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Release date April 25: With the formation of David's Murray's newest Quartet - one of the jazz world's revelations of 2024 - he has re-emerged as a leading voice of the current state of the art. For their Impulse! Records debut, the band recorded at Van Gelder Studio and drew inspiration from music that pre-dates the human race - bird song. `Birdly Serenade' serves as a new installment of The Birdsong Project - six of the originals took shape at an artists' retreat in the Adirondacks, amidst lakes, forests, and endless sky.

Release date May 2: Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which asks "Where should the birds fly, after the last sky?" Graceful chamber pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass subtly address the metaphysical question and its broad resonances in a troubled time. While drawing upon the traditional modes of Arab music, Brahem has consistently sought to engage with the wider world, too, and found inspiration in many sources from different cultures. Bassist Dave Holland and pianist Django Bates are again part of the Tunisian oud master's international quartet, joined now by cellist Anja Lechner.

Just noticed that Dusty Groove has this 5 LP set for $9.99. If you like Hines, snap it up. Two of the discs are a quartet with Budd Johnson. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/558790/Earl-Hines:Father-Of-Modern-Jazz-Piano-5LP-box-set

This is also a very good album:

That is a very good album. On Beautiful Lake Spenard.

I have it on this BGO twofer; pretty easy to find: I have very fond memories of JCY and the Youngbloods. Jesse was a folkie knocking around NYC in the early '60's. I had his solo release on Capitol and a compilation on Mercury. The Youngbloods had a special chemistry borne of the mix of folk and jazz (similar to the Lovin' Spoonful being a mix of folk and Long Island bar band), and the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. Their Raccoon record label released some interesting, eclectic titles, including two albums of Michael Hurley's. The hippie era ended, and JCY emphasized the smooth country folk rocker side of his talents beginning with Song For Juli. Great voice, quality work; he will be missed. R.I.P.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 7 (last).

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 39.

Well said.

What is volume 2? I only know of one volume.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 6.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 38.

Frank Zappa - Funky Nothingness (3 CDs), $19.74 on Amazon.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 5.

On a plane ride at the end of January, my wife and I sat next to a couple who coughed through the entire flight. They had masks on, but I still knew this wouldn't be good. We both started feeling bad within a few days, and were concerned it might be COVID. My wife went to the doctor and got tested. It wasn't COVID, it was parainfluenza, which is a different virus than the flu. She was told there was nothing to be done, she had to get better on her own. Indeed, she felt better in a few days. On the other hand, it lingered with me for about a month, and cleared up around the time I started experiencing seasonal allergies. As Rosanne Rosannadanna used to say, if it's not one thing, it's another. Feel better!

Good luck in Pittsburgh. I visited it once 25 years ago, so can't speak knowledgeably about it, but it seemed like it had good quirky vibes - I remember taking the cog train going up a really steep hill. And of course a lot of great jazz musicians came from Pittsburgh, so there's probably something good in the air. If you're on X/Twitter, follow Salena Zito - her beat covers the Pittsburgh area, and she's an excellent writer.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 37.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 4.

Picked this up recently. R.I.P.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 36.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 3.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 35.