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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

Has the GD "Download Series" disappeared from the Dead Store? I can't find them there. Amazon downloads has the series, and I wanted to compare pricing.

Gene Ludwig, Melvin Sparks, Kenny Washington.

My first album with Percy Heath as a leader (co-leader, actually): 1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Dexter Gordon Quartet (Dexter Gordon, tenor sax; Kirk Lightsey, piano; David Eubanks, bass; Eddie Gladden, drums) 2. I'll Be Home For Christmas - McCoy Tyner 3. The Christmas Song - The Arthur Blythe Quartet (Arthur Blythe, alto sax; John Hicks, piano; Fred Hopkins, bass; Steve McCall, drums) 4. Our Little Town - The Heath Brothers (Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Tony Purrone, guitar; Stanley Cowell, piano and kalimba; Percy Heath, bass; Akira Tana, drums) 5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Paquitto D' Rivera 6. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - The Wynton Marsalis Quartet

Also Butch Miles, drums, 1944

Have fun, you guys!

I was thinking that too. Here's an album where Kenny Washington wrote the liner notes:

This might be a mistake (might not be), so you'd best act now: Ben Sidran - Talking Jazz box Only 12 credits!

This Candid's been around for a few years. They released all of Stacey Kent's recordings before she moved recently to Blue Note.

Is this back in print? Amazon

Release date 8/17/10: Amazon description Legit label: Candid.

The only thing that would have made it better is if they had listed McCoy Tyner as "Etc."

Amazon description

July 3: Johnny Hartman, singer, 1923 Johnny Coles, trumpet, 1926 Ron Collier, composer, trombone, 1930

John Scofield Joe Lovano Dave Holland Al Foster