded live at Copenhagen Jazzhouse.

John Coltrane Quartet – "After the Rain" / "Dear Old Stockholm" [(I) from The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings] (Impulse! — MCA Records / GRP Universal) — With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes; issued on Impressions and The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 2, respectively.