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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.

Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, disc 2.

You can buy the 3 CD set direct from ESP: http://www.espdisk.com/bud-powell/4073.html It would come with the booklet.

Werner hasn't said which master tapes he's working from, or even if he's working from master tapes, or even if they're correctly licensed.

Found it - track #1 off this:

The biographic film that appeared on PBS's American Masters series a few years ago is worth searching out. RIP.

I have not read the other responses. #1: Third-stream jazz. SQ is late 60's. Sounds British...Kenny Wheeler? Intriguing; it held my interest. #2: Joe Henderson's composition "Recorda Me." Another good performance. Pepper Adams? #3: Sonny Clark's composition "Blue Minor," misidentified as track 5 on this album. #4: Miles meets Burt Bacharach meets trance fusion? Didn't go anywhere but was nice to have around. No clue. #5: Two baritones in a mating dance. #6: The guitar makes me think of one of those Laurindo Almeida albums on Tower, or maybe Charlie Byrd on Columbia. Late '60's. Fun. #7: Yesterdays. Not Art Pepper, but similar. Nice arrangement. #8: I'm guessing Ron Miles with Bill Frisell. #9: Coltrane-influenced sax. Sounds like the band is reacting to the tenor rather than to any set composition. The track doesn't do much for me - too self-indulgent. #10: Sophisticated Lady through a refractive lens. A lot of pianists play in this cubist style. Doesn't do much for me. #11: Sounds like a musician who fancies himself a singer - Kenny Burrell and Milt Jackson are examples. No vibes or guitar on this track, so it can't be them. Sax playing is more interesting. Is this Horace Silver's composition "Peace"? #12: I like the pianist, but the bassist is too busy and the drummer could do with less bashing and more timekeeping. Is this the bassist's date, since he's so prominent in the mix?

The ESP (available on Bandcamp) is licensed from the Powell estate, has corrected any pitch issues, and has dates with Bird and Dizzy not on the Fresh Sound "trio" release. I'd go with the ESP.

I find it interesting that this is a limited edition of 5,000. That number seems to be inching up again - a few years ago, it was only 3,000. I wonder if they're just feeling more self-confident.

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