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July 13: George Lewis, clarinet, 1900 Albert Ayler, tenor and soprano sax, 1936

Ah, the Fugs. The ESPs, It Crawled Into My Hand Honest...wonderful stuff. RIP, Mr. Kupferberg.

If anyone doesn't have the first 5 Mahavishnu Orchestra albums, this price is too crazy to pass up... $7.76 for all 5: Amazon

July 12: Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax, 1920 Big John Patton, organ, 1935

July 11: Clyde Bernhardt, trombone, 1905

Does anyone have an opinion on the Rega - P1 Turntable w/Ortofon OM5e Cartridge, or the Music Hall MMF 2.2 Turntable? Thanks in advance.

First Kenny Drew:

Looks like they're starting to carry Lonehill in the US: eMusic - Lonehill

July 10: Lee Morgan, trumpet, 1938 Arnie Lawrence, sax, 1938

July 9: Joe Darensbourg, clarinet, 1906 June Richmond, singer, 1914 (boy, I hope someone can one-up me on these!)

My first Charlie Rouse: Kenny Burrell, Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Larry Gales, Willie Bobo, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Garvin Masseaux, and (on the bonus track) Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins.

I'm just coolin'...

July 8: Louis Jordan, alto sax, singer, bandleader, 1908 Billy Eckstine, singer, bandleader, 1914

First Frank Foster: (The CD, which also included George Wallington Showcase) Here Comes Frank Foster: Benny Powell, Gildo Mahones, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke George Wallington Showcase: Dave Burns, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Foster, Danny Bank, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke

I like Open Aspects '82. It's kind of a Braxton solo album, with Teitelbaum burbling underneath.

July 7: Hank Mobley, tenor sax, 1930 Joe Zawinul, piano, composer, 1932

My first Elmo Hope: Philly Joe Jones, Percy Heath, Frank Foster, Freeman Lee, Percy Heath, Art Blakey.

My first Abbey Lincoln (still one of my favorite albums, period): Abbey Lincoln, David Liebman, Hiromasa Suzuki, Kunimitsu Inaba, Mtume, Al Foster

My first Thad Jones: Max Roach, Barry Harris, Percy Heath, Billy Mitchell, and (on the bonus tracks) Kenny Burrell.

What's the best-sounding current source for the Norvo trio with Mingus and Farlow?

July 6: Frank Rehak, trombone, 1926 Colin Bailey, drums, 1934

Pretty sure this was my first Ron Carter album: That's Bill Evans the saxist, btw.

How is the Donald Lambert? eMusic has it for 12 credits.

July 5: Arthur Blythe, alto sax, 1940