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Paul Quinichette and his Basie-ites – Like Basie (United Artists / EMI Music - Mighty Quinn) — With Paul Quinichette - leader and tenor sax; Al Grey - trombone; Harry “Sweets” Edison, Snooky Young, Dick Vance, Shad Collins - trumpets; Jo Jones - drums; Eddie Jones - bass; Freddie Green - guitar; Nat Pierce - piano

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No.5 in D major Op.107 "Reformation" – Hebrides Overture in B minor Op.26 "Fingal's Cave" – Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture in D major Op.27 Wiener Philharmoniker – Christoph von Dohnanyi (Decca Records)

Duke Ellington In Gröna Lund 1963 - CD 1 (Storyville Records) — Cootie Williams, Eddie Preston, Rolf Ericson (tp); Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo); Lawrence Brown, Chuck Conners, Buster Cooper (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Russell Procope (as, cl), Johnny Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl); Duke Ellington (p), Ernie Shepard (b), Sam Woodyard (dr)

Gary Burton Quartet – Whiz Kids (ECM Records) — Gary Burton — vibraphone, marimba; Makoto Ozone — piano; Tommy Smith — tenor saxophone; Steve Swallow — electric bass; Martin Richards — drums

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major Op.93 – Fidelio Op.72: Overture in E major — Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Herbert von Karajan (Deutsche Grammophon)

Andrew Hill – unreleased 10/1967 septet session [(D) on Mosaic Select 16 box] (Blue Note / Mosaic ) — Woody Shaw (t), Sam Rivers (ss, ts), Robin Kenyatta (as), Howard Johnson (bar, tu), Andrew Hill (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Teddy Robinson (d)

Hank Mobley – Hank Mobley (BLP 1568) [(F) from The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions] (Blue Note – Mosaic) — Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone; Bill Hardman - trumpet; Curtis Porter [Shafi Hadi] - alto & tenor saxophones; Sonny Clark - piano; Paul Chambers - bass; Art Taylor - drums

Oh, no! R.I.P.

Fresh Air in Concert (WHYY Philadelphia) With Jay McShann, The Holmes Brothers, Dr. John, Yomo Toro, Doc Watson, Dave McKenna, Susannah McCorkle, Kenny Barron, Peggy King, Bob Dorough, Joel Forrester, Marty Grosz, Charles Brown, Allen Toussaint, and the Brave Combo. From broadcasts taped between 1982 & 1990.

Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land Quintet – Blow Up (JMY) — Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone; Harold Land - tenor saxophone; Stanley Cowell - piano; Reggie Johnson - bass; Joe Chambers - drums; recorded live in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes on 7/25/1969.

Rabih Abou-Khalil – Yara (Enja Records MW) — Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Dominique Pifarely (violin), Vincent Courtois (cello), Nabil Khaiat (frame drums)

Now playing, CD 22: Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.7 in F major Op.59/1 "Razumovsky" — Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

Rickie Lee Jones – It's Like This (Artemis Records / Sheridan Square) — With Richard Davis, John Pizzarelli, Peter Erskine, Rick Marotta, Alex Foster, Conrad Herwig, a.o. & Joe Jackson, Ben Folds, Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks; Eclectic mix of jazz standards and pop songs (covers of Marvin Gaye, Beatles, Traffic, & Steely Dan tunes).

Keith Jarrett – Sun Bear Concerts - CD 3, Nagoya (ECM Records) — solo piano

Now playing, CD 9: Claude Debussy – Suite bergamasque – Rêverie – Valse romantique – Nocturne for Piano in D flat major – Tarentelle styrienne "Danse" – Ballade slave – D'un cahier d'esquisses – L'isle joyeuse, Masques, Le petit negre, La plus que lente, Berceuse heroique — Walter Gieseking (piano) (Documents)

Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note: The Complete Recordings - CDs 5 & 6 - Sat, June 5th, 1994 - 1st & 2nd Sets (ECM Records) — With Gary Peacock, Paul Motian

Jason Stein / Locksmith Isidore – A Calculus of Loss (Clean Feed Records) — Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Kevin Davis (cello), Mike Pride (percussion)

Soft Machine – Grides - DVD (Cuneiform Records) — With Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt; Radio Bremen's TV Studio, 3/23/71 (DVD - 20')

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No.4 in A major Op.90 "Italian" — Wiener Philharmoniker – Christoph von Dohnanyi (Decca Records), from:

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56 "Scottish" — Wiener Philharmoniker – Christoph von Dohnanyi (Decca Records), from:

Bobby Hutcherson – Spiral (Blue Note Connoisseur) — Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba; Harold Land - saxophone; Stanley Cowell - piano; Reggie Johnson - bass; Joe Chambers - drums; two compositions by Chambers and one each by Hutcherson, Land and Cowell; 11/11/1968; on two-fer with Medina

Now playing, CD 2: Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.4 in C minor Op.18/4 – Quartet for Strings No.5 in A major Op.18/5 – Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6 Sándor Végh (violin); Sándor Zöldy (violin); Georges Janzer (viola); Paul Szabo (cello) – Végh String Quartet (Scribendum / Les Discophiles Français)

Andrew Hill – unreleased 1967 trio session [(C) on Mosaic Select 16 box] (Blue Note / Mosaic ) — Andrew Hill (ss, p, org), Ron Carter (b), Teddy Robinson (d) This is a very good, fairly free session. Scheduled to be issues as Chained on BN(J)GXF-3080 in 1980, but never released. His organ work on "Resolution" made me think of Sun Ra.

Now playing, CD 8: Heinrich Ignaz Biber – Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa (Vivarte / Sony Classical) – Partita No.1 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo — Jeanne Lamon (violin), David Greenberg (violin), Christina Mahler (cello), Charlotte Nediger (organ) – Partita No.2 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo — David Greenberg (violin), Christina Mahler (cello), Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord), Linda Melsted (violin) – Partita No.3 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo — Jeanne Lamon (violin), David Greenberg (violin), Christina Mahler (cello), Charlotte Nediger (organ) – Partita No.4 for Violin Viola and Basso Continuo — Linda Melsted (violin), Stephen Marvin (viola), Christina Mahler (cello), Charlotte Nediger (organ) – Partita No.5 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo — Jeanne Lamon (violin), Christina Mahler (cello), Linda Melsted (violin), Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord) – Partita No.6 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo — Charlotte Nediger (organ), Linda Melsted (violin), Jeanne Lamon (violin), Christina Mahler (cello) – Partita No.7 for 2 Violas d'amore and Basso Continuo — Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord), Christina Mahler (cello), Thomas Georgi (viola d'amore), Elly Winer (viola d'amore) Tafelmusik on period instruments – Jeanne Lamon

Markus Stockhausen – Sol Mestizo: Markus Stockhausen plays the music of Enrique Diaz (ACT World Jazz) — Personnel: Markus Stockhausen - tp, flhorn; Enrique Diaz - bass, vcl; Philip Catherine - g; Chano Dominguez - p; Simon Stockhausen - keyb, soprano sax; Jochen Schmidt - el-bass; Felipe Mandingo - perc; Thomas Alkier - dr; Juanita Lascarr, Alexandra Naumann - vcl — This recording is based on a composition by the Chilean musician Diaz written for the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. — Recorded at CMP Studio, Zerkall, Germany by Walter Quintus (15 April 1949 - 20th February 2017, R.I.P.)