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Greg Osby “The Invisible Hand” Blue Note cd 500×500 39.2 KB A great release. Osby. . .Hill . . . Hall. . .

Okay, this is a little weird, in a dream last night I remember cellos, and my Dad. The cello was one of his favorite instruments, and so I plucked this from the shelf to listen to, Weilen Kuijken and Jordi Savall performing Sieur de Sainte-Colombe. These SACDs sound wonderful. (And yes, they are not cellos!)

I have to wait til next month for my copy, but I'm looking forward to it.

Maybe. I like a lot of them. . . all are pretty much top notch.

Jerry Gonzalez “Ya Yo Me Cure” American Clave/Muzak cd japan A demo quality presentation of percussion, intriguing arrangements and performances.

Another warm morning! Slept well and decided to start the day off with a cd I found yesterday mixed in with my wife’s cds: “Americans in Holland–The Great Thirties, Vol. 1” on Timeless cd. A great collection of obscure live tracks from jazz greats Louis Armstrong and His Hot Harlem Band, The Boswell Sisters, Coleman Hawkins, and Benny Carter. Sound on many of these is not that great at all but. . . how could I resist playing “I’ll be Glad When You’re Ded You Rascal You”?

Poncho Sanchez “Afro-Cuban Fantasy” Concord cd

Duduka Da Fonseca “Samba Jazz Fantasia” Art Music cd Duduka’s first as a leader. With some great guests! John Scofield, Joe Lovano, David Sanchez, Claudio Roditi, Tom Harrell, Helio Alves, Kenny Werner, Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Eddie Gomez, Maucha Adnet et al

Yes “Tales from Topographic Oceans” Super Deluxe Edition, disc 7

Bill Evans “Inner Spirit” Resonance Records 2 cd set, disc 2 200×200 56.4 KB This excellent 2 cd set is still 7.99 at Resonance, among other great Evans 2 cd set deals.

Paul Desmond “Take Ten” RCA/Legacy cd from the Complete Albums box set.

“Mel Lewis Sextet” Mode/Muzak Japan lp facsimile cd A great little bouncing tempo step up from those ballads. What a sextet! Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Mariano Bass – Buddy Clark Drums – Mel Lewis Piano – Marty Paich Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bill Holman Trumpet – Jack Sheldon

Melissa Aldana “Filin” Blue Note cd A beautiful recording to start a warm morning. This morning her treatment of these ballads makes me think of how Barney Wilen so thoughfully and emotionally presented French ballads. An excellent recording as well.

“Joe Newman at Count Basie’s” Mercury Japan cd

Charles Mingus “The Clown” Analogue Productions SACD 800×800 65.4 KB I love this Mingus unit, and some really important compositions here.

Bernt Rosengren, Lars Sjösten, Björn Alke, Fredrik Norén “Late Date: A Tribute to Lars Gullin” Mirrors cd Bass – Björn Alke Composed By – Lars Gullin (all but final track) Drums, Producer – Fredrik Norén Piano – Lars Sjösten Tenor Saxophone – Bernt Rosengren Recorded at Europa Studios, Stockholm, June 3-5, 1994.

An international woman for today. Billie Holiday skiing in Zurich, Switzerland. 1954.

Bengt Hallberg Featuring Lars Gullin “All Star Sessions 1953/54” Dragon cd Recorded Europa-Film Studio, Stockholm, November 9, 1953; January 12, 1954; January 18, 1954

Seems to be a new price point. Blue Note new cds have gone up in price in the past months.

Duke Ellington “Afro-Eurasian Eclipse” A suite in eight parts, Fantasy/OJC cd Lots of chinoisery and riki-ticky. 400×400 41.7 KB

Moacir Santos “Ouro Negro” disc 1 A great sounding 2 cd set from Universal Brazil.

Okay. . . I tried. Enough of that. Bob Brookmeyer “Trombone Jazz Samba” Verve.

It seems odd still to wake up and it’s warmer. Decided to start the day with a favorite. Discussing this album elsewhere led me to locate it on the shelves and replay it. I think it’s masterful. Slim at the height of his powers as an instrumentalist and of course as a vocalist. The personality and the verve of this music makes me glad to be awake and alive and attentive. “How High th Moon” is amazing here. I found myself imagining a nice big bowl of potato salad. Slim Gaillard “Rides Again” Dot/Verve cd

Jerry Garcia “Way After Midnight”

Possibly my favorite Art Pepper. Art Pepper “Surfride (+4)” Savoy/Denon 20 bit lp facsimile cd