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Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers (Xanadu/Prevue) Some of Duke Jordan's best latter day playing

The Legendary João Gilberto: The Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961)

One of the few Flyrights I never bought.

Keep playing it.

Bud Powell: Bud Plays Bird

As many as you have.

Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Three Hours Past Midnight (Ace)

Belt and braces - you don't take any chances.

Dodo Marmarosa: The Chicago Sessions

Duke Jordan Trio: Truth (Steeplechase)

Good to hear that a copy made it's way to Europe and that you've given it a good home.

Great and (unfortunately) obscure record

Roland Stone Stone Phillips Philip Glass

And he didn't pound his chest after he made the catch.

Robert Wilkins: The Original Rolling Stone (Yazoo)

Bob Gaddy: Rip and Run (Old Town/Ace)

Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Magic Sam at the Cobra Studio 1956 - 1958 (P-Vine)

Roland Kirk: Rip, Rig, and Panic

Baseball is a game and should be fun to play and to watch, so I thought I'd throw in a funny quote: "I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly decided that they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression." - Casey Stengel I'm sure that's happened more than a few times over the years.

O.V. !!!!!!!!

I'm sure that I'm in a minority these days, but I'll go along with this quote from Vin Scully - a man who has seen many more baseball games than I: "Statistics are used by baseball fans in much the same way that a drunk leans against a street lamp; it's there more for support than enlightenment." He might well have included baseball people in general along with fans.

Hank Mobley: Messages

I don't know about the company of the last two. (Actually, I do know). I like Judge, but over 200 strikeouts doesn't impress me. Baseball is becoming a game of HRs or strikeouts - though Judge's BA is somewhat better than a lot of sluggers. When you strike out over 200 times, that's over 200 ABs where you didn't even put the ball in play and have a chance to do anything. This is from a report last week: In 2017, teams are averaging 1.26 home runs per game, surpassing the 2000 season's 1.17 per game for the all time high. On a per-game basis, this year's rate represents a 9.1% increase over last year (1.16 per game), a 24.8% increase over 2015 (1.01 per game) and a 46.5% increase over 2014 (0.86 per game, the lowest it had been since 1992). By season's end, the 30 teams will combine to surpass 6,000 home runs for the first time. I don't know if more players are using or not, but something smells bad to me.

Mr. Fulbright's Blues (P-Vine)

Andrew White: Seven Giant Steps for Coltrane